Joelle Ferron
Biographic Data
| ID | 4127407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joelle Ferron |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferron |
| SIGNATURE | FERRON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6278-8305 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Health Characteristics of Emerging and Young Adults with SMI
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use Among Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness
Social exclusion and survival for families facing homelessness in rural New England
Homelessness in rural communities remains largely hidden. This article draws on ethnographic data to examine the hidden lives of families facing homelessness and its aftermath in rural New England. Our findings highlight how lived experiences of extreme poverty are shaped by the cultural values in this rural setting. We argue that social exclusion is a defining feature of the lived experience of homelessness in this setting in which individualism…
Abstinence and Use of Community-Based Cessation Treatment After a Motivational Intervention Among smokers with Severe Mental Illness
A Conceptually Based Scale to Measure Consumers’ Treatment Motivation
Objectives: The objective of this work was to assess the reliability and validity of the Treatment Motivation Questionnaire— Revised (TMQ-R) in people with serious mental illness (SMI). Method: A large sample of consumers of mental health services (n = 469) were administered the TMQ-R. Results: The factor structure specified in previous research did not fit the data well. However, a five-factor model with the two subtypes of introjected (i.e., fe…
Partner Violence and Survivors' Chronic Health Problems
Although most social work professionals may expect that women who experience partner violence will sustain acute physical injuries, social workers may be less knowledgeable about the chronic health problems with which violence survivors often struggle. To inform social work practice, we reviewed and synthesized the recently published research on health outcomes associated with partner violence victimization. We focused our review efforts on chron…
Front Line Workers’ Attitudes towards Psychiatric Advance Directives
Effectively implementing psychiatric advance directives to promote self-determination of treatment among people with mental illness
Statutes on psychiatric advance directives (PADs) allow competent individuals to document instructions for future mental health treatment in the event of an incapacitating crisis. PADs are aimed at promoting a stronger sense of patient self-determination, considered a central tenet of psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery; however, it is unknown what factors (if any) lead psychiatric patients with PADs to experience this benefit long term. The…
Effectively implementing psychiatric advance directives to promote self-determination of treatment among people with mental illness
Statutes on psychiatric advance directives (PADs) allow competent individuals to document instructions for future mental health treatment in the event of an incapacitating crisis. PADs are aimed at promoting a stronger sense of patient self-determination, considered a central tenet of psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery; however, it is unknown what factors (if any) lead psychiatric patients with PADs to experience this benefit long term. The…
Abstinence and Use of Community-Based Cessation Treatment After a Motivational Intervention Among smokers with Severe Mental Illness
Front Line Workers’ Attitudes towards Psychiatric Advance Directives
Effectively implementing psychiatric advance directives to promote self-determination of treatment among people with mental illness
Statutes on psychiatric advance directives (PADs) allow competent individuals to document instructions for future mental health treatment in the event of an incapacitating crisis. PADs are aimed at promoting a stronger sense of patient self-determination, considered a central tenet of psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery; however, it is unknown what factors (if any) lead psychiatric patients with PADs to experience this benefit long term. The…
Partner Violence and Survivors' Chronic Health Problems
Although most social work professionals may expect that women who experience partner violence will sustain acute physical injuries, social workers may be less knowledgeable about the chronic health problems with which violence survivors often struggle. To inform social work practice, we reviewed and synthesized the recently published research on health outcomes associated with partner violence victimization. We focused our review efforts on chron…
A Conceptually Based Scale to Measure Consumers’ Treatment Motivation
Objectives: The objective of this work was to assess the reliability and validity of the Treatment Motivation Questionnaire— Revised (TMQ-R) in people with serious mental illness (SMI). Method: A large sample of consumers of mental health services (n = 469) were administered the TMQ-R. Results: The factor structure specified in previous research did not fit the data well. However, a five-factor model with the two subtypes of introjected (i.e., fe…
Social exclusion and survival for families facing homelessness in rural New England
Homelessness in rural communities remains largely hidden. This article draws on ethnographic data to examine the hidden lives of families facing homelessness and its aftermath in rural New England. Our findings highlight how lived experiences of extreme poverty are shaped by the cultural values in this rural setting. We argue that social exclusion is a defining feature of the lived experience of homelessness in this setting in which individualism…
Abstinence and Use of Community-Based Cessation Treatment After a Motivational Intervention Among smokers with Severe Mental Illness
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use Among Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness
Health Characteristics of Emerging and Young Adults with SMI
Mental health (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Mental illness (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)