Marsha Langer Ellison, Ph.D., M.S.W.

ellison2@bu.edu
Senior Research Associate
Research Assistant Professor
Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University

Areas of Expertise

• Rehabilitation Research
• Mental health and disability policy
• Case management service delivery
• Participatory action research
• Measuring empowerment in mental health
• Psychiatric Personal Assistance Service

Current Projects

• Co-Principal Investigator. Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program. Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
• Project Director. Investigation of Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program in Iowa. Funded by National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Center for Mental Health Services.

Publication Selections

MacDonald-Wilson, K. L., Rogers, E. S., Ellison, M. L., & Lyass, A. (Accepted). A study of the Social Security Work Incentives and their relation to motivation to work among persons with serious mental illnesses. Rehabilitation Psychology.

Ellison, M. L., Russinova, Z., MacDonald-Wilson, K. L., & Lyass, A. (2003). Patterns and correlates of workplace disclosure among professionals and managers with psychiatric conditions. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 18(1), 3-13.

Ellison, M.L., Anthony, W.A., Sheets, J.L., Dodds, W., Barker, W.I., Massaro, J., and Wewiorski, N.S. (2002) The Integration of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services in Behavioral Health Care Structures: A State Example. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.

Pita, D.D., Ellison, M.L., Farkas, M. & Bleecker, T. (2001). Exploring personal assistance services for people with psychiatric disabilities: Need, policy and practice. The Journal of Disability Policy, 12 (1), 2-9. free download

Danley, K.S., & Ellison, M.L. (1999). A Handbook for Participatory Action Researchers. Boston, MA: Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Ellison, M.L., Danley, K.S., Bromberg, C., & Palmer-Erbs, V. (1999). Longitudinal outcome of young adults who participated in a psychiatric vocational rehabilitation program. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 22 (4), 337-341. free download

Rogers, E.S., Chamberlin, J., Ellison, M.L., & Crean, T. (1997). A consumer-constructed scale to measure empowerment. Psychiatric Services 48, 1042-1047.

Chamberlin, Judi, E. Sally Rogers, & Ellison, Marsha Langer, (1996). Self-Help Programs: A Description of Their Characteristics and Their Members. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 19(3), 33-4. free download

Ellison, M.L., Danley, K.S., Crean, T., Rogers, E.S., & Colodzin, R. (1996). Involvement of people with psychiatric disabilities in state agencies of vocational rehabilitation. The Journal of Rehabilitation Administration 20 (4), 319-334.

Ellison M.L., Rogers, B. S., Sciarappa, K., Cohen, M., & Forbess, R. (1995). Characteristics of mental health case management: Results of a national survey. Journal of Mental Health Administration, 22 (2), 101 - 112.

Recent Presentations

Ellison, M. Participatory Action Research to the Advisory Board for the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Project. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Boston, MA (November 2002).

Ellison, M. & Russinova, Z. The Patterns and Correlates of Disclosure of Managers and Professionals with Psychiatric Disabilities. Innovations in Recovery & Rehabilitation: The Decade of the Person Conference. Boston, MA
(October 24-26, 2002).

Ellison, M. & Wewiorski, N. Outcomes of Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services in Iowa. Innovations in Recovery & Rehabilitation: The Decade of the Person Conference. Boston, MA (October 24-26, 2002).

Ellison, M.L. The course of services innovation and evidenced-based practices: An Iowan example in psychiatric rehabilitation. Presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, Baltimore, MD. (February, 2002).

Ellison, M.L. Participatory Action Research. Fall 2001 Workshop Series, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston, MA. (November 8, 2001).

Ellison, M.L. Consumers as Professionals. Fall '99 Workshop Series, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston, MA. (November 1999).

Ellison, M.L. Meaningful Employment as an Integral Aspect of Recovery: Accommodations, Coping Strategies, and Issues of Disclosure. "A Vision of Recovery and Rehabilitation: Uncovering our Common Ground." Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Northampton, MA. (June 1999).