A5028586677- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Family Support in Illness
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Problem Solving Skills Development
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Weill Cornell Medicine
2019-2023
Cornell University
2009-2023
Columbia University
2023
Presbyterian Hospital
2021-2023
Seton Hall University
2021
New York Hospital Queens
2021
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
2021
White Plains Hospital
2021
Drexel University
2003-2009
Objective Poststroke depression (PSD) occurs in the context of abrupt, often catastrophic disability that finds patient and his or her family unprepared. We developed Ecosystem Focused Therapy (EFT), a systematic intervention aimed to increase PSD patient's ecosystem's abilities address “psychosocial storm” utilize available treatments effectively efficiently. This is preliminary study its efficacy. Design A total 24 patients were randomly assigned receive weekly sessions EFT comparison...
Purpose: Social disconnection is one of the strongest risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD). Prior correlational studies have found an association between perceived social support and PPD. However, it unclear whether engagement reduces PPD, if so, which activities are most beneficial. We examined a scalable psychotherapy aimed to increase Specifically, we tested were preferred by women, predictive reduction in severity. Methods: Thirty-eight mothers with PPD completed 9 weeks Engage...
Objectives: This study assessed the caregiving activities and training interests of family caregivers medically ill older adults without dementia who receive home health care. Methods: Participants were 101 patients from Training in Assessment Depression (TRIAD) study. Caregivers using a sociodemographic questionnaire measures caregiver tasks interest. Results: Family provided variety their interest was independent current provision tasks. Black expressed greater overall receiving than did...
Late-life depression often occurs in the context of cognitive impairment, medical burden, and disability. For this reason, assessment depressed older adults consists detailed psychiatric history mental status examination focuses on their broader clinical ecosystem. This article outlines procedures principles therapies developed to utilize assets address limitations imposed by problems behavioral consequences.
Objective: This study examined the relationship between caregiver burden and reward how each relates to factors, such as depression, within caregiving dyad. Method: A total of 101 older adults their primary family caregivers were recruited upon enrolling in home health care services. Patients assessed for sociodemographic information, disability, pain, support at baseline 8 weeks. Caregivers burden, reward, tasks they provide. Results: Burden significantly inversely correlated, but...
Although families often play an integral role in palliative care, there are currently few measures to help clinicians gauge families' abilities participate this process. The Checklist of Family Relational Abilities was developed as efficient, clinician-rated method family assessment. Preliminary results suggest that ratings overall functioning and strength attachments were reliable across raters associated with a well-validated self-report measure functioning. However, communication...
One of the perplexing features an infectious disease is damage it causes, not only to physical health, but mental health and social relationships. This tension between separation that required for safety human need contact especially felt by institutions higher education. Many such educate students seek foster kinds communities which have thrived on personal interaction shared space. Different responded COVID-19 its impacts their members differently. Given spring semester will begin months...
Abstract Importance: Postpartum depression (PPD) is common, undertreated, and debilitating for women infants. There an urgent need scalable treatments PPD. Women with PPD experience disruptions in reward-supported behaviors - reduced behavioral activation social reward responsivity. Thus, the system a promising target psychotherapy. Objective: Engage & Connect (E&C) novel neuroscience-informed psychotherapy that increases engagement rewarding experiences to restore reduce We...
Abstract Importance: Postpartum depression (PPD) is common, undertreated, and debilitating for women infants. There an urgent need scalable treatments PPD. Women with PPD experience disruptions in reward-supported behaviors - reduced behavioral activation social reward responsivity. Thus, the system a promising target psychotherapy. Objective: Engage & Connect (E&C) novel neuroscience-informed psychotherapy that increases engagement rewarding experiences to restore reduce We...
Lake, Kati N. MS, MA, MPhil; Wilkins, Victoria M. PhD; Ford, Elizabeth B. MD; Parish, Sharon J. Slattery, Reile Russ, Mark Brody, Benjamin D. MDEditor(s): Roscoe MD, PhD Author Information
Smith et al. present a model that they suggest may clarify aspects of the phylogenetic distribution metacognition, based on observation what call uncertainty monitoring. Although their is supported by data collected using monkeys and dolphins, interpretation nonhuman animal behaviors parallel thought processes in humans be unwarranted. The presented inconsistent with current theories empirical findings comparative metacognition. We three oversights extend our critique to include brief...