Mark S Salzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 255707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark S Salzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark S |
| FAMILY NAME | Salzer |
| SIGNATURE | SALZER M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2108-1618 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Case Study Analysis of a Decision Coaching Intervention for Young Adults with Early Psychosis
Implementation of Community Participation Practices in Coordinated Specialty Care
Community participation is critical for health, particularly during young adulthood. Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) programs for young adults with early psychosis aim to promote community participation; however, research on practices beyond those focused on employment, education, and family relationships is limited. This qualitative study explored CSC programs' community participation practices across a broad range of areas and the factors infl…
Risk Environments of Permanent Supportive Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People with Serious Mental Illnesses
Background: Formerly incarcerated people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) experience the criminal legal system unequally and have elevated rates of recidivism, homelessness, general medical problems, and substance use disorders. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) can be used during reentry, but it has limited resources for addressing community integration, a key component of reentry. PSH are often located in high-poverty environments with incr…
Respecting Behavioral Diversity and Prioritizing Inclusion
Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Community Functioning and Participation of Adults with Severe Mental Illness or Autism Spectrum Disorders
Building on Recovery
Recovery at 30
Housing and loneliness among individuals with serious mental illnesses
BACKGROUND: People with serious mental illnesses (SMI) have higher levels of loneliness than the general population. Furthermore, people with SMI tend to be less satisfied with their housing and tend to move more frequently. AIM: This study aims to examine relationships between housing variables (whom they live with, duration of residence, and satisfaction) and loneliness among individuals with SMI. METHODS: Data were collected from 188 adults wi…
The Role of Acceptance in Everyday Loneliness Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness
Short Report on Effectiveness of an Autistic-Delivered Peer Support Program
Community Participation of Individuals with Mental Illnesses in Rural Areas
Community participation as a predictor of depressive symptoms among individuals with serious mental illnesses
BACKGROUND: People with serious mental illnesses have elevated levels of depressive symptoms. Limited engagement in meaningful activities, such as work, social interactions, volunteering, and participation in faith, are one plausible explanation for this. Increased community participation over time may be associated with decreased depressive symptoms. AIM: Examine whether an increase in participation over time predicts a decrease in depression af…
Community participation differences between Black and White adults with serious mental illness
799) were analyzed from studies involving Black and White adults with SMI using the Temple University Community Participation Measure. Regression analyses were conducted to identify potential differences in four areas: amount of participation in a variety of community activities; number of activities participants deemed important; number of important activities actually performed; and the percentage of important activities performed as much as de…
Predictors of worklife burnout among mental health certified peer specialists
Certified peer specialists (CPSs) are a growing workforce that uses their lived experience of a behavioral health disorders plus skills learned in formal training to deliver support services. Despite their important role in the mental health care system and research on their working conditions, experiences of burnout have not been widely studied among CPSs. This study uses survey data from CPSs who were currently employed in any type of job, prov…
The quandary
Emotional states associated with being in the community and being with others among individuals with serious mental illnesses
Individuals with serious mental illnesses generally spend extensive amounts of time at home and alone. The aim of the current study was to examine differences in emotional states between being at home and being in the community, and between being alone and being with others. Ecological momentary assessment was utilized 3 times per day over 14 days with 91 individuals with serious mental illnesses to assess where they were, who they were with, and…
Welcoming places
There are many factors that influence community participation of individuals with serious mental illnesses. Research often focuses on barriers to participation. This study, however, takes a different approach, by exploring features of community locations considered welcoming by individuals with serious mental illnesses. This is important because welcoming environments are more likely to promote community participation. Using a survey approach, 75…
Depressive symptoms and community participation among individuals with serious mental illnesses
Community participation is important to the well-being of people with serious mental illnesses. While theories suggest that depressive symptoms can negatively impact community participation, evidence from previous studies was inconclusive. This study analyzed the relationship between severity of depressive symptoms and various participation constructs including number of days of participation in various community activities, breadth of interests …
Exploring urbanicity and its relationship with stigma and well-being outcomes for people with serious mental illnesses
Following deinstitutionalization, services and housing for people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) became concentrated in economically disadvantaged urban centers. As these areas gentrify, affordable housing for people with SMI is increasingly found in nonurban areas. Although nonurban environments provide benefits for the general population, people with SMI living in nonurban areas perceive higher levels of mental illness stigma. Thus, the re…
Community Mental Health Center Visits and Community Mobility of People with Serious Mental Illnesses
Community participation factors and poor neurocognitive functioning among persons with schizophrenia
Poor neurocognitive functioning among individuals with schizophrenia is typically conceptualized as resulting from a disease process. The objective of this article is to further expand understanding of poor neurocognition beyond pathogenesis toward a perspective that also incorporates community participation factors. This article focuses on three such factors-sedentary behavior, loneliness, and poverty-that have been demonstrated to be related to…
Neighbors as distal support for individuals with serious mental illnesses
Social networks are regarded as an asset to community integration. While family and friends provide important sources of support, familiar strangers like neighbors can facilitate support through anonymous, but meaningful interactions. Among individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI), these interactions can help to compensate for increased social isolation and smaller networks of peers. This study explores whether neighbors can play a unique …
Exploring the Impact of Verbal Abuse on Recovery
Examining the relationship between community mobility and participation using GPS and self-report data
The influence of sense of community on the relationship between community participation and mental health for individuals with serious mental illnesses
The goal of the current study is to better understand the association between community participation and mental health by investigating sense of community as a potential mediating factor between community participation, psychological distress, and mental health functioning. A survey was administered to 300 adults with serious mental illnesses using community mental health services in the United States in a cross‐sectional design. Hayes PROCESS m…
Urban and non-urban differences in community living and participation among individuals with serious mental illnesses
Using global positioning systems to study health-related mobility and participation
Using Geospatial Research Methods to Examine Resource Accessibility and Availability as it Relates to Community Participation of Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses
Greater community participation among individuals with serious mental illnesses is associated with better psychosocial and health outcomes. Typically, studies examining community participation have utilized self‐report measures and been conducted in limited settings. The introduction of methodological advances to examining community participation of individuals with serious mental illnesses has the potential to advance the science of community me…
Geographic access to and availability of community resources for persons diagnosed with severe mental illness in Philadelphia, USA
Internet peer support for individuals with psychiatric disabilities
The influence of sense of community on the relationship between community participation and mental health for individuals with serious mental illnesses
The goal of the current study is to better understand the association between community participation and mental health by investigating sense of community as a potential mediating factor between community participation, psychological distress, and mental health functioning. A survey was administered to 300 adults with serious mental illnesses using community mental health services in the United States in a cross‐sectional design. Hayes PROCESS m…
Mental health professionals' support of self‐help groups
Objective . Self‐help groups and other consumer‐led services are viewed as valuable additions to mental health services. This study describes professional support for self‐help groups and examines the hypothesis that professional support of self‐help is influenced by the degree to which professionally‐led groups are viewed as more helpful than self‐help groups. Method . Survey data were obtained from a representative sample of over 900 mental hea…
Beyond Symptoms? Investigating Predictors of Sense of Campus Belonging Among Postsecondary Students With Psychiatric Disabilities
This study investigated predictors of sense of campus belonging among postsecondary students with psychiatric disabilities. Participants were 566 current or past students with self-reported diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression, and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. Regression results showed that campus engagement and psychosocial inclusion variable…
Community Mental Health Center Visits and Community Mobility of People with Serious Mental Illnesses
Examining the relationship between community mobility and participation using GPS and self-report data
A study of environmental influences on the well-being of individuals with psychiatric disabilities in Philadelphia, PA
Recovery at 30
Adopting Innovations—Lessons Learned from a Peer-Based Hospital Diversion Program
United States Mental Health Policy in the 1990s
English This article reviews three forces that currently influence US mental health policy: cost-effectiveness, mental health services research and consumerism. Rising mental health care costs, managed care cost-containment strategies, and concerns about the quality of services all influence the emphasis on cost-effectiveness by mental health service policy makers. The emphasis on cost-effectiveness co-occurs within the larger zeitgeist of data-d…
Extensions of Value Solutions in Constant-Sum Non-Sidepayment Games
This article defines two new solution concepts for non-sidepayment games - the λ-transfer nucleolus and the λ-transfer disruption value - and reports the results of an experiment testing their predictive accuracy against that of a third solution concept, the well-known λ-transfer value (Shapley, 1969). The test was based on data from a laboratory experiment utilizing five-person, two-choice games that were constant-sum in normal form. Goodness-of…
Narrative approach to assessing interactions between society, community, and person
Community Psychology has historically sought to understand interactions between society, communities, and individuals. This article explores the use of narrative as a method for understanding these interactions. Public housing is the context for this exploration. Recurring, pathological themes were found in 100 stories written about fictional residents of a public housing project by non-residents. Similar story themes are suggestive of the existe…
Professional appraisal of professionally led and self-help groups
A survey of almost 1,100 mental health professionals found they routinely viewed professionally led groups more positively than they did self-help groups on a number of dimensions. Analyses suggested that the curative factor associated with professionally led groups was valued over factors associated with self-help groups. The implications of the findings are discussed, and an alternative framework for professionals' evaluation of consumer-initia…
United States Mental Health Policy in the 1990s
English This article reviews three forces that currently influence US mental health policy: cost-effectiveness, mental health services research and consumerism. Rising mental health care costs, managed care cost-containment strategies, and concerns about the quality of services all influence the emphasis on cost-effectiveness by mental health service policy makers. The emphasis on cost-effectiveness co-occurs within the larger zeitgeist of data-d…
Toward a narrative conceptualization of stereotypes
Expansion of policies aimed at empowering disenfranchised groups, for example, resident/tenant participation in public housing, have been greeted with a great deal of enthusiasm. However, negative beliefs about the intelligence, ability, and morality of these groups, may interfere with the implementation of these policies. A greater understanding of social perceptions may lead to interventions that diminish interference. Traditional stereotyping …
Mental health professionals' support of self‐help groups
Objective . Self‐help groups and other consumer‐led services are viewed as valuable additions to mental health services. This study describes professional support for self‐help groups and examines the hypothesis that professional support of self‐help is influenced by the degree to which professionally‐led groups are viewed as more helpful than self‐help groups. Method . Survey data were obtained from a representative sample of over 900 mental hea…
Mental health professionals' support of self‐help groups
Adopting Innovations—Lessons Learned from a Peer-Based Hospital Diversion Program
Role of Social Disadvantage in Crime, Joblessness, and Homelessness Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness
Research on mental illness in relation to social problems such as crime, unemployment, and homelessness often ignores the broader social context in which mental illness is embedded. Policy, research, and practice will be improved if greater attention is given to social context. The authors critically analyze the approach used in much of the psychiatric services literature to infer links between mental illness and social problems. They compare the…
Examining the Factor Structure of the Recovery Assessment Scale
This article follows up on earlier research examining the factor structure of a measure of recovery from serious mental illness. Exactly 1,824 persons with serious mental illness who were participating in the baseline interview for a multistate study on consumer-operated services completed the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) plus measures representing hope, meaning of life, quality of life, symptoms, and empowerment. Results of exploratory and su…
Converting Partial Hospitals to Community Integrated Recovery Centers
Internet peer support for individuals with psychiatric disabilities
Geographic access to and availability of community resources for persons diagnosed with severe mental illness in Philadelphia, USA
A study of environmental influences on the well-being of individuals with psychiatric disabilities in Philadelphia, PA
Beyond Symptoms? Investigating Predictors of Sense of Campus Belonging Among Postsecondary Students With Psychiatric Disabilities
This study investigated predictors of sense of campus belonging among postsecondary students with psychiatric disabilities. Participants were 566 current or past students with self-reported diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression, and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. Regression results showed that campus engagement and psychosocial inclusion variable…
Using global positioning systems to study health-related mobility and participation
A developmental study of community participation of individuals with serious mental illnesses
Understanding age-related expectations for community participation can aid mental health providers and policy makers in the design and tailoring of age-appropriate services to better meet consumers' participation needs. This study seeks to describe and compare the amount, importance, and sufficiency of community participation in younger adult, middle-aged adult, and older adult consumers. Participants were 879 adults with serious mental illnesses…
Urban and non-urban differences in community living and participation among individuals with serious mental illnesses
Using Geospatial Research Methods to Examine Resource Accessibility and Availability as it Relates to Community Participation of Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses
Greater community participation among individuals with serious mental illnesses is associated with better psychosocial and health outcomes. Typically, studies examining community participation have utilized self‐report measures and been conducted in limited settings. The introduction of methodological advances to examining community participation of individuals with serious mental illnesses has the potential to advance the science of community me…
The influence of sense of community on the relationship between community participation and mental health for individuals with serious mental illnesses
The goal of the current study is to better understand the association between community participation and mental health by investigating sense of community as a potential mediating factor between community participation, psychological distress, and mental health functioning. A survey was administered to 300 adults with serious mental illnesses using community mental health services in the United States in a cross‐sectional design. Hayes PROCESS m…
Community participation factors and poor neurocognitive functioning among persons with schizophrenia
Poor neurocognitive functioning among individuals with schizophrenia is typically conceptualized as resulting from a disease process. The objective of this article is to further expand understanding of poor neurocognition beyond pathogenesis toward a perspective that also incorporates community participation factors. This article focuses on three such factors-sedentary behavior, loneliness, and poverty-that have been demonstrated to be related to…
Neighbors as distal support for individuals with serious mental illnesses
Social networks are regarded as an asset to community integration. While family and friends provide important sources of support, familiar strangers like neighbors can facilitate support through anonymous, but meaningful interactions. Among individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI), these interactions can help to compensate for increased social isolation and smaller networks of peers. This study explores whether neighbors can play a unique …
Exploring the Impact of Verbal Abuse on Recovery
Examining the relationship between community mobility and participation using GPS and self-report data
The quandary
Psychology (40 works) · Psychiatry (37 works) · Mental health (33 works) · Medicine (26 works) · Clinical Psychology (18 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (18 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (17 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Political science (13 works)