Judith A Cook
Biographic Data
| ID | 140789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith A Cook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cook |
| SIGNATURE | COOK J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9358-0371 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 50 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 536 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 50 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Social Media Influencers and Mental Health Messaging
Although health messaging by social media influencers (SMIs) may have positive effects such as promoting awareness and decreasing stigma, concerns have been raised that influencer narratives may lack comprehensive or balanced information and may evidence a disconnect with accepted clinical guidelines, especially when it comes to mental health. The purpose of this scoping review was to describe the state of research on both content of and audience…
Does Resilience Mediate the Relationship Between Negative Self-Image and Psychological Distress in Middle-Aged and Older Gay and Bisexual Men
Aging gay and bisexual men may have negative self-image s due to body image dissatisfaction and internalized ageism, resulting in psychological distress. Gay and bisexual men with HIV may be at greater risk for distress because of research linking HIV to accelerated aging. We examined associations between self-image and psychological distress, and potential mediating effects ( resilience, fitness engagement ) , and whether these relationships wer…
Trauma Across the Life Span and Multisystem Morbidity in Women With HIV
OBJECTIVE: Sexual and physical abuse are highly prevalent among women living with HIV (WLWH) and are risk factors for the development of mental health and substance use disorders (MHDs, SUDs), and cognitive and medical comorbidities. We examined empirically derived patterns of trauma, MHD, and SUD, and associations with later cognitive and health outcomes. METHODS: A total of 1027 WLWH (average age = 48.6 years) in the Women's Interagency HIV Stu…
Navigating legality
As ‘legal’ immigrants, Mexicans with U.S. lawful permanent resident status have the rare opportunity to petition for immigrant visas for certain eligible family members. This article draws on multi-sited ethnographic research carried out over six years in Guanajuato, Mexico and Connecticut, United States, to examine the experiences of transnational mixed-status families with access to the U.S family-based immigration system. For some families, le…
Beyond the agricultural “suffering slot
Ethnographic research on Connecticut farms reveals that workers in the agricultural sector experience a wide range of working and living conditions. While legal precarity, poverty, and oppressive social dynamics confine all farmworkers to positions of structural vulnerability, some acquire a kind of “structural agency” that enables them to exert influence over their conditions of work in ways that are meaningful to their everyday experiences. Sev…
Psychological Connection to the Gay Community and Negative Self-Appraisals in Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex With Men
Connection to the gay community may be a source of resilience for aging MSM by lessening negative self-appraisals and promoting strategies that address body image dissatisfaction and self-perceptions of aging. Interventions facilitating connections to the gay community may support healthy aging in this population
Judging Extreme Hardship”
A key element in teaching the anthropology of im/migration is fostering critical analysis of the discursive frames used in conversations about im/migrants. In this article I describe an in-class activity I use to foster critical thinking about discursive frames on im/migration—specifically those which are embedded into U.S. immigration law. Students are asked to play the role of an immigration judge deciding on a de-identified version of an actua…
Prevalence, Comorbidity, and Correlates of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders and Associations with HIV Risk Behaviors in a Multisite Cohort of Women Living with HIV
We used the World Health Organization's Composite International Diagnostic Interview to determine the prevalence, comorbidity, and correlates of lifetime and 12-month behavioral health disorders in a multisite cohort of 1027 women living with HIV in the United States. Most (82.6%) had one or more lifetime disorders including 34.2% with mood disorders, 61.6% with anxiety disorders, and 58.3% with substance use disorders. Over half (53.9%) had at l…
Abstinence and Use of Community-Based Cessation Treatment After a Motivational Intervention Among smokers with Severe Mental Illness
Associations Between Gender and Obesity Among Adults with Mental Illnesses in a Community Health Screening Study
The prevalence of obesity and its associations with gender, clinical factors, and medical co-morbidities were examined among 457 adults attending public mental health programs in 4 U.S. states. BMI was measured directly and other information was gathered by interview. Over half (59%, n = 270) were obese including 18% (n = 83) who were morbidly obese. In hierarchical ordinary least squares regression analysis controlling for demographic, psychiatr…
Do HIV-Positive Women Receive Depression Treatment that Meets Best Practice Guidelines
Alcohol Consumption Trajectory Patterns in Adult Women with HIV Infection
Consumer Empowerment and Self-Advocacy Outcomes in a Randomized Study of Peer-Led Education
Improving Propensity for Patient Self-Advocacy Through Wellness Recovery Action Planning
An analysis of the definitions and elements of recovery
As mental health recovery gains traction, many people have put forward varying definitions. Few attempts have been made to create a dimensional analysis of the recovery literature that assesses the growing consensus about what recovery is or what its definition should entail. This paper incorporates an ecological framework to take the individual's life context into account while emphasizing both the reestablishment of one's mental health (i.e., f…
Family Contact and Housing Stability in a National Multi-Site Cohort of Homeless Adults with Severe Mental Illness
Longitudinal Relationships Between Use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and Satisfaction With Care Among Women Living With HIV/Aids
Objectives. We used longitudinal data to examine the roles of 4 dimensions of patient satisfaction as both predictors and outcomes of use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among women in the United States with HIV/AIDS. Methods. Generalized estimating equations were used to analyze time-lagged satisfaction–HAART relationships over 8 years in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. Results. Multivariate models showed that, over time, HAAR…
Changes in caregiving satisfaction and information needs among relatives of adults with mental illness
The authors examined changes in caregiving satisfaction and information needs among 462 relatives of individuals with mental illness who participated in a study of a family-led education course, the Journey of Hope (JOH). Participants were randomly assigned to receive JOH or to a control group waiting list and followed for 9 months. General linear model repeated measures analysis of variance found that, compared with the control group, the interv…
Demographic Characteristics and Employment Among People with Severe Mental Illness in a Multisite Study
Feminist Methodology
Effects of Alcohol and Drug Use on Inpatient and Residential Treatment Among Youth with Severe Emotional Disturbance in Medicaid-Funded Behavioral Health Care Plans
This study examined the use of alcohol and recreational drugs among 875 youth with severe emotional disturbance (SED) enrolled in Medicaid-funded behavioral health care plans, and whether co-occurring SED and substance use affected the subsequent likelihood of receiving inpatient and/or residential treatment. Youth at five sites nationwide were interviewed about their use of drugs and alcohol, while interviews with their caregivers elicited infor…
Hispanic and Female College Students
This article describes subjective and objective risks for cardiovascular disease and the relationship to anger and spirituality among 104 predominately Hispanic college freshman women. Findings indicated a population at risk for metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and diabetes and identified students requiring medical and anger management interventions. Associations between anger, spirituality, and weight suggest a need for further study. Universit…
Medically Eligible Women Who Do Not Use Haart
Objectives. We investigated the prevalence and characteristics of HIV-positive women who do not report highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) use. Methods. We analyzed HAART use among 1165 HIV-positive participants in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. Results. Between October 1, 2000, and March 31, 2001, 254 women with clinical indications for HAART reported not using it, 635 reported HAART use, and 276 had no clinical indications. In mult…
Depressive Symptoms and Aids-Related Mortality Among a Multisite Cohort of HIV-Positive Women
Objectives. We examined associations between depressive symptoms and AIDS-related mortality after controlling for antiretroviral therapy use, mental health treatment, medication adherence, substance abuse, clinical indicators, and demographic factors. Methods. One thousand seven hundred sixteen HIV-seropositive women completed semiannual visits from 1994 through 2001 to clinics at 6 sites. Multivariate Cox and logistic regression analyses estimat…
Depression, Disability, and Rehabilitation Services for Women
The purpose of this paper is to review scientific evidence for the co-occurrence of major depressive illness and disability, and to examine this phenomenon specifically for women in the United States today. Following a discussion of different ways of operationalizing the concept of disability, the analysis addresses gender biases in disability measurement as well as in recent research on depression and functional impairment. Next, the results of …
Beyond Methodology
"A stellar cast of authors discuss and describe feminist research, reflecting the state of feminist discourse in sociology.... its high quality makes it a must in sociology and women’s studies collections." -Choice"... empowering... thought-provoking... " -Gender & Society"... a valuable addition to the literature on feminism and method that reveals important discrepancies and shared themes in its chapters." -Contemporary SociologyIn this interdi…
Knowledge and Women's Interests
This analysis focuses on feminist methodology in the field of sociology by surveying the techniques used in recent research concerning gender-related topics as well as feminist analyses of epistemological assumptions underlying the conduct of inquiry. In addition to the critique and reformulation of standard research practice, feminist methodology involves the development of innovative methodological approaches, including visual techniques, conve…
Feminist Methodology
Depressive Symptoms and Aids-Related Mortality Among a Multisite Cohort of HIV-Positive Women
Objectives. We examined associations between depressive symptoms and AIDS-related mortality after controlling for antiretroviral therapy use, mental health treatment, medication adherence, substance abuse, clinical indicators, and demographic factors. Methods. One thousand seven hundred sixteen HIV-seropositive women completed semiannual visits from 1994 through 2001 to clinics at 6 sites. Multivariate Cox and logistic regression analyses estimat…
If I Should Die before I Wake
Judith A. Cook, Dale W. Wimberley, If I Should Die before I Wake: Religious Commitment and Adjustment to the Death of a Child, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Sep., 1983), pp. 222-238
Dad's Double Binds
This study addressed the issues of how men experienced their emotional adjustment to the death of a child from cancer, as well as how they dealt with the normative imperatives of the bereaved father role. Taking a men's studies perspective, the analysis started from the assumption that our present understanding of the parental mourning process may be shaped by a tendency to apply and operationalize concepts formulated through the study of grievin…
Self-Determination Among Mental Health Consumers/Survivors
It is well known that people with psychiatric disabilities lack self-determination in their lives. A number of studies have demonstrated the high rates of poverty experienced by many of these individuals, leading them to confront a variety of barriers to a higher quality of life. Moreover, concepts of self-determination and client control have not yet proliferated in the public mental health system. In spite of this, consumers/survivors have orga…
Use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in a Cohort of HIV-Seropositive Women
Objectives. This study examined longitudinal trends in use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among a cohort of HIV-positive participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Methods. Beginning in 1994, 1690 HIV-positive women reported detailed information about their use of antiretroviral therapy at 6-month study visits. Multivariate logistic and Cox regression analyses were used to estimate the likelihood of antiretroviral therapy…
A randomized evaluation of consumer versus nonconsumer training of state mental health service providers
Demographic Characteristics and Employment Among People with Severe Mental Illness in a Multisite Study
Service delivery using consumer staff in a mobile crisis assessment program
Improving Propensity for Patient Self-Advocacy Through Wellness Recovery Action Planning
Medically Eligible Women Who Do Not Use Haart
Objectives. We investigated the prevalence and characteristics of HIV-positive women who do not report highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) use. Methods. We analyzed HAART use among 1165 HIV-positive participants in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. Results. Between October 1, 2000, and March 31, 2001, 254 women with clinical indications for HAART reported not using it, 635 reported HAART use, and 276 had no clinical indications. In mult…
Employment Histories of Homeless Persons with Mental Illness
Medical Sociology and the Study of Severe Mental Illness
Over the past 40 years, the mental health care system has been radically transformed from one focused on institutionalized care to one centered on treatment in community settings. While medical sociology has played a prominent role in the study of psychiatric hospitalization and the deinstitutionalization process, the systematic exploration of the sociological dimensions of community-based mental health care is only just beginning. This essay ref…
Consumer Empowerment and Self-Advocacy Outcomes in a Randomized Study of Peer-Led Education
Beyond the agricultural “suffering slot
Ethnographic research on Connecticut farms reveals that workers in the agricultural sector experience a wide range of working and living conditions. While legal precarity, poverty, and oppressive social dynamics confine all farmworkers to positions of structural vulnerability, some acquire a kind of “structural agency” that enables them to exert influence over their conditions of work in ways that are meaningful to their everyday experiences. Sev…
Psychological Connection to the Gay Community and Negative Self-Appraisals in Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex With Men
Connection to the gay community may be a source of resilience for aging MSM by lessening negative self-appraisals and promoting strategies that address body image dissatisfaction and self-perceptions of aging. Interventions facilitating connections to the gay community may support healthy aging in this population
From Gender Seminar to Gender Community
of sociologists who share a commitment to the development of gender as a specialty in sociology and a commitment to the enhancement of seminar members'professional and personal lives. This transformation was guided by three principles offeminist pedagogy. First, personal issues were viewed as structurally induced and socially patterned and, therefore, as legitimate sources of sociological insight. Second, revisionism in theory and method was seen…
Depression, Disability, and Rehabilitation Services for Women
The purpose of this paper is to review scientific evidence for the co-occurrence of major depressive illness and disability, and to examine this phenomenon specifically for women in the United States today. Following a discussion of different ways of operationalizing the concept of disability, the analysis addresses gender biases in disability measurement as well as in recent research on depression and functional impairment. Next, the results of …
Journey of Hope Program Outcomes
Am I my Sister's Gatekeeper? Cautionary Tales from the Academic Hierarchy
Navigating legality
As ‘legal’ immigrants, Mexicans with U.S. lawful permanent resident status have the rare opportunity to petition for immigrant visas for certain eligible family members. This article draws on multi-sited ethnographic research carried out over six years in Guanajuato, Mexico and Connecticut, United States, to examine the experiences of transnational mixed-status families with access to the U.S family-based immigration system. For some families, le…
Abstinence and Use of Community-Based Cessation Treatment After a Motivational Intervention Among smokers with Severe Mental Illness
Associations Between Gender and Obesity Among Adults with Mental Illnesses in a Community Health Screening Study
The prevalence of obesity and its associations with gender, clinical factors, and medical co-morbidities were examined among 457 adults attending public mental health programs in 4 U.S. states. BMI was measured directly and other information was gathered by interview. Over half (59%, n = 270) were obese including 18% (n = 83) who were morbidly obese. In hierarchical ordinary least squares regression analysis controlling for demographic, psychiatr…
If I Should Die before I Wake
Judith A. Cook, Dale W. Wimberley, If I Should Die before I Wake: Religious Commitment and Adjustment to the Death of a Child, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Sep., 1983), pp. 222-238
Am I my Sister's Gatekeeper? Cautionary Tales from the Academic Hierarchy
Breaking Out
From Gender Seminar to Gender Community
of sociologists who share a commitment to the development of gender as a specialty in sociology and a commitment to the enhancement of seminar members'professional and personal lives. This transformation was guided by three principles offeminist pedagogy. First, personal issues were viewed as structurally induced and socially patterned and, therefore, as legitimate sources of sociological insight. Second, revisionism in theory and method was seen…
Knowledge and Women's Interests
This analysis focuses on feminist methodology in the field of sociology by surveying the techniques used in recent research concerning gender-related topics as well as feminist analyses of epistemological assumptions underlying the conduct of inquiry. In addition to the critique and reformulation of standard research practice, feminist methodology involves the development of innovative methodological approaches, including visual techniques, conve…
Unspoken Grief
A brother or sister is often a child's most important contemporary. Yet, the effect of sibling death on the surviving child has received little attention. This pathbreaking book takes a compassionate look at the problem and provides advice for parents and adults to help the surviving child
Dad's Double Binds
This study addressed the issues of how men experienced their emotional adjustment to the death of a child from cancer, as well as how they dealt with the normative imperatives of the bereaved father role. Taking a men's studies perspective, the analysis started from the assumption that our present understanding of the parental mourning process may be shaped by a tendency to apply and operationalize concepts formulated through the study of grievin…
Beyond Methodology
"A stellar cast of authors discuss and describe feminist research, reflecting the state of feminist discourse in sociology.... its high quality makes it a must in sociology and women’s studies collections." -Choice"... empowering... thought-provoking... " -Gender & Society"... a valuable addition to the literature on feminism and method that reveals important discrepancies and shared themes in its chapters." -Contemporary SociologyIn this interdi…
Marital satisfaction among parents of the severely mentally ill living in the community
Factors influencing marital satisfaction among 131 parents of adult offspring with severe mental illness were explored. Those found to be most predictive of marital satisfaction were parents' ability to comfort one another, parents' gender, number of offspring, family income, and interpersonal sensitivity. Implications of these findings for practical and policy approaches to preventive intervention are discussed
Beyond Methodology
1. Back to the Future: A Look at the Second Wave of Feminist Epistemology and Methodology Mary Margaret Fonow and Judith A. Cook 2. The Man of Professional Wisdom Kathryn Pyne Addelson 3. Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought Patricia Hill Collins 4. WomenOs Research or Feminist Research? The Debate Surrounding Feminist Science and Methodology Maria Mies 5. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods …
Gender and University Teaching
Gender and University Teaching
Age and family burden among parents of offspring with severe mental illness
Family burden reported by parents of offspring with severe mental illness was examined to determine whether burden increases with age. Older parents were troubled by cognitive dimensions of burden, while younger parents were distressed by their offspring's behavior, suggesting that interventions should vary according to parents' age as well as developmental stage of their child's illness
A randomized evaluation of consumer versus nonconsumer training of state mental health service providers
Medical Sociology and the Study of Severe Mental Illness
Over the past 40 years, the mental health care system has been radically transformed from one focused on institutionalized care to one centered on treatment in community settings. While medical sociology has played a prominent role in the study of psychiatric hospitalization and the deinstitutionalization process, the systematic exploration of the sociological dimensions of community-based mental health care is only just beginning. This essay ref…
Service delivery using consumer staff in a mobile crisis assessment program
Positive parent/adult child relationships
Comparison of 222 parents of an adult child who had a psychiatric disability and 434 parents with a nondisabled adult child revealed that parents' positive appraisals of their relationship with the target child was significantly predicted by their perceived caregiving burden, but not by their child's psychiatric status. Implications for interventions that enhance parent/adult child relationships are discussed
Benefits of support groups for families of adults with severe mental illness
Predictors of benefits derived from participating in support groups for families of persons with mental illness were examined. A survey of 131 families indicated that social support resources outside the group, as well as support received from and provided by the group, were associated with information acquired by the participant. Improved relationships with family and the ill relative were predicted by the participant's health and provision of s…
Families of adults with severe mental illness--The next generation of research
Courageous Resistance
Courageous resistance is defined as voluntary selfless behavior in which there is significantly high risk or cost to the actor and possibly to the actor's family and associates, the actor makes a conscious decision to act, and the behavior is sustained over time. Examples include rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, whistle-blowing, and protests leading to imprisonment or physical harm. Courageous resistance is a subset of altruistic behavior, an…
Understanding the Failure of Vocational Rehabilitation
Journey of Hope Program Outcomes
Self-Determination Among Mental Health Consumers/Survivors
It is well known that people with psychiatric disabilities lack self-determination in their lives. A number of studies have demonstrated the high rates of poverty experienced by many of these individuals, leading them to confront a variety of barriers to a higher quality of life. Moreover, concepts of self-determination and client control have not yet proliferated in the public mental health system. In spite of this, consumers/survivors have orga…
Use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in a Cohort of HIV-Seropositive Women
Objectives. This study examined longitudinal trends in use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among a cohort of HIV-positive participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Methods. Beginning in 1994, 1690 HIV-positive women reported detailed information about their use of antiretroviral therapy at 6-month study visits. Multivariate logistic and Cox regression analyses were used to estimate the likelihood of antiretroviral therapy…
Employment Histories of Homeless Persons with Mental Illness
Medicine (30 works) · Psychology (28 works) · Psychiatry (27 works) · Mental health (23 works) · Mental illness (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Gerontology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 works)