Professional Interests:

• Interpersonal violence
• Posttraumatic stress symptoms
• Immigrants and mental health
• Social support and other protective factors

Current research:

• Cumulative effect of interpersonal violence among women
• Social support and social undermining
• Mulitculturalism and domestic violence services
• Interpersonal violence and mental health among minority women

Practice Experience:

Dr. Choi has extensive practice experience in areas of mental health, child welfare and domestic violence. She worked as a Psychiatric Social Worker at the Asian Pacific Family Center, Rosemead, CA, primarily serving Asian and Pacific Islander population. She worked with severely and persistently mentally ill population and survivors of domestic violence and child abuse. She also worked with recent immigrant students and international students through the center's school based outreach program. She also had her private practice serving similar population, and also providing consultation to agencies and individuals working with Asian immigrant population. More recently, she worked as a social worker specializing in foster care and adoption at the Parsons Child and Family Center at Albany, NY. Prior to obtaining her M.S.W., Dr. Choi was a children's program coordinator at a battered women's shelter located in Los Angeles, CA.

Selected Recent Publications:

Carlson, B. E., McNutt, L. & Choi, D. Y. (2003). Childhood and adult abuse among women in primary health care: Effects on mental health. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(8), 924-941.

Carlson, B. E., McNutt, L. Choi, D. Y. & Rose, I. (2002). Intimate partner abuse and mental health: The role of social support and protective factors. Violence Against Women, 8(6), 720-745.

Carlson, B. E. & Choi, D. Y. (2001). Intimate partner abuse. In Gitterman, A. (Ed.) Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations. NY: Columbia University Press.

Chow, J. C., Jaffee, K. D. & Choi, D. Y. (1999). Use of public mental health services by Russian refugees. Psychiatric Services, 50(7), 936-940.

Last updated July 01, 2009.