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Monica Matthieu, Ph.D., M.S.W., LCSW

Associate Professor; Director, School of Social Work Continuing Education Program
School of Social Work

Courses Taught

Social Work Direct Practice (generalist and concentration) classes; Social Justice; Trauma Treatment; Veterans Services, Evidence Based Practice in Community Mental Health, Evidence Based Practice with Children and Adolescents, Social Policy, Community Theory and Practice

Education

  • Ph.D., Social Work, Columbia University
  • M.S.W., Tulane University
  • B.A., Social Work, Northwestern State University-Natchitoches, LA

Research Interests

Access to and quality of mental health services for veterans, military service members, and their families; public health and clinical approaches to suicide prevention; evidence-based treatments for trauma; military social work/veterans services; disaster mental health; social work training and education, implementation science research methods particularly in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); VA Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI).

Publications and Media Placements

  1. Matthieu, M. M., Oliver, C. M., McCullough, J. A., Mallory, M. J., Taylor, L. D., Koget, J. A., Jensen, J., Adkins, D. A., Smith, R. M., & Garner, K. K. (e-pub Oct. 2024). Advance Care Planning via Group Visits: Training clinical professionals to deliver a patient centered intervention in healthcare settings. BMC Medical Education, 24, 1134 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06151-1
  2. Matthieu, M. M., Adkins, D. A., Jones, L., Oliver, C. M., Suarez, J. H., Johnson, B., & Ritchie, M. J. (2024). Linking implementation science and policy: Processes and tools for congressionally mandated implementation, evaluation, and reporting. Health Services Research, 59(2), Article e14357. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14357
  3. Waliski, A., Matthieu, M.M., Allison, M. K., Wilson, M.P., Skaggs, E. M., Adkins, D.A., & Owen, R. R. (2023). Emergency departments treating veterans for suicide: Ensuring quality care for veterans outside of VA facilities. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 49(2) 255-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2022.12.004
  4. Chavez, M. A., Blevins, K. R., Brown, C., Giles, A. J., Matthieu, M. M., Wester, M., Heuer, J., Hahm, B., Lind, J., Melillo, C., Dillahunt-Aspillaga, C., Slone, L. O., & Besterman-Dahan, K. (2022). The future of veteran community engagement: Perspectives on engaging veterans and other stakeholders in research agenda setting. Journal of Veterans Studies, 8(2), 21–35. https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v8i2.360.  
  5. Matthieu, M.M. & Carbone, J. T. (2020) Collective action among United States Veterans: Understanding the importance of self-efficacy, collective efficacy, and social support. Journal of Community Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22397
  6. Matthieu, M.M., Ounpraseuth, S.T., Painter, J., Waliski, A., Williams, J.S., Hu, B., Smith, R., & Garner, K. (2020) Evaluation of the national implementation of the VA Diffusion of Excellence Initiative on Advance Care Planning via Group Visits: Protocol for a quality improvement evaluation. Implementation Science Communications, 1(19), 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00016-6 (previous link) https://implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s43058-020-00016-6 
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Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System
  • Research social worker

Community Work and Service

Matthieu's community service, mentoring and teaching focus on improving the access to and the quality of mental health services for veterans, their families and their communities. 

Prior to joining the faculty, she worked for five years as a clinical social worker and trauma therapist at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Readjustment Counseling Services' New Orleans Vet Center.