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Marc Atkins

Marc Atkins, Ph.D.

Dr. Atkins has had a long-standing interest in the development of effective mental health services for children and families living in low-income communities. He is an active researcher in the areas of childhood ADHD and aggression and a leading researcher on the development of school-based mental health services in urban high-poverty communities.

Positions

  • Professor of Psychology and Director of Psychology Training, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1985, Florida State University, Clinical Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Frazier, S., Formoso, D., Birman, D., & Atkins, M. (in press). Building collaborations to bridge research and practice: Redefining feasibility. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
  • Frazier, S. L., Cappella, E., Atkins, M. S. (2007). Linking mental health and after school systems for children in urban poverty: Preventing problems, promoting possibilities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 34(4), 389-399.
  • Frazier, S. L., Abdul-Adil, J., Atkins, M. S., Gathright, T., Jackson, M. (2007). Can't have one without the other: Mental health providers and community parents reducing barriers to services for families in urban poverty. Journal of Community Psychology, 35(4), 435-446.
  • Atkins, M. S., Frazier, S. L., Birman, D., Adil, J. A., Jackson, M., Graczyk, P. A., et al. (2006). School-based mental health services for children living in high poverty urban communities. Administration in Policy and Mental Health, 33(2):146-159.
  • Atkins, M. S., Frazier, S. L., & Cappella, E. (2006). Hybrid research models: Natural opportunities for examining mental health in context. Clinical Psychology, 13(1):105-108.

 

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