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Yaara Zisman-Ilani

  • College of Public Health

    • Social and Behavioral Sciences

      • Assistant Professor

Biography

Yaara Zisman-Ilani is an assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the College of Public Health, Temple University. She is a psychologist (MA Summa Cum Laude) with a PhD in community mental health. Prior to joining Temple University, Yaara was a Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Dartmouth College.

Yaara has longstanding experience in developing shared decision making interventions, tools, and measures for individuals with chronic conditions. She is a methodologist with a background in evaluation research. Her primary research interests lie in shared decision making, health communication, strategies to promote person-centered care, engagement methods, and mixed methods.

Curriculum Vitae 

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

SBS 2103

Health Psychology and Human Behavior

Undergraduate

EPBI 8307

Systematic Reviews

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Hurford, I., Bowen, A., Salzer, M., & Thomas, E. (2021). Evaluating the feasibility of a decision aid to promote shared decision making among young adults with first-episode psychosis: protocol for a pilot study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7(1). doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00757-0.

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Roth, R., & Mistler, L. (2021). Time to Support Extensive Implementation of Shared Decision Making in Psychiatry. JAMA Psychiatry, 78(11), 1183-1184. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2247.

  • Shaffer, V., Brodney, S., Gavaruzzi, T., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Munro, S., Smith, S., Thomas, E., Valentine, K., & Bekker, H. (2021). Do Personal Stories Make Patient Decision Aids More Effective? An Update from the International Patient Decision Aids Standards. Medical Decision Making, 41(7), 897-906. doi: 10.1177/0272989X211011100.

  • Oren, R.R., Roe, D., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Roth, S., Thomas, E., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2021). Beliefs About the Causes of Psychosis Among Persons With Psychosis and Mental Health Professionals: A Scoping Review. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C., 72(10), 1178-1192. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000460.

  • Roe, D., Mashiach-Eizenberg, M., Epstein, P.G., Yamin, A., Ishay, G.H., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2021). Implementation of NAVIGATE for first episode psychosis in Israel: Clients' characteristics, program utilization and ratings of change. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 15(5), 1343-1348. doi: 10.1111/eip.13055.

  • Chmielowska, M., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Saunders, R., & Pilling, S. (2021). Shared decision making interventions in mental healthcare: A protocol for an umbrella review. BMJ Open, 11(9). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051283.

  • Shpigelman, C., Tal, A., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2021). Digital community inclusion of individuals with serious mental illness: A national survey to map digital technology use and community participation patterns in the digital era. JMIR Mental Health, 8(9). doi: 10.2196/28123.

  • Matthews, E., Savoy, M., Paranjape, A., Washington, D., Hackney, T., Galis, D., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2021). Shared Decision Making in Primary Care Based Depression Treatment: Communication and Decision-Making Preferences Among an Underserved Patient Population. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.681165.

  • Kaminskiy, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., & Ramon, S. (2021). Barriers and Enablers to Shared Decision Making in Psychiatric Medication Management: A Qualitative Investigation of Clinician and Service Users' Views. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.678005.

  • Mazel, S., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Hennig, S., Garnick, D., & Nicholson, J. (2021). Virtual engagement in a social media community of mothers with substance use disorders: Content analysis. JMIR Formative Research, 5(6). doi: 10.2196/24353.

  • Ostrow, L., Kaplan, K., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Brusilovskiy, E., Smith, C., & Salzer, M. (2021). Risk factors associated with child protective services involvement among parents with a serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 72(4), 370-377. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000036.

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Lysaker, P., & Hasson-Ohayon, I. (2021). Shared risk taking: Shared decision making in serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 72(4), 461-463. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000156.

  • Shah, A., Deak, A., Allen, S., Silfani, E., Koppin, C., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Sirisena, I., Rose, C., & Rubin, D. (2021). Some characteristics of hyperglycaemic crisis differ between patients with and without COVID-19 at a safety-net hospital in a cross-sectional study. Annals of Medicine, 53(1), 1642-1645. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2021.1975042.

  • Berger-Merom, R., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Jones, N., & Roe, D. (2021). Addressing Sexuality and Intimate Relations in Community Mental Health Services for People With Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Practitioners’ Experiences. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. doi: 10.1037/prj0000506.

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Fasing, K., Weiner, M., & Rubin, D. (2020). Exercise capacity is associated with hospital readmission among patients with diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 8(1). doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001771.

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Obeidat, R., Fang, L., Hsieh, S., & Berger, Z. (2020). Shared decision making and patient-centered care in Israel, jordan, and the united states: Exploratory and comparative survey study of physician perceptions. JMIR Formative Research, 4(8). doi: 10.2196/18223.

  • Fortuna, K., Naslund, J., LaCroix, J., Bianco, C., Brooks, J., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Muralidharan, A., & Deegan, P. (2020). Digital peer support mental health interventions for people with a lived experience of a serious mental illness: Systematic review. JMIR Mental Health, 7(4). doi: 10.2196/16460.

  • Muñoz-Laboy, M., Bamford, L., Benitez, J., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Ripkin, A., Castillo, L.d., Esteves-Camacho, T., Cruz, M.d.l., & Katumkeeryil, E. (2020). “En la Lucha”: Strategies to Improve HIV Care for Puerto Ricans with Opioids Use Disorders. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. doi: 10.1007/s10903-020-01091-6.

  • Koliani-Pace, J., Haron, A., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Thompson, K., & Siegel, C. (2020). Patients' Perceive Biologics to Be Riskier and More Dreadful Than Other IBD Medications. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 26(1), 141-146. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izz121.

  • Nagata, S., McCormick, B., Brusilovskiy, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Wilson, S., Snethen, G., Townley, G., & Salzer, M. (2020). Emotional States Associated With Being in the Community and Being With Others Among Individuals With Serious Mental Illnesses. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. doi: 10.1037/ort0000516.

  • Barnett, E., Concepcion-Zayas, M., Zisman-Ilani, Y., & Bellonci, C. (2019). Patient-centered psychiatric care for youth in foster care: a systematic and critical review. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 13(4), 462-489. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2018.1512933.

  • Wieringa, T., Rodriguez-Gutierrez, R., Spencer-Bonilla, G., Wit, M.D., Ponce, O., Sanchez-Herrera, M., Espinoza, N., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Kunneman, M., Schoonmade, L., Montori, V., & Snoek, F. (2019). Decision aids that facilitate elements of shared decision making in chronic illnesses: A systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 8(1). doi: 10.1186/s13643-019-1034-4.

  • Storm, M., Husebø, A., Thomas, E., Elwyn, G., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2019). Coordinating Mental Health Services for People with Serious Mental Illness: A Scoping Review of Transitions from Psychiatric Hospital to Community. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 46(3), 352-367. doi: 10.1007/s10488-018-00918-7.

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Roe, D., Elwyn, G., Kupermintz, H., Patya, N., Peleg, I., & Karnieli-Miller, O. (2019). Shared Decision Making for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Before Discharge from Psychiatric Hospitals. Health Communication, 34(6), 631-637. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1431018.

  • Mazel, S., Hennig, S., Ilani, Y.Z., & Nicholson, J. (2019). Mothers, Mental Health and Opioids: Engaging with Researchers @research4moms.com. Journal of Parent and Family Mental Health, 4(1), e1012. doi: 10.7191/parentandfamily.1012.

  • Barr, P., Forcino, R., Dannenberg, M., Mishra, M., Turner, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Matthews, J., Hinn, M., Bruce, M., & Elwyn, G. (2019). Healthcare Options for People Experiencing Depression (HOPE∗D): The development and pilot testing of an encounter-based decision aid for use in primary care. BMJ Open, 9(4). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025375.

  • Thomas, E., Suarez, J., Bowen, A., Salzer, M., Hurford, I., Dixon, L., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. DEMOGRAPHIC, INTERPERSONAL, NEUROCOGNITIVE, AND ATTITUDINAL PREDICTORS OF SHARED DECISION-MAKING AMONG SERVICE USERS WITH EARLY PSYCHOSIS. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, 45, S303-S304. 10.1093/schbul/sbz018.543

  • Thomas, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., & Salzer, M. (2019). Self-determination and choice in mental health: Qualitative insights from a study of self-directed care. Psychiatric Services, 70(9), 801-807. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201800544.

  • Thomas, E.C., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Lucksted, A., Hurford, I., & Salzer, M.S. Understanding the Treatment Decision-making Needs of Emerging Adults with Early Psychosis. EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY, 12, 119-119. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000444798900326&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=abcd71df5a6dac31fd219478b0a9c638.

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Shern, D., Deegan, P., Kreyenbuhl, J., Dixon, L., Drake, R., Torrey, W., Mishra, M., Gorbenko, K., & Elwyn, G. (2018). Continue, adjust, or stop antipsychotic medication: Developing and user testing an encounter decision aid for people with first-episode and long-term psychosis. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1). doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1707-x.

  • Granot, M., Yovell, Y., Somer, E., Beny, A., Sadger, R., Uliel-Mirkin, R., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2018). Trauma, attachment style, and somatization: A study of women with dyspareunia and women survivors of sexual abuse. BMC Women's Health, 18(1). doi: 10.1186/s12905-018-0523-2.

  • Scalia, P., Elwyn, G., Barr, P., Song, J., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Lesniak, M., Mullin, S., Kurek, K., Bushell, M., & Durand, M. (2018). Exploring the use of Option Grid™ patient decision aids in a sample of clinics in Poland. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2018.04.002.

  • Koliani-Pace, J.L., Haron, A., Thompson, K., Zisman-Ilani, Y., & Siegel, C.A. Patients' Perceive Biologics to be Riskier and More Dreadful Than Other IBD Medications. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, 112, S413-S415. 10.14309/00000434-201710001-00746

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Levy-Frank, I., Tuval-Mashiach, R., & Roe, D. (2017). Self-stigma, insight, and family burden among Israeli mothers of people with serious mental illness: Ethno-national considerations. Transcultural Psychiatry, 54(3), 423-441. doi: 10.1177/1363461517703022.

  • Karnieli-Miller, O., Miron-Shatz, T., Siegal, G., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2017). On the verge of shared decision making in Israel: Overview and future directions. Zeitschrift Fur Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualitat Im Gesundheitswesen, 123-124, 56-60. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2017.05.007.

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Roe, D., Scholl, I., Härter, M., & Karnieli-Miller, O. (2017). Shared Decision Making During Active Psychiatric Hospitalization: Assessment and Psychometric Properties. Health Communication, 32(1), 126-130. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2015.1099504.

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Barnett, E., Harik, J., Pavlo, A., & O'Connell, M. (2017). Expanding the concept of shared decision making for mental health: Systematic search and scoping review of interventions. Mental Health Review Journal, 22(3), 191-213. doi: 10.1108/MHRJ-01-2017-0002.

  • Perestelo-Perez, L., Rivero-Santana, A., Alvarez-Perez, Y., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Kaminskiy, E., & Aguilar, P. (2017). Measurement issues of shared decision making in mental health: Challenges and opportunities. Mental Health Review Journal, 22(3), 214-232. doi: 10.1108/MHRJ-01-2017-0004.

  • Ramon, S., Zisman-Ilani, Y., & Kaminskiy, E. (2017). Guest editorial. Mental Health Review Journal, 22(3), 149-151. doi: 10.1108/MHRJ-01-2017-0008.