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Holt, Francis
Cambridge College School of Undergraduate Studies
Behavioral health: research, clinical practice, ethics
- Research in Psychology
- Perspectives in Psychopathology
- Introduction to Addictions: Theory and Practice
- Ethical Issues in Substance Abuse
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Biological Bases of Behavior
- Formative Ideas in Psychology
- Policies, Ethics, and Procedures in Substance Abuse
Ph.D. - Brandeis University, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management
M.S.Ed. - Hofstra University
B.S.N. - Hunter College, Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing
B.A. - St. Francis College of Brooklyn, NY
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Executive Director of Behavioral Health
- Director of Psychiatric Services
- Director of Detoxification Services
- State Director of Adult Substance Abuse Treatment
- Director of Care Management
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Fellowship
- Emergency Communications Management, Penwell Publishing, 1992
- Enhanced 911: Implementation and Planning (Ernest Ricci, co-author), International City Management Association, 1991
- False-Positive Self-Reporting at a Massachusetts Level III.7 Detox: Intersection of Individual Level of Need and Systemic constraint of Choice, February 2011 (doctoral disertation)
- Articles about nursing management, PTSD and other stress-related issues, published in public safety and nursing journals 1985-2000.
- Developing a Multidisciplinary Care Bundle to Reduce the Use of Behavioral Restraints, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (2015)
- Enhancing Use of Individual Safety Tools Through CQI as Part of a Comprehensive Behavioral Restraint Reduction Strategy, Cambridge Health Alliance Annual Academic Poster Session, Cambridge, MA (2014)
- Understanding Rational Actions in a Sometimes Irrational System, Innovations in Addictions: Integrating Systems and Services Conference, Norwood, MA (2013)
- Gen2 Restraint Reduction, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (2012)
- Behavioral Restraint Reduction Initiative, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (2012)
- Co-Occurring Disorders, The Heller School, Brandeis University (2011)