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Title: Associate Professor |
Annette Christy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Health Science
& Practice (BHSP) at the de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), College
of Behavioral and Community Sciences, at the 杏吧性世界. She received
her Ph.D. in 1998 from Saint Louis University in Applied/Experimental Psychology,
with an emphasis in social psychology. She was mentored there by Drs. Eddie Clark,
Jim Korn, and Richard Wiener. She developed an interest in behavioral health policy
and research while working at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health during graduate
school and was mentored by Dr. Carol Evans. She was a National Association of State
Mental Health Program Directors fellow in mental health services research at FMHI
from 1998 to 2000, before joining the faculty of BHSP (formerly Mental Health Law
& Policy) in 2000.
Dr. Christy focuses on the interaction of the behavioral health and criminal justice
systems. She has directed the Baker Act Reporting Center since 1998. This Center focuses on statewide reporting on civil commitment. This
includes reporting for Florida's Baker Act and, more recently, for the Marchman Act.
She is an expert in obtaining large volumes of documents, coordinating data entry,
utilizing administrative data, and developing systems for collecting high-quality
data in real-world settings. Her work has also included studies of incompetence to
proceed assessments and criminal justice system diversions for persons with behavioral
health disorders (including a focus on Veterans). She was also recently a co-investigator
for a six-state study of risk protection orders funded by the National Collaborative
on Gun Violence Research.
Education
B.A., Purdue University Calumet
M.S., Saint Louis University
Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Research Interests
Involuntary care (civil commitment, coercion)
Justice system diversions for people with behavioral health disorders
Process of using external data/large data sets
Program evaluation
Research Projects
Recent Publications
Brennaman, L., Meize-Grochowski, R., Boursaw, B., & Christy, A. (2017). Delayed access
to involuntary mental health examination. Journal of Behavioral Health Services &
Research, 44(4), 666-683. doi:10.1007/s11414-015-9487-2
Clark, C., Frei, A., Barrett, B., & Christy, A. (2016). What makes a peer a peer?
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 39, 74-76. doi:10.1037/prj0000147Brennaman, L.,
Meize-Grochowski, R., Boursaw, B., & Christy, A. (2015, Online First). Delayed access
to involuntary mental health examination. Journal of Behavioral Health Services &
Research. doi:
Clark, C., Frei, A., Barrett, B., & Christy, A. (2015, Online First). What makes a peer a peer? Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. doi:
Christy, A., Clark, C., Frei, A., & Rynearson-Moody, S. (2012). Challenges of diverting veterans to trauma informed care: The heterogeneity of intercept 2. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39,461-474. doi:
Roggenbaum, S., Christy, A., LeBlanc, A. (2012). Suicide assessment and prevention during and after emergency commitment. Community Mental Health Journal, 48(6) 741-745. doi:
Christy, A., & Molinari, V. (2012). Emergency commitment of people residing in assisted living facilities. Community Mental Health Journal, 48(2),219-222. doi:
Christy, A., & Molinari, V. (2011). Emergency commitment of people residing in nursing homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 12(8), 551-553. doi:
Christy, A., Otto, R., Finch, J., Ringhoff, D., & Kimonis, E. (2010). Factors affecting jail detention of defendants adjudicated incompetent to proceed. Behavioral Sciences and Law, 28(5), 707-716. doi:
Christy, A. (2010). Taking issue: Context matters. Psychiatric Services, 61(9), 955. doi:
Christy, A., Handelsman, J., Hanson, A., & Ochshorn, E. (2010). Who initiates emergency commitment. Community Mental Health Journal, 46(2), 188-191. doi:
Christy, A., Petrila, J., McCranie, M., & Lotts, V. (2009). Involuntary outpatient commitment in Florida: Case Information and Provider Experience and Opinions. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health Services, 8 (2), 122-130.doi:
Christy, A., Handelsman, J., Hanson, A., & Ochshorn, E. (2009). Who initiates emergency commitment. Community Mental Health Journal. DOI:10.1007/s10597-009-9216-5.
Petrila, J, & Christy, A. (2008). In reply: Florida鈥檚 outpatient commitment law: effective but underused Psychiatric Services, 59, 328-329. (response to Esposito, Westhead & Berko - same issue, p. 328). doi:
Petrila, J., & Christy, A. (2008). Florida鈥檚 Outpatient Commitment Law: A Lesson in Failed Reform? Psychiatric Services, 59, 21-23
Christy, A., Bond, J., & Young, M. S. (2007). Short Term Involuntary Examination of Older Adults in Florida. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25, 615-628. doi:
Christy, A., Kutash, K., & Stiles, P. (2006). Short term involuntary psychiatric examination of children in Florida. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 33, 578-584. 10.1002/bsl.786
Kessell, E., Catalano, R. A., Christy, A., Monahan, J. (2006). Unemployment and the incidence of involuntary psychiatric examinations based on risk of harm to others: Evidence from Florida. Psychiatric Services, 57, 1435-1440. doi:
Christy, A., Poythress, N. G., Boothroyd, R. A., Petrila, J., & Mehra, S. (2005). Evaluating the efficiency and community safety goals of the Broward County Mental Health Court. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 23, 227-243. doi:
Boccaccini, M. T., Christy, A., Poythress, N., & Kershaw, D. (2005). Rediversion in two postbooking jail diversion programs in Florida. Psychiatric Services, 56, 835-839. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.829
Boothroyd, R. A., Mercado, C. C., Poythress, N. G., Christy, A., & Petrila, J. (2005). Clinical outcomes of defendants in mental health court. Psychiatric Services, 56, 829-834. doi:
Catalano, R., Kessell, E., Christy, A., & Monahan, J. (2005). Involuntary psychiatric examinations for danger to others after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Psychiatric Services, 56, 858-862. doi:
Christy, A., Douglas, K., Otto, R. K., & Petrila, J. (2004). Juveniles evaluated incompetence to proceed: Characteristics and quality of mental health professionals鈥� evaluations. Professional Psychology Research and Practice, 35, 380-388. doi: