Home Page for Professor John McGrew

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• General Information
• Current Research Projects
• Course Information
• Personal Interests
• Contact Information

General Information

This is the home page for John H. McGrew, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology

Key responsibilities
My key responsibilities are in teaching, both graduate and undergraduate, in research, and in service to the community and university. I enjoy teaching and try to make the learning process fun. I also maintain an active research program in the area of psychiatric rehabilitation. Within the psychology department, my primary duties are as a fulltime faculty member of the Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology Ph.D. and M.S. programs (A.P.A. approved).

Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology Program

• Description of Ph.D. program
• Master of Science Degree
• IUPUI Psychology Department Homepage

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Current Research Projects

MCGREW, JOHN H. (Associate Professor), Ph.D. 1991, Indiana University; M.S.E. 1977, University of Michigan; B.M.E. 1977, GMI Engineering and Management Institute. Current research interests include:

• Evaluation of critical ingredients of, and mechanisms of action of, assertive community treatment for persons with severe mental illness
• Fidelity of implementation of interventions for persons with mental illness, especially assertive community treatment
• Deinstitutionalization: Ongoing long-term follow-up of patients, former workers and mental health system outcomes after closing or downsizing state hospitals
• Development of performance indicators for Indiana State Mental Health System
• Development of clinical instruments for adults and children as part of the reorganization of the Indiana State Mental Health System - the Hoosier Assurance Plan
• Assessment of substance abuse and psychopathology
• Effects of healthy personality, especially Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence, on persons’ rehabilitation outcomes and on mental health worker stress
• Development and validation of a social skills model of anger expression/suppression.
• The effect of autism on the family

Selected Publications

•  McGrew, J. & Griss, M. (2005). Concurrent and predictive validity of two scales to assess the fidelity of implementation of supported employment. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 29, 41-47.

•  McGrew, J.H, Johannesen, J.K., Griss, M.E., Born, D., & Hart Katuin, C. (2005). Performance-based funding of supported-employment: A multi-site controlled trial. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation,23, 81-99.

• McGrew, J., Pescosolido, B., & Wright, E. (2003). Case manager perspectives on Assertive Community Treatment: Critical ingredients, clinical ingredients, and variations in implementation. Psychiatric Services, 54, 370-376.

• Schaedle, R, McGrew, J., Bond, G., & Epstein, I. (2002). A comparison of experts’ perspectives on Assertive Community Treatment and Intensive Case Management. Psychiatric Services, 53, 207-210.

• McGrew, J., Wilson, R., Bond, G. (2002). An exploratory study of what clients like least about assertive community treatment.  Psychiatric Services, 53, 761-763.

• McGrew, J., Wright, E., & Pescosolido, B. (1999).  Closing of a state hospital: An overview and framework for a case study.  Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 26(3), 236-245.

• McGrew, J., Wright, E., Pescosolido, B., & McDonel, E.  (1999).  The closing of central state hospital: Long-term outcomes for persons with severe mental illness. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 26(3), 246-261.

• McGrew, J. & Bond, G. (1997). The association between program characteristics and service delivery in Assertive Community Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 25(2), 175-189.

• McGrew, J., Wilson, R., & Bond, G. (1996). Client Perspectives on Critical Ingredients of Assertive Community Treatment. Psychiatric Rehabilition Journal, 19(3), 13-21.
• McGrew, J., Bond, G., Dietzen, L., McKasson, M., & Miller, L. (1995). A Multi-site Study of Client Outcomes in Assertive Community Treatment. Psychiatric Services, 46, 696-701.
• McGrew, J., Bond, G., Dietzen, L., & Salyers, M. (1994). Measuring the Fidelity of Implementation of a Mental Health Program Model. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 670-678.
• Berenbaum, H. & McGrew, J. (1993). Familial Resemblance on Psychosis Proneness. Psychological Medicine, 23, 327-333.
• McGrew, J. & McFall, R. (1992). A Collaborative Vernon Clark Experiment. Correlation, 11, 2-10.
• McGrew, J. & McFall, R. (1990). A Scientific Inquiry into the Validity of Astrology. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 4, 75-83.

For a complete list of publications see my Curriculum vitae.

Description of current or recently funded projects

 

Hospital Closing Evaluation

I am involved as part of a multidisciplinary team investigating the long-term effects of the closing of Central state Hospital on the lives of former patients and former workers at the hospital. I also am involved in a similar study of the closing of Muscatatuck State Developmental Center and the downsizing and reorganization of Madison State Hospital. A series of seven articles outlining the preliminary results of the Central state hospital study appeared in 1999, in volume 26, number 3 of the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.

Hoosier Assurance Plan Assessment Instrument Development

I am involved in developing instruments to assess individuals seen at mental health facilities receiving state support. The instruments are designed to assess overall functioning and client self-management, to assess changes in functioning and self-management, and to assist planners in assigning individuals to the appropriate cost reimbursement level (i.e., capitation rate).

Performance Indicators for State Mental Health System

Indiana is part of a 16 state effort to implement a standard set of 32 indicators of mental health system performance (e.g, client satisfaction, client level of functioning, number of persons served by state hospital). In my role as faculty member of the Indiana Center for Mental Health Services Research, and along with Paula Barrickman, Project Coordinator and Research Associate in the department of psychology, I am principal investigator of this grant to help implement performance indicators in Indiana.

Program evaluation of Our Town Integrated Service Agency (ISA) A Program of the Mental Health Association in Marion County & Gallahue Mental Health Services

Our Town is a site chosen nationally to replicate the successful Village Integrated Service Agency (ISA) program of Long Beach, CA.  The ISA model is a recovery-based, community integration model that has been shown to be successful in helping individuals with severe mental illness reduce hospitalization and incarceration rates, increase competitive employment, and improve housing and financial status.  Our Town will focus on young adults aged 18-25. Some critical aspects of the model include: (1) easily accessible, long term services available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, (2) provision of the full array of services needed to support the clients, with a minimum of outside referrals, (3) majority of services provided in the home or community, (4) no discharge expectation and high retention of clients, (5) full integration of substance abuse and mental illness services, (6) focus on enhancing quality of life as opposed to reduction in psychiatric symptoms, and (7) services are individualized.

Performance based funding of Supported Employment

Supported employment is an evidenced-based practice to help person with severe mental illness choose, get and keep a competitive job. I am evaluating a pilot study of performance-based contracting for SE at five sites in Indiana. Under performance-based contracting sites get paid when specific milestones are met, instead of the traditional method where payment is by the number of hours spent with the client, regardless of success.

Assertive Community Treatment Center of Indiana

Assertive community treatment is an evidenced-based practice to help persons with severe mental illness improve their lives and to support them so they are able to stay in the community. I am one of the evaluators for the ACT Center of Indiana.  The ACT Center of Indiana is a collaboration of the Department of Psychology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and the Adult & Child Center of Indianapolis, and is funded by the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addictions. The ACT center is a training and resource center to help guide and evaluate the implementation of ACT in Indiana.

http://psych.iupui.edu/ACTCenter/

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Course Information

Undergraduate courses

• Introduction to Psychology - B104
  • B104 Course syllabus
• First year success seminar - UC110
  • Course syllabus
  • UC110 Listserve Instructions
  • Topics/criteria for group projects
  • Knowledge of College Survey
  • Vocational planning/Creating a career file
• Stress and Health - B365 (I no longer teach this, but below is a popular lecture)
• Spirituality and Health - Powerpoint presentation
  • Spirituality and health printable file.htm

Graduate courses

• Introduction to counseling/Intervention I - I552/I665
  • Course syllabus
• Field Methods - I643 (also taught by Gary Bond)
  • Course syllabus
• Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine - I614
  • Course syllabus

Ph.D. Preliminary Examination

• Description of Ph.D. preliminary exam
• Preliminary exam sample question and answer - autism

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Personal Interests

Odd things

I love anomalies, unexplained phenomena that don't fit with our current knowledge or expectations. It is at the edges of what we know where we have the most to learn. Check out the following websites for a flavor of what I mean.

 

Fortean Times Online Charles Fort started it all in terms of modern interest in strange phenomena

CATHOLIC APPARITIONS OF JESUS AND MARY There are lots and lots of these, it's amazing

The Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in the 20th Century. More of the same

THE ANOMALIST Another good source for general strangeness

Society for Scientific Exploration Attempts to provide an outlet for serious research on anomolous phenomena

International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) (Near-Death Experiences) Sponsors research and conferences

 

Comparative religions

Spiritual topics fascinate me. Studying comparative religions is to relive the parable about the five blindfolded men trying to describe an elephant by touch, e.g., the one who touched the tail thought it was a snake, the one who touched the legs thought it was a tree. Of course all are describing the same animal, but they argue about it nonetheless. Check out the following websites for some interesting spiritually-oriented sites. My own philosophy is closest to Advaitic (non-dualistic) Hindu or Mahayana Buddhist thought.

 

What religion are you?  Answer twenty questions and find out. 

Welcome to Watchman Fellowship Online! Christian oriented, but links to some information on other religions

Beliefnet.com A great resource for comparative religions

THE NEURAL SURFER Eclectic mix of interesting stuff on philosophy and spirituality. Humorous and largely cynical take on religion and spirituality.

Science Fiction and Fantasy

I enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy novels. I especially like fantasy trilogies of the sword and sorcery variety (e.g., Tolkien). Below are some sites for those interested in the genre. Because there are so many science fiction books, and many are not worth reading, I find sites that provide information on award winners and top-ten lists especially helpful.

 

Elfwood Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Gallery A huge collection of fantasy images by professionals and amateurs alike

Science fiction resource guide A compendium of net resources about Science Fiction

AwardWeb: Collections of Literary Award Information Includes the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy award winners

The Recommended Fantasy Author List Just what it says

The Locus Magazine Index to Science Fiction Awards Locus magazine is one of the best SF fanzines, this is a comprehensive list of science fiction and fantasy book awards.

New England Science Fiction club recommended reading list Very comprehensive

The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List Vote and add your voice to this ongoing list

 

Playing guitar

What can I say, I like to play. Sort of a punk-folk-blues-jazz mix. Fingerpicking. flat-picking, and once in a while some electric. I also have a classical guitar, but it is wasted on me.

Biographical information

I am an Air Force brat and a recovering engineer. I came to psychology later in life. For the masochistic I have written a brief biography click here --> Brief Biography of John McGrew

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Contact Information

Electronic mail address
jmcgrew@iupui.edu

Psychology department web address
IUPUI Department of Psychology

Office phone
317-274-8672

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Copyright by John H. McGrew.
Last revised: August 24, 2006.