Leopoldo Cabassa, Ph.D.

Center Investigator

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatric Social Work (in Psychiatry),
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

Recent Publications

Ell K, Katon W, Cabassa LJ, Xie B, Lee P, Kapetanovic S, Guterman J. Depression and diabetes among low-income Hispanics: Design elements of a socio-culturally adapted collaborative care model randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Psychiatric in Medicine, in press.

Zayas LH, Bright CL, Álvarez-Sánchez T, Cabassa LJ. Acculturation, familism and mother-daughter relations among suicidal and non-suicidal adolescent Latinas. Journal of Primary Prevention, in press.

Zayas LH, Torres LR, Cabassa LJ. 2009. Diagnostic, symptom, and functional assessments of Hispanic outpatients in community mental health practice. Community Mental Health Journal 45(2):97-105.

Cabassa LJ, Hansen M, Palinkas LA, Ell K. 2008. Azúcar y nervios: Explanatory models and treatment experiences of Hispanics with diabetes and depression. Social Science & Medicine 66(12):2413-2424.

Cabassa LJ, Lagomasino I, Dwight-Jonhson M, Hansen M, Zie B. 2008. Measuring Latinos' perceptions of depression: A confirmatory factor analysis of the Illness Perception Questionnaire. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 14(4):377-384.