JAAK RAKFELDT Social Work
CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:
With Rybash, J. M., and Roodin, P. A. Affirmative Coping: A Marker of Success in Adult Therapeutic Intervention. In Clinical Approaches to Adult Development, edited by M. L. Commons, J. Demick, & C. Goldberg, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1996: 295-310.
With Davidson, L., Hoge, M. A., Merrill, M. E., & Griffith, E. E. H. "Die Erfahrungen von Langzeitpatieten bei der Rückkehr in ihre Gemeinde." In Abschied von Babylon: Verständigung über Grenzen in der Psychiatrie, 1995: 247-256.
With Sledge, W. H., & Tebes, J. "Acute Crisis Care." In Emergency Mental Health Services in the Community, edited by M. Phelan, G. Strathdee, & G. Thornicroft, Cambridge University Press, 1995: 233-258.
With Townsend, J. M. "Hospitalization and First-Contact Mental Patients: Stigma and Changes in Self-Concept." In Research in Community and Mental Health: A Research Annual, Volume 5, edited by J. R. Greenley, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press Inc., 1985: 269-301.
"Eesti Noored ja Sümboolne Suhtlemisteooria Marginaalsuses" [Young Estonians and Symbolic Interaction Theory Related to the Issue of Marginality]. In Metsaülikool 1967-1982, Toronto, Ontario, Kotkajärve Metsaülikool and the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, 1984: 131-135.
JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:
Sledge, W.H., Tebes, J.K., Rakfeldt, J., Davidson, L, Druss, B. & Lyons, L. (1996). Crisis respite care vs. inpatient care: Part I. Clinical outcomes. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 153(8), 1065-1073.
Rakfeldt, J., Sledge, W.H., Bailey, M.A. & Anderson, C. (1996). A Two-Tiered Approach to Case Management. Continuum: Developments in Ambulatory Mental Health Care, 3(1), 45-57.
Rakfeldt, J., & Rakfeldt-Leetmaa, H. (1996)."Rahvusliku Identiteedi Säilitamine Okupeeritud Eestis." (The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia). Akadeemia 8(8), 1571-1590.
Hawkins, K., Hoffman, R. E., Quinlan, D.M., Rakfeldt, J. & Docherty, N.M., Sledge W. H. (1997). Cognition, negative symptoms, and diagnosis: A comparison of schizophrenic, bipolar, and control samples. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 9(1), 81-89.
Rakfeldt, J., Tebes, J.K., Steiner, J., Walker, P.L., Davidson, L., & Sledge, W.H. (1997). Normalizing acute care: A Day Hospital/Crisis Residence alternative to inpatient hospitalization. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 185(1), 46-52.
Rakfeldt, J. (1997). Hands’ Work. Connecticut Review, 19(1), 43-45.
Rakfeldt, J. (1999). Flight from home. Connecticut Review, 21(1), 157-162.
Fisk, D., Rakfeldt, J., Heffernan, K & Rowe, M. (1999). Outreach workers’ experiences in a homeless outreach project: Issues of boundaries, ethics, and staff safety. Psychiatric Quarterly, 70(3), 231-246.
With Davidson, L., Tebes, J. K., & Sledge, W. H. "Differences in Social Environment between Inpatient and Day Hospital/Crisis Respite Settings." Psychiatric Services 47:7 (1996): 714-720.
With Sledge, W. H., Tebes, J. K., et al. "Crisis Respite Care vs. Inpatient Care: Part I. Clinical Outcomes." American Journal of Psychiatry 153:8 (1996): 1065-1073.
With Sledge, W. H., Bailey, M. A., & Anderson, C. "A Two-Tiered Approach to Case Management." Continuum: Developments in Ambulatory Mental Health Care 3:1 (1996): 45-57.
With Rakfeldt-Leetmaa, H. "Rahvusliku Identiteedi Säilitamine Okupeeritud Eestis" [The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia]. Akadeemia 8:8 (1996): 1571-1590.
With Davidson, L., Hoge, M. A., et al. "Hospital or Community Living? Examining Consumer Perspectives on Deinstitutionalization." Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 19:3 (1996): 49-58.
With McGlashan, T. H. "Onset, Course and Outcome of Schizophrenia." Current Opinion in Psychiatry 9:1 (1996): 73-77.
With Docherty, N. M., Hawkins, K., et al. "Working Memory, Attention, and Language in Schizophrenia." Journal of Abnormal Psychology 105:2 (1996): 212-219.
With Hawkins, K. A., Sledge, W. H., et al. "Can Digit-Symbol Verbal Fluency Comparisons Facilitate Detection of Pseudo-Dementia? A Preliminary Study." European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 244 (1995): 317-319.
With Davidson, L., Hoge, M. A., et al. "The Experiences of Long-Stay Inpatients Returning to the Community." Psychiatry 58 (1995): 122-132.
With Sledge, W. H., Astrachan, B., et al. "Case Management in Psychiatry: An Analysis of Tasks." American Journal of Psychiatry 152:9 (1995): 1259-1265.
"Writing as People about Patients as People: Sam Zeitstrum." Yale Psychiatry 5:1 (1995): 16-17.
With Steinberg, M., Cicchetti, D., et al. "Distinguishing Between Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociative Identity Disorder) and Schizophrenia Using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders (SCID-D)." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 182:9 (1994): 495-502.
"Põhja-Ameerika Eestlaste Identsusest" [Estonian-American Ethnic Identity Issues]. Akadeemia 51 (1993): 3-12.
With Hawkins, K. A., Sledge, W. H., et al. "Normative Implications of the Relationship Between Reading Vocabulary and Boston Naming Test Performance." Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 8 (1993): 525-537.
"Eksistentsiaal-Aktiivse Tegevuse Teooria" [Theory of Existential-Active Activity]. Akadeemia 3:4 (1991): 717-728.
With Strauss, J. S. "The Low Turning Point: A Control Mechanism in The Course of Mental Disorder." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 177:1 (1989): 32-37.
With Strauss, J. S., Harding, C. M., & Lieberman, P. "Psychological and Social Aspects of Negative Symptoms." British Journal of Psychiatry 155:7 (1989): 128-132.
"Äärel Olemine: Kahe Kultuuri ja Ühiskonna Vahel" [Life at the Edge of Two Cultures and Societies]. Ajakiri 4 (1978): 26-31.
OTHER PUBLISHING ACTIVITY:
Member of the editorial board for The Journal of Adult Development.
Reviewer for Hospital and Community Psychiatry.
Reviewer for Archives of General Psychiatry.
Reviewer for The American Journal of Psychiatry.
Reviewer for European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience.
Reviewer for Schizophrenia Bulletin.
Reviewer for The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Reviewer for Continuum: Developments in Ambulatory Mental Health Care.
Reviewer for the Yale University Press.
Reviewer for the Allyn and Bacon Press.CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:
April 3, 1997 - New Haven, Connecticut: "Negotiating Boundaries and Social Integration." The Social Integration in Community Mental Health Seminar Series, Connecticut Mental Health Center/Yale University Department of Psychiatry.
April 11, 1997 - Meriden, CT: "The Changing Environment of Social Work Practice in Assertive Community Outreach Programs." NASW (National Association for Social Work) Connecticut Statewide Annual Conference.
April 18, 1997 -Yale University: "Writing as people about patients as people: Psychiatry as a Human Science." The Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds.
April 26, 1997 - New York, NY: "Fraternitas Estica 90. Aastapäeva Aktuse Kõne." Keynote Speaker: The 90th anniversary of the founding of Fraternitas Estica, an Estonian academic fraternity.
October 26, 1997 - Washington, D.C.: "Case management and psychiatry" American Psychiatric Association, 49th Institute on Psychiatric Services.
November 10, 1997 - Southern Connecticut State University: Moderator for session titled: "Poetry: Language of Being." At conference titled: The Language of Thought: An Interdisciplinary Interrogation.
January 25, 1998 - Miami, FL: "A community-based crisis alternative to inpatient mental hospitalization." International Conference on Research for Social Work Practice.
June 3, 1998 - Toronto, Canada: "Finding the person in writing about patients: The reunion." American Psychiatric Association 151th Annual Meeting.
September 19, 1998 — Yale University: Served as facilitator/moderator/master of Ceremonies "Celebrating John S. Strauss’ M.D., Contributions to Psychiatry," that brought together scholars and researchers from around the world who have worked with Dr. Strauss over the past forty years.
September 25, 1998 — Southern Connecticut State University: "Personal narrative and the preservation of national identity in occupied Estonia." Poster Presentation: Research Dialogue: A Qualitative Perspective.
October 5, 1998 — Los Angeles, CA: "Boundary issues in community treatment" American Psychiatric Association, 50th Institute on Psychiatric Services.
November 28, 1998 — Cincinnati, Ohio: "Rahvusliku Identiteedi Säilitamine Okupeeritud Eestis." (The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia.") K.L.E.N.Ki Päevad.(The Mid-Western Estonian AcademicSociety’s Annual Conference).
January 22, 1999 — Austin, TX: "Supported socialization for people with psychiatric disabilities." International Conference on Research for Social Work Practice.
January 22-24, 1999 — Austin, TX: "Students’ perceptions of the impact of a practice-based master’s thesis." Poster Presentation (with Todd Rofuth). International Conference on Research for Social Work Practice.
August 9, 1999 - University of Toronto: "Väliseestlaste Identsusest." (Émigré Estonian Identity Issues). Chair of Estonian Studies Seminar at the University of Toronto.
October 8, 1999 — Southern Connecticut State University: "Community integration for persons with psychiatric disabilities." Community: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.
October 16, 1999 — Eastern Connecticut State University: Supported socialization for people with psychiatric disabilities." Connecticut State University Faculty Research Conference. (Abstract accepted)
October 30, 1999 — New Orleans, LA: "Consumers as providers: Boundary issues" American Psychiatric Association, 51th Institute on Psychiatric Services. (Abstract accepted)
November 1, 1999 — New Orleans, LA: "Employing persons with mental illness" (Discussant) American Psychiatric Association, 51th Institute on Psychiatric Services. (Abstract accepted)
April 7, 2000 - Farmington, CT: "From the couch to the park bench: Psychodynamic psychotherapy with homeless persons." NASW (National Association for Social Work) Connecticut Statewide Annual Conference. (abstract accepted).
"Rahvusliku Identiteedi Säilitamine Okupeeritud Eestis" [The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia]. The Estonian Society of Connecticut, Manchester, CT, November 23, 1996.
"Case Management in Psychiatry: An Analysis of Tasks." American Psychiatric Association, 48th Institute on Psychiatric Services, Chicago, October 20, 1996.
"The Preservation of National Identity in Occupied Estonia." Identity, Freedom, Values and Memory: 2nd International Baltic Psychology Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, August 26, 1996.
"Rahvusliku Identiteedi Säilitamine Okupeeritud Eestis"[The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia]. Eesti Teadlaste Kongress [Estonian Scholars Congress], Tallinn, Estonia, August 14, 1996.
With Stayner, D., & Davidson, L. "Supported Friendships: An Avenue into Community Life for Persons with Serious Psychiatric Disabilities." International Association of Rehabilitation Services Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, June 17, 1996.
With Docherty, N. M., Hawkins, K., et al. "Working Memory, Attention, and Language in Schizophrenia." American Psychiatric Association 148th Annual Meeting, NY, May 7, 1996.
"Hands' Work" --Tides, Ides, & Odes: Dancing Outloud. Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, March 15, 1996.
"Psychiatry as a Human Science: Writing as People about Patients as People." Yale University, The Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New Haven, February 16, 1996.
"Improving Triage Decisions at the Initial Visit." American Psychiatric Association, 47th Institute on Psychiatric Services, Boston, October 9, 1995.
"Supporting Peer Supporters: Providing Training, Supervision and Reasonable
Accommodations for Mental Health Consumer Providers." Fifth Biennial Conference
on Community Research and Action, The Society for Community Research and Action
(SCRA), Division 27 of the American Psychological Association, University of
Illinois at
Chicago, June 16, 1995.
"Conducting Research in Eastern and Central Europe." The International Research & Exchanges Board Annual Grantee Conference, Washington, DC, June 3, 1995.
"Responding to the Diverse Needs of Children and Families." Chaired Session
titled Innovations in Community-Based Mental Health Care, sponsored by the
Center for Mental Health Policy, Services, and Clinical Research of the
Connecticut Mental Health Center and the Yale University Department of
Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven,
May 12, 1995.
"Psychiatry as a Human Science." Yale University, The Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New Haven, April 21, 1995.
"Rahvusliku Identiteedi Säilitamine Okupeeritud Eestis" [The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia]. The Estonian Learned Society, NY, November 11, 1994.
With Docherty, N. M., Hawkins, K., et al. "Communication Disturbances and Cognition in Schizophrenia." Seventh Annual Meeting, Society for Research in Psychopathology, Miami, October 2, 1994.
"Rahvusliku Identiteedi Säilitamine Okupeeritud Eestis" [The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia]. Tartu Institute Program at Tartu College, University of Toronto, August 23, 1994.
"Rahvusliku Identiteedi Säilitamine Okupeeritud Eestis" [The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia]. Chair of Estonian Studies Seminar, University of Toronto, August 13-19, 1994.
"The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia." 14th Conference on Baltic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, June 11, 1994.
With Docherty, N. M, Hawkins, K., et al. "Working Memory, Attention, and Language in Schizophrenia." American Psychiatric Association 147th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, May 24, 1994.
With Hawkins, K., Sledge, W. H., et al. "Cognition, Negative Symptoms, and Diagnosis: A Comparison of Schizophrenic, Bipolar, and Control Samples." American Psychiatric Association 147th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, May 24, 1994.
"Writing as People About Patients as People." Yale University: The Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New Haven, April 15, 1994.
RECENT GRANTS & CONTRACTS RECEIVED:
1996 - Connecticut State University Research Grant: "Yale Longitudinal Study Data Analysis."
1996 - Southern Connecticut State University Curriculum Development Grant: "Develop Mental Health Specialization for MSW program".
1996 - Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Development Grant: "Social Work Practice: Moving Toward the Millennium, Issues and Challenges Facing Social Workers in the Public Sector".
1996 - Southern Connecticut State University, School of Professional Studies Scholarship Release Time Grant: "Develop Existential Coping Instrument". 3 credit hours.
1996 - Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Development Grant: "Upgrade quantitative data analysis skills among social work faculty".
1997 - Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Development Grant: "Monthly sharing and mentorship, scholarship, grant writing, and technology." (with Mary Brown, Joseph Inguanti, & Bonnie Cashin Farmer)
1997 - Connecticut State University Research Grant: "Refining an Existential Coping Instrument."
1998 - Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Development Grant: "Research dialogue: A Qualitative perspective." (with Mary Brown, Joseph Inguanti, & Bonnie Cashin Farmer)
1998 - Connecticut State University Research Grant: "Ethnic Identity Among Diaspora Estonians." .
1999 - Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Development Grant: "Communty: An interdisciplinary perspective." (with Mary Brown, Joseph Inguanti, & Bonnie Cashin Farmer)
1999 - Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Development Grant: "Dr. Keith Hawkins, Psy.D., Director of the Neuropsychological Assessment Service, at the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine to present research on cognitive deficits among persons diagnosed as having schizophrenia. ".
1996--IREX International Research and Exchanges Board--Short-Term Travel Grant: "The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia."
1996--Connecticut State University Research Grant: "Yale Longitudinal Study Data Analysis."
1996--Southern Connecticut State University Curriculum Development Grant: "Develop Mental Health Specialization for MSW Program."
1996--Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Development Grant: "Social Work in Community Mental Health Conference."
1993- International Research and Exchanges Board. "The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia."
1993--The Soros Foundation. "The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia." 50,000 EEK (Estonian Kroons)
1992--International Research and Exchanges Board. "The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in Occupied Estonia."
1990--Co-author with W. H. Sledge for a grant to the Community Support Program (CSP) of NIMH (MH47638-01), which is a randomized crisis residence alternative to inpatient hospitalization.
CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Works In Press:
Davidson, L., Stayner, D., Rakfeldt, J., Weingarten, R. & Tebes, J.K. (in press). Friendship and the restoration of community life. In P. Stastny & J. Campbell (Eds.) Social Supports and Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
Sledge W. H., Hoffman, R. E., Hawkins, K., Docherty, N.M; Quinlan, D.M. & Rakfeldt, J. (in press). Linguistic deviance in schizophrenia. In J. K. France & S. Kramer (Eds.) Communication and Mental Illness. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Rakfeldt, J. (in press). Abelism: Mentally and emotionally challenged people. In G. Appleby, E. Colon & J. Hamilton (Eds.) Diversity, Oppression and Social Functioning: Person-In-Environment System (PIE) of Assessment and Intervention. Allyn and Bacon.
DISSERTATION TITLE:
Transformation of Social Identity as a Function of Diversion from or Admission to a Psychiatric Hospital
INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:
Syracuse University (The Maxwell School)