Publications

Dr. Elizabeth Merwin has publications that span her professional career including topics on Workforce, Mental Health treatment, Health Disparity in Race and Ethnicity groups, and Rural Health. She has guided, authored, or edited publications including NIH manuscripts, guest editor of Annual Review of Nursing Research, numerous journal articles, and Rural Research Center publications and reports.

Workforce

These publications in Mental Health, United States, focus on a work group including the NIH, American Psychological Association, Psychiatric Association, and the National Association of Social Workers, and identified core reportable data sets and gathered data to analyze results in the Human Resources field. Two areas of particular focus in the mental health field are clinically trained health personnel and clinically active mental health professionals.

Mental Health United States 1990, Chapter 4: Human Resources in Mental Health

Mental Health United States 1992, Chapter 2: Training of Mental Health Providers

Mental Health United States 1994, Chapter 7: The Ecology of Mental Health Facilities in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties

Mental Health United States 1996, Chapter 10: An Update on Human Resources in Mental Health

Mental Health United States 2000, Chapter 20, Appendix D: Sources and Qualifications of Data for Mental Health Practitioners and Trainees

Mental Health United States 2002, Chapter 3: Perspectives on the Future of the Mental Health Disciplines

Rural Health

Rural Mental Health Research Center: Recent Publications and Reports

Shortages of Rural Mental Health Professionals

Shortages of Mental Health Professionals in Virginia

Mental Health

Outcomes for Patients Discharged from State Psychiatric Inpatient Care: Evaluation Final Report

Primary Mental Health and Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing

Virginia Professional Nurses Survey: Comparison of Psychiatric and Other Professional Nurses

Health Disparities

Race, Culture, Mental Health Services, and Family Well-Being