Dr. Mary McKay is a Professor of Psychiatry and Community Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She directs a large program of research focused on identifying the mental health and prevention needs of inner-city children and their families. In addition, she oversees tests of both family and community-based prevention and mental health interventions. Dr. McKay is the recipient of two Career Scientist awards funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Both of these awards focused on collaboration with parents in the design, delivery and testing of family and community-based programs.

Areas of expertise
Mental health services; community and family-based intervention programs

Selected recent publications
McKay M, Bannon W. (2004) Evidence update: Engaging families in child mental health services. Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 40:1-17.

McCormick A, McKay M, Gilling G, Paikoff R. (2000) Involving families in an urban HIV preventive intervention: How community collaboration addresses barriers to participation. AIDS Education and Prevention 12:299-307.

Madison S, McKay M, Paikoff RL, Bell C. (2000) Basic research and community collaboration: Necessary ingredients for the development of a family-based HIV prevention program. AIDS Education and Prevention 12:281-298.

McKay M, Stoewe J, McCadam K, Gonzales J. (1998) Increasing access to child mental health services for urban children and their caregivers. Health and Social Work 23:9-15.

McKay M, McCadam K, Gonzales J. (1996) Addressing the barriers to mental health services for inner city children and their caretakers. Community Mental Health J 32(4):353 361.

McKay M, Nudelman R, McCadam K. (1996) Evaluating a social work engagement approach to involving inner-city children and their families in mental health care. Research on Social Work Practice 6:462-472.