Guy Weissinger

Summary:

Dr. Guy Weissinger is a nurse scientist and educator with a focus on mental health and health systems. Dr. Weissinger's research works with patients, providers, and family members to better understand and improve health systems. Originally a therapist before becoming a nurse, he uses mixed methods approaches to complex problems like suicide prevention, adolescent mental health, and health workforce. Dr. Weissinger has clinical experience in emergency medicine, outpatient mental health, public health nursing, and home care. His clinical, teaching, and research practice are all informed by a health equity lens and the belief that structural inequalities must be understood and confronted to create lasting change.

Education:

• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - Drexel University
• PhD - University of Pennsylvania
• BSN - University of Pennsylvania
• MPhil - University of Pennsylvania
• BA - Rice University

Publications:

• Weissinger, G., Myhre, K., Ruan-Iu, L., Van Fossen, C., Diamond, G. (In press). Adolescent Suicide Risk, Firearm Access, and Family Functioning: Screening in Primary Care. Family Systems and Health.
• Fisher, K., Weissinger, G., O'Rorke, R., Edwards, E., Diamond, G. (in press). Consumers with serious mental illness perspectives on care integration: Preparation for integration. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
• Weissinger, G. M., Brooks Carthon, J. M., Ahmed, C., & Brawner, B. M. (2021). Experiences of Hospitalization of Patients With Psychotic Disorders on Medical–Surgical Units: A Thematic Analysis. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 27(4), 306-321.
• Opara, I., Weissinger, G. M., Lardier Jr, D. T., Lanier, Y., Carter, S., & Brawner, B. M. (2021). Mental health burden among Black adolescents: the need for better assessment, diagnosis and treatment engagement. Social Work in Mental Health, 19(2), 88-104.
• Weissinger, G. M., Carthon, J. M. B., & Brawner, B. M. (2020). Non-psychiatric hospitalization length-of-stay for patients with psychotic disorders: A mixed methods study. General hospital psychiatry, 67, 1-9.
• Weissinger, G. M., & Ulrich, C. M. (2019). Informed consent and ethical reporting of research in clinical trials involving participants with psychotic disorders. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 84, 105795.

Research:

• Adolescent suicide prevention
• Individual's experiences of health systems
• Mental health

Area of Expertise:

• Mental Health
• Suicide Prevention
• Health Disparities