Technical Reports: Deborah Scharf, PhD

Technical Reports: Deborah Scharf, PhD

  1. Zitars, J. & Scharf, D. (June, 2022). IMPACT Program Year 1 Focus Groups Summary  Report. Prepared for: Canadian Mental Health Association – Thunder Bay and Thunder Bay  Police Service
  2. Benson, A., Kozik, J., & Scharf, D. (May, 2022). RAAM and RAAM-Reach program  evaluation. Prepared for: Nor’West Community Health Centres and Public Health Agency of  Canada.
  3. Scharf, D., Zitars, J., & Popovic, M. (April, 2022). IMPACT Year 1 Program Summary.  Prepared for: Canadian Association for Mental Health – Thunder Bay
  4. Waegemakers Schiff, J., Weissman, E., Scharf, D., Schiff, R., & Campbell, S. (2022).  Traumatic Stress Among Canadian Homelessness Services Workers: Prevalence and  Incidence During the Covid-19 Pandemic. 
  5. Dabas, G. & Scharf, D. (August, 2021). Employing Peers: Policy Considerations for Ontario  Opioid Harm Reduction Programs. Prepared for: Nor’West Community Health Centres.
  6. Kozik, J., & Scharf, D. (July, 2021). Best Practices for Rapid Access to Addiction Medicine  Clinics and Considerations for Implementation in Northern Ontario: A Literature Review.  Prepared for: Nor’West Community Health Centres
  7. Scharf, D., Docherty, M., Spaeth-Rublee, B. et al (in press). Financially sustainable integrated care: State and MCO innovations. Commonwealth Fund.
  8. Scharf, D., Maranzan, A., Oinonen, K., & Stroink, M. (June, 2021). What does training in  Health Psychology look like today? An example from Lakehead University. Canadian  Psychological Association – Health Psychology Section, pp. 24 – 28.  
  9. Docherty, M., Spaeth-Rublee, B., Scharf, D., Ferebchik, E., Chung, H., & Pincus, H.A.  (November, 2020). How providers are advancing the implementation of integrated  behavioural health, primary care and social need interventions. Commonwealth Fund
  10. Hawkins, J., Scharf, D., & Kone, A. (May, 2020). Joint Mobile Crisis Response Team (JMCRT) Evaluation and Cost Analysis. Prepared for Canadian Mental Health Association, Thunder Bay.
  11. Scharf, D., Kariaparambil-Rajan, A. & Koné, A. (2019, June). Rapid Intervention Services Kenora (RISK): A Continuous Quality Improvement Report for the Kenora Situation Table. Prepared for Canadian Mental Health Association, Kenora.
  12. Breslau, J., Sorbero, M. J., Kusuke, D., Yu, H., Scharf, D. M., Hackbarth, N. S., & Pincus, H. A. (2019, March). Primary and Behavioural Health Care Integration Program: Impacts on health care utilization, cost and quality (Research Reoprt No. RR-1601-ASPEC). Prepared for the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  13. Scharf, D., Hyslop, J., Stubbings, T., LeBlanc, E., & Maddock, M. (2019, March). Enhanced crisis services: Thunder Bay and district community consultations. Prepared for the Canadian Mental Health Association, Thunder Bay.
  14. Scharf, D., Koné, A., & Kariaparambil-Rajan, A. (2019, January). Thunder Bay Situation Table Continuous Quality Improvement Report. Prepared for Canadian Mental Health Association, Thunder Bay.
  15. Schell, T. L., Farris, C., Miles, J. N. V., Sloan, J., & Scharf, D. (2016). The Air Force Deployment Transition Center: Assessment of Program Structure, Process and Outcomes (Research Report No. RR-918). Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  16. Schell, T. L., Farris, C., Miles, J. N. V., Sloan, J., & Scharf, D. (2016). The air force deployment transition center: Assessment of program structure, process and outcomes (Research Report No. PR-1610-OSD). Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  17. Shadel, W. G., Martino, S., Setodji, C. M., Scharf, D. M., Kusuke, D., Sicker, A., & Gong, M. (2015). Can big tobacco’s power wall be breached? (Research Report No. RB-9879). Prepared for RAND Corporation.
  18. Meeker, D., Cerully, J. L., Johnson, M., Iyer, N., Kurz, J., & Scharf, D. M. (2015). SimCoach evaluation: A virtual human intervention to encourage servicemember help-seeking for PTSD and depression (Research Report No. RR-505-OSD). Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  19. Pedersen, E. R., Eberhart, N. K., Williams, K. M., Tanielian, T., Epley, C., & Scharf, D. M. (2015). Public-private partnerships for providing behavioral health care to veterans and their families: What do we know, what do we need to learn, and what do we need to do (Research Report No. RR-970-CMHSA). Prepared for the New York State Health Foundation and the California Mental Health Services Association.
  20. Ayer, L., Farris, C., Farmer, C. M., Geyer, L., Barnes-Proby, D., Ryan, G. W., … Scharf, D. M. (2015). Care transitions to and from the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) for service members with traumatic brain injury (Research Report No. RR-653-OSD). Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  21. Scharf, D. M., Breslau, J., Schmidt Hackbarth, N., Kusuke, D., Staplefoote, B. L., & Pincus, H. A. (2014). Caring for brain and body: Integrating care for adults with serious mental illness in New York State (Research Report No. RB-9806). Prepared for the New York State Health Foundation.
  22. Scharf, D. M., Breslau, J., Schmidt Hackbarth, N., Kusuke, D., Staplefoote, B. L., & Pincus, H. A. (2014). An examination of New York State’s integrated primary and mental health care services for adults with serious mental illness (Research Report No. RR-670). Prepared for the New York State Health Foundation.
  23. Scharf, D. M., Eberhard, N. K., Schmidt-Hackbarth, N., Horvitz-Lennon, M., Beckman, R., Han, B., … Burnam, M. A. (2014). Improving the physical health of adults with serious mental illness. (Research Report No. RB-9789). Prepared for RAND Corporation.
  24. Scharf, D. M., Eberhard, N. K., Schmidt-Hackbarth, N., Horvitz-Lennon, M., Beckman, R., Han, B., … Burnam, M.A. (2014). Evaluation of the SAMHSA Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) Grant Program: Final report (Task 13) (Research Report No. RAND RR-546-DHHS). Prepared for the Department of Health and Human Services.
  25. Farmer, C. M., Scharf, D. M., & Weinick, R. M. (2014). Improving programs that address psychological health and traumatic brain Injury: The RAND toolkit (Research Report No. RAND RB-9674-OSD). Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  26. Ayer, A., Farris, C., Farmer, C., Geyer, L., Barnes-Proby, D., Ryan, G., … Scharf, D. M. (2014). Improving assessment and treatment for service members with traumatic brain injury: Evaluation of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) (Research Report No. RR-653-OSD). Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  27. Engberg, J., Scharf, D., Lovejoy, S., Yu, H., & Tharp-Taylor, S. (2012). Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress through 2011 (Research Report No. RAND TR-1261). Prepared for the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission.
  28. Weinick, R. M., Beckjord, E. B., Farmer, C., Martin, L. T., Gillen, E. M., Acosta, J., … Scharf, D. M. (2011). Programs addressing psychological health and care for traumatic brain injury among U.S. military servicemembers and their families (Research Report No. TR-950-OSD). Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  29. Farmer, C. M., Burns, R. M., Farris, C., Gillen, E. M., Krull, H., Martin, L. T., Osilla, K. C., Ramchand, R., Scharf, D. M., Schell, T. L., Singh, R., Tanielian, T., & Williams, K. M. (2011). Psychological health, mental health care and family programs: Context and environmental analysis. Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  30. Weinick, R. M., Beckjord, E. B., Farmer, C. M., Martin, L. T., Gillen, E. M., Acosta, J., … Scharf, D. M. (2011). Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Among U.S. Military Servicemembers and Their Families (Research Report No. TR-950). Prepared for RAND Corporation.
  31. Weinick, R. M., Beckjord, E. B., Farmer, C. M., Martin, L. T., Gillen, E. M., Acosta, J., … Scharf, D. M. (2011). Addressing psychological health and traumatic brain injury among servicemembers and their families: Existing department of defense programs and options for improvement (Research Report No. RB-9606). Prepared for Rand Corporation.