Foundations of Behavioral Health

Bruce Lubotsky Levin, DrPH, MPH, is Associate Professor & Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, Department of Child & Family Studies, University of South Florida (USF) College of Behavioral & Community Sciences. He is also Associate Professor & Head, Behavioral Health Concentration, USF College of Public Health. He is Co-PI & Director of Curriculum, USF Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Drug Abuse (NIH-NIDA grant) for the past seven years. Dr. Levin is Co-Author and Senior Editor of nine other textbooks, including Introduction to Public Health for Pharmacists, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2018); Mental Health Informatics (Oxford University Press, 2013); Mental Health Services: A Public Health Perspective, Third Edition (Oxford University Press, 2010); and A Public Health Perspective of Women’s Mental Health (Springer, 2010). Dr. Levin’s research focus is the study of alcohol, drug abuse, & mental disorders from a public health or population perspective, translational research, behavioral health services research, and policy.

Ardis Hanson, PhD, MLIS, is the Assistant Director of Research and Education at the Shimberg Health Sciences Library at the University of South Florida. Dr. Hanson has over 25 years of experience as a research librarian and has published extensively in behavioral health services, policy, and research. Her research focus is on language and social interaction, that is, how language is used in everyday practice to negotiate claims and identities, particularly in how behavioral health policy is created.