Publications

Issue Areas

• COVID-19
• Discrimination
• Ethics
• Health and Health Disparities
• HIV/AIDS
• Mental Health, Relationships and Emotional Well-Being
• Research Methodology
• Substance Abuse
• Violence and Gun Policy
• Workforce Diversity/Training

COVID-19

• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Sprague, A., & Heymann, J. (2021). Social justice is not the COVID-19 vaccine alone: It is addressing structural racism through social policies that shape health. American Journal of Public Health, 111(S2), S75–S79.
• Ong, P. M., Pech, C., Gutierrez, N. R., & Mays, V. M. (2021). COVID-19 COVID-19 Medical Vulnerability Indicators: A Predictive, Local Data Model for Equity in Public Health Decision Making. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4829.

Discrimination

• Assari, S., Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2021). Money protects white but not African American men against discrimination comparison of African American and White men in the same geographic areas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2706.
• Mays, V. M., & Ghavami, N. (2018). History, aspirations, and transformations of intersectionality: Focusing on gender. In C. B. Travis, J. W. White, A. Rutherford, W. S. Williams, S. L. Cook, & K. F. Wyche (Eds.), APA handbook of the psychology of women: History, theory, and battlegrounds., Vol. 1. (pp. 541–566). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Mays, V., Jones, A., Cochran, S., Taylor, R., Rafferty, J., & Jackson, J. (2018). Chronicity and Mental Health Service Utilization for Anxiety, Mood, and Substance Use Disorders among Black Men in the United States; Ethnicity and Nativity Differences. Healthcare, 6(2), 53.
• Mays, V. M., Juster, R. P., Williamson, T. J., Seeman, T. E., & Cochran, S. D. (2018). Chronic Physiologic Effects of Stress among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80(6), 551–563.
• Mays, V. M., Jones, A. L., Delany Brumsey, A., Coles, C., & Cochran, S. D. (2017). Perceived discrimination in health care and mental health/substance abuse treatment among Blacks, Latinos, and Whites. Medical Care, 55(2), 173-181.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2016). A strategic approach to eliminating sexual orientation-related health disparities. American Journal of Public Health, 106(9), e4-e4.
• Cochran, S. D., Björkenstam, C., & Mays, V. M. (2016). Sexual orientation and all-cause mortality among US adults aged 18 to 59 years, 2001-2011. American Journal of Public Health, 106(5), 918-920.
• Johnson, T. P., Shariff Marco, S., Willis, G., Cho, Y. I., Breen, N., Gee, G. C., Krieger, N., Grant, D., Alegria, M., Mays, V. M., Williams, D. R., Reeve, B. B., Takeuchi, D., & Ponce, N. A. (2015). Sources of interactional problems in a survey of racial/ethnic discrimination. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 27(2), 244-263.
• Johnson T. P., Shariff-Marco, S., Willis, G., Cho, Y. I., Breen, N., Gee, G. C., Krieger, N., Gerant, D., Alegria, M., Mays, V. M., Williams, D. R., Landrine, H., Liu, B., Reeve, B. B., Takeuchi, D., & Ponce, N. A. (2013). Sources of Interactional Problems in a Survey of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 27(2), 244–263.
• Carbado, D. W., Crenshaw, K. W., Mays, V. M., & Tomlinson, B. (2013). Intersectionality: Mapping the Movements of a Theory. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 10(2), 303-312.
• Mays, V. M., Johnson, D., Coles, C. N., Gellene, D., & Cochran, S. D. (2013). Using the science of psychology to target perpetrators of racism and race-based discrimination for intervention efforts: Preventing another Trayvon Martin tragedy. Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 5(1), 11-36.
• Shariff-Marco, S., Breen, N., Landrine, H., Reeve, B. B., Krieger, N., Gee, G. C., Williams, D. R., Mays, V. M., Ninez, A. P., Alegria, M., Liu, B., Willis, G., & Johnson, T. P. (2011). Measuring everyday Racial/Ethnic discrimination in health surveys: How best to ask the questions, in one or two stages, across multiple Racial/Ethnic groups Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 8(1), 159-177.
• Ponce, N. A., Cochran, S. D., Pizer, J. C., & Mays, V. M. (2010). The effects of unequal access to health insurance for same-sex couples in California. Health Affairs, 29(8),1539-48.
• Shariff-Marco, S., Gee, G. C., Breen, N., Willis, G., Reeve, B. B., Grant, D., Ponce, N. A., Krieger, N., Landrine, H., Williams, D. R., Alegria, M., Mays, V. M., Johnson, T. P., & Brown, E. R. (2009). A mixed-methods approach to developing a self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination measure for use in multiethnic health surveys. Ethnicity & Disease,19(4),447-53.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Barnes, N. W. (2007). Race, race-based discrimination, and health outcomes among African Americans. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 201-225.
• Mays, V. M. (2001-2002, Winter). Old White boys network is alive and well [Commentary]. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 34, 48-49.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2001). Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 91(11), 1869-1876.
• Reprinted as Mays V. M., & Cochran S. D. (2001). Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States. In Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Issues: Selections from the American Journal of Public Health (pp. 137-144). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
• Mays, V. M., Coleman, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (1996). Perceived race-based discrimination, employment status, and job stress in a national sample of Black women: Implications for health outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 1(3), 319-329.
• Mays, V. M. (1995).Black women, work, stress, and perceived discrimination: The Focused Support Group Model as an intervention for stress reduction. Cultural Diversity and Mental Health, 1(1), 53-65.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Rhue, S. (1993). The impact of perceived discrimination on the intimate relationships of Black lesbians. Journal of Homosexuality, 25(4), 1-14.

Ethics

• Mays, V. M. (2012a). The Legacy of the U. S. Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis in African American Men at Tuskegee on the Affordable Care Act and Health Care Reform Fifteen Years after President Clinton’s Apology. Ethics & Behavior, 22(6), 411–418.
• Mays, V. M. (2012b). Research Challenges and Bioethics Responsibilities in the Aftermath of the Presidential Apology to the Survivors of the U. S. Public Health Services Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. Ethics & Behavior, 22(6), 419–430.
• Mays, V. M., Coles, C. N., & Cochran, S. D. (2012). Is there a legacy of the U.S. Public Health Syphilis Study at Tuskegee in HIV/AIDS-related beliefs among heterosexual African-Americans and Latinos? Ethics & Behavior, 22(6), 461-71.
• Mays, V. M. (2001). Methods for increasing recruitment and retention of ethnic minorities in health research through addressing ethical concerns. Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Health Survey Research Methodology (pp. 97-99). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics.

Health and Health Disparities

• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Sprague, A., & Heymann, J. (2021). Social justice is not the COVID-19 vaccine alone: It is addressing structural racism through social policies that shape health. American Journal of Public Health, 111(S2), S75–S79.
• Arseniev-Koehler, A., Foster, J. G., Mays, V. M., Chang, K. W., & Cochran, S. D. (2021). Aggression, escalation, and other latent themes in legal intervention deaths of non-Hispanic Black and White men results from the 2003‒2017 National Violent Death Reporting System. American Journal of Public Health, 111(S2), S107–S115.
• Clark, K. A., Mays, V. M., Arah, O. A., Kheifets, L. I., & Cochran, S. D. (2020). Sexual orientation differences in lethal methods used in suicide findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Archives of Suicide Research: Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research, 1–17.
• Jones, A. L., Cochran, S. D., Rafferty, J., Taylor, R. J., & Mays, V. M. (2020). Lifetime and twelve-month prevalence, persistence, and unmet treatment needs of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in African American and U.S. versus foreign-born Caribbean Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), E7007.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2019). Challenges and opportunities for modernizing the National Violent Death Reporting System. American Journal of Public Health, 109(2), 192–194.
• Montgomery, T. M., Mays, V. M., Heilemann, M. S. V., Nyamathi, A., Bauermeister, J. A., & Koniak-Griffin, D. (2018). Acceptability and feasibility of a sexual health intervention for young adult Black Women. JOGNN – Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 47(6), 862–873.
• Mays, V. M., Juster, R. P., Williamson, T. J., Seeman, T. E., & Cochran, S. D. (2018). Chronic physiologic effects of stress among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80(6), 551–563.
• Jones, A., Cochran, S., Leibowitz, A., Wells, K., Kominski, G., & Mays, V. (2018). Racial, Ethnic, and Nativity Differences in Mental Health Visits to Primary Care and Specialty Mental Health Providers: Analysis of the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, 2010–2015. Healthcare, 6(2), 29.
• Cerrada, C. J., Dzubur, E., Blackman, K. C. A., Mays, V., Shoptaw, S., & Huh, J. (2017). Development of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among Korean American Emerging Adults.. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 24(5), 665–672.
• Clark, K. A., Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2017). Extreme Violence and the Invisibility of Women Who Murder: The Intersectionality of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity Equals Silence.. Violence and Gender, 4(4), 117–120.
• Ziaeian, B., Kominski, G. F., Ong, M. K., Mays, V. M., Brook, R. H., & Fonarow, G. C. (2017). National differences in trends for heart failure hospitalizations by sex and race/ethnicity. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 10(7).
• Cochran, S. D., Meyer, I. H., & Mays, V. M. (2017). Advancing the health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults [Letter to the editor]. JAMA Internal Medicine, 177(2), 288-288.
• Mays, V. M., Jones, A. L., Delany Brumsey, A., Coles, C., & Cochran, S. D. (2017). Perceived discrimination in health care and mental health/substance abuse treatment among Blacks, Latinos, and Whites. Medical Care, 55(2), 173-181.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2016). A strategic approach to eliminating sexual orientation-related health disparities. American Journal of Public Health, 106(9), e4-e4.
• Cochran, S. D., Björkenstam, C., & Mays, V. M. (2016). Sexual orientation and all-cause mortality among US adults aged 18 to 59 years, 2001-2011. American Journal of Public Health, 106(5), 918-920.
• Villatoro, A. P., Dixon, E., & Mays, V. M. (2016). Faith-based organizations and the Affordable Care Act: Reducing Latino mental health care disparities. Psychological Services, 13(1), 92-104.
• Jones, A. L., Cochran, S. D., Leibowitz, A., Wells, K. B., Kominski, G., & Mays, V. M. (2015). Usual primary care provider characteristics of a patient-centered medical home and mental health service use. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30(12), 1828-1836.
• Thorpe, L. E., Assari, S., Deppen, S., Glied, S., Lurie, N., Mauer, M. P., Mays, V. M., & Trapido, E. (2015). The role of epidemiology in disaster response policy development. Annals of Epidemiology, 25(5), 377-386.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2015). Mortality risks among persons reporting same-sex sexual partners: Evidence from the 2008 General Social Survey-National Death Index data set. American Journal of Public Health, 105(2), 358-364.
• Villatoro, A. P., Morales, E. S., & Mays, V. M. (2014). Family culture in mental health help-seeking and utilization in a nationally representative sample of Latinos in the united states: The NLAAS. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84(4), 353-363.
• Cochran, S. D., Bandiera, F. C., & Mays, V. M. (2013). Sexual orientation-related differences in tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among US adults aged 20 to 59 years 2003-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. American Journal of Public Health, 103(10), 1837-1844.
• Bacio , G. A., Mays, V. M., & Lau, A. S. (2012).Drinking initiation and problematic drinking among Latino adolescents: Explanations of the immigrant paradox. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27(1), 14–22.
• Carter-Pokras O. D., Offutt-Powell T. N., Kaufman J. S., Giles W. H., Mays V. M. (2012). Epidemiology, Policy, and Racial/Ethnic Minority Health Disparities, Annals of Epidemiology, 22(6),446-55.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2012). Risk of breast cancer mortality among women cohabiting with same sex partners: findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2003. Journal of women’s health, 21(5),528-33.
• Grella, C. E., Cochran, S. D., Greenwell, L., & Mays, V. M. (2011). Effects of sexual orientation and gender on perceived need for treatment by persons with and without mental disorders. Psychiatric Services, 62(4),404-410.
• Cochran S. D. & Mays V. M. (2011). Sexual Orientation and Mortality Among US Men Aged 17 to 59 Years: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III. American Journal of Public Health, 101(6),1133-38.
• Haas, A. P., Eliason, M., Mays, V. M., Mathy, R. M., Cochran, S. D., et al.(2011). Suicide and suicide risk in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations: review and recommendations. Journal of homosexuality, 58(1),10-51.
• Mathy, R. M., Cochran, S. D., Olsen, J., & Mays, V. M. (2011). The association between relationship markers of sexual orientation and suicide: Denmark, 1990-2001. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 46(2),111-17.
• Cummings, J. R., Ponce, N. A., & Mays, V. M. (2010). Comparing Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use Among High-Need Subpopulations Across Clinical and School-Based Settings. Journal of Adolescent Health, 46(6),603-06.
• Ponce, N. A., Cochran, S. D., Pizer, J. C., & Mays, V. M. (2010). The effects of unequal access to health insurance for same-sex couples in California. Health Affairs, 29(8),1539-48.
• Mays, V. M., Ly, L., Allen E., & Young, S.(2009). Engaging student health organizations in reducing health disparities in underserved communities through volunteerism: developing a student health corps. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 20(3),914-28.
• Mays, V. M., Gallardo, M., Shorter-Gooden, K., Robinson-Zanartu, C., Smith, M., McClure, F., Puri, S., Methot, L., Ahhaitty, G. (2009). Expanding the circle: Decreasing american indian mental health disparities through culturally competent teaching about american indian mental health. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 33(3), 61-83.
• Ponce, N. A., Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., Chia, J., & Brown, E. R. (2007). Health coverage gaps among low-income citizen and non-citizen wage earners. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 10(2), 167–176.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2007). Physical Health Complaints Among Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexual and Homosexually Experienced Heterosexual Individuals: Results from the California Quality of Life Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 97(6).
• Foxman, B., Camargo, C. A., Lilienfeld, D., Linet, M., Mays, V. M., McKeown, R., Ness, R., & Rothenberg, R. (2006). Looking back at hurricane Katrina: Lessons for 2006 and beyond. Annals of Epidemiology, 16(8), 652-653.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2006). Waging a war for the lives of African American gay men and men who have sex with men: A prevention agenda in the twenty-fifth year of the HIVAIDS epidemic. The Scarlett Letters. Winter, 16-28. Los Angeles: Institute of Gay Men’s Health, GMHC & APLA.
• Translated in Spanish: Emprender las luchas por las vida: De los hombres Afro Americanos gay y de los hombres Afro Americanos que tienen sexo con otros hombres: Una agenda de prevencion en vigesimon quinto ano de la. epidemia del vih/sida. The Scarlett Letters. Winter, 16-28. Los Angeles: Institute of Gay Men’s Health, GMHC & APLA.
• (2005, August). Eliminating Health Disparities: Strengthening Data on Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language in the United States. Washington DC: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Subcommittee on Populations.
• Keppel, K., Pamuk, E., Lynch, J., Carter-Pokras, O., Kim, I., Mays, V. M., Pearcy, J., Schoenbach, V., & Weissman, J. S. (2005). Methodological Issues in Measuring Health Disparities. Vital and Health Statistics Series No. 2, (141), 1-16.
• Walker, B., Mays, V. M., & Warren, R. (2004). The changing landscape for the elimination of racial/ethnic health status disparities. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 15(4), 506-521.
• Mays, V. M., Ponce, N., Washington, D. L., & Cochran, S. D. (2003). Classification of race and ethnicity: Implications for public health. Annual Review of Public Health, 24, 83-110.
• Yancey, A. K., Cochran, S. D., Corliss, H. L., & Mays, V. M. (2003). Correlates of overweight and obesity among lesbian and bisexual women. Preventative Medicine, 36(6), 676-683.
• Mays, V. M., Yancey, A. K., Cochran, S. D., Weber, M., & Fielding, J. A. (2002). Heterogeneity of health disparities in African American, Hispanic and Asian American women The Unrecognized influence of sexual orientation. American Journal of Public Health, 92(4), 632-639.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2001). Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 91(11), 1869-1876.
• Mays, V. M., So, B. T., Cochran, S. D., Detels, R., Benjamin, R., Allen, E. M., & Kwon, S. (2001). HIV Disease in Ethnic Minorities: Implications of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Disease Susceptibility and Drug Dosage Response for HIV Treatment. In A. Baum, T. Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of Health Psychology (pp. 801-816). New Jersey: Erlbaum Publishers.
• Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., Bowen, D., Gage, S., Bybee, D., Roberts, S. J., Goldstein, R. S., Robinson, A., Rankow, E. J., & White, J. (2001). Cancer-related risk indicators and preventive screening behaviors in lesbian and bisexual women. American Journal of Public Health, 91(4), 591-598.
• Reprinted as Cochran S. D., Mays V. M., Bowen D., Gage S., Bybee D., Roberts S. J., Goldstein R. S., Robison A., Rankow E. J., & White J. (2001). Cancer-related risk indicators and preventive screening behaviors in lesbian and bisexual women. In Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health issues: Selections from the American Journal of Public Health (pp. 47-54). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Greer, J. S. (2000). Health care for African American and Hispanic women: Report on perceived health status, access to care, and utilization patterns. In C. Hogue, M. A. Hargraves, & K. S. Collins (Eds.), Minority health in America: Findings and policy implications from the Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey(pp. 97-123). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Mays, V. M. (1997). Psychological differences between men and women: Implications for a research agenda on women’s physical and mental health. Agenda for Research on Women’s Health for the 21st Century: A Report of the Task Force on the NIH Women’s Health Agenda for the 21st Century, Vol. 5, Sex and Gender Perspectives Women’s Health Research (NIH Publication No. 99-4389, pp. 54-64). Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Health.
• Mays, V. M., Coleman, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (1996). Perceived race-based discrimination, employment status, and job stress in a national sample of Black women: Implications for health outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 1(3), 319-329.
• Mays, V. M. (1995). Black women, work, stress, and perceived discrimination The Focused Support Group Model as an intervention for stress reduction. Cultural Diversity and Mental Health, 1(1), 53-65.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Rhue, S. (1994). The impact of perceived discrimination on the intimate relationships of Black lesbians. Journal of Homosexuality, 25(4), 1-14.
• Taylor, R. W., Chatters, L. M., & Mays, V. M. (1988). Parents, children, siblings, in laws, and non kin as sources of emergency assistance to Black Americans. Family Relations: Journal of Applied Family and Child Studies, 37(3), 298-304.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1988). Disclosure of sexual preference to physicians by Black lesbian and bisexual women. Western Journal of Medicine, 149(5), 616-619.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1987). Authors’ Reply: Status characteristics and patient-physician communications. Public Health Reports, 102(5), 560-561.

HIV/AIDS

• Montgomery, T. M., Mays, V. M., Heilemann, M. S. V., Nyamathi, A., Bauermeister, J. A., & Koniak-Griffin, D. (2018). Acceptability and Feasibility of a Sexual Health Intervention for Young Adult Black Women. JOGNN – Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 47(6), 862–873.
• Mays, V. M., Maas, R. M., Ricks, J., & Cochran, S. D. (2012). HIV and African American women in the U.S. south: A social determinants approach to population-level HIV prevention and intervention efforts. In A. Baum, T. Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of Health Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 771-801). New York, NY: Psychology Press
• Strathdee, S. A., Magis-Rodriguez, C., Mays, V. M., Jimenez, R., & Patterson, T. L. (2012). The Emerging HIV Epidemic on the Mexico-U.S. Border: An International Case Study Characterizing the Role of Epidemiology in Surveillance and Response. Annals of Epidemiology, 22(6),426-38.
• Cochran, S. D., Mays, V., Corliss, H., Smith, T. W., & Turner, J. (2009). Self-reported altruistic and reciprocal behaviors among homosexually and heterosexually experienced adults: Implications for HIV/AIDS service organizations. AIDS Care, 21(6), 675-682.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2006). Waging a war for the lives of African American gay men and men who have sex with men: A prevention agenda in the twenty-fifth year of the HIVAIDS epidemic. The Scarlett Letters. Winter, 16-28. Los Angeles: Institute of Gay Men’s Health, GMHC & APLA.
• Translated in Spanish: Emprender las luchas por las vida: De los hombres Afro Americanos gay y de los hombres Afro Americanos que tienen sexo con otros hombres: Una agenda de prevencion en vigesimon quinto ano de la epidemia del vih/sida. The Scarlett Letters. Winter, 16-28. Los Angeles: Institute of Gay Men’s Health, GMHC & APLA.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Zamudio, A. (2004). HIV prevention research: Are we meeting the needs of African American men who have sex with men Journal of Black Psychology, 30(1), 78-105.
• Mays, V. M., So, B. T., Cochran, S. D., Detels, R., Benjamin, R., Allen, E. M., & Kwon, S. (2001). HIV Disease in Ethnic Minorities: Implications of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Disease Susceptibility and Drug Dosage Response for HIV Treatment. In A. Baum, T. Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of Health Psychology (pp. 801-816). New Jersey: Erlbaum Publishers.
• Mays, V. M., Chatters, L. M., Cochran, S. D., & Mackness, J. (1998). African American families in diversity: Gay men and lesbians as participants in family networks. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 29(1), 73-87.
• Peplau, L. A., Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1997). A national survey of the intimate relationships of African American lesbians and gay men A look at commitment, satisfaction, sexual behavior, and HIV disease. In B. Greene (Ed.), Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Among Lesbians and Gay Men (pp. 11-38). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Morokoff, P. J., Mays, V. M., & Coons, H. L. (1997). HIV Infection and AIDS. In S. Gallant, G. Keita, & R. Royak-Schaler (Eds.), Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors in Women’s Health Care: Handbook for Medical Educators, Practitioners, and Psychologists (pp. 273-293). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Pies, C., Chu, S., & Ehrhardt, A. (1996). The risk of HIV infection for lesbians and women who have sex with women: Implications for HIV research, prevention, policy, treatment and services. Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior and Policy, 2(1&2), 119-139.
• Araba-Owoyele, Johnson, A, Mays, V. M., Truax, S., & Cochran, S. D. (1996). Lesbians and the risk of HIV infection: Does surveillance underestimate HIV risk? Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior and Policy, 2(1&2), 111-118.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1996). Prevalence of HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among young 18-24 year old lesbian and bisexual women. Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior and Policy, 2(1&2), 75-89.
• Cochran, S. D., Bybee, D., Gage, S., & Mays, V. M. (1996). Prevalence of HIV-related, self-reported sexual behaviors, sexually transmitted diseases, and problems with drugs and alcohol in three large surveys of lesbian and bisexual women: A look into a segment of the community. Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior and Policy,2(1&2), 11-33.
• Flora, J. A., Schooler, C., Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1996). Exploring a model of symbolic social communication: The case of “Magic” Johnson. Journal of Health Psychology, 1(3), 353-366.
• Mays, V. M. (1996). Are lesbians at risk for HIV infection? Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior and Policy, 2(1&2), 1-18.
• Mays, V. M., & Moscoso, M. S. (1995). AIDS pandemic burdens developing world. Psychology International, 6(2), pp. 1, 6-7.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1995). HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community: Changing Concerns Changing Behaviors. In M. Stein & A. Baum (Eds.), Chronic Diseases(pp. 259-272). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.
• Cochran, S. D., DeLeeuw, J., & Mays, V. M. (1995). Optimal scaling of HIV-related risk behaviors in ethnically diverse homosexually active men. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63(2), 270-279.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1994). Depressive distress among homosexually active African American men and women. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 151(4), 524-529.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Hamilton, E., Miller, N., Leung, L., Rothspan, S., Kolson, J., Webb, F., & Torres M. (1993). Just Cover Up Barriers to heterosexual and gay young adults use of condoms. Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 17(4), 41-47.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1993). Applying social psychological models to predicting HIV-related sexual risk behavior among African-Americans. Journal of Black Psychology, 19(2), 142-154.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1993). Ethnic and gender differences in beliefs about sex partner questioning to reduce HIV risk. Journal of Adolescent Research, 8(1), 77-88.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Smith, R. G., Daniels, M. A., Victorianne, G., & Roberts, V. (1993). Black gay men’s language revisited: Keeping the ethnicity in ethnic research. Journal of Sex Research, 30(1), 97-98.
• Mays, V. M., Flora, J. A., Schooler, C., & Cochran, S. D. (1992). Magic Johnson’s credibility for HIV prevention among heterosexual African American males. American Journal of Public Health, 82(12), 1692-1693.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Bellinger, G., Smith, R. G., Henley, N., Daniels, M. G., Tibbits, T., Victorianne, G. D., Osei, O. K. and Birt, D. K. (1992). The language of Black gay men’s sexual behavior: Implications for AIDS risk reduction. Journal of Sex Research, 29(3), 425-434.
• Reprinted as Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Bellinger, G., Smith, R. G., Henley, N., Daniels, M., Gear, T., Victorianne, G. D., Osei, O. K., & Birt, D. K. (1992).The language of Black gay men’s sexual behavior: Implications for AIDS risk reduction. BG Magazine, 3(4), 15-19.
• Reprinted as Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Bellinger, G., Smith, R. G., Henley, N., Daniels, M., Gear, T., Victorianne, G. D., Osei, O. K., & Birt, D. K. (1992). Dirty talk: The different ways Black and White gay men talk about sex. Thing, 8, 28-31.
• Mays, V. M. (1992). Methods for Health Promotion in the Prevention of HIV Disease in African Americans. University of California/Health Net Wellness Lecture Series. Woodland Hills, CA.
• Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., Ciarletta, J., Caruso, C., & Mallon, D. (1992). Efficacy of the theory of reasoned action in predicting AIDS-related sexual risk reduction among gay men. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22(19), 1481-1501.
• Mays, V. M., & Jackson, J. S. (1991). AIDS survey methodology with Black Americans. Social Science and Medicine, 33(1), 47-54.
• Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., & Leung, L. (1991).Sexual practices of heterosexual Asian American young adults: Implications for risk of HIV infection. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 20(4), 381-391.
• Reprinted as Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., & Leung, L. (1999). Sexual practices of heterosexual Asian American young adults: Implications for risk of HIV infection. In L. A. Peplau, S. C. DeBro, R. C. Veniegas, & P. L. Taylor (Eds.), Gender, Culture, and Ethnicity: Current Research About Women and Men (pp. 241-250). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1991). Psychosocial HIV interventions in the second decade: A note on social support and social networks. The Counseling Psychologist, 19(4), 551-557.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1990). Methodological Issues in the Assessment and Prediction of AIDS Risk-Related Sexual Behaviors Among Black Americans. In B. Voeller, J. Reinisch, & M. Gottlieb (Eds.), AIDS and Sex: An Integrated Biomedical and Biobehavioral Approach (pp. 97-120). New York: Oxford University Press.

• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1990). African-American men and HIV-Antibody testing. BG Magazine, 1(9), pp. 7, 25.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1990). Sex, lies and HIV. New England Journal of Medicine, 322(11), 774-775.

• Reprinted in Le Journal Internationale de Medicine (1990) 159(51), September 9.
• Mays, V. M., & Albee, G. W. (1989). Prevention in targeted populations. In V. M. Mays, G. W. Albee, & S. F. Schneider (Eds.), Primary Prevention of AIDS: Psychological Approaches (pp. 207-208). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
• Mays, V. M., & Albee, G. W. (1989). Theories, models, and research on health, risk, and decision-making. In V. M. Mays, G. W. Albee & S. F. Schneider (Eds.), Primary Prevention of AIDS: Psychological Approaches (pp. 91-92). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
• Mays, V. M., & Albee, G. W. (1989). The faces of AIDS: what we are trying to prevent. In V. M. Mays, G. W. Albee, & S. F. Schneider (Eds.), Primary Prevention of AIDS: Psychological Approaches (pp. 21-22). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
• Mays, V. M. (1989). AIDS Prevention in Black Populations: Methods of a Safer Kind. In V. M. Mays, G. W. Albee, & S. F. Schneider (Eds.), Primary Prevention of AIDS: Psychological Approaches (pp. 264-279). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1989). Women and AIDS-related concerns: Roles for psychologists in helping the worried well. American Psychologist, 44(12), 529-535.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1988).Black gay and bisexual men coping with more than just a disease. Focus, 4(1), 1-3.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Roberts, V. (1988). Heterosexuals and AIDS. In A. Lewis (Ed.), Nursing Care of the Patient with AIDS/ARC (pp. 31-37). Rockville, MD: AspenPublications.
• Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., & Roberts, V. (1988). Ethnic Minorities and AIDS. In A. Lewis (Ed.), Nursing Care of the Patient with AIDS/ARC (pp. 17-24). Rockville, MD: AspenPublications.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1988). Issues in the perception of AIDS risk and risk reduction by Black and Hispanic/Latina women. American Psychologist, 43(11), 949-957.
• Reprinted as V. M. Mays & Cochran, S. D. (1993).Issues in the perception of AIDS risk and risk reduction by Black and Hispanic/Latina women. In M. Berer (Ed.), Women and HIV/AIDS: An International Resource Book. London: Pandora Press.
• Mays, V. M. (1988). Education and prevention: Section introduction [Special issue]. American Psychologist, 43(11), 948.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1988). Epidemiologic and sociocultural factors in the transmission of HIV infection in Black gay and bisexual men. In M. Shernoff & W. A. Scott (Eds.), The Sourcebook of Lesbian/Gay Health Care (2nd ed., pp. 202-211). Washington, DC: National Gay and Lesbian Health Foundation.
• Reprinted as S. D. Cochran & V. M. Mays (1990). Sociocultural facets of the Black gay male experience. In R. Staples (Ed.), The Black Family (4th ed., pp. 289-296). Belmont,CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
• Backer, T., Batchelor, W., Jones, J., & Mays, V. M. (1988). Introduction to the special issue Psychology and AIDS OCR. American Psychologist, 43(11), 835-836.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1987). Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and black Americans: Special psychosocial issues.. Public Health Reports, 102(2), 224-231.
• Reprinted as V. M. Mays & S. D. Cochran (1991). Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and Black Americans: Special psychosocial issues. In M. Bloom (Ed.), Changing Lives: Studies in Human Development and Professional Helping (pp. 380-387). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1987). AIDS among Black gay and bisexual men. Institute for Social Science Research Quarterly, 3(3), pp. 3-5, 9.

Mental Health, Relationships and Emotional Well-Being

• Seamans, M. J., Mays, V. M., Arseniev-Koehler, A., & Cochran, S. D. (2022). Prevalence of prescription and illicit drugs in suicides by non-poisoning means in the National Violent Death Reporting System 2003-2017. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1–7. Advance online publication.
• Jones, A. L., Rafferty, J., Cochran, S. D., Abelson, J., Hanna, M. R., & Mays, V. M. (2022). Prevalence, Severity and Burden of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Black Men and Women Across the Adult Lifespan. Journal of Aging and Health, 34(3), 401–412.
• Jones, A. L., Rafferty, J., Cochran, S. D., Abelson, J., & Mays, V. M. (2022). Persistence, Impairment, Disability and Unmet Treatment of Lifetime and 12-Month Anxiety Disorders in Black Men and Women, 50 Years of Age and Older. Journal of Aging and Health, 34(3), 378–389.
• Arseniev-Koehler, A., Foster, J. G., Mays, V. M., Chang, K. W., & Cochran, S. D. (2021). Aggression, Escalation, and Other Latent Themes in Legal Intervention Deaths of Non-Hispanic Black and White Men Results From the 2003‒2017 National Violent Death Reporting System. American Journal of Public Health, 111(S2), S107–S115.
• Clark, K. A., Mays, V. M., Arah, O. A., Kheifets, L. I., & Cochran, S. D. (2020). Sexual Orientation Differences in Lethal Methods Used in Suicide Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System. Archives of Suicide Research: Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research, 1–17. Advance online publication.
• Jones, A. L., Cochran, S. D., Rafferty, J., Taylor, R. J., & Mays, V. M. (2020). Lifetime and Twelve-Month Prevalence, Persistence, and Unmet Treatment Needs of Mood, Anxiety, and Substance Use Disorders in African American and U.S. versus Foreign-Born Caribbean Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), E7007.
• Mays, V., Jones, A., Cochran, S., Taylor, R., Rafferty, J., & Jackson, J. (2018). Chronicity and Mental Health Service Utilization for Anxiety, Mood, and Substance Use Disorders among Black Men in the United States; Ethnicity and Nativity Differences. Healthcare, 6(2), 53.
• Jones, A., Cochran, S., Leibowitz, A., Wells, K., Kominski, G., & Mays, V. (2018). Racial, Ethnic, and Nativity Differences in Mental Health Visits to Primary Care and Specialty Mental Health Providers: Analysis of the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, 2010–2015. Healthcare, 6(2), 29.
• Mays, V. M., Juster, R. P., Williamson, T. J., Seeman, T. E., & Cochran, S. D. (2018). Chronic Physiologic Effects of Stress among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80(6), 551–563.
• Liang, D., Mays, V. M., & Hwang, W. C. (2018). Integrated mental health services in China: Challenges and planning for the future. Health Policy and Planning, 33(1), 107–122.
• Clark, K. A., Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2017). Extreme Violence and the Invisibility of Women Who Murder: The Intersectionality of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity Equals Silence. Violence and Gender, 4(4), 117–120.
• Calzo, J. P., Mays, V. M., Björkenstam, C., Björkenstam, E., Kosidou, K., & Cochran, S. D. (2017). Parental sexual orientation and children’s psychological well-being: 2013-2015 National Health Interview Survey. Child Development, 90(4), 1097–1108.
• Cochran, S. D., Björkenstam, C., & Mays, V. M. (2017). Sexual orientation differences in functional limitations, disability, and mental health services use: Results from the 2013-2014 National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(12), 1111–1121.
• Villatoro, A. P., Dixon, E., & Mays, V. M. (2016). Faith-based organizations and the Affordable Care Act: Reducing Latino mental health care disparities. Psychological Services, 13(1), 92-104.
• Blosnich, J. R., Nasuti, L. J., Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2016). Suicidality and sexual orientation: Characteristics of symptom severity, disclosure, and timing across the life course. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86(1), 69-78.
• Jones, A. L., Cochran, S. D., Leibowitz, A., Wells, K. B., Kominski, G., & Mays, V. M. (2015). Usual primary care provider characteristics of a patient-centered medical home and mental health service use. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30(12), 1828-1836.
• Pachankis, J. E., Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2015). The mental health of sexual minority adults in and out of the closet: A population-based study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(5), 890-901.
• Blosnich, J.R, Mays, V.M. & Cochran, S.D. (2014). Suicidality among veterans: Implications of sexual minority status. American Journal of Public Health, 104(S4), S535-S537.
• Swanson, J. W., McGinty, E. E., Fazel, S., & Mays, V. M. (2014). Mental illness and reduction of gun violence and suicide bringing epidemiologic research to policy. Annals of Epidemiology, 25(5), 366–76.
• Delany Brumsey, A, Mays, V M, & Cochran, S D. (2014). Does Neighborhood Social Capital Buffer the Effects of Maternal Depression on Adolescent Behavior Problems? American Journal of Community Psychology, 53(3–4), 275–85.
• Calzo, J. P., Antonucci, T. C., Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2011). Retrospective recall of sexual orientation identity development among gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults. Developmental Psychology, 47(6), 1658-1673.
• Cummings, J. R., Ponce, N. A., & Mays, V. M. (2010). Comparing racial/ethnic differences in mental health service use among high-need subpopulations across clinical and school-based settings. Journal of Adolescent Health, 46(6), 603-606.
• Strohm, C. Q., Seltzer, J. A., Cochran S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2009). “Living apart together” relationships in the united states. Demographic Research, 21, 177-214.
• Corliss, H. L., Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., Greenland, S., & Seeman, T. E. (2009) Age of minority sexual orientation development and risk of childhood maltreatment and suicide attempts in women. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 79(4), 511-521.
• Grella, C. E., Greenwell, L., Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2009).Influence of gender, sexual orientation, and need on treatment utilization for substance use and mental disorders: Findings from the California Quality of Life Survey. BMC Psychiatry, 9, 52.
• Mathy, R. M., Cochran, S. D., Olsen, J., & Mays, V. M. (2009). The association between relationship markers of sexual orientation and suicide: Denmark 1990-2001. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46(2), 111–7.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2009). Burden of psychiatric morbidity among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in the California Quality of Life Survey. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118(3), 647-58.
• Cochran S. D., Mays, V. M., Alegria, M., Ortega, A. N., & Takeuchi, D. (2007). Mental health and substance use disorders among Latino and Asian American lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(5), 785-794.
• Mays, V. M. (2007). Losing a Giants Shoulders to Stand on: Will We Still be Able to See the Forest for the Trees The Journal of Primary Prevention, 28(1), 37-39.
• Corliss, H. L., Grella, C. E., Mays, V. M., & Cochran S. D. (2006). Drug Use, Drug Severity, and Help-Seeking Behaviors of Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Journal of Women’s Health, 15(5), 556-568.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2006). Waging a war for the lives of African American gay men and men who have sex with men: A prevention agenda in the twenty-fifth year of the HIVAIDS epidemic. The Scarlett Letters. Winter, 16-28. Los Angeles: Institute of Gay Men’s Health, GMHC & APLA.
• Translated in Spanish: Emprender las luchas por las vida: De los hombres Afro Americanos gay y de los hombres Afro Americanos que tienen sexo con otros hombres: Una agenda de prevencion en vigesimon quinto ano de la epidemia del vih/sida. The Scarlett Letters. Winter, 16-28. Los Angeles: Institute of Gay Men’s Health, GMHC & APLA.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2005). Estimating prevalence of mental and substance using disorders among lesbians and gay men from existing national health data. In A. Omoto & H. Kurtzman (Eds.), Sexual Orientation, Mental Health, and Substance Use: Contemporary Scientific Perspectives. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Roeder, M. R. (2005). Depressive distress among homosexually active African American men and women. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 151(4), 524–9.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Zamudio, A. (2004). HIV prevention research: Are we meeting the needs of African American men who have sex with men. Journal of Black Psychology, 30(1), 78-105.
• Cochran, S. D., Sullivan, J. G., & Mays, V. M. (2003). Prevalence of mental disorders, psychological distress, and mental health services use among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in the United States. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71(1), 53-61.
• Corliss, H. L., Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2002). Reports of parental maltreatment during childhood in a United States population-based survey of homosexual, bisexual and heterosexual adults. Child Abuse and Neglect, 26(11), 1165-1178.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2001). Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 91(11), 1869-1876.
• Reprinted as Mays V. M., & Cochran S. D. (2001). Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in the United States. In Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Issues: Selections from the American Journal of Public Health (pp. 137-144). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
• Gilman, S. E., Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., Hughes, M., Ostrow, D., & Kessler, R. C. (2001). Risk of psychiatric disorders among individuals reporting same-sex sexual partners in the National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 91(6), 933-939.
• Reprinted as Gilman S, Cochran S. D., Mays V. M., Hughes M, Ostrow D, Kessler R. (2001). The prevalences of DSM-III-R disorders among people with same-gender sexual partners in the National Comorbidity Survey. In Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Issues: Selections from the American Journal of Public Health (pp. 151-158).Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
• Cochran, S. D.& Mays, V. M. (2000). Lifetime prevalence of suicidal symptoms and affective disorders among men reporting same-sex partners: Results from the NHANES III.American Journal of Public Health, 90(4), 573-578.
• Cochran, S. D.& Mays, V. M. (2000). Relation between psychiatric syndromes and behaviorally defined sexual orientation in a sample of the U.S. population. American Journal of Epidemiology, 151(5), 516-523.
• Mays, V. M. (1999). Psychological Differences Between Men and Women: Implications for a Research Agenda on Women’s Physical and Mental Health. Agenda for Research on Women’s Health for the 21st Century: A Report of the Task Force on the NIH for Women’s Health Agenda for the 21st Century, Vol. 5, Sex and Gender Perspectives Women’s Health Research (NIH Publication No. 99-4389, pp. 54-64). Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Mays, V. M., Chatters, L. M., Cochran, S. D., & Mackness, J. (1998). African American families in diversity: Gay men and lesbians as participants in family networks. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 29(1), 73-87.
• Mays, V. M., Coleman, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (1996). Perceived race-based discrimination, employment status, and job stress in a national sample of Black women: Implications for health outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 1(3), 319-329.
• Mays, V. M., Howard-Caldwell, C. S., & Jackson, J. S. (1996). Mental health symptoms and service utilization patterns of African-American women. In H. W. Neighbors & J. S. Jackson (Eds.), Black Mental Health (pp. 161-176). Newbury Park: Sage Publications.
• Mays, V. M., Rubin, J., Sabourin, M., & Walker, L. (1996). Moving towards a global psychology: Changing theories and practice to meet the needs of a changing world. American Psychologist, 51(5), 485-487.
• Mays, V. M. (1995). Black women, work, stress, and perceived discrimination: The Focused Support Group Model as an intervention for stress reduction. Cultural Diversity and Mental Health, 1(1), 53-65.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Rhue, S. (1994). The impact of perceived discrimination on the intimate relationships of Black lesbians. Journal of Homosexuality, 25(4), 1-14.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (1994). Depressive distress among homosexually active African American men and women. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 151(4), 524-529.
• Mays, V. M., & Albee, G. W. (1992). Psychotherapy and ethnic minorities. In D. Freedheim (Ed.), History of Psychotherapy: A Century of Change (pp. 552-570). WashingtonD.C.: American Psychological Association.
• Mays, V. M., & Comas-Diaz, L. (1988). Feminist therapy with ethnic minority populations: A closer look at Blacks and Hispanics. In M. A. Douglas & L. Walker (Eds.), Feminist Therapy with Ethnic Minority Populations: A Closer Look at Blacks and Hispanics. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation.
• Mays, V. M. (1986). Identity development of Black Americans: The role of history and importance of ethnicity. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 40(4), 582-593.
• Mays, V. M. (1986). Developmental sequence in Black women’s small groups: An absence of pairing. International Journal of Small Group Research, 2(1), 94-99.
• Mays, V. M. (1985). Black women and stress: Utilization of self help groups for stress reduction. Women and Therapy, 4(4), 67-79.
• Mays, V. M. (1985). Black women working together: Diversity in same sex relationships. Women’s Studies International Journal, 8(1), 69-74.
• Mays, V. M. (1985). The Black American and psychotherapy: The dilemma. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 22(2S), 379-388.

Research Methodology

• Arseniev-Koehler, A., Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., Chang, K. W., & Foster, J. G. (2022). Integrating topic modeling and word embedding to characterize violent deaths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(10), e2108801119.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2021). A Look at When Dying Really Counts An AJPH Supplement on Mortality Data in Public Health Surveillance. American Journal of Public Health, 111(S2), S47–S48.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2021). To Save Lives, We Need to Improve the Measurement of Death. American Journal of Public Health, 111(S2), S45.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2019). Challenges and Opportunities for Modernizing the National Violent Death Reporting System. American Journal of Public Health, 109(2), 192–194.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2019). Challenges and Opportunities for Modernizing the National Violent Death Reporting System. American Journal of Public Health, 109(2), 192–194.
• Montgomery, T. M., Mays, V. M., Heilemann, M. S. V., Nyamathi, A., Bauermeister, J. A., & Koniak-Griffin, D. (2018). Acceptability and Feasibility of a Sexual Health Intervention for Young Adult Black Women. JOGNN – Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 47(6), 862–873.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2017). Advancing the LGBT health research agenda: Differential health trends within the lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations. American Journal of Public Health, 107(4), 497-498.
• Cochran, S. D., Meyer, I. H., & Mays, V. M. (2017). Advancing the health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults [Letter to the editor]. JAMA Internal Medicine, 177(2), 288-288.
• Johnson, T. P., Shariff Marco, S., Willis, G., Cho, Y. I., Breen, N., Gee, G. C., Krieger, N., Grant, D., Alegria, M., Mays, V. M., Williams, D. R., Reeve, B. B., Takeuchi, D., & Ponce, N. A. (2015). Sources of interactional problems in a survey of racial/ethnic discrimination. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 27(2), 244-263.
• Brownson, R. C., Samet, J. M., Chavez, G. F., Davies, M., Galea, S., Hiatt, R. A., Hornung C. A., Khoury, M. J., Koo, D., Mays, V. M., & Yarber, L. (2015). Charting a future for epidemiologic training. Annals of Epidemiology, 25(6), 458-465.
• Shariff-Marco, S., Breen, N., Landrine, H., Reeve, B. B., Krieger, N., Gee, G. C., Williams, D. R., Mays, V. M., Ninez, A. P., Alegria, M., Liu, B., Willis, G., & Johnson, T. P. (2011). Measuring everyday Racial/ethnic discrimination in health surveys. Du Bois Review, 8(1), 159-177.
• Calzo, J. P., Antonucci, T. C., Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2011). Retrospective recall of sexual orientation identity development among gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults. Developmental Psychology, 47(6), 1658-1673.
• Shariff-Marco, S., Gee, G. C., Breen, N., Willis, G., Reeve, B. B., Grant, D., Ponce, N. A., Krieger, N., Landrine, H., Williams, D. R., Alegria, M., Mays, V. M., Johnson, T. P., & Brown, E. R. (2009). A mixed-methods approach to developing a self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination measure for use in multiethnic health surveys. Ethnicity & Disease, 19(4), 447-53.
• Keppel, K., Pamuk, E., Lynch, J., Carter-Pokras, O., Kim, I., Mays, V. M., Pearcy, J., Schoenbach, V., & Weissman, J. S. (2005). Methodological Issues in Measuring Health Disparities. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 2, Data Evaluation and Methods Research, (141), 1–16.
• _____. (2005, August).Eliminating health disparities: Strengthening data on race, ethnicity, and primary language in the United States. Washington DC: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Subcommittee on Populations.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Ponce, N. A. (2004). Thinking about race and ethnicity in population-based studies of health. In B. M. Beech & M. Goodman (Eds.), Race and Research: Perspectives on Minority Participation in Health Studies (pp. 79-100). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
• Clare, M. M., Cochran, S., Dunn, P., Garofalo, R., Hoffman, N. D., Hungerford, J., Hunter, J., Kates, J., Mays, V., Remafedi, G., Resnick, M., Russell, S. T., Saewyc, E., Savin-Williams, R., Schneider, M. S., Scott, T. R., Sell, R., Silvestre, A. J., & Somers, K. (2003). Measuring sexual orientation of young people in health research. San Francisco: Gay and Lesbian Medical Association; Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth Sexual Orientation Measurement Work Group.
• Mays, V. M., Ponce, N., Washington, D. L., & Cochran, S. D. (2003). Classification of race and ethnicity: Implications for Public Health. Annual Review of Public Health, 24, 83-110.
• Mays, V. M. (2001). Methods for increasing recruitment and retention of ethnic minorities in health research through addressing ethical concerns. Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Health Survey Research Methodology (pp. 97-99). Washington, DC: National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (1998). Kinsey and male homosexuality in the African American population: A question of fit. Sexualities, 1(1), 98-100.
• Cochran, S. D., DeLeeuw, J., & Mays, V. M. (1995). Optimal scaling of HIV-related risk behaviors in ethnically diverse homosexually active men. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63(2), 270-279.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Smith, R. G., Daniels, M. A., Victorianne, G., & Roberts, V. (1993).Black gay men’s language revisited: Keeping the ethnicity in ethnic research. Journal of Sex Research, 30(1), 97-98.
• Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Bellinger, G., Smith, R. G., Henley, N., Daniels, M. G., Tibbits, T., Victorianne, G. D., Osei, O. K., & Birt, D. K. (1992). The language of Black gay men’s sexual behavior: Implications for AIDS risk reduction. Journal of Sex Research, 29(3), 425-434.
• Reprinted as Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Bellinger, G., Smith, R. G., Henley, N., Daniels, M., Gear, T., Victorianne, G. D., Osei, O. K., & Birt, D. K. (1992). The language of Black gay men’s sexual behavior: Implications for AIDS risk reduction. BG Magazine, 3(4), 15-19.
• Reprinted as Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., Bellinger, G., Smith, R. G., Henley, N., Daniels, M., Gear, T., Victorianne, G. D., Osei, O. K., & Birt, D. K. (1992). Dirty talk: The different ways Black and White gay men talk about sex. Thing, 8, 28-31.

Substance Abuse

• Seamans, M. J., Mays, V. M., Arseniev-Koehler, A., & Cochran, S. D. (2022). Prevalence of prescription and illicit drugs in suicides by non-poisoning means in the National Violent Death Reporting System 2003-2017. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1–7. Advance online publication.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2017). Advancing the LGBT health research agenda: Differential health trends within the lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations. American Journal of Public Health, 107(4), 497-498.
• Cochran, S. D., Grella, C. E., & Mays, V. M. (2012). Do substance use norms and perceived drug availability mediate sexual orientation differences in patterns of substance use? Results from the California Quality of Life Survey II. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73(4), 675-85.
• Lum, C., Corliss, H. L., Mays, V. M., Cochran, S. D., & Lui, C. K. (2009). Differences in the drinking behaviors of Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70(4), 568-74.
• An, N., Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., & McCarthy, W. (2008). Influence of American acculturation on cigarette smoking behaviors among Asian American subpopulations in California. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10(4), 579-87.
• Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., Alegria, M., Ortega, A. N., & Takeuchi, D. (2007). Mental health and substance use disorders among Latino and Asian American lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(5), 785-794.
• Corliss, H. L., Grella, C. E., Mays, V. M., & Cochran S. D. (2006). Drug Use, Drug Severity, and Help-Seeking Behaviors of Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Journal of Women’s Health, 15(5), 556-568.
• Burgard, S. A., Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2005). Alcohol and tobacco use patterns among heterosexually and homosexually experienced California women. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 77(1), 61-70.
• Cochran, S. D., & Mays, V. M. (2005). Estimating prevalence of mental and substance using disorders among lesbians and gay men from existing national health data. In A. Omoto & H. Kurtzman (Eds.), Sexual Orientation, Mental Health, and Substance Use: Contemporary Scientific Perspectives. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Cochran, S. D., Ackerman, D., Mays, V. M., & Ross, M. W. (2004). Prevalence of non-medical drug use and dependence among homosexually active men and women in the U.S. population. Addictions, 99(8), 989-998.
• Cochran, S. D., Keenan, C., Schober, C., & Mays, V. M. (2000). Estimates of alcohol use and clinical treatment needs among homosexually active men and women in the U.S. population. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68(6), 1062-1071.
• Cochran, S. D., Bybee, D., Gage, S., & Mays, V. M. (1996). Prevalence of HIV-related, self-reported sexual behaviors, sexually transmitted diseases, and problems with drugs and alcohol in three large surveys of lesbian and bisexual women: A look into a segment of the community. Women’s Health: Research on Gender, Behavior and Policy,2(1&2), 11-33.
• Mays, V. M., Beckman, L. J., Oranchak, E., & Harper, B. (1994) Perceived social support for help-seeking behaviors of Black heterosexual and homosexually active women alcoholics. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 8(4), 235-242.
• Amaro, H., Beckman, L. J., & Mays, V. M. (1987) A comparison of Black and White women entering alcoholism treatment. Journal of the Studies of Alcohol, 48(3), 220-228.
• Beckman, L. J., & Mays, V. M. (1985). Educating community gatekeepers about alcohol abuse in women: Changing attitudes, knowledge and referral practices. Journal of Drug Education, 15(4), 289-309.

Violence and Gun Policy

• Arseniev-Koehler, A., Cochran, S. D., Mays, V. M., Chang, K. W., & Foster, J. G. (2022). Integrating topic modeling and word embedding to characterize violent deaths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(10), e2108801119.
• Arseniev-Koehler, A., Foster, J. G., Mays, V. M., Chang, K. W., & Cochran, S. D. (2021). Aggression, Escalation, and Other Latent Themes in Legal Intervention Deaths of Non-Hispanic Black and White Men Results From the 2003‒2017 National Violent Death Reporting System. American Journal of Public Health, 111(S2), S107–S115.
• Clark, K. A., Mays, V. M., Arah, O. A., Kheifets, L. I., & Cochran, S. D. (2020). Sexual Orientation Differences in Lethal Methods Used in Suicide Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System. Archives of Suicide Research: Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research, 1–17.
• Mays, V. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2019). Challenges and Opportunities for Modernizing the National Violent Death Reporting System. American Journal of Public Health, 109(2), 192–194.

Workforce Diversity/Training

• Brownson, R. C., Samet, J. M., Chavez, G. F., Davies, M., Galea, S., Hiatt, R. A., Hornung C. A., Khoury, M. J., Koo, D., Mays, V. M., & Yarber, L. (2015). Charting a future for epidemiologic training. Annals of Epidemiology, 25(6), 458-465.
• Carter-Pokras O. D., Spirtas R., Bethune L., Mays V., Freeman V. L., & Cozier Y. C. (2009). The training of epidemiologists and diversity in epidemiology: findings from the 2006 Congress of Epidemiology survey. Annals of Epidemiology, 19(4), 268-75.
• Mays, V. M. (2001-2002, Winter). Old white boys network is alive and well [Commentary]. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 34, 48-49.
• Mays, V. M. (2000). A social justice agenda. American Psychologist, 55(3), 326-327.
• Mays, V. M., Bullock, M., Rosenzweig, M. R., & Wessell, M. (1998). Ethnic conflict: Global challenges and psychological perspectives. American Psychologist, 53(7), 737-742.
• Mays, V. M., Rubin, J., Sabourin, M., & Walker, L. (1996). Moving towards a global psychology: Changing theories and practice to meet the needs of a changing world. American Psychologist, 51(5), 485-487.
• American College of Epidemiology Committee on Minority Affairs. (1995). Statement of Principles: Epidemiology and Minority Populations. Annals of Epidemiology, 5, 505-508.
• Mays, V. M. (1988). The integration of ethnicity and gender into clinical training: The UCLA model. In P. Bronstein & K. Quina (Eds.), Teaching a Psychology of People: Resources for Gender and Sociocultural Awareness (pp. 209-214). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Mays, V. M. (1988). Even the rat was white and male: Teaching the psychology of Black women. In P. Bronstein & K. Quina (Eds.), Teaching a Psychology of People: Resources for Gender and Sociocultural Awareness (pp. 142-146). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.