Melanie W. Fischer

ORCID: 0000-0003-3913-4906
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Research Areas
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Stress and Burnout Research
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Emotional Labor in Professions
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges

University of Indianapolis
2020-2023

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
2018-2023

Abstract Little is known about the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on special education teachers. Of 468 surveyed across United States, 38.4% met clinical criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, a rate 12.4 times greater than U.S. population, and 37.6% major depressive 5.6 population. Race/ethnicity, gender, or school funding was not related to mental health. The moderate extreme stress (91%), depression (58%), (76%), emotional exhaustion (83%).

10.1002/jcop.22736 article EN Journal of Community Psychology 2021-11-15

Prior research indicates Black employees may be particularly vulnerable to job dissatisfaction and that social support at work is a potential resource could influence employee outcomes. This study examined racial differences in workplace networks support, how these factors contribute perceived organizational and, ultimately, satisfaction among mental health workers.Using data from an all-employee survey community center (N = 128), we assessed network supports, hypothesizing would report...

10.1037/prj0000543 article EN Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2023-02-21

Objective: Preliminary research has suggested that mental health clinicians who work with people severe illness may experience associative stigma, and the Clinician Associative Stigma Scale (CASS; Yanos, Vayshenker, DeLuca, & O’Connor, 2017) was recently developed tested in a cross-sectional, online sample to examine this construct. The purpose of present study further investigate CASS’s psychometric properties, examining associations measures burnout, job satisfaction, “turnover intention”...

10.1037/prj0000378 article EN other-oa Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2019-06-27

Abstract Impairments in metacognition or the ability to form integrated senses of self and others have been linked deficits laboratory-based measures social functioning schizophrenia. This study examined whether self-reported was related 88 adults a nonacute phase Concurrent assessments were made with Metacognition Assessment Scale–Abbreviated, Social Functioning Scale, symptoms Positive Negative Syndrome neurocognition Wisconsin Card Sorting Task. Univariate correlations revealed that...

10.1097/nmd.0000000000001117 article EN The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2019-12-10

Objective: Motivation deficits remain an unmet treatment need in schizophrenia.Recent research has identified mechanisms underlying motivation (i.e., impaired effort-cost computations, reduced future reward-value representation maintenance) that may be effective targets to improve motivation.This study tested the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of Mobile Enhancement Schizophrenia (MEMS), intervention leverages mobile technology target these with text messages.Method: Fifty-six...

10.1037/ccp0000599 article EN other-oa Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2020-08-13

It has been proposed that schizophrenia reflects disturbances in personal identity, which include sense of agency, belonging within a social group, and metacognition. Less is known about how these different processes are related to one another well-being outcomes. To study this, we measured themes agency communion narrative identity 29 individuals with HIV. All participants had previously assessed on metacognitive abilities using the Indiana Psychiatric Illness Interview (IPII) completed...

10.1097/nmd.0000000000001238 article EN The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2020-09-21

Prior work has found varied relationships between self-reported and clinician-rated motivation measures in schizophrenia, suggesting that moderators might impact the strength of this relationship. This current study sought to identify whether metacognition - ability form complex representations about oneself, others, world moderates relationship measures. We also explored clinical insight neurocognition moderated Fifty-six participants with a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder completed...

10.1016/j.scog.2019.100140 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Schizophrenia Research Cognition 2019-04-17

Abstract The high attrition and turnover rates of qualified special education teachers (SETs) is a significant concern exacerbated by COVID‐19. Unfortunately, there are limited studies available on research‐based interventions to decrease burnout. purpose this study was describe our processes results for adaptations modifications BREATHE, burnout intervention originally developed community mental health workers, into Burnout Reduction: Enhanced Awareness, Tools, Handouts, Education:...

10.1002/pits.22953 article EN Psychology in the Schools 2023-05-20

Special education teacher attrition is a significant and chronic problem that has worsened since the pandemic. A longitudinal survey of burnout was conducted with rural special teachers ( N = 48) over four timepoints through school year just prior to COVID-19. Both intrapersonal predictors obtained at beginning were used predict end year. Findings revealed highly stable course Furthermore, strongest baseline scores burnout. Only one factor—excessive work demands—and several variables—coping,...

10.1177/87568705231180885 article EN Rural Special Education Quarterly 2023-07-02

High clinician turnover in community behavioral health settings can lead to increased costs and have a negative impact on care quality. Few studies examined the implications of for client outcomes. This study investigated changes outcomes associated with turnover.The used prospective observational data collected as part larger randomized controlled trial. Clients (N=328) from two centers identified (N=121) whom they saw most often. completed measures depression, anxiety, mental physical...

10.1176/appi.ps.201900169 article EN Psychiatric Services 2019-09-16

Currently there is no universally agreed upon language for those seeking psychiatric treatment, and labels commonly include patient, client, consumer, service user. Although some research regarding preferences label (Dickens & Picchioni, 2012), little known about how people perceive an individual differently based on the used. The current study examined whether specific were associated with more stigmatizing attitudes. Participants recruited through MTurk (N = 526) randomized to read a...

10.1037/prj0000406 article EN Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2020-02-20
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