Past Editors of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
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NANCY FELIPE RUSSO, PHD is Regents Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at Arizona State University (ASU). Russo is author or editor of more than 200 publications related to gender, the psychology of women, and women's issues. A former editor of the Psychology of Women Quarterly, she has served on the editorial boardProfessional Psychology: Research, Practice, and Public Policy, Rehabilitation Psychology, Women and Therapy, and Sex Roles. Her interest in interdisciplinary issues and mental health is reflected in her service as a consultant to the Women’s Issues Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry and as co-chair of the Subpanel on the Mental Health of Women of the President’s Commission on Mental Health.
A former member of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association (APA), Dr. Russo has also served as a member of the President's Task Force on Women and Depression, Task Force on Post Abortion Emotional Responses, and Task Force on Male Violence Against Women. A former President of the Society for the Psychology of Women, she is the recipient of that group’s Centennial Heritage Award for Contributions to Public Policy and Carolyn Wood Sherif Award. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Russo has been recognized by APA's Board of Ethnic Minority Affairs for contributions to ethnic minority issues, and is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's 1995 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. In 2003 she was identified among "Trailblazing Women in Community Psychology", by the Society for Community Research and Action’s Committee on Women, and was also awarded the Distinguished International Psychologist Award by APA’s Division of International Psychology. Since March of 2004 she has served as Executive Officer of the American Orthopsychiatric Association.
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ASSOCIATE EDITORS
ANDRES J. PUMARIEGA, MD is Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He has devoted his career in child and adolescent psychiatry to the areas of children’s systems of care and cultural diversity issues in child mental health. Areas of special interest include the mental health of children and adolescents, particularly with regard to eating disorders and depression; child mental health services policy and research; child psychiatric epidemiology; cross-cultural psychiatry, and the interaction between psychological and physiological factors in psychosomatic and chronic illness processes with implication for the development of comprehensive treatment approaches. He has over 130 scientific papers, chapters, and monographs, over 160 abstracts, is the Editor of Psychline:Journal of Hispanic American Psychiatry, and has been a member of the editorial board of numerous other journals.
Dr. Pumariega has served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists, and chairs the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Committee for that organization. He has also served as member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry, and is a consultant to the La Iniciativa CMHS Child and Family System of Care Program, San Juan, Puerto Rico. A former member of the National Advisory Council, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, he is a current member of the Children’s Sub-Committee of SAMHSA’s Joint Advisory Council. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Fellow of the Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), American Orthopsychiatric Association and Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, and is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists and Society of Professors of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Orthopsychiatric Association and holds the position of Continuing Education Officer for the association.
KAREN FRASER WYCHE, MSW PHD is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. She is both a licensed Psychologist and a certified Social Worker. Dr. Wyche’s areas of special interest are in sociocultural and social class issues in program development and evaluation in minority communities, training of service providers, assessment of community resilience, and minority women’s health, especially HIV. She is a co-investigator of the Terrorism and Disaster Center (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center) of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Dr. Wyche is on the editorial boards of Sex Roles and the Journal of Moral Education and has served on the editorial boards of several other journals.
Dr. Wyche is a Fellow in both the Society for the Psychology of Women and the Society of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association. She is a member of the Task Force on SES in APA and on the Committee of the Psychology of Women. She was a member of the Committee for International Relations in Psychology, and has served as one of the non-governmental representatives to the UN from the Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues, and as a member of the psychosocial core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University. She joined the editorial board ofOrtho in December, 2005.
Wanda K. Mohr PhD, RN, FAAN is an Associate Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at. She is a certified Clinical Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. Dr. Mohr is a recognized leader in the movement to reform conditions in mental health settings, with special emphasis on seclusion and restraint and delivery of services to mentally ill children. She has over 30 years of clinical experience with troubled children and their families ranging across a variety of health care settings. She has conducted research studies ranging from conditions within psychiatric hospitals and seclusion and restraint, to the impact of violence on children. She is the author of over 100 professional journal articles, chapters, and books on the subject of mental health and has been consulted by a variety of state and federal agencies on the issue of children’s responses to violence. Dr. Mohr is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and has been recognized by her peers by numerous national and international awards. Dr. Mohr has testified before the U.S. Congress and other legislative bodies on behalf of numerous advocacy agencies on the danger of restraints. She has received numerous awards in recognition of her advocacy efforts on behalf of the mentally ill.
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