A5028756111- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Sleep and related disorders
- Mind wandering and attention
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
Baruch College
2016-2022
City University of New York
2015-2019
Brown University
2010-2016
Butler Hospital
2010-2016
Providence College
2012-2016
Providence VA Medical Center
2014
Miriam Hospital
2013
John Brown University
2011
Blackstone (United States)
2010
Pennsylvania State University
2005-2008
Article Abstract Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous and disabling condition; however, no studies have examined symptom categories or subtypes as predictors of long-term clinical course in adults with primary OCD. Method: A total 213 DSM-IV OCD were recruited from several mental health treatment sites between July 2001 February 2006 part the Brown Longitudinal Obsessive Compulsive Study, prospective, naturalistic study treatment-seeking symptoms assessed...
Research has suggested that African American and Latinx adults may develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at higher rates than White adults, the clinical course of PTSD in these minority groups is poor. Factors contribute to prevalence poorer outcome are sociocultural factors racial stressors, such as experiences with discrimination. To date, however, no research explored relationship between discrimination risk for PTSD, very little examined illness samples. The present study...
The study objective was to apply machine learning methodologies identify predictors of remission in a longitudinal sample 296 adults with primary diagnosis obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Random Forests is an ensemble algorithm that has been successfully applied large-scale data analysis across vast biomedical disciplines, though rarely psychiatric research or for application data. When provided 795 raw and composite scores primarily from baseline measures, Forest regression prediction...
A few patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remain severely impaired despite exhausting best-practice treatments. For them, neurosurgery (stereotactic ablation or deep brain stimulation) might be considered. The authors investigated the proportion of treatment-seeking OCD patients, in a naturalistic clinical sample, who met contemporary selection criteria. Using comprehensive baseline data on diagnosis, severity, and treatment history for adult from NIMH-supported Brown...
Due to the numerous conceptual, methodological, and ethical problems that are associated with placebo conditions in psychotherapy research, their use should be abandoned, more powerful therapy outcome designs (dismantling, additive, parametric, catalytic) can contribute basic knowledge through ability isolate specific cause-and-effect relationships recommended. On other hand, if indeed effect is a reliable phenomenon, it would wise pursue its causal mechanisms, some research strategies for...
"Imagery and the Threatened Self: Perspectives on Mental Imagery Self in Cognitive Therapy." Behaviour Therapy, 39(2), p. 159
Anxiety disorders are the most common group of psychiatric in adults. In addition to high prevalence, anxiety associated with significant functional impairment, and published research has consistently found them have a chronic course. To date, very little explored clinical characteristics prospective course racial ethnic minority samples. The aims this article present demographic at intake 2-year findings sample African American Data presented from 152 Americans diagnosed generalized...
Background: Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and debilitating anxiety associated with significant impairment in quality of life functioning. Research examining the differences clinical correlates treatment response different obsessions OCD has yielded important findings underscoring heterogeneous nature this disorder. To date, most research focused on primary obsessions, little attention been paid to utility studying how compulsive symptoms affect course. Virtually no...
Article Abstract Objective: Few data are available to inform clinical expectations about course and prognosis of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Such information is necessary guide clinicians criteria for invasive interventions intractable OCD. This study sought examine prospective predictors a chronic in patients with OCD over 5 years. Method: A selected subset adults the Brown Longitudinal Obsessive-Compulsive Study (BLOCS) was included. Adult BLOCS participants were enrolled...
Objective-It is imperative to study the clinical course of anxiety disorders among Latinos, given implications for culturally-sensitive treatment in this population.The current first prospective, observational, longitudinal Latinos.Method-Data are reported on 139 adult Latinos (mean age 34.65, SD =10.98, 70.5% female) diagnosed with social disorder (SAD, n = 86), generalized (GAD, 90) or panic agoraphobia (PDA, 62).The participants were interviewed standardized interviews at intake and...