CONTACT INFORMATION

University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychiatry
Institute for Juvenile Research
1747 W. Roosevelt Road, (M/C 747)
Chicago, IL 60608

Office Phone: (312) 413-1371
Office Fax: (312) 413-1036

E-mail: jabdul@psych.uic.edu

Assistant:
Brian Roland, 312-355-5002, broland@psych.uic.edu

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Abdul-Adil, J. & Tolan, P.H. (in press). Prevention programs, youth violence. Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Abdul-Adil, J. & Tolan, P.H. (in press). Youth violence. Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Abdul-Adil, J., Tolan, P. & Guerra, N. (in press). The cognitive-ecological model: Paradigm and promise for the future.In M. Mayer, R. Van Acker, J. Lochman & F. Gresham (Eds.), Cognitive-behavioral interventions for emotional and behavioral disorders: School-based practice. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press.

Atkins, M., Frazier, S., Leathers, S., Graczyk, P., Talbott, E., Jakobsons, L., Abdul-Adil, J., Marinez, Lora, A., Demirtas, H., Gibbons, R. & Bell, C. (in press). Teacher key opinion leaders and mental health consultation in urban low-income schools. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Frazier, S., Abdul-Adil, J., Atkins, M., Gathright, T. & Jackson, M. (2007). Can't have one without the other: Mental health providers and community parents reducing barriers to services for families in urban poverty. Journal of Community Psychology, 35(4), 435-446.

Abdul-Adil, J. (2006). Rap Music and urban rhapsody: Violence prevention for inner city African-American male adolescents. Online Journal of Urban Youth Culture.

Abdul-Adil, J. & Farmer, A.D., Jr. (2006). Inner-city African-American parental involvement in elementary schools: Getting beyond urban legends of apathy. School Psychology Quarterly, 21(1), 1-12.

Keys, C., McMahon, S., Sanchez, B., London, L. & Abdul-Adil, J. (2004). "Culturally-anchored research: Quandaries, guidelines, and exemplars for community psychology." In L.A. Jason, C.B. Keys, Y. Suarez-Balcazar, R.R. Taylor, M. Davis, J. Durlak & D. Isenberg (Eds.), Participatory Community Research: Theories and Methods in Action (pp. 177-198). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Watts, R.J., Abdul-Adil, J. & Pratt, T. (2002). Sociopolitical and civic development in young African-American men: A psychoeducational approach. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 3(1), pp. 41-50.

IJR Faculty Member

Jaleel K. Abdul-Adil, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
Associate Director of the Disruptive Behavior Clinic

Dr. Abdul-Adila's career interest is culturally-sensitive, evidence-based practices for low-income urban youth and families in both university-based clinics and community-based settings.

His current research focuses on family-oriented outpatient interventions for youth with conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and co-morbid conditions (including post-traumatic stress from community violence).

Dr. Abdul-Adil also consults with local schools and community mental health agencies to establish research-based protocols for assessment and treatment of disruptive behavior disorders and other mental health problems.

In addition, Dr. Abdul-Adil is a nationally-renowned expert on the use of modern Rap music and Hip-Hop media to enrich psychosocial and educational programs for urban youth.

Interests:
Evidence-based practice for families of urban youth with externalizing behaviors and comorbid conditions

Affiliations/Memberships:
  • Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53) of the American Psychological Association
  • Society for Prevention Research
  • Society for Research on Adolescence
  • Society for Community Research and Action "Division of Community Psychology (Division 27) of the American Psychological Association"

Projects:
Disruptive Behavior Clinic outpatient research, collaborative interventions with urban schools, Urban Youth Trauma Center and community mental health clinics