| Dr. Cook received her Ph.D. in sociology from The Ohio State University. She and her Center staff moved to the Department of Psychiatry in 1995. She directs the Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy (CMHSRP) that houses a federally funded center and a number of research and evaluation studies. The UIC National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability is federally funded for five years to conduct a series of research and training projects designed to promote self-determination and recovery among people with psychiatric disability. Dr. Cook directed the Coordinating Center of the Employment Intervention Demonstration Program, a national multi-site study of vocational rehabilitation interventions for persons with major mental disorders in eight states around the country. Her published research includes studies of women with HIV/AIDS, depression and HIV/AIDS disease progression, vocational rehabilitation, transition-aged youth with mental disorders, psychosocial rehabilitation outcomes, educational services for persons with mental illness, gender issues in psychiatric disability, and coping strategies of parents of adult offspring with severe mental illness. With staff at the MHSRP, Dr. Cook has created a series of training manuals and curricula in areas such as: reducing use of seclusion and restraint in inpatient settings, community safety for women with mental illness, hiring and training consumer service providers, vocational transitioning for youth with severe emotional disorders, job coaching in psychiatric rehabilitation, assertive case management for homeless persons with severe mental illness, and outreach to minority families of persons with mental illness. Dr. Cook served as an expert consultant on employment and income supports for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, and authored the Commission Subcommittee’s Report on “Employment and Income Supports for People with Mental Illness.” She consults with a variety of federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, the General Accounting Office, the Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, the Veteran's Administration, the National Institute of Mental Health, the U.S. Department of Education, and the White House. She is currently working with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on a project examining the relationship to patient-centered care in the IOM Crossing the Quality Chasm report to consumer-directed care in mental health.
Representative Publications
Cook J.A., Leff, S., Blyler C. et al., (in press). Results of a Multi-Site Randomized Implementation Effectiveness Trial of Supported Employment Interventions for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness. Archives of General Psychiatry.
Cook, J.A., Lehman, A.F., Drake, R. et al., (in press). Integration of Psychiatric and Vocational Services: A Multi-Site Randomized Implementation Effectiveness Trial of Supported Employment, American Journal of Psychiatry.
Cook, J.A., Grey, D.D., Burke, J.K. et al., (2004). Depressive Symptoms and AIDS-Related Mortality Among a Multisite Cohort of HIV-Positive Women, American Journal of Public Health, 94(7), 1133-1140.
Cook, J.A., Burke, J., Fitzgibbon, G. et al., (2004). Satisfaction with Medicaid-Funded Behavioral Healthcare Plans and Children’s Mental Health Service Utilization. Health Care Financing Review, 26(1), 43-55.
Cook, J.A., Toprac, M., & Shore, S.E. (2004). Combining Evidence-Based Practice with Stakeholder Consensus to Enhance Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services in the Texas Benefit Design Initiative, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 27(4). 307-318.
Cook, J.A. (2003). Depression, Disability, and Rehabilitation Services for Women, Psychology of Women Quarterly, 27, 121-129.
Cook, J.A. (2003). One-Year Followup of Illinois State Vocational Rehabilitation Clients with Psychiatric Disabilities Following Successful Closure into Community Employment, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 18, 25-32.
Cook, J.A. & Burke, J. (2002). Public Policy and Employment of People with Disabilities: Exploring New Paradigms, Behavioral Science and the Law, 20(6), 541-557.
Cook, J.A., Cohen, M.H., Grey, D., et al., (2002). “Use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in a Cohort of HIV-Seropositive Women,” American Journal of Public Health, 92(1), 82-87.
Cook, J.A. & Jonikas, J.A. (2002). “Self-Determination Among Mental Health Consumers/Survivors: Using Lessons from the Past to Guide the Future,” Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 13(2), 87-95.
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