Michael A. Lindsey

Executive Director, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research and Constance and Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies

PhD, MSW, MPH

michael.lindsey@nyu.edu

(212) 998-5927

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Expertise

Child and adolescent mental health services research; adolescent depression; school mental health; adolescent risk behaviors

Biography

Dr. Michael A. Lindsey became Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research and Constance and Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies at NYU Silver School of Social Work in September 2016. Dr. Lindsey was previously an Associate Professor at NYU Silver.

Prior to joining NYU Silver in 2014, Dr. Lindsey was an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and concurrently a Faculty Affiliate at the University of Maryland Department of Psychiatry’s Center for School Mental Health.

Dr. Lindsey is a child and adolescent mental health services researcher, and is particularly interested in the prohibitive factors that lead to unmet mental health need among vulnerable youth with serious psychiatric illnesses, including depression. He has received research support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to examine the social network influences on perceptual and actual barriers to mental health care among African American adolescent males with depression. He also received NIMH funding to develop and test a treatment engagement intervention that promotes access to and use of mental health services among depressed adolescents in school- and community-based treatment.

Dr. Lindsey’s current research, funded by the Robin Hood Foundation and Annie E. Casey Foundation, involves the delivery of an innovative combination of interventions aimed decreasing PTSD and depression, and improving positive parenting skills, among child-welfare involved mothers with trauma-related disorders.

A standing member of the National Advisory Council, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and a board member-at-large for the Society for Social Work and Research, Dr. Lindsey is also a member of the Ford Foundation Scholars Network on Masculinity and the Wellbeing of African American Males; the Emerging Scholars Interdisciplinary Network; and the Mental Health Education Integration Consortium. His published research has appeared in the American Journal of Men’s Health, Journal of Adolescent Health, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Journal Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Black Psychology, General Hospital Psychiatry, Prevention Science, Psychiatric Services, and in the journal Social Work. Dr. Lindsey is also on the editorial board of the journals Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research and Children and Schools.

Dr. Lindsey holds a PhD in social work and MPH from the University of Pittsburgh; an MSW from Howard University; and a BA in sociology from Morehouse College. He also completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in public health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.

Selected Publications

Lindsey, M.A., Banks, A., Cota, C.F., Lawrence Scott, M., & Joe, S. (2018). A review of treatments for young black males experiencing depression. Research on Social Work Practice, 28(3), 320-329.

Bo, A., Mao, W., & Lindsey, M.A. (2017). Effects of mind–body interventions on depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(5), 509-521.

Lu, W., Lindsey, M.A., Irsheid, S. & Nebbitt, V. (2017). Psychometric properties of the center for epidemiological studies-depression Scale (CES-D) among Black adolescents. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 8(4), 595-619.

Rose, T., Lindsey, M.A., Xiao, Y., Finigan-Carr, N., & Joe, S. (2017). Mental health and educational experiences among Black youth: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46, 2321-2340.

Lu, W., Lindsey, M. A., Irsheid, S., & Nebbitt, V. E. (2017). Psychometric properties of the CES-D among Black adolescents in public housing. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 8(4), 595-619.

Rose, T., Lindsey, M. A., Xiao, Y., Finigan-Carr, N. M., & Joe, S. (2017). Mental health and educational experiences among Black youth: a latent class analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(11), 2321-2340.

Lindsey, M.A., & Brown, D.R. (2017). Boys do(n't) cry: Addressing the unmet mental health needs of African American boys. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 87(4), 377-383.

Lindsey, M. A., Banks, A., Cota, C. F., Lawrence Scott, M., & Joe, S. (2017). A review of treatments for young Black males experiencing depression. Research on Social Work Practice, 1049731517703747.

Bo, A., Mao, W., & Lindsey, M.A. (2017). Effects of mind–body interventions on depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 32(5), 509–521.

Becker, K.D., Lee, B., Daleiden, E.L., Lindsey, M.A., Brandt, N.E., & Chorpita, B.F. (2015). The common elements of engagement in children’s mental health services: Which elements for which outcomes? Journal of Clinical Child and
Adolescent Psychology, 44,1, 30-43.

Barth, R.P., Kolivoski, K.M., Lindsey, M.A., Lee, B.R., & Collins, K.S. (2014). Translating the common elements approach: Social work’s experiences in education, practice, and research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43,2, 301-311.

Green, J.G., Johnson, R.M., Dunn, E.R., Lindsey, M.A., Xuan, Z., & Zaslavsky, A.M. (2014). Mental health service use among high school students exposed to interpersonal violence. Journal of School Health, 84, 141-149.

Lee, B. R., Ebesutani, C., Kolivoski, K. M., Becker, K. D., Lindsey, M. A., Brandt, N. E., Cammack, N., Goolsby, D., Strieder, F., Chorpita, B. F., & Barth, R. P. (2014). Program and Practice Elements for Placement Prevention: A Review of Interventions and their Effectiveness in Promoting Home-Based Care. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84,3, 244-256.

Lindsey, M.A., Brandt, N.E., Becker, K.D., Lee, B., Barth, R., Daleiden, E.L., & Chorpita, B.F. (2014). Identifying the common elements of treatment engagement in child mental health services. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review,17, 283-298.

Smith, M.E., Lindsey, M.A., Williams, C., Medoff, D., Lucksted, A., Fang, L.J., Schiffman, J., Lewis-Fernandez, R., & Dixon, L. (2014). Racial differences in the experiences of family members of persons with mental illness. American Journal of Community Psychology, 54,3-4, 316-327.

Ellis, M., Lindsey, M.A., Barker, T., Boxmeyer, C., & Lochman, J. (2013). Parent participation in the Coping Power Program and its influence on child engagement. Prevention Science, 14, 457-467.

Lindsey, M.A., Chambers, K., Pohle, C., Beall, P., & Lucksted, A. (2013). Understanding the behavioral determinants of mental health service use by urban, under-resourced youth: Adolescent and caregiver perspectives. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 22,1, 107-121.

Barth, R. P., Lee, B. R., Lindsey, M. A., Collins, K. S., Strieder, F., Chorpita, B. F., Becker, K.D., & Sparks, J. A. (2012). Evidence-based practice at a crossroads. Research on Social Work Practice, 22,1, 108-119.

Lindsey, M.A., Gilreath, T., Thompson, R., Graham, J.C., Hawley, K.M., Weisbart, C., Browne, D., & Kotch, J.B. (2012). Influence of caregiver network support and caregiver psychopathology on child mental health need and service
use in the LONGSCAN study. Children and Youth Services Review, 34, 924-932.

Lindsey, M.A. & Marcell, A.V. (2012). “We're going through a lot of struggles that people don't even know about": The need to understand African American males' help-seeking for mental health on multiple levels. American Journal of Men’s Health, 6,5, ¬354-364.

Rose, T., Joe, S., & Lindsey, M.A. (2011). Perceived stigma and depression among Black adolescents in outpatient treatment. Children and Youth Services Review, 33,1, 161-166.

Williams, C.D., Lindsey, M.A., & Joe, S. (2011). Parent-adolescent concordance on perceived need for mental health services and its impact on service use. Children and Youth Services Review, 33,11, 2253-2260.

Lee, B.R. & Lindsey, M.A. (2010). Assessing reliability and validity for the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale for In-Home Youth Mental Health Services. Research on Social Work Practice, 20, 202-211.

Lindsey, M.A., Barksdale, C., Lambert, S.F., & Ialongo, N. (2010). Social network influences on service use among urban, African American youth with mental health problems. Journal of Adolescent Health, 47,4, 367-373.

Lindsey, M.A., Hayward, A., & DePanfilis, D. (2010). Gender differences in behavioral outcomes among children in the Family Connections program: The promise of a family-focused prevention intervention. Research on Social Work
Practice, 20,6, 572-581.

Lindsey, M.A., Joe, S., Muroff, J. & Ford, B. (2010). Social and clinical factors associated with psychiatric emergency service use and civil commitment among African American youth. General Hospital Psychiatry, 32, 300-309.

Lindsey, M.A., Joe, S. & Nebbitt, V.E. (2010). Family matters: The role of social support and mental health stigma on depressive symptoms and subsequent help-seeking among African American boys. Journal of Black Psychology, 36,4, 458-482.

Lindsey, M. A., Lee, B. R., & Sullivan, F. (2009). Placement Prevention for Youth with Mental Health Needs: An In-Home Intervention Program for Children (IHIP-C). Psychiatric Services, 60, 266-267.

Lindsey, M.A., Korr, W., Broitman, M., Bone, L., Green, A. & Leaf, P. (2006). Help-seeking behaviors and depression among African-American adolescent boys. Social Work, 51,1, 49-58.