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Tyson L Pankey

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry

Selected Publications


Patient and Health Care Professional Perspectives on Stigma in Integrated Behavioral Health: Barriers and Recommendations.

Journal Article Ann Fam Med · February 2023 PURPOSE: Stigma related to mental health is well documented and a major barrier to using mental and physical health care. Integrated behavioral health (IBH) in primary care, in which behavioral/mental health care services are located within a primary care ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Clinical health psychology in healthcare: Psychology's contributions to the medical team

Journal Article Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice · December 1, 2022 The specialty of clinical health psychology is focused on the intersection of, and interplay between, physical and behavioral health. Many clinical health psychologists are employed in medical settings and embedded within healthcare teams. While the value ... Full text Open Access Cite

LGBTQ-Affirmative Behavioral Health Services in Primary Care.

Journal Article Prim Care · June 2021 Behavioral health concerns related to sexual and gender minority stress impair functioning and limit quality of life. With greater interest in implementing LGBTQ-affirmative health care practices, primary care providers likely will see larger numbers of LG ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Gender-Affirming Telepsychology During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Adult Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations.

Journal Article J Health Serv Psychol · 2021 The implementation of telepsychology soared in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For most health service psychologists, this surge preceded formal training in telepsychology. Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals report ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Stress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail.

Journal Article J Correct Health Care · July 2016 OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility/acceptability of writing as a stress reduction strategy with incarcerated women. METHODS: The authors implemented a writing intervention in which six women wrote on topics of their choosing for 20 minutes on 5 consecuti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates of Preincarceration Health Care Use Among Women and Men in Jail.

Journal Article J Correct Health Care · July 2015 Although women and men in jails bear a burden of health problems, little is known about factors associated with their health care use. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of preincarceration health care use with 596 jail inmates. Descriptive statistics a ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Incarcerated women's HPV awareness, beliefs, and experiences

Journal Article International Journal of Prisoner Health · March 16, 2015 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore incarcerated women's awareness, beliefs, and experiences with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection ... Full text Open Access Cite