Editorials
Pasacreta, J (2003) Whose fault is it when a child commits suicide: response to the conviction of Judith Scruggs a mom whose adolescent son committed suicide. The Hartford Courrant
Pasacreta, JV (2003) The Michael Jackson case and the need to focus resources on mental health initiatives. The Boston Globe (Link coming soon)
Pasacreta, JV (2003) Our response to child abuse must transcend entertainment and profit: Commentary. The Newtown Bee
Pasacreta, J . (2003). Watching the War and Worrying The Hartford Courrant , Tuesday March 13 p. A-13
Pasacreta, J . (2003). War fears raise the need for mental health services. Community Forum The News Times , Danbury, CT 3/30/03
Pasacreta, J . (2003). Exposure to stress does damage here too. The New Haven Register, Tuesday March A-13
Pasacreta, J, Cohen, SS & Cataldo, J. (2002). Recent events highlight importance of mental health services. Nursing Economics, 20, 1. 39
Pasacreta, J.V. (2002). Evidence Based Nursing, 5, p.113. [Commentary on the study: Barsevick, AM, Sweeney, C. & Haney, E. (2002). A systematic qualitative study: Analysis of psychoeducational interventions for depression in cancer patients. Oncology Nursing Forum, 29, 73-84].
Pasacreta, J. (April, 2002). Opinion: Mentally ill not getting needs met. New Haven Register. Following the Andrea Yates trial.
Pasacreta, J. (September 2001). Recent events highlight importance of mental health services. New Haven Register. Following the events of September 11th.
Pasacreta, J. (2001). Nursing Ethics: An International Journal for Health care Professionals. Letter to the editor, 8, (2)161-163. [Commentary on the study: Press, N, Fishman, J, Koenig, B. Collective fear, individualized risk and the cultural context of genetic testing for breast cancer. Nursing Ethics: An International Journal for Health care Professionals, 7, 237-249].
Pasacreta, J.V. (2001). Evidence Based Nursing, 4, 3. p. 87. [Commentary on the study: Bonfill, X., Marzo, M, & Pladevall, M. (1997). 5 community based recruitment strategies increase women=s attendance at mammography screenings. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews: CD002943, 18 October 2000].
Knobf, MT & Pasacreta, JV (1999) Correspondence: Use of alternative medicine by women with breast cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 341, p. 1155-1156.
Pasacreta, J.V. (1998). Evidence Based Nursing, 1, 2. p. 49. [Commentary on the study: Davison, B.J. & Degner, L.F. (1997). Empowerment of men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. Cancer Nursing, 20, 187-196].
Pasacreta, J.V. (1998). Nursing Research, 47, 2. , p. [Response to editorial re: Pasacreta, J.V. 1997). Depressive phenomena, physical symptom distress and functional status among women with breast cancer. Nursing Research, 46, 4. pp. 214-221].
Pasacreta, J.V. & McCorkle, R. (1997). Evidence Based Nursing, (pilot issue) p. vi. [Commentary on the study: McArdle, J.M., George, W.D. & McCardle, C.S. (1996). Psychological support for patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A randomized study. British Medical Journal, 12, 813-817].
Selected Abstracts
Pasacreta, J.V. & Massie, M.J. (1990). Nurses reports of psychiatric complications in patients with cancer, New Zealand Nursing Forum, 18, No. 3, pp. 27-28. August/September, 1990.
Pasacreta, J.V. & Massie, M.J. (1990). Nurses reports of psychiatric complications in patients with cancer, Palliative Care Letter, 2, No. 3, p. 2.
Pasacreta, J.V., Massie, M.J. & Lieberman, L. (1989). Nurses view of psychiatric complications In hospitalized cancer patients: An agenda for training. In: Proceedings, American Society Of Clinical Oncology, 25th Annual Meeting.
