A5070258437- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Sleep and related disorders
- Early Childhood Education and Development
Southern Methodist University
2016-2025
Boston University
2013-2025
Harvard University
2013
Massachusetts General Hospital
2013
Hospital for Sick Children
2011
SickKids Foundation
2011
University of Toronto
2011
Loss of pleasure or interest in activities (i.e., anhedonia) is a risk factor for suicidality, treatment nonresponse, and relapse. Extant treatments that focus on reducing negative affect have limited effects upon positive (a core feature anhedonia). We investigated whether novel intervention aimed at increasing reward sensitivity was more efficacious than cognitive-behavior threat sensitivity, individuals with clinically severe symptoms depression anxiety, functional impairment.The...
Southern Methodist UniversityTwo experiments investigated the effects of voice (participating in allocationdecision making by expressing one's own opinion about preferred alloca-tion) on responses to an inequitable allocation. In addition subjects' (femalecollege students) either having or not voice, Experiment 1 manipulated(a) whether allocation made a decision maker (supposedly anothersubject but actually experimenter) was biased (due self-interest) and (b) subject did learn that...
Effective and efficient treatment is needed for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in active duty military personnel.To examine the effects of massed prolonged exposure therapy (massed therapy), spaced (spaced present-centered (PCT), a minimal-contact control (MCC) on PTSD severity.Randomized clinical trial conducted at Fort Hood, Texas, from January 2011 through July 2016 enrolling 370 personnel with who had returned Iraq, Afghanistan, or both. Final follow-up was 11, 2016.Prolonged...
Determine whether a novel psychosocial treatment for positive affect improves clinical status and reward sensitivity more than form of cognitive behavioral therapy that targets negative improvements in correlate with status.
Background: Exercise interventions repeatedly have been shown to be efficacious for the treatment of depression, and initial studies indicate similar efficacy anxiety conditions. To further study potential beneficial role prescriptive exercise anxiety-related conditions, we examined in reducing fears sensations (anxiety sensitivity). Methods: We randomly assigned 60 participants with elevated levels sensitivity a 2-week intervention, plus cognitive restructuring or waitlist control...
Egotism is defined as the tendency to make attributions that put oneself in best possible light, for example, attribution of good outcomes one's skill rather than luck. An experiment was designed demonstrate egotism. To rule out alternative explanations, compared actors and observers both bad outcomes. Theoretical considerations suggested egotism might be especially likely at conclusion competition. Hence, subjects competed, won, or lost then made their own opponents' Evidence clear. In...
Evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have not been established adolescents despite high prevalence of PTSD in this population.To examine the effects counselor-delivered prolonged exposure therapy compared with supportive counseling PTSD.A single-blind, randomized clinical trial 61 adolescent girls using a permuted block design. Counselors previously naive to provided community mental health clinic. Data collection lasted from February 2006 through March...
Understanding for whom, and under what conditions, treatments exert their greatest effects is essential developing personalized medicine. Research investigating moderators of outcome among evidence-based anxiety disorders lacking. The current study examined several theory-driven atheoretical putative in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) acceptance commitment (ACT).Eighty-seven patients with a Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.; DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric...
A field study was conducted in which fifth-grade students spent three class periods per week for 6 weeks small interdependent learning groups. Each student taught the other members of his or her group a portion (IIn) assignment. These were compared with fifth graders traditional, teacher-taught (control) classrooms. As hypothesized, groups (experimentals) manifested higher self-esteem than controls and liked groupmates more classmates. Further, black Anglo experimentals increased their...
This study was a randomized clinical trial of Project Support, an intervention designed to reduce conduct problems among children exposed intimate partner violence. Participants were 66 families (mothers and children) with at least 1 child exhibiting levels problems. Families recruited from domestic violence shelters. The Support involves (a) teaching mothers management skills (b) providing instrumental emotional support mothers. randomly assigned the condition or existing services...
There are numerous theories of panic disorder, each proposing a unique pathway change leading to treatment success. However, little is known about whether improvements in proposed mediators indeed associated with outcomes and these specific particular modalities. Our purpose this study was analyze pathways theoretically distinct interventions using longitudinal, moderated mediation analyses.
d-Cycloserine does not enhance the effectiveness of CBT for social anxiety disorder but could temporarily accelerate speed treatment response, reducing patient distress and limiting avoidance tendencies patients with disorders during exposure treatments.
Because of its high prevalence and serious consequences for victims, sexual violence is a significant problem on college campuses. Sexual assault prevention programs based the bystander intervention model have been shown to be effective; however, current are limited in terms ease distribution. To address this issue, we developed evaluated "Take Care," an online program. our knowledge, first empirical evaluation program designed prevent violence.Ninety-three participants (80.6% female, 19.4%...
High anxiety sensitivity predicts poor smoking cessation outcomes. Aerobic exercise reduces and aspects of the risk conferred by sensitivity. In current study, we examined whether can aid in adults with high sensitivity.Participants were sedentary low-activity adult daily smokers (n = 136) elevated prescreen Participants received 15 weeks standard treatment (ST; cognitive behavioral therapy plus nicotine replacement therapy). addition, participants simultaneously randomized to either an...