Andrea Burns

Research Interests:

Multilevel study of depression, eating disorders, and suicidal behavior, including interpersonal factors, gender differences, cognitive processes, and biological correlates.

Published Journal Articles:

Reitzel, L. R., Burns, A. B., Repper, K. K., Wingate, L. R., & Joiner, T. E., Jr. (in press). The effect of therapist availability on the frequency of patient-initiated between-session contact. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Reardon, M. L., Burns, A. B., Preist, R., Sachs-Ericsson, N., & Lang, A. R. (2003). Alcohol use and other psychiatric disorders in the formerly homeless and never homeless: Prevalence, age of onset, comorbidity, temporal sequencing, and service utilization. Substance Use and Misuse, 38, 601-644.

Joiner, T. E., Jr., Pettit, J. W., Perez, M., Burns, A. B., Gencoz, T., Gencoz, F., & Rudd, M. D. (2001). Can positive emotion influence problem-solving attitudes among suicidal adults?  Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 32, 507-512.

Heatherington, L., Burns, A. B., & Gustafson, T. B. (1998). When another stumbles: Gender and self-presentation to vulnerable others. Sex        Roles, 38, 889-913.

Edited Books:

Cukrowicz, K. C., Burns, A. B., Minnix, J. A., Reitzel, L. R., & Joiner, T. E., Jr. (Eds.) (in preparation). Simple treatment for complex            problems: A patient workbook. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Book Chapters:

Burns, A. B., & White, B. A. (in press).  Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy for anger management.  In K. A. Driscoll, K. C. Cukrowicz, M. L. Reardon, & T. E. Joiner, Jr. (Eds.), Simple treatment for complex problems: A flexible cognitive-behavioral approach to common psychological difficulties and disorders.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Wingate, L. R.,Burns, A. B., Gordon, K., Perez, M., Walker, R., Williams, F. & Joiner, T. (Expected publication, 2004). Is positive             psychology relevant to the understanding and treatment of suicidal behavior? In T.E. Ellis (Ed.) Cognition and Suicide: Theory,             Research, and Practice. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Kiara Cromer

Research Interests

Investigations of depression and anxiety disorders taking into account interpersonal factors, biological correlates, cultural and gender differences, and cognitive processes.

Presentations

LaSalle, V. H., Nelson, K. N., Cromer, K. R., Kazuba, D., Justement, L., Guroff, J., Leong, Y. M., Stayer, C., & Murphy, D. L.  (2003, August).  A Study of Comorbidity in 334 Individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Nelson, K. N., LaSalle, V. H., Cromer, K. R., Stayer, C., & Murphy, D. L., (2003, August).  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Suicide Risk:  An Underestimated Clinical Issue?  Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Holmes, A., Tjurmina, O., Li, Q., Tolliver, T., Huang, S.J., Cromer, K. R., Ren-Patterson, R., Crawley, J.N., & Murphy, D.L. (2002, December).  Adult-onset obesity and neurovegetative abnormalities in serotonin transporter null mutant mice.  Poster session presented at American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Annya Hernandez

Research Interests:

Study of Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders and mediating factors that vary as a function of ethnicity, such as interpersonal functioning, and acculturation.

Journal Articles:

Hernandez, A., Plant, E.A., Sachs-Ericsson, N., and Joiner, T.E. (under review) Mental Health Among Hispanics and Caucasians:  Risk and Protective Factors Contributing to Prevalence Rates of Psychiatric Disorders. 

Driscoll, K.A., Cukrowicz, K.C., Reitzel, L.R., Hernandez, A, Petty, S.C, &  Joiner, T.E. (in press).  The Effect of Trainee Experience in Psychotherapy on Client Treatment Outcome.  Behavior Therapy.

Wingate, L.R., Bobadilla, L., Burns, A.B, Cukrowicz, K., Hernandez, A., Ketterman, R., Minnix, J.A., Petty, S.C., Richey, J., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Stanley, S., Williams, F.M., & Joiner, T.E. (under review).   Suicidality in African American Men: The Roles of Southern Residence, Religiosity, and Social Support.

Perez, M., Hernandez,A., & Joiner, T.E., Jr. (in preparation).  The Relation Between Geographic Location and Bulimic Symptomatology.

Book Chapters:

Kemper, T., Hernandez, A., & Bobadilla,L. (in press).  Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy for Personality Disorder NOS. In K. A.  Driscoll, K. C. Cukrowicz, M. L. Reardon, & T. E. Joiner, Jr.  (Eds.), Simple treatment for complex problems: A flexible cognitive-behavioral approach to common psychological difficulties and disorders.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Hernandez, A. & Brown, J. (in preparation). Step Three. In Cukrowicz, K. C., Burns, A. B., Minnix, J. A., Reitzel, L.R., & Joiner, T. E., Jr. (Eds.) Simple treatment for complex problems: A patient workbook. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

S. Cercy Petty

Research Interests:

Long-term effects of depression on interpersonal functioning and depressive symptom manifestations as they differ across races.

Journal Articles:

Petty, S.C., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Joiner, T.E. (in press) Interpersonal Functioning Deficits:  Temporary or Stable Characteristics of Depressed Individuals?  Journal of Affective Disorders.

Driscoll, K.A., Cukrowicz, K.C., Reitzel, L.R., Hernandez, A, Petty, S.C, &  Joiner, T.E. (in press).  The effect of trainee experience in psychotherapy on client treatment outcome.  Behavior Therapy.

Book Chapters:

Lyons-Reardon, M. & Petty, S.C.(in press).  The therapeutic use of structure: An effective, time-limited, cognitive behavioral approach for a schizotypal patient with a twenty-year treatment history.  In Driscoll, Cukrowicz, Lyons-Reardon, & Joiner, (Eds), Simple treatment for complex problems: A flexible cognitive-behavioral approach to common psychological difficulties and disorders.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.