Education:                 

Undergraduate  1966   (Diploma) Charles E. Gregory School of Nursing, Perth Amboy, NJ
1981     (B.A.)       University of Texas, Permian Basin, Odessa, TX.
(Major: Psychology/English)
1991     (B.S.N.)     Texas Tech University H.S.C., Odessa, TX.
Summa cum laudae

Graduate           1983   (M.A.)        University of Texas, Permian Basin, Odessa, TX.
(Major: Behavioral Science)

1995     (Ph.D.)         University of Texas, Austin, TX

Research Interests  Violence against Children, Domestic Violence, Children’s mental health

Clinical Interests Children’s mental health

Grants Publications and Presentations
“Building Scientifically Valid Systems to Investigate the Prevalence and
Impact of Child Exposure to Domestic Violence” awarded by the Lucile and David Packard Foundation (2002-2005) with Co-investigators John W. Fantuzzo PhD (University of Pennsylvania) and Joy D Osofsky PhD (Louisiana State University).
 “Reaching for Rainbows:  An Ethnography”  Principal investigator for research area V of The Dawn Evaluation Project – A System of Care for SED Children and their Families (2000-2003)  Demonstration project funded by NIMH, RWJ, & Marion County.  Area V portion awarded to investigator:  $10,000. No indirects.

July, 2004  HRSA Dept of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. Advanced Education Nursing Grant “Child and Adolescent Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Total funding 7/01/04 to 6/30/07 $700, 537.00
PUBS
Anderson, J. A., Wright, E. R., Kooreman, H. E., Mohr, W. K. & Russell, L. (2003). The Dawn Project: A model for responding to the needs of young people with emotional and behavioral disabilities and their families. Community Mental Health Journal, 39(1), 63-74.

Mohr, WK, Petti, TA, & Mohr, BD (2003) Adverse effects associated with the use of physical restraints. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 48, 330-337.

Anderson, J. A. & Mohr, W. K. (2003). A developmental ecological perspective in systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbances and their families. Education and Treatment of Children, 26(1), 52-74.

Mohr, WK (2003). Discarding ideology: Nature/nurture endgame. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care., 39(3), 113-121.

Lawrence, C. & Mohr, WK (2004). Investigator protocol: Sudden in custody death.  Police Chief, 71(1), 44-52.

Mohr, WK & Pumariega, A (2004) Level systems: In-patient programming whose time has passed. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 17(3), 113-125.

Mohr, WK (2005).  Rethinking the MO of the status quo.  American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry News, 36(6) 286-297.

Mohr, WK (2003). The substance of a support group.  Western Journal of Nursing Research, 25(6), 676-700. 

Mohr, W.K. (2004).  Surfacing the life phases of a mental health support group.  Qualitative Health Research, 14(1), 61-77.

Mohr, WK (2005).  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Mohr, WK (2004). Examining the Empirical Literature on Cognitive Behavior Therapy with People who Have Schizophrenia. In Bernadette  Melnyk (Ed) Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare:A Guide to Best Practice (pp. 133-146). Philadelphia, PA:  Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins.

Mohr, WK (2005).  Introduction to Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.  In Mohr, WK (Ed).  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.  (pp. 3-15)

Mohr, WK (2005). Neuroscience: Biology and Behavior.  In Mohr, WK (2005).  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. (pp. 19-36)

Mohr, WK (2005).Conceptual Frameworks and Theories.  In Mohr, WK (2005).  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. (pp. 37-51)

Mohr, WK (2005). Evidence based practice and pseudoscience.  In Mohr, WK (2005).  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. (pp. 141-149).

Mohr, WK (2005). Spirituality in Psychiatric Care. In Mohr, WK (2005).  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. (pp. 287-294).

Delaney, KR, Esparza, D, Hinderliter, D, Lamb, K & Mohr, WK (2005).Violence and Abuse within the Community.  In Mohr, WK (2005).  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. (pp. 353-367).

Mohr, WK (2005).The pediatric client.  In Mohr, WK (2005).  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. (pp. 771-806).

Mohr, WK (2005). Psychiatric records. In P. Iyer, BJ Levin, & MA Shea Medial Legal Aspects of Medical Records.  Tuscon, AZ:  Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company Inc.  (pp. 691-705).

Professional and Community Activities
Melva Jo Hendrix Award in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Excellence and Commitment; presented by the International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

2005-present Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

1999-present  Journal of the Association of Child and Adolescent     Psychiatric Nursing

2002-present                 NAMI Coalition for Reform of Seclusion and Restraint
2005-present                 ASTART Alliance for the Reform of Residential Treatment Facilities
                                    Founding Member

NJSNA, ANA, APNA, ISPN,  Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (Violence Interest Group)