Judy Ho

Judy Ho, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral scholar at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior’s Health Services Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She received her Ph.D. in May 2007 from the San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, where she specialized in youth mental health services research in the experimental psychopathology track. She completed her clinical internship training in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, where she conducted neuropsychological assessments and provided cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and parent management training to youth and families in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Dr. Ho’s research addresses the impact of sociocultural factors in the development and maintenance of youth mental health problems, and how these factors influence the treatment process (utilization, quality of care, and outcomes) for economically and culturally diverse youth. In her predoctoral training, she has utilized her National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award to conduct mental health services research with ethnic minority youth and families. Dr. Ho has been involved in several studies that examine acculturation, immigration status, beliefs about causes of mental health problems, and the ways in which these variables impact service utilization, treatment adherence, and emotional/behavioral outcomes of therapy. Her interests in improving the state of youth mental health care in the U. S. for diverse populations has led her to publish a chapter that reviews disparities in utilization, quality of care, and outcomes in current mental health care for children. In this chapter, she discusses the various barriers that may impact the treatment process for families in need, and proposes recommendations for future research and practice.

Dr. Ho’s current projects include working on the NIMH funded Partners in Care for Children to examine factors related to quality of care in publicly funded mental health clinics in California for children under the mentorship of Dr. Bonnie Zima. In addition, Dr. Ho is continuing her work on the TeamWork in Services for Teens (TWIST) project with Dr. May Yeh, an NIMH funded study that examines the tenets of “cognitive consensus” theory on team functioning as they relate to clinical teamwork and treatment outcomes in mental health care for ethnically diverse youth. The aims of these projects are in direct alignment with Dr. Ho’s long-term research goal, which is to identify sociocultural and system factors that can be targeted in future intervention development to improve the quality and effectiveness of care for underprivileged and culturally diverse children with mental health problems.

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	Judy Ho Ph.D. Judy Ho, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral scholar at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior’s Health Services Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She received her Ph.D. in May 2007 from the San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, where she specialized in youth mental health services research in the experimental psychopathology track. She completed her clinical internship training in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, where she conducted neuropsychological assessments and provided cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and parent management training to youth and families in inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Ho’s research addresses the impact of sociocultural factors in the development and maintenance of youth mental health problems, and how these factors influence the treatment process (utilization, quality of care, and outcomes) for economically and culturally diverse youth. In her predoctoral training, she has utilized her National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award to conduct mental health services research with ethnic minority youth and families. Dr. Ho has been involved in several studies that examine acculturation, immigration status, beliefs about causes of mental health problems, and the ways in which these variables impact service utilization, treatment adherence, and emotional/behavioral outcomes of therapy. Her interests in improving the state of youth mental health care in the U. S. for diverse populations has led her to publish a chapter that reviews disparities in utilization, quality of care, and outcomes in current mental health care for children. In this chapter, she discusses the various barriers that may impact the treatment process for families in need, and proposes recommendations for future research and practice. Dr. Ho’s current projects include working on the NIMH funded Partners in Care for Children to examine factors related to quality of care in publicly funded mental health clinics in California for children under the mentorship of Dr. Bonnie Zima. In addition, Dr. Ho is continuing her work on the TeamWork in Services for Teens (TWIST) project with Dr. May Yeh, an NIMH funded study that examines the tenets of “cognitive consensus” theory on team functioning as they relate to clinical teamwork and treatment outcomes in mental health care for ethnically diverse youth. The aims of these projects are in direct alignment with Dr. Ho’s long-term research goal, which is to identify sociocultural and system factors that can be targeted in future intervention development to improve the quality and effectiveness of care for underprivileged and culturally diverse children with mental health problems.				Contact Info