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Marisa Beeble
Department: Ecological Community Psychology

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My research interests are quite broad as they focus on examining ecological factors related to well-being/mental health and mental illness. I am interested in further understanding the processes and outcomes associated with recovery; the factors that facilitate or impede the process of recovery; and the components of strength-based, consumer-oriented approaches to mental health treatment.

I am also interested in understanding and improving the judicial and criminal justice systems' responses to individuals living with mental illnesses or co-occurring mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders. I am concerned with client-based outcomes of pre- and post-booking jail diversion programs, including quality of life, the accessibility and applicability of services, and recidivism.

Research and Consulting Experience
Assessing the Mental Health of Jailed Women
(2006-Present) Research Assistant, with Sheryl Pimlott Kubiak, Ph.D., Michigan State University
The Schizophrenics Anonymous Project
(2004-2007) Research Assistant, with Deborah Salem, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Violence Against Women Research and Outreach Initiative
(2006) Research Assistant, with Cris Sullivan Ph.D., Michigan State University
Community and Police Partnership Advocacy Project
(2005) Consultant, Northeast Guidance Center, Detroit, MI
Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
(2004) Consultant
The Mental Health Jail Diversion Project
(2002-2004) Project Manager, The Mental Health Association in NYS
Master's Thesis: Essential Elements of Post-Booking Diversion Programs: Implications for Practice, Sage Graduate School.
Assessment of the Rensselaer County Foster Care Enrichment Team
(2002) Research Assistant, with Patricia O'Conner, Ph.D., NYS Office of Mental Health
Assessment of the NYSP recruitment source survey
(2001-2002) Research Assistant, New York State Police, Division Headquarters
Community involvement
  • National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Lansing (NAMI-Lansing)
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness-Michigan State University (NAMI-MSU)
  • The Community and Police Partnership Advocacy Program in Detroit, MI
  • Ingham County Schizophrenia Awareness Coalition
  • The Mental Health Partnership Council, Community Mental Health for Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties
Publications
Beeble, M L., Bybee, D.I., & Sullivan, C.M. (In preparation)
The role of social support as a moderator of the impact of abuse on the well-being of survivors of intimate partner violence.
Salem, D.A. & Beeble, M.L. (In preparation)
The meaning of recovery from serious mental illness in a mutual help setting.
Beeble, M L., Bybee, D., Sullivan, C.M., & Adams, A.E. (Under review)
A two-year study of the main effect, mediating, and moderating impact of social support on the well-being of survivors of intimate partner violence.
Manuscript submitted for publication.
Pimlott Kubiak, S., Beeble, M.L., & Bybee, D. (Under review)
Using the K6 to Assess the Mental Health of Jailed Women.
Manuscript submitted for publication.
Beeble, M.L. & Salem, D.A. (In press)
The role of referent and expert power in the process of recovery from serious mental illness: A contextual analysis of a mutual help setting.
Journal of Community Psychology.
Beeble, M L., Post, L.A., Bybee, D.I., & Sullivan, C.M. (2008)
Factors predicting willingness to help survivors of intimate partner violence.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23 (12), 1713-1729.
Beeble, M.L., Bybee, D.I., & Sullivan, C.M. (2007)
Abusive men's use of children to control their partners and ex-partners.
European Psychologist, 12 (1), 54-61.
Szostak, E.W., & Beeble, M.L. (2003)
Mental health jail diversion.
American Jails, 17 (3), 35-41.
Conference Presentations
Beeble, M.L. & Salem, D.A. (2007)
Recovery from Serious Mental Illness: Predictors of Different Phases of Recovery in a Mutual-Help Setting. In B. Kloos (Chair), Examining the Ecologies of Recovery.
Symposium presented at the 11th Biennial of the Society for Community Research and Action, Pasadena, California.
Salem, D.A. & Beeble, M.L. (2007)
Promoting and Assessing Recovery in Mutual-Help Settings: Predictors of Recovery Profiles.
Poster presented at the 11th Biennial of the Society for Community Research and Action, Pasadena, California.
Jimenez, T. & Beeble, M.L. (2006)
Promoting Empowerment through Research.
Roundtable discussion at the First International Conference on Community Psychology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Beeble, M.L. (2005)
Essential Elements of Post-Booking Diversion Programs: Implications for Practice.
Poster presented at the 10th Biennial of the Society for Community Research and Action, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Beeble, M.L. & Szostak, E.W. (2004)
Diversion: An Alternative for Offenders Living with Mental Illnesses or Co-occurring Disorders.
National GAINS Center, From Science to Services: Emerging Best Practices for People in Contact with the Justice System Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Beeble, M.L., Glazer, J.A., & Szostak, E.W. (2003)
Criminalization of the Mentally Ill.
Siena College, Loudonville, New York.
Beeble, M.L., Brown, M., Corliss, R., Dickson, W.J., & Meunier, L. (2003)
Jail Diversion.
Recovery Here and Now Conference, Albany, New York.