title: Integrating psychotherapy research with public health and public policy goals for incarcerated women and other vulnerable populations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this article, I review my research applying interpersonal treatments and interpersonal principles from psychotherapy for major depression and substance use to broader public health goals for incarcerated women and other vulnerable populations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A public health focus has led me to expand the boundaries of psychotherapy research to include partners such as prisons, parole officers, and bachelor's level providers; behaviors like risky sex; service delivery challenges; and ultimately to research with an eye toward informing policy and advocacy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A public health perspective provides context and rationale for conducting sound psychotherapy research; the combination of public health and psychotherapy-specific perspectives can lead to novel research.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior , Brown University , Providence , RI , USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health / Q000592:standards; D011640:Public Policy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology*