Charles A. Glisson, Ph.D.
Chancellor's Professor
Distinguished University
Professor
and Director,
Children's Mental Health Services
Research Center
Research Interests:
Dr. Glisson's research focuses on the organization and delivery of social and mental health services to children and families. He has been principal investigator on multiple major research projects concerned with children's services funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has written numerous articles in major social work, mental health, and organizational research journals, and has made presentations throughout the country on the organizational context of social and mental health services. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous professional journals and served as a member of the Services Research NIMH scientific review group. Dr. Glisson is the founder and director of the Children's Mental Health Services Research Center, a research center funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. The Center's goal is to implement high-quality research on social and mental health services for children with an emphasis on research designed to improve child welfare, juvenile justice, and mental health services to children and families at risk.
Selected Publications (2007–2012):
Glisson, C., Green, P., & Williams, N. (2012). Assessing the Organizational Social Context (OSC) of child welfare systems: Implications for research and practice. Child Abuse & Neglect, 36(9), 621-632.
Glisson, C., Hemmelgarn, A., Green, P., Dukes, D., Atkinson, S., & Williams, N. (2012). Randomized trial of the ARC organizational intervention with community-based mental health programs and clinicians serving youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(8), 780-787.
Glisson, C.A. (2012). Interventions with organizations. In C.A. Glisson, C.N. Dulmus, & K.M. Sowers (Eds.). Social work practice with groups, communities and organizations (pp.159-190). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Aarons, G.A., Glisson, C., Green, P., Hoagwood, K., Kelleher, K.J., & Landsverk, J.A. (2012). The organizational social context of mental health services and clinician attitudes toward evidence-based practice: A United States national study. Implementation Science, 7(1):56.doi:10.1186/1748-5908-7-56.
Glisson, C., & Green, P.D. (2011). Organizational climate, services and outcomes in child welfare systems. Child Abuse & Neglect, 35, 582-591.
Aarons, G.A., Glisson, C., Hoagwood, K., Kelleher, K., Landsverk, J., & Cafri, G. (2010). Psychometric properties and United States national norms of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS). Psychological Assessment, 22 (2), 356-365.
Glisson, C., Schoenwald, S.K., Hemmelgarn, A.L., Green, P.D., Dukes, D., Armstrong, K.S., & Chapman, J.E. (2010). Randomized trial of MST and ARC in a two-level evidence-based treatment implementation strategy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78 (4),537-550.
Glisson, C. (2010). Organizational climate and service outcomes in child welfare agencies. In M.B. Webb, K. Dowd, B.J. Harden, J. Landsverk, & M.F. Testa (Eds.), Child welfare and child well-being: New perspectives from the national survey of child and adolescent well-being (pp. 378-406). New York: Oxford University Press.
Glisson, C. (2009). Organizational climate and culture and performance in the human services. In R.J. Patti (Ed.), Handbook of human services management (2nd ed., pp.119-142). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Proctor, E. K., Landsverk, J., Aarons, G., Chambers, D., Glisson, C., Mittman, B. (2009). Implementation research in mental health services: An emerging science with conceptual, methodological, and training challenges. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. 36, 24-34.
Glisson, C., Landsverk, J., Schoenwald, S.K., Kelleher, K., Hoagwood, K.E., Mayberg, S., & Green, P. (2008). Assessing the Organizational Social Context (OSC) of mental health services: Implications for implementation research and practice. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 35(1), 98-113.
Glisson, C., Schoenwald, S.K., Kelleher, K., Landsverk, J., Hoagwood, K.E., Mayberg, S., & Green, P. (2008). Therapist turnover and new program sustainability in mental health clinics as a function of organizational culture, climate, and service structure. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 35(1), 124-133.
Capella, E., Frazier, S.L., Atkins, M.S., Schoenwald, S.K., & Glisson, C. (2008). Enhancing schools’ capacity to support children in poverty: An ecological model of school-based mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 35(5), 395-409.
Hoagwood, K.E., Green, E., Kelleher, K., Schoenwald, S.K., Rolls-Reutz, J., Landsverk, J., Glisson, C., & Mayberg, S. (2008). Family advocacy, support and education in children’s mental health: Results of a national survey. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 35(1), 73-83.
Schoenwald, S.K., Chapman, J.E., Kelleher, K., Hoagwood, K.E., Landsverk, J., Stevens, J., Glisson, C., & Rolls-Reutz, J. (2008). A Survey of the infrastructure for children’s mental health services: Implications for the implementation of Empirically Supported Treatments (ESTs). Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 35(1), 84-97.
Glisson, C. (2008). Interventions with Organizations: The ARC model. In K. Sowers, & C. Dulmus (Eds.), The comprehensive handbook of social work and social welfare (pp.556-581). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Glisson, C. (2007). Assessing and changing organizational culture and climate for effective services. Research on Social Work Practice, 17, 736-747.
124 Henson Hall
1618 Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996-3332
Phone: (865) 974-1707
cglisson@utk.edu
B.A., M.S.W., University of Alabama
Ph.D., Washington University
Web site:
Children's Mental Health Services Research Center:
http://cmhsrc.utk.edu