Charmaine K. Higa-McMillan, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Education

• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• M.A. in Clinical Psychology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• B.A. in Psychology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI

Licensure

• Licensed Psychologist, State of Hawaiʻi, 2007-Present

Research Interests

Dr. Higa-McMillan's work focuses on extending the reach of psychosocial interventions for youth. Specifically, her research interests include implementation of evidence-based services, training and professional development, and improving access to quality care in rural, underserved schools and communities.

Select Recent Peer-Referred Publications

Publications updated as of 2/2024

1. Higa-McMillan, C., Park, A., Daleiden, E. L., Becker, K. D., Bernstein, A., & Chorpita, B. F. (2024). Getting More Out of Clinical Documentation: Can Clinical Dashboards Yield Clinically Useful Information? Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 1-18.
2. Lu, W., Daleiden, E., Higa-McMillan, C., Liu, S., Leong, A., Almeida, A., & Kelleher, K. (2021). Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale: A Psychometric Examination in Chinese Youth. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 1-10.
3. Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J., Daleiden, E. L., Edwall, G. E., Nygaard, P., & Chorpita, B. F. (2020). Fifteen years of MAP implementation in Minnesota: Tailoring training to evolving provider experience and expertise. Journal of Family Social Work, 23(2), 91-113.
4. Higa-McMillan, C. K., Ebesutani, C., & Stanick, C. F. (2019). What therapy practices do providers value in youth behavioral health? A measure development study. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 1-18.
5. Milette-Winfree, M., Nakamura, B. J., Kotte, A., & Higa-McMillan, C. (2019). Multilevel predictors of case managers’ assessment administration behavior in a precursor to a measurement feedback system. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 1-13.
6. Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J., Becker, K. D., Chang, J. P., Chiu, A., Stanick, C. F., Cheron, D. M., Daleiden, E. L., & Chorpita, B. F. (2017). Measuring practice element procedural knowledge: How do trainees PERForm? Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 11, 243-251.
7. Burgess, A. M., Okamura, K. H., Izmirian, S. C., Higa-McMillan, C. K., Shimabukuro, S., & Nakamura, B. J. (2017). Therapist attitudes towards evidence-based practice: A joint factor analysis. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 44, 414-427.
8. Ebesutani, C. K., Korathu-Larson, P., Nakamura, B., Higa-McMillan, C. K., & Chorpita, B.F. (2017). The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale 25 - parent version: Scale development and validation in a school-based and clinical sample. Assessment.
9. Higa-McMillan, C., Kotte, A., Jackson, D., & Daleiden, E. L. (2017). Overlapping and non-overlapping practices in usual and evidence-based care for youth anxiety. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 44, 684-694.
10. Higa-McMillan, C. K., Francis, S. E., Rith-Najarian, L., & Chorpita, B. F. (2016). Evidence base update: 50 years of research on treatment for child and adolescent anxiety. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 45, 91-113.
11. Izmirian, S. C., Nakamura, B. J., Hill, K. A., Higa-McMillan, C. K., & Slavin, L. (2016). Therapists’ knowledge of practice elements derived from the evidence-base: Misconceptions, accuracies, and large-scale improvement guidance. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 47, 181-191.
12. Kotte, A., Hill, K. A., Mah, A. C., Korathu-Larson, P. A., Au, J. R., Izmirian, S., Keir, S. S., Nakamura, B. J., & Higa-McMillan, C. K. (2016). Facilitators and barriers of implementing a measurement feedback system in public youth mental health. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 43, 861-878.
13. Okamura, K. H., Ebesutani, C., Bloom, R., Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J. & Chorpita, B. F. (2016). Differences in internalizing symptoms across specific ethnic minority groups: An analysis across Chinese American, Filipino American, Japanese American, Native Hawaiian, and White youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 3353–3366.
14. Okamura, K. H., Nakamura, B. J., Mueller, C., Hayashi, K., & Higa-McMillan, C. K. (2016). An exploratory factor analysis of the knowledge of evidence-based services questionnaire. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 43, 214-232.
15. Bunnell, B. E., Beidel, D. C., Liu, L., Joseph, D. L., & Higa-McMillan, C. (2015). The SPAIC-11 and SPAICP-11: Two brief child-and parent-rated measures of social anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 36, 103-109.
16. Chorpita, B. F., Park, A., Tsai, K., Korathu-Larson, P., Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J., Weisz, J. R., Krull, J., & the Research Network on Youth Mental Health (2015). Balancing effectiveness with responsiveness: Therapist satisfaction across different treatment designs in the Child STEPs randomized effectiveness trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 709-718.
17. Heflinger, C. H., Shaw, V., Higa-McMillan, C., Lunn, L. M., & Brannan, A. M. (2015). Patterns of child mental health service delivery in a public system: Rural children and the role of rural residence. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 42, 292-309.
18. Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J., Morris, A., Jackson, D. S., & Slavin, L. (2015). Predictors of use of evidence-based practices for children and adolescents in usual care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 42, 373-383.
19. Chorpita, B. F., Weisz, J. R., Daleiden, E. L., Schoenwald, S. K., Palinkas, L. A., Miranda, J., Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J., Austin, A. A., Borntrager, C., Ward, A. M., Wells, K. C., Gibbons, R. D., & the Research Network on Youth Mental Health. (2014). Long term outcomes for the child steps randomized effectiveness trial: A comparison of modular and standard treatment designs with usual care. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81, 999.
20. Nakamura, B. J., Mueller, C. W., Higa-McMillan, C., Okamura, K. H., Chang, J. P., Slavin, L., & Shimabukuro, S. (2014). Engineering youth service system infrastructure: Hawaiʻi's continued efforts at large-scale implementation through knowledge management strategies. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43, 179-189.

Conference Presentations with UH Hilo Students