Amy E. Williams

ORCID: 0000-0003-0399-869X
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Research Areas
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Counseling Practices and Supervision
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • linguistics and terminology studies
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Child Therapy and Development
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
2020-2023

Indiana University Health
2023

Indiana University School of Medicine
2020-2021

Riley Hospital for Children
2020-2021

Youngstown State University
2016-2020

Texas State University
2017

William & Mary
2016

Williams (United States)
2016

University of Tulsa
2006-2011

Novem (Netherlands)
2009

Study Objectives: Evidence supports the use of cognitive behavioral therapies for nightmares in trauma-exposed individuals.This randomized clinical trial replicated a study exposure, relaxation, and rescripting therapy (ERRT) extended prior research by including broad measures mental health diffi culties, self-reported physical problems, quality life.Additionally, physiological correlates treatment-related change assessed from script-driven imagery paradigm were examined.Methods: Forty-seven...

10.5664/jcsm.1466 article EN Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2011-12-14

The Emotional Controls of Nociception (ECON) paradigm involves the presentation emotionally-charged pictures during which painful stimuli are delivered. Across several ECON studies, unpleasant enhanced pain and nociception, whereas pleasant inhibited nociception. However, at this time it is unknown whether emotional valence (unpleasant, neutral, pleasant) influences habituation or sensitization responses that occurs within a testing session. Indeed, assumes modulation consistent throughout...

10.1016/j.pain.2009.11.018 article EN Pain 2009-12-23

Abstract Cognitive‐behavioral treatments (CBTs) that target nightmares are efficacious for ameliorating self‐reported sleep problems and psychological distress. However, it is important to determine whether these influence objective markers of nightmare‐related fear, because fear concomitant physiological responses could promote nightmare chronicity disturbance. This randomized, controlled study ( N =40) assessed (skin conductance, heart rate, facial electromyogram) subjective (displeasure,...

10.1002/jclp.20656 article EN Journal of Clinical Psychology 2010-02-01

Background: Meditation is gaining recognition as a tool to impact health and well-being. Samyama an 8-day intensive residential meditation experience conducted by Isha Foundation requiring several months of extensive preparation vegan diet. The effects have not been previously studied. objective was assess physical emotional well-being before after participation evaluating psychological surveys biomarkers. Methods: This observational study 632 adults the retreat. All participants were...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.659667 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-05-19

The authors evaluated an unfolding case‐based approach to a practicum in counseling course infusing crisis, trauma, and disaster preparation for changes students’ crisis self‐efficacy across semester. course, informed by constructivist‐developmental pedagogy centered on the case, resulted significant increases self‐efficacy.

10.1002/ceas.12046 article EN Counselor Education and Supervision 2016-08-31

Script-driven imagery was used to assess nightmare imagery-evoked physiological-emotional reactivity (heart rate, skin conductance, facial electromyogram, subjective ratings) in trauma-exposed persons suffering from chronic nightmares. Goals were determine the efficacy of evoke reactivity, correlates (mental health, characteristics) and consequences (sleep health problems) reactivity. Nightmare resulted significant relative control imagery. No mental variable (posttraumatic stress disorder...

10.1080/15402000802162539 article EN Behavioral Sleep Medicine 2008-07-15

ABSTRACT The federally funded Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) requires seamless federal, state, and local public health coordination to provide antibiotics an entire city population within 48 hours of aerosolized release anthrax. We document practical lessons learned from the development implementation Boston CRI plan. Key themes center on heightened emphasis security, a new mass protection model dispensing, neighborhood-centric clinic site selection, online training Medical Reserve Corps...

10.1097/dmp.0b013e318164f440 article EN Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2008-03-01

The construct of drunkorexia, caloric restriction prior to or during alcohol consumption, was examined in 411 college students who experienced alcohol‐related infractions. Analyses were conducted examine differences demographic prevalence distributions, consequences, and consumption between a subsample participants reported drunkorexia behaviors did not.

10.1002/jocc.12111 article EN Journal of College Counseling 2019-04-01

This study examined couple and family counseling coursework in the Council for Accreditation of Counseling Related Educational Programs (CACREP)–accredited clinical mental health (CMHC) programs scope practice related to based on each state’s licensure regulations counselors (MHCs). Required offered courses couple/family-related content areas 331 CACREP-accredited CMHC were analyzed. In addition, state all 50 states Washington, DC, determine whether MHCs can conduct upon regulations. The...

10.1177/1066480720978536 article EN The Family Journal 2020-12-10

Extant literature has highlighted unique factors contributing to and consequences of problematic alcohol use among female college students underscores the need for interventions attentive these factors. The motivational interviewing with attention self-determination theory may support women in setting personal group goals, exploring possibilities change, validating existence complex social, environmental, interpersonal that impact both motivation change. This article includes complete...

10.1080/15401383.2015.1110509 article EN Journal of Creativity in Mental Health 2016-01-02

In this study, the authors explore beliefs and attitudes regarding what constitutes “excellent supervision” from perspectives of frontline workers supervisors employed by one voluntary services organization in Northern Ireland. Several themes emerged focus group narratives, regardless participants’ agency position, a concept map provides an understanding relationships identified themes. This study reflects important role organizational context culture relation to staff’s ability provide...

10.1080/15555240.2017.1408416 article EN Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health 2017-10-02

10.1016/j.jpain.2006.01.050 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of Pain 2006-04-01
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