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David Camacho, PhD, MSW, MSG

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Positions

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago 2023 -

Location

Chicago, Illinois 60608

United States
Chicago, Illinois 60608

United States

Dr. Camacho is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He earned his PhD in Social Work in Advanced Clinical Practice at Columbia University. His postdoctoral training is in Behavioral Geriatrics from the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Camacho’s research focuses on developing and testing strategies that enhance the prevention and management of prevalent and morbid conditions associated with aging (e.g., chronic pain, loneliness, cognitive impairment) among Latino (Hispanic/Latinx) and other minoritized older adults. His research is informed by his extensive direct clinical practice as a bilingual (English/Spanish) and bicultural (Mexican and American) clinical social worker as well as his personal experiences as a caregiver. Dr. Camacho has held multiple clinical and research appointments across a variety of community settings in Los Angeles and New York.

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Social Work

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Selected Publications

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1. Loneliness and global cognitive functioning in racially and ethnically diverse US midlife and older adults.. Frontiers in psychology. -. 2024
2. Loneliness and pain among community-dwelling middle-aged and older Black, Latino, and White adults in the United States. Frontiers in Public Health . 12. 2024
3. “These Places are easy to get into but Impossible to get out of”: Women’s Pathways to Psychiatric Institutions and Barriers to Community Reentry in India. Community mental health journal. 60:317-329. 2024
4. Employment of trauma informed principles in the Palabras Fuertes project: Implications for narrative research with older Latinx communities.. Methodological innovations. 16:359-373. 2023
5. Older immigrant Latino gay men and childhood sexual abuse: Findings from the Palabras Fuertes project. Qualitative social work : QSW : research and practice. 2022
6. The Permeating Effects of Violence on Health Services and Health in Mexico.. Journal of interpersonal violence. 37:-. 2021
7. A mixed-methods study of social identities in mental health care among LGBTQ young adults of color.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 2021
8. A Qualitative Investigation of Engagement in Mental Health Services Among Black and Hispanic LGB Young Adults.. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 71:555-561. 2020
9. Identity negotiation processes among Black and Latinx sexual minority young adult mental health service users.. Journal of gay & lesbian social services. 32:21-48. 2019
10. High Life Satisfaction: Exploring the Role of Health, Social Integration and Perceived Safety among Mexican Midlife and Older Adults. Journal of gerontological social work. 62:521-542. 2019
11. Women’s Experiences and Perceptions of Depression in India: A Metaethnography. Qualitative health research. 29:80-95. 2019
12. Bridges to Better Health and Wellness: An Adapted Health Care Manager Intervention for Hispanics with Serious Mental Illness. Administration and policy in mental health. 45:163-173. 2018
13. Descriptions of depression and depression treatment in older Hispanic immigrants in a geriatric collaborative care program. Aging & mental health. 22:1056-1062. 2018
14. Peer-based health interventions for people with serious mental illness: A systematic literature review. Journal of psychiatric research. 84:80-89. 2017
15. Blurring boundaries: An emotionally aware caregiver, social worker, and researcher. Qualitative social work : QSW : research and practice. 15:682-695. 2016