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Yaara Zisman-Ilani

  • College of Public Health

    • Social and Behavioral Sciences

      • Associate Professor

Biography

Dr. Yaara Zisman-Ilani is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Temple University's College of Public Health. She holds an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine and has an honorary appointment as an associate professor in the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, at University College London (UCL), UK. Dr. Zisman-Ilani is a member of the PCORI Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science (CEDS) and the director of the Shared Decision Making Laboratory, which serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research, consulting, mentoring, and training in shared decision making.

Dr. Zisman-Ilani has published over 100 articles and book chapters, with her work appearing in journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, Lancet Psychiatry, JAMA Internal Medicine, and Psychiatric Services. She has extensive experience in developing shared decision making interventions, tools, and measures for individuals with mental health conditions and comorbidities across diverse settings, including psychiatric services, community mental health programs, primary care, inpatient care, and virtual care. Dr. Zisman-Ilani is a methodologist specializing in mixed methods, comparative and evaluation research, and systematic reviews.

Primary research interests include shared decision making, health communication, strategies to promote person-centered care, co-production and engagement methods, and mental health services, all with a focus on addressing health disparities and Social Determinants of Mental Health (SDoMH). Her research has been funded by NIH, PCORI, Rothschild Foundation, Wolf Foundation, and more.

Curriculum Vitae 

ResearchGate: Yaara Zisman-Ilani's ResearchGate profile

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Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

HRPR 1001

Public Health: The Way We Live, Work and Play

Undergraduate

SBS 2103

Health Psychology and Human Behavior

Undergraduate

SBS 2903

Honors Health Psychology and Human Behavior

Undergraduate

EPBI 8307

Systematic Reviews

Graduate

HRPR 5999

Research Experience in Health Professions

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Deegan, P.E., Stiles, A., Rufo, M., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2024). Awakening on antipsychotic medication: A call to action. Psychiatr Rehabil J, 47(4), 283-290. United States. 10.1037/prj0000608

  • Zhao, J., Aoki, Y., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2024). Nurse prescribers as key players in shared decision making in psychiatry. Lancet Psychiatry, 11(8), 580-581. England. 10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00113-5

  • Richardson, B.T., Jackson, J., Marable, G., Barker, J., Gardiner, H., Igarabuza, L., Leasy, M., Matthews, E., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2024). The Role of Black Churches in Promoting Mental Health for Communities of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Black Americans. Psychiatr Serv, 75(8), 740-747. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.20230263

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Parker, M., Thomas, E.C., Suarez, J., Hurford, I., Bowen, A., Calkins, M., Deegan, P., Nossel, I., & Dixon, L.B. (2024). Usability and Feasibility of the Antipsychotic Medication Decision Aid in a Community Program for First-Episode Psychosis. Psychiatr Serv, 75(8), 807-811. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.20230230

  • Wieringa, T.H., León-García, M., Suárez, N.R.E., Hernández-Leal, M.J., Jacome, C.S., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Otten, R.H., Montori, V.M., & Pieterse, A.H. (2024). The role of time in involving patients with cancer in treatment decision making: A scoping review. Patient Educ Couns, 125, 108285. Ireland. 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108285

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Kovach, J.G., Chatterjee, M., & Morrison, M.F. (2024). Unlocking the door to supportive housing: addressing the challenge of post-discharge transitions in safety-net psychiatric care. Gen Psychiatr, 37(6), e101608. England. 10.1136/gpsych-2024-101608

  • Fattori, F., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Chmielowska, M., & Rodríguez-Martín, B. (2023). Measures of Shared Decision Making for People With Mental Disorders and Limited Decisional Capacity: A Systematic Review. Psychiatr Serv, 74(11), 1171-1175. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.202200018

  • Matthews, E.B. & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2023). Open Notes Use in Psychiatry-The Need for Multilevel Efforts in Research and Practice. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(10), 977-978. United States. 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1688

  • Jones, N., Callejas, L., Brown, M., Carras, M.C., Croft, B., Pagdon, S., Sheehan, L., Oluwoye, O., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2023). Barriers to Meaningful Participatory Mental Health Services Research and Priority Next Steps: Findings From a National Survey. Psychiatr Serv, 74(9), 902-910. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.20220514

  • Treichler, E.B., Reznik, S.J., Oakes, D., Girard, V., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2023). Military culture and collaborative decision-making in mental healthcare: cultural, communication and policy considerations. BJPsych Open, 9(5), e154. England. 10.1192/bjo.2023.516

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Hayes, D., & Fancourt, D. (2023). Promoting Social Prescribing in Psychiatry-Using Shared Decision-Making and Peer Support. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(8), 759-760. United States. 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.0788

  • Hamdan, J.L., Shipper, A.G., Roth, S., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2023). Disparities in sport participation of transgender women: a systematic and scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 13(7), e074054. England. 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074054

  • Chmielowska, M., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Saunders, R., & Pilling, S. (2023). Trends, challenges, and priorities for shared decision making in mental health: The first umbrella review. Int J Soc Psychiatry, 69(4), 823-840. England. 10.1177/00207640221140291

  • Baishya, M., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Hoadley, A., Litsas, D., Roth, S., & Collins, B.N. (2023). Urban neighbourhood elements that influence psychoactive substance use among populations with adverse childhood experiences: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 13(5), e066796. England. 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066796

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2023). Hidden Disparities in Utilization of Depression Treatments. Psychiatr Serv, 74(5), 445. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.23074008

  • Fortuna, K.L., Lebby, S., Geiger, P., Johnson, D., MacDonald, S., Chefetz, I., Ferron, J.C., George, L.S., Rossom, R., Kalisa, J., Mestrovic, T., Nicholson, J., Pringle, W., Rotondi, A.J., Sippel, L.M., Sica, A., Solesio, M.E., Wright, M., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Gambee, D., Hill, J., Brundrett, A., Cather, C., Rhee, T.G., Daumit, G.L., Angel, J., Manion, I., Deegan, P.E., Butler, J.A., Pitts, N., Brodey, D.E., Williams, A.M., Parks, J., Reimann, B., Wahrenberger, J.T., Morgan, O., Bradford, D.W., Bright, N., Stafford, E., Bohm, A.R., Carney, T., Haragirimana, C., Gold, A., Storm, M., & Walker, R. (2023). Lived Experience-Led Research Agenda to Address Early Death in People With a Diagnosis of a Serious Mental Illness: A Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open, 6(5), e2315479. United States. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.15479

  • Ishay, G.H., Zisman-Ilani, Y., & Roe, D. (2023). A longitudinal study of headspace youth oriented mental health service satisfaction, service utilization and clinical characteristics. Early Interv Psychiatry, 17(4), 404-411. Australia. 10.1111/eip.13347

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y. & Byrne, L. (2023). Shared Decision Making and Peer Support: New Directions for Research and Practice. Psychiatr Serv, 74(4), 427-428. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.20220407

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Li, L., & Swartz, M.S. (2023). A Collaborative Approach in Prescribing Psychotropics for Persons Experiencing Homelessness. Psychiatr Serv, 74(3), 221. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.23074005

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Smith, W.R., & Morris, N.P. (2023). Addressing Substance Use in Psychiatric Care: An Old Problem With Renewed Urgency. Psychiatr Serv, 74(2), 201-203. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.202100724

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Thompson, K.D., Siegel, L.S., Mackenzie, T., Crate, D.J., Korzenik, J.R., Melmed, G.Y., Kozuch, P., Sands, B.E., Rubin, D.T., Regueiro, M.D., Cross, R., Wolf, D.C., Hanson, J.S., Schwartz, R.M., Vrabie, R., Kreines, M.D., Scherer, T., Dubinsky, M.C., & Siegel, C.A. (2023). Crohn's disease shared decision making intervention leads to more patients choosing combination therapy: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 57(2), 205-214. England. 10.1111/apt.17286

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Khaikin, S., Savoy, M.L., Paranjape, A., Rubin, D.J., Jacob, R., Wieringa, T.H., Suarez, J., Liu, J., Gardiner, H., Bass, S.B., Montori, V.M., & Siminoff, L.A. (2023). Disparities in Shared Decision-Making Research and Practice: The Case for Black American Patients. Ann Fam Med, 21(2), 112-118. United States. 10.1370/afm.2943

  • Morris, N.P. & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2022). Communication Over Incarceration: Improving Care Coordination Between Correctional and Community Mental Health Services. Psychiatr Serv, 73(12), 1409-1411. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.202200041

  • Matthews, E.B., Savoy, M., Paranjape, A., Washington, D., Hackney, T., Galis, D., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2022). Acceptability of Health Information Exchange and Patient Portal Use in Depression Care Among Underrepresented Patients. J Gen Intern Med, 37(15), 3947-3955. United States. 10.1007/s11606-022-07427-2

  • Bass, S.B., Swavely, D., Allen, S., Kelly, P.J., Hoadley, A., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Durrani, M., Brajuha, J., Iwamaye, A., & Rubin, D.J. (2022). Understanding Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management in Racial/Ethnic Minorities: Application of the Extended Parallel Processing Model and Sensemaking Theory in a Qualitative Study. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care, 48(5), 372-386. United States. 10.1177/26350106221116904

  • Treichler, E. & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2022). Addressing Disparities in Treatment Engagement Models. Psychiatr Serv, 73(8), 841. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.22073008

  • Berger-Merom, R., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Jones, N., & Roe, D. (2022). Addressing sexuality and intimate relations in community mental health services for people with serious mental illness: A qualitative study of mental health practitioners' experiences. Psychiatr Rehabil J, 45(2), 170-175. United States. 10.1037/prj0000506

  • Olaye, I.M., Belovsky, M.P., Bataille, L., Cheng, R., Ciger, A., Fortuna, K.L., Izmailova, E.S., McCall, D., Miller, C.J., Muehlhausen, W., Northcott, C.A., Rodriguez-Chavez, I.R., Pratap, A., Vandendriessche, B., Zisman-Ilani, Y., & Bakker, J.P. (2022). Recommendations for Defining and Reporting Adherence Measured by Biometric Monitoring Technologies: Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res, 24(4), e33537. Canada. 10.2196/33537

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2022). The Mental Health Crisis of Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Psychiatr Serv, 73(3), 245-246. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.202200022

  • Morris, N.P., Smith, W.R., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2022). Mental Health in the Era of Mass Incarceration. Psychiatr Serv, 73(1), 1. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.73104

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Buell, J., Mazel, S., Hennig, S., & Nicholson, J. (2022). Virtual Community Engagement Studio (V-CES): Engaging Mothers With Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions in Research. Front Psychiatry, 13, 805781. Switzerland. 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.805781

  • Chmielowska, M., Mannocci, N., Tansel, A., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2022). Peer support and shared decision making in Open Dialogue: Opportunities and recommendations. Front Psychol, 13, 1059412. Switzerland. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1059412

  • Chmielowska, M., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Saunders, R., & Pilling, S. (2021). Social network interventions in mental healthcare: a protocol for an umbrella review. BMJ Open, 11(12), e052831. England. 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052831

  • Roe, D., Jones, N., Hasson-Ohayon, I., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2021). Conceptualization and Study of Antipsychotic Medication Use: From Adherence to Patterns of Use. Psychiatr Serv, 72(12), 1464-1466. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.202100006

  • 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. Ann Med, 53(1), 1642-1645. England. 10.1080/07853890.2021.1975042

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Chmielowska, M., Dixon, L.B., & Ramon, S. (2021). NICE shared decision making guidelines and mental health: challenges for research, practice and implementation - CORRIGENDUM. BJPsych Open, 7(6), e209. England. 10.1192/bjo.2021.1024

  • Thomas, E.C., Ben-David, S., Treichler, E., Roth, S., Dixon, L.B., Salzer, M., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2021). A Systematic Review of Shared Decision-Making Interventions for Service Users With Serious Mental Illnesses: State of the Science and Future Directions. Psychiatr Serv, 72(11), 1288-1300. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.202000429

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

  • 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 Interv Psychiatry, 15(5), 1343-1348. Australia. 10.1111/eip.13055

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

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

  • Shpigelman, C.N., 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 Ment Health, 8(9), e28123. Canada. 10.2196/28123

  • 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), e051283. England. 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051283

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Chmielowska, M., Dixon, L.B., & Ramon, S. (2021). NICE shared decision making guidelines and mental health: challenges for research, practice and implementation. BJPsych Open, 7(5), e154. England. 10.1192/bjo.2021.987

  • 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 Form Res, 5(6), e24353. Canada. 10.2196/24353

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Siminoff, L.A., Savoy, M.L., Paranjape, A., Liu, J., Jacob, R.A., Gardiner, H.M., Bass, S.B., Montori, V.M., & Rubin, D.J. (2021). Unmet Communication Needs and Barriers of Black and African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes. DIABETES, 70. 10.2337/db21-519-P

  • SHAH, A.A., SILFANI, E., DEAK, A., KOPPIN, C., ALLEN, S., ZISMAN-ILANI, Y., ROSE, C., SIRISENA, I., & RUBIN, D.J. (2021). 1009-P: A Comparison of Hyperglycemic Crises in Patients with and without COVID-19. Diabetes, 70(Supplement_1). doi: 10.2337/db21-1009-p.

  • Ostrow, L., Kaplan, K., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Brusilovskiy, E., Smith, C., & Salzer, M.S. (2021). Risk Factors Associated With Child Protective Services Involvement Among Parents With a Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatr Serv, 72(4), 370-377. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.202000036

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Lysaker, P.H., & Hasson-Ohayon, I. (2021). Shared Risk Taking: Shared Decision Making in Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatr Serv, 72(4), 461-463. United States. 10.1176/appi.ps.202000156

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Hurford, I., Bowen, A., Salzer, M., & Thomas, E.C. (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 Feasibility Stud, 7(1), 22. England. 10.1186/s40814-020-00757-0

  • Ramon, S., Quirk, A.D., & Zisman-Ilani, Y. (2021). Editorial: Shared Decision Making in Mental Health: International Perspectives on Implementation. Front Psychiatry, 12, 793284. Switzerland. 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.793284

  • Nagata, S., McCormick, B., Brusilovskiy, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Wilson, S., Snethen, G., Townley, G., & Salzer, M.S. (2021). Emotional states associated with being in the community and being with others among individuals with serious mental illnesses. Am J Orthopsychiatry, 91(1), 1-8. United States. 10.1037/ort0000516

  • Mbao, M., Zisman, Y., Gold, A., Myers, A., Walker, R., & Fortuna, K.L. (2021). Co-production development of a decision support tool for peers and service users to choose technologies to support recovery. Patient Exp J, 8(3), 45-63. United States. 10.35680/2372-0247.1563

  • Kaminskiy, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Morant, N., & Ramon, S. (2021). Barriers and Enablers to Shared Decision Making in Psychiatric Medication Management: A Qualitative Investigation of Clinician and Service Users' Views. Front Psychiatry, 12, 678005. Switzerland. 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.678005

  • Kaminskiy, E., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Morant, N., & Ramon, S. (2021). Corrigendum: Barriers and Enablers to Shared Decision Making in Psychiatric Medication Management: A Qualitative Investigation of Clinician and Service Users' Views. Front Psychiatry, 12, 789916. Switzerland. 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.789916

  • Matthews, E.B., 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. Front Psychiatry, 12, 681165. Switzerland. 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.681165

  • 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. J Immigr Minor Health, 1-13. United States. 10.1007/s10903-020-01091-6

  • Zisman-Ilani, Y., Fasing, K., Weiner, M., & Rubin, D.J. (2020). Exercise capacity is associated with hospital readmission among patients with diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care, 8(1). England. 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 Form Res, 4(8), e18223. Canada. 10.2196/18223

  • Fortuna, K.L., Naslund, J.A., LaCroix, J.M., Bianco, C.L., Brooks, J.M., 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 Ment Health, 7(4), e16460. Canada. 10.2196/16460

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