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William H Fisher AB, MA, PhD

TitleAdjunct Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
AddressUMASS Lowell
One University Avenue
Lowell MA 01854
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences


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    Clark University, Worcester, MA, United StatesASSOCPsychology
    Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United StatesMASociology/Social Anthropology
    Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United StatesDOCA

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    Additional information about lab rotations within the CPHR program can be found athttp://www.umassmed.edu/cphr/program/rotations.aspx



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    1. Wik A, Hollen V, Fisher WH. Forensic patients in state psychiatric hospitals: 1999-2016. CNS Spectr. 2020 04; 25(2):196-206. PMID: 31221229.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Gorman JA, McKay CE, Yates BT, Fisher WH. Keeping Clubhouses Open: Toward a Roadmap for Sustainability. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2018 01; 45(1):81-90. PMID: 27631611.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Morabito MS, Socia K, Wik A, Fisher WH. The nature and extent of police use of force in encounters with people with behavioral health disorders. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2017 Jan - Feb; 50:31-37. PMID: 28029437.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Hedman LC, Petrila J, Fisher WH, Swanson JW, Dingman DA, Burris S. State Laws on Emergency Holds for Mental Health Stabilization. Psychiatr Serv. 2016 05 01; 67(5):529-35. PMID: 26927575.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    5. Clark RE, Baxter JD, Aweh G, O'Connell E, Fisher WH, Barton BA. Risk Factors for Relapse and Higher Costs Among Medicaid Members with Opioid Dependence or Abuse: Opioid Agonists, Comorbidities, and Treatment History. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2015 Oct; 57:75-80. PMID: 25997674.
      Citations: 49     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Silver J, Fisher WH, Silver E. Preventing Persons Affected by Serious Mental Illnesses from Obtaining Firearms: The Evolution of Law, Policy, and Practice in Massachusetts. Behav Sci Law. 2015 Jun; 33(2-3):279-89. PMID: 25737302.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Clark RE, Baxter JD, Barton BA, Aweh G, O'Connell E, Fisher WH. The impact of prior authorization on buprenorphine dose, relapse rates, and cost for Massachusetts Medicaid beneficiaries with opioid dependence. Health Serv Res. 2014 Dec; 49(6):1964-79. PMID: 25040021.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Fisher WH, Clark R, Baxter J, Barton B, O'Connell E, Aweh G. Co-occurring risk factors for arrest among persons with opioid abuse and dependence: implications for developing interventions to limit criminal justice involvement. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2014 Sep; 47(3):197-201. PMID: 25012550.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Epperson MW, Wolff N, Morgan RD, Fisher WH, Frueh BC, Huening J. Envisioning the next generation of behavioral health and criminal justice interventions. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2014 Sep-Oct; 37(5):427-38. PMID: 24666731.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. McCabe PJ, Christopher PP, Pinals DA, Fisher WH. Predictors of criminal justice involvement in severe mania. J Affect Disord. 2013 Jul; 149(1-3):367-74. PMID: 23477847.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. McCabe PJ, Christopher PP, Druhn N, Roy-Bujnowski KM, Grudzinskas AJ, Fisher WH. Arrest types and co-occurring disorders in persons with schizophrenia or related psychoses. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2012 Jul; 39(3):271-84. PMID: 22270830.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Christopher PP, McCabe PJ, Fisher WH. Prevalence of involvement in the criminal justice system during severe mania and associated symptomatology. Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Jan; 63(1):33-9. PMID: 22227757.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Fisher WH, Grudzinskas AJ, Roy-Bujnowski KM, Wolff N. Public policy and limits of diversion programs for reducing jail exposure of persons with serious mental illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Dec; 62(12):1503-5. PMID: 22193799.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Wolff N, Morgan RD, Shi J, Huening J, Fisher WH. Thinking styles and emotional states of male and female prison inmates by mental disorder status. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Dec; 62(12):1485-93. PMID: 22193797.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Christopher PP, Arikan R, Pinals DA, Fisher WH, Appelbaum PS. Evaluating psychiatric disability: differences by forensic expertise. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2011; 39(2):183-8. PMID: 21653261.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Fisher WH, Simon L, Roy-Bujnowski K, Grudzinskas A, Wolff N, Crockett E, Banks S. Risk of arrest among public mental health services recipients and the general public. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Jan; 62(1):67-72. PMID: 21209302.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Fisher WH, Rivard JC. The research potential of administrative data from state mental health agencies. Psychiatr Serv. 2010 Jun; 61(6):546-8. PMID: 20513674.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    18. Fisher WH, Grisso T. Commentary: civil commitment statutes--40 years of circumvention. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2010; 38(3):365-8. PMID: 20852222.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Fisher WH, Banks SM, Roy-Bujnowski K, Grudzinskas AJ, Simon LJ, Wolff N. Categorizing temporal patterns of arrest in a cohort of adults with serious mental illness. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2010 Oct; 37(4):477-90. PMID: 19728101.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Morgan RD, Fisher WH, Duan N, Mandracchia JT, Murray D. Prevalence of criminal thinking among state prison inmates with serious mental illness. Law Hum Behav. 2010 Aug; 34(4):324-36. PMID: 19551496.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Hartwell SW, Fisher WH, Davis M. Emerging adults with psychiatric disabilities involved with the criminal justice system. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2010 Oct; 54(5):756-68. PMID: 19498012.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    22. Macias C, Gold PB, Hargreaves WA, Aronson E, Bickman L, Barreira PJ, Jones DR, Rodican CF, Fisher WH. Preference in random assignment: implications for the interpretation of randomized trials. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2009 Sep; 36(5):331-42. PMID: 19434489.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Fisher WH, Geller JL, Pandiani JA. The changing role of the state psychiatric hospital. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun; 28(3):676-84. PMID: 19414875.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Hartwell SW, Fisher WH, Deng X. The impact of regionalization on reentry service outcomes for individuals with severe mental illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Mar; 60(3):394-7. PMID: 19252055.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Davis M, Fisher WH, Gershenson B, Grudzinskas AJ, Banks SM. Justice system involvement into young adulthood: comparison of adolescent girls in the public mental health system and in the general population. Am J Public Health. 2009 Feb; 99(2):234-6. PMID: 19059845.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    26. Fisher WH, Wolff N, Grudzinskas AJ, Roy-Bujnowski K, Banks SM, Clayfield J. Drug-related arrests in a cohort of public mental health service recipients. Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Nov; 58(11):1448-53. PMID: 17978255.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Davis M, Banks SM, Fisher WH, Gershenson B, Grudzinskas AJ. Arrests of adolescent clients of a public mental health system during adolescence and young adulthood. Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Nov; 58(11):1454-60. PMID: 17978256.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Fisher WH, Drake RE. Forensic mental illness and other policy misadventures. Commentary on "extending assertive community treatment to criminal justice settings: origins, current evidence, and future directions". Community Ment Health J. 2007 Oct; 43(5):545-8. PMID: 17619148.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Geller JL, Fisher WH, Grudzinskas AJ, Clayfield JC, Lawlor T. Involuntary outpatient treatment as "desintitutionalized coercion": the net-widening concerns. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2006 Nov-Dec; 29(6):551-62. PMID: 17097143.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Fisher WH, Roy-Bujnowski KM, Grudzinskas AJ, Clayfield JC, Banks SM, Wolff N. Patterns and prevalence of arrest in a statewide cohort of mental health care consumers. Psychiatr Serv. 2006 Nov; 57(11):1623-8. PMID: 17085611.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Fisher WH, Silver E, Wolff N. Beyond criminalization: toward a criminologically informed framework for mental health policy and services research. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2006 Sep; 33(5):544-57. PMID: 16791518.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Grudzinskas AJ, Clayfield JC, Roy-Bujnowski K, Fisher WH, Richardson MH. Integrating the criminal justice system into mental health service delivery: the worcester diversion experience. Behav Sci Law. 2005; 23(2):277-93. PMID: 15818600.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    33. Jones DR, Macias C, Barreira PJ, Fisher WH, Hargreaves WA, Harding CM. Prevalence, severity, and co-occurrence of chronic physical health problems of persons with serious mental illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2004 Nov; 55(11):1250-7. PMID: 15534013.
      Citations: 92     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Fisher WH, Normand SL, Dickey B, Packer IK, Grudzinskas AJ, Azeni H. Managed mental health care's effects on arrest and forensic commitment. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2004 Jan-Feb; 27(1):65-77. PMID: 15019768.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Fisher WH, Packer IK, Banks SM, Smith D, Simon LJ, Roy-Bujnowski K. Self-reported lifetime psychiatric hospitalization histories of jail detainees with mental disorders: comparison with a non-incarcerated national sample. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2002 Nov; 29(4):458-65. PMID: 12404939.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. Fisher WH, Dickey B, Normand SL, Packer IK, Grudzinskas AJ, Azeni H. Use of a state inpatient forensic system under managed mental health care. Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Apr; 53(4):447-51. PMID: 11919358.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
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