John F McCarthy

 John F. McCarthy
Research Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Medical School
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John F McCarthy
John F. McCarthy
Research Associate Professor
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    John F. McCarthy, Ph.D., M.P.H, is Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. After working for four years in physician education and ambulatory administration at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, John earned an MPH from the School of Public Health and a PhD in Health Services Organization and Policy from the University of Michigan. For over 21 years, his work has focused on Veterans, mental health access, health systems, health behavior and population health. He has held national VA scientific leadership roles since 2007. Currently, e serves as Director of VA's Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center, Director of the National Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Evaluation, and Director of Data and Surveillance for Suicide Prevention. He also provides site leadership for SMITREC's post-doctoral training program. His experiences include VA leadership roles for Congressional and White House initiatives.
    Dr. McCarthy has had ongoing funding for mental health services research, program evaluation, and operations work, including VA and NIH grants and dedicated Center funding. His scientific expertise includes health system access, suicide epidemiology, measurement based management, medication adherence, serious mental illness, mental health services program evaluation, and suicide predictive modeling.

    Areas of Interest

    - Access and quality of care among Veterans with mental illness
    - Suicide risk and suicide prevention
    - Mental health program evaluation
    - Mental health services operations and performance assessment

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Predictive analytics to direct clinical attention to complex patients with elevated suicide risk: enhancement of the Veterans Health Administration REACH VET model.
      Peluso A, Ramirez Osorio J, Kazanis WH, Robinson A, Martins SB, Cook H, Callaway K, Schaefferkoetter N, McCarthy JF, Oliva EM, Kapadia A, Trafton JA. BMJ Ment Health, 2026 Jun 1; 29 (1): DOI:10.1136/bmjment-2025-302338
      PMID: PMC13239625
    • Journal Article
      Integrated behavioral care in general hepatology increases alcohol use disorder treatment in veterans.
      Perumalswami PV, Cornwell BL, Grau PP, Meyers AC, Jayaram M, Irani S, Wongsirisakul P, Liangpunsakul S, Patel A, DePhilippis D, Liberto J, Szymanski BR, McCarthy JF. Hepatol Commun, 2026 May 1; 10 (5): DOI:10.1097/HC9.0000000000000956
      PMID: PMC13120633
    • Journal Article
      Comparing Suicide Rates Across Subpopulations of Veterans Receiving Veterans Health Administration Care, 2017–2021: The Suicide Risk Encyclopedia
      Saulnier K, Brabbs S, Dent K, McCarthy J. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2026 Jan 1; DOI:10.1007/s10488-026-01510-0
    • Journal Article
      Predictive Properties of the C-SSRS Suicide Screen Among Individuals in Veterans Health Administration Care
      Richardson JS, Brabbs S, Szymanski BR, Goodrich MA, McCarthy JF. Archives of Suicide Research, 2026 Jan 1; DOI:10.1080/13811118.2026.2628074
    • Journal Article
      Mortality among veterans with serious mental illness who were lost to VHA care
      Abraham KM, Dent KR, Szymanski BR, Miller SL, McCarthy JF. General Hospital Psychiatry, 2025 Jul 1; 95: 9 - 10. DOI:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2025.03.017
    • Journal Article
      Temporal patterns of Veteran suicide: Variation by season, day of the week, and holidays
      Gold SA, Goodrich M, Morley SW, Stephens B, McCarthy JF. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2025 Apr 1; 55 (2): DOI:10.1111/sltb.13148
      PMID: 39605251
    • Journal Article
      Suicide Risk Among Veterans Who Receive Evidence-Based Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
      Saulnier KG, Brabbs S, Szymanski BR, Harpaz-Rotem I, McCarthy JF, Sripada RK. JAMA network open, 2024 Dec 2; 7 (12): e2452144 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.52144
      PMID: 39724372
    • Journal Article
      High dimensional predictions of suicide risk in 4.2 million US Veterans using ensemble transfer learning
      Dhaubhadel S, Ganguly K, Ribeiro RM, Cohn JD, Hyman JM, Hengartner NW, Kolade B, Singley A, Bhattacharya T, Finley P, Levin D, Thelen H, Cho K, Costa L, Ho YL, Justice AC, Pestian J, Santel D, Zamora-Resendiz R, Crivelli S, Tamang S, Martins S, Trafton J, Oslin DW, Beckham JC, Kimbrel NA, Agarwal K, Ashley-Koch AE, Aslan M, Begoli E, Brown B, Calhoun PS, Cheung KH, Choudhury S, Cliff AM, Cuellar-Hengartner L, Deangelis HE, Dennis MF, Garvin MR, Gelernter JE, Hair LP, Ham C, Harvey PD, Hauser ER, Hauser MA, Jacobson DA, Jones J, Jones PC, Kainer D, Kaplan AD, Katz IR, Kember RL, Kirby AC, Ko JC, Lagergren J, Lane M, Levey DF, Lindquist JH, Liu X, Madduri RK, Manore C, Martinez C, McCarthy JF, Cashman MMD, Miller JI, Morrow D, Pavicic-Venegas M, Pyarajan S, Qin XJ, Rajeevan N, Ramsey CM, Rodriguez A, Romero J, Shi Y, Stein MB, Sullivan KA, Sun N, Townsend A, Walker A, Wang X, Wangia-Anderson V, Yang R, Yoo S, Zhao H, McMahon BH. Scientific Reports, 2024 Dec 1; 14 (1): DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-51762-9
      PMID: 38245528

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