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Carissa van den Berk Clark, Ph.D., LMSW, is an associate
professor of family and community medicine. Prior to
joining the department, she received her Ph.D. in social
welfare policy from the Luskin School of Public Affairs at
UCLA where she also completed a pre-doctoral training at
the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs. She was also a NIDA
postdoctoral fellow at the Washington University School of
Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Currently, she is a
RWJ IRL fellow, as well as outreach and communications
director for the SLU ARCHNet practice based research
network and the deputy director of the SLU Area Health
Education Center. Her research focuses heavily on
substance abuse, mental health, care coordination and uses
community participatory methodology.
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Carissa Clark
Associate Professor at Saint Louis University
Research Expertise
poverty
mental health
substance abuse
Applied Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Urban Studies
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Development
Sociology and Political Science
Pharmacology
Pharmacology (medical)
Toxicology
Health (social science)
Pshychiatric Mental Health
Gerontology
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Leadership and Management
Health Informatics
Health Information Management
Epidemiology
Social Psychology
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency Medicine
Rehabilitation
Family Practice
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fundamentals and skills
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Life-span and Life-course Studies
About
Carissa van den Berk Clark, Ph.D., LMSW, is an
associate professor of family and community
medicine. Prior to joining the department, she
received her Ph.D. in social welfare policy
from the Luskin School of Public Affairs at
UCLA where she also completed a pre-doctoral
training at the West Los Angeles Veterans
Affairs. She was also a NIDA postdoctoral
fellow at the Washington University School of
Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Currently,
she is a RWJ IRL fellow, as well as outreach
and communications director for the SLU
ARCHNet practice based research network and
the deputy director of the SLU Area Health
Education Center. Her research focuses heavily
on substance abuse, mental health, care
coordination and uses community participatory
methodology.
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Association between posttraumatic stress
disorder and lack of exercise, poor diet,
obesity, and co-occuring smoking: A
systematic review and meta-analysis.
Health Psychology
2018
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Justice Programs and the
sequential intercept model: Case examples
in national dissemination of intervention
for justice-involved veterans.
Psychological Services
2013
Comorbid Conditions Explain the
Association Between Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder and Incident Cardiovascular
Disease
Journal of the American Heart
Association
2019
Do Patient‐Centered Medical Homes Improve
Health Behaviors, Outcomes, and
Experiences of Low‐Income Patients? A
Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Health Services Research
2017
Association Between Clinically Meaningful
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Improvement
and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
JAMA Psychiatry
2019
Trust in Health Care Providers: Factors
Predicting Trust among Homeless Veterans
over Time
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and
Underserved
2014
Elderly Homeless Veterans in Los Angeles:
Chronicity and Precipitants of
Homelessness
American Journal of Public Health
2013
Adverse childhood experiences, depression,
and cardiometabolic disease in a
nationally representative sample
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2019
Past trauma and future choices:
differences in discounting in low-income,
urban African Americans
Psychological Medicine
2018
The Dilemmas of Frontline Staff Working
With the Homeless: Housing First,
Discretion, and the Task Environment
Housing Policy Debate
2015
Assessment of a Postdeployment Yellow
Ribbon Reintegration Program for National
Guard Members and Supporters
Military Medicine
2014
The Role of Obesity in the Association
Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and
Incident Diabetes
JAMA Psychiatry
2018
Deconstructing Neoliberal Community
Development Approaches and a Case for the
Solidarity Economy
Journal of Progressive Human
Services
2012
Drug use disorders and post-traumatic
stress disorder over 25 adult years: Role
of psychopathology in relational networks
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2013
Male, But Not Female, Alcohol-Dependent
African Americans Discount Delayed Gains
More Steeply than Propensity-Score Matched
Controls
Psychopharmacology
2015
PTSD improvement and incident
cardiovascular disease in more than 1000
veterans
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2020
Are therapists likely to use a new
empirically supported treatment if
required?
Journal of Social Work
2017
Large posttraumatic stress disorder
improvement and antidepressant medication
adherence
Journal of Affective Disorders
2020
Identifying and overcoming barriers to
trauma screening in the primary care
setting.
Families, Systems, & Health
2021
Clinically meaningful posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) improvement and incident
hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and weight
loss.
Health Psychology
2020
The effect of legal mandates on substance
use disorder treatment completion among
older adults
Aging & Mental Health
2018
The Impact of Hazardous Alcohol Use on
Behavioral Healthcare Utilization Among
National Guard Service Members
Substance Use & Misuse
2016
How does PTSD treatment affect
cardiovascular, diabetes and metabolic
disease risk factors and outcomes? A
systematic review
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2022
Factors Associated With Receipt of
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or Prolonged
Exposure Therapy Among Individuals With
PTSD
Psychiatric Services
2019
Combined effect of posttraumatic stress
disorder and prescription opioid use on
risk of cardiovascular disease
European Journal of Preventive
Cardiology
2019
PTSD symptom decrease and use of weight
loss programs
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2019
Women’s Health and the Military
Primary Care: Clinics in Office
Practice
2018
A Political Economic Model of Homeless
Services
Journal of Progressive Human
Services
2019
The role of impulsivity on health behavior
related to cardiovascular disease among
young adults.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research,
Practice, and Policy
2021
PTSD improvement and substance use
disorder treatment utilization in
veterans: Evidence from medical record
data
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2021
Discussions between patients with chronic
pain and their primary care provider about
opioids and pain relief during routine
clinic encounters
Journal of Opioid Management
2019
Texting as a Means of Reducing Pediatric
Adolescent Psychiatric Emergency
Encounters Wait Times
Pediatric Emergency Care
2018
The role of age and opioid agonist
treatment on substance use treatment
completion in the United States
Aging & Mental Health
2021
Prescription opioid use duration and
beliefs about pain and pain medication in
primary care patients
Journal of Opioid Management
2020
Why ethnography is an important part of
primary care research and how it is done
How to Do Primary Care Research
2018
Homeless Veterans
Caring for the Military
2016
Funding and Implementation of Recovery
Oriented Treatment Programs in the US from
2006–2020
Journal of Drug Education
2023
Association of Medication-Assisted
Treatment and Age With Treatment
Completion Among Veterans Seeking Non-VA
Treatment for Opioid use Disorder at
Non-Veterans Health Administration
Facilities
Military Medicine
2021
Increased Smoking Cessation Among Veterans
With Large Decreases in Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder Severity
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2021
The Role of Impulsive Decision Making on
Health Behavior Related to Cardiovascular
Disease Risk Among Older Adults With
Hypertension
Journal of Gerontological Nursing
2021
Three Types of Intimate Relationships
among Individuals with Chronic Pain and a
History of Trauma Exposure
Healthcare
2017
Impact of Race on the Implementation of
Empirically Supported Treatments in
Substance Abuse Treatment
Journal of Social Work Practice in the
Addictions
2017
Evaluation of an online SBIRT training
program
The American Journal of Drug and
Alcohol Abuse
2024
Internalizing disorders as a mediator of
the association between adverse childhood
experiences and perceived medication
intolerance or poly-allergy
The International Journal of Psychiatry
in Medicine
2023
Provider perspectives on nutrition
interventions in primary care: the role of
organizational structure and community
partnerships
Family Practice
2023
PTSD symptom improvement and smoking
cessation among a sample of veterans
Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental
illness
2022
Co-occurring marijuana use among older
adults who engage in long-term use of
prescription opioids
Pain management
2022
Missouri State Medical Association
New England Journal of Medicine
1950
Elective Induction of Labor in the 39th
Week of Gestation Compared With Expectant
Management of Low-Risk Multiparous Women:
Correction
Obstetrics & Gynecology
2019
How can primary care providers identify
patients exposed to intimate partner
violence?
Evidence-Based Practice
2016
Predisposing genetic differences
contribute to vulnerability to escalate
cocaine intake in rats
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2015
Permanent Supportive Housing in Los
Angeles County: A Map-Based Tool
Unknown Venue
2022
Effects of Paternal Incarceration on
Father Involvement on Child Behavior
Outcomes at Middle Childhood
Journal of Child and Family
Studies
2019
Does Mental Health Stigma Really Exist?
Written Off
The Sober Transitional Housing and
Employment Project (STHEP):
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
1990
Differences in the Association between
Depression and Opioid Misuse in Chronic
Low Back Pain versus Chronic Pain at Other
Locations
Healthcare
2016
Mental Health Help Seeking Among
Traumatized Individuals
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
2016
Provider-agency fit in substance abuse
treatment organizations: implications for
learning climate, morale, and
evidence-based practice implementation
BMC Research Notes
2015
Is voluntary household smoking ban
differentially effective for men's and
women's smokeless tobacco use and
addiction? Findings from the global adult
tobacco survey in India
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2015
Nonmedical use of oxycodone and other
opiate analgesics in the US, 2004–2011:
Are military veterans at increased risk?
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2015
Role of substance abuse in physical and
mental health trajectories throughout the
deployment cycle: A national guard study
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2015
Military Use and Regulation of Alcohol
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol:
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Perspectives
2015
Provider-agency fit in addiction services
organizations: implications for
evidence-based practice implementation
Addiction Science & Clinical
Practice
2015
Implementing Outside the Box:
Community-Based Social Service Provider
Experiences With Using an Alcohol
Screening and Intervention
Journal of Social Service
Research
2014
Motivational Interviewing in Permanent
Supportive Housing: The Role of
Organizational Culture
Administration and Policy in Mental
Health and Mental Health Services
Research
2014
Differential risk of racial admixture for
substance abuse: A longitudinal analysis
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2014
The marginal effects of hazardous alcohol
use on the probability of behavioral
healthcare utilization among National
Guard members
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2014
Whose post-traumatic stress affects
drinking levels? Couple-dyad modeling of
national guard service members and their
partners
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2014
The marginal effects of hazardous alcohol
use on the probability of behavioral
healthcare utilization among National
Guard members with psychopathology
Comprehensive Psychiatry
2013
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., Social Welfare / July, 2012
Los Angeles, California, United
States of America
Experience
Saint Louis University
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine / February, 2015 — Present
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