Publications

Selected publications by TAP clinicians. Please contact us if you are interested in more information about any of the specific papers listed below.

DBT

Ritschel, L.A., Guy, L., & Maddox, B.B. (2021). A pilot study of Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training for autistic adults. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465821000370

Lothes, J.E., McCool, M.W., Mochrie, K.D., Guender, E., St. John, J. (2021). Applying Adherent DBT Principles to Treatment in a Partial Hospital Setting: An Analysis Over 5-years of Outcomes from Intake to Discharge. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23188

Harned, M.S., Ritschel, L.A., & Schmidt, S.C. (2021). Effects of workshop training in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure Protocol on clinician beliefs, adoption, and clinical outcomes. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(2), 427-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22622

Mochrie, K.D., Lothes, J., Guendner, E., & St. John, J. (2020). DBT-informed treatment in a partial hospital and intensive outpatient program: The role of step-down care. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 23(2), 111- 122. doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2020.461

Mochrie, K.D., Lothes, J., Quickel, J.W., E., St. John, J., & Carter, C. (2019) From the hospital to the clinic: The impact of mindfulness in a DBT-informed partial hospital program. Journal of Clinical Psychology; 1-10. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22774

Lothes, J., Mochrie, K., Wilson, M., & Hakan, R. (2019). The effect of DBT-Informed mindfulness skills (WHAT and HOW Skills) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction practices on test anxiety in college students: A mixed design study. Current Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00207-y

Lothes, J., Mochrie, K., & Jones, C. (2017). The "What" and "Hows" of mindfulness: Using DBT's mindfulness skills to reduce test anxiety. Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal 1(2), 10-20. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/bhac.v1i2.6029

Lothes, J. E., Mochrie, K.D., Quickel, E.J.W., & St. John, J. (2016). Evaluation of a Dialectical Behavior Therapy-informed partial hospital program: Outcome data and exploratory analyses. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome. 19(2), 150-156. doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2016.219

Ritschel, L.A., Lim, N.L., & Stewart, L.S. (2015). Transdiagnostic applications of DBT for adolescents and adults. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 69(2) 111-128. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2015.69.2.111

Lothes J.E., Mochrie K. D., & St. John, J. (2014). The effects of a DBT-Informed partial hospital program on depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and degree of suffering. Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy 4:144. doi: 10.4172/2161-0487.1000144

Rizvi, S.L. & Ritschel, L.A. (2014). Mastering the art of the behavioral chain analyses. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 21, 335-349. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.09.002

Ritschel, L.A., Miller, A.L., & Taylor, V. (2013). Dialectical behavior therapy for emotion dysregulation. In J. Ehrenreich-May & B. Chu (Eds.), Transdiagnostic Mechanisms and Treatment for Youth Psychopathology, pp. 203-232. New York: Guilford.

Ritschel, L.A., Cheavens, J.S., & Nelson, J. (2012). Dialectical behavior therapy in an intensive outpatient program with a mixed-diagnostic sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology 68(3), 221-235. doi:10.1002/jclp.20863

Stress & Trauma

Sheppard, C. S., Giletta, M., & Prinstein, M. J. (2019). Peer victimization trajectories at the adolescent transition: Associations among chronic victimization, peer-reported status, and adjustment. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 48, 218-227.

doi: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1261713

Cooley, J.L., Ritschel, L.A., Frazer, A.L., & Blossom, J.B. (2019). The influence of internalizing symptoms and emotion dysregulation on the association between community violence exposure and aggression among urban adolescents. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 15, 1-11.

Corson, A., Loveless, J., Mochrie, K., Whited, M. (2018). Perfectionism in Relation to Stress and Cardiovascular Disease among Gifted Individuals and the Need for Affective Interventions. Roeper Review 40(1). doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2017.1393711

Neigh, G.N., Ritschel, L.A., Kilpela, L.S., Harrell, C.S., & Bourke, C.H. (2013). Translational reciprocity: Bridging the gap between preclinical studies and clinical treatment of stress effects on the adolescent brain. Neuroscience, 249, 139-153. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.075

Neigh, G.N., Ritschel, L.A., & Nemeroff, C.B. (2010). Biological consequences and transgenerational impact of violence and abuse. Psychiatric Times, 27(11).

Other

Evidence-Based Treatments

McCallum, M., Ho, A.S., Mitchell, E.S., May, C.N., Behr, H., Ritschel, L.A., Mochrie, K., & Michaelides, A. (in press). Noom Mood: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a CBT-based mobile mental well-being program. JMIR Formative Research.

Georgeson, A., Highlander, A., Loiselle, R., Zachary, C., Jones, D.J. (2020). Engagement in Technology-Enhanced Interventions for Children and Adolescents: Current Status and Recommendations for Moving Forward. Clinical Psychology Review, 101858. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101858

Zachary, C., Jones, D.J. (2019). The Role of Irritability in the Treatment of Behavior Disorders: A Review of Theory, Research, and a Proposed Framework. Journal of Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10567-018-00272-y

McKee, L., Parent, J., Zachary, C., Forehand, R. (2018). Mindful Parenting and Emotion Socialization Practices: Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations. Family Process, 57(3): 752-766. doi: 10.1111/famp.12329

Zachary, C., Jones, D.J., Baucom, D., McKee, L., Forehand, R. (2017). The Role of Emotion Regulation and Socialization in Behavioral Parent Training: A Pilot Study. Behavior Modification. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/0145445517735492

Jacob, M., Keeley, M.L., Ritschel, L.A., & Craighead, W.E. (2013). Behavioural activation in the treatment of African American adolescents with major depressive disorder: A case series. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 20, 87-96. doi: 10.1002/cpp.774

Ritschel, L.A., Ramirez, C.L., Jones, M., & Craighead, W.E. (2011). Behavioral Activation for depressed teens: Results of a pilot study. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18, 281-299. doi:10.1016/j.cbpra.2010.07.002

Emotion Regulation

Ritschel, L.A. & Ramirez, C.L. (2015). Emotion regulation: Staying in control. In S. Lynn, B. O’Donohue, & S. Lilienfeld (Eds.), Better, Stronger, Wiser: Psychological Science and Well-Being. New York: Sage.

Merwin, R.M., Moskovich, A.A., Wagner, R., Ritschel, L.A., Craighead, L.W., & Zucker, N.L. (2013). Emotion regulation difficulties in anorexia nervosa: Relationship to self-perceived sensory sensitivity. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 441-452. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2012.719003

Muralidharan A., Yoo, D., Ritschel L.A., Simeonova D.I., & Craighead, W.E. (2010). Development of emotion regulation in children of bipolar parents: Putative contributions of socioemotional and familial risk factors. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 17, 169–186. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2850.2010.01209.x

Substance Use

Mochrie, K.D., (2020). Older Adult Alcohol Use in Relation to Cognition: An Exploratory Analysis. Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine. DOI: 10.1097/CXA.0000000000000096

Mochrie, K.D., Ellis, J., Whited, M. (2019). Does it Matter What We Drink?: Beverage Type Preference Predicts Specific Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences in a College Student Sample. Journal of Substance Use and Misuse. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1549082

Mochrie, K.D., Whited, M., Cellucci, T., Freeman, T., Corson, A. (2018). ADHD, Depression, and Substance Abuse Risk among Beginning College Students. Journal of American College Health. https://doi-org.jproxy.lib.ecu.edu/10.1080/07448481.2018.1515754

Konecky, B., Cellucci, T., Mochrie, K. (2016). Predictors of Program Failure in a Juvenile Drug Court Program. Addictive Behaviors. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.025

Sheppard, C. S., Golonka, M., & Costanzo, P. R. (2012). Evaluating the impact of a substance use intervention program on the peer status and influence of adolescent peer leaders. Prevention Science, 13, 75-85. doi: 10.1007/s11121-011-0248-z

Jones, D.J., Loiselle, R., Zachary, C., Georgeson, A., Highlander, A., Turner, P., Youngstrom, J., Khavjou, O., Anton, M., Gonzalez, M., Bresland, N., Forehand, R. (2021). Optimizing Engagement in Behavioral Parent Training: Progress Toward a Technology-Enhanced Treatment Model. Behavior Therapy, 52(2): 508-521. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2020.07.001

Behavioral

Parent

Training

Leadership,

Hope, &

Resilience

Ricker, B. T., Cooley, J. L., Sanchez, C. R., Gunder, E. M., Dooley, J., Chilton, M., & Ritschel, L. A. (in press). Prospective associations between peer victimization and internalizing symptoms in adolescence: The protective role of hope. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

Peairs, K. F., Sheppard, C. S., Putallaz, M., & Costanzo P. R., (2019). Leader of the pack: Academic giftedness and leadership in early adolescence. Journal of Advanced Academics, 30, 416-440. doi:10.1177/1932202X19847667.

Gallagher, M.W., Cheavens, J.S., Edwards, L.M., Feldman, D.B., Gum, A.M., Marques, S.C., Rand, K.L., Ritschel, L.A., Pedrotti, J.T., & Shorey, H.S. (2017). Future directions in the science of hope. In S. Lopez and M. Gallagher (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Hope. New York: Oxford University Press.

Ritschel, L. A. & Sheppard, C. S. (2017). Hope and depression. In S. Lopez and M. Gallagher (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Hope. New York: Oxford University Press.

Cheavens, J.S. & Ritschel, L.A. (2014). Hope. In M. Tugade, M. Shiota, & L. Kirby (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Emotions. New York: Guilford.

Snyder, C.R., Ritschel, L.A., Rand, K.L., & Berg, C. (2006). Balancing psychological assessments: Including strengths and hope in client reports. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(1), 33-46. 10.1002/jclp.20198

Snyder, C.R., Rand, K.L., & Ritschel, L.A. (2006). Hope over time. In L. Sanna & E. Chang (Eds.), Judgments over time: The interplay of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. New York: Oxford University Press.

The

Unified

Protocol

Cassiello-Robbins, C., Rosenthal, M. Z., & Ammirati, R. (2021). Delivering transdiagnostic treatment over telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Application of the Unified Protocol. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 28(4), 555–572.

Cassiello-Robbins, C., Southward, M. W., Wilner Tirpak, J., & Sauer-Zavala, S. (2020). A systematic review of Unified Protocol applications: Facilitating widespread dissemination via adaptability. Clinical Psychology Review, 78. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101852

Cassiello-Robbins, C., Sauer-Zavala, S., Brody, L. R., & Barlow, D. H. (2020). Exploring the effects of the mindfulness and behavior change modules from the Unified Protocol on dysregulated anger in the context of emotional disorders. Behavior Therapy, 51(6), 933-945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.12.007

Cassiello-Robbins, C., Sauer-Zavala, S., Wilner, J. G., Bentley, K. H., Conklin, L. R., Farchione, T. J., & Barlow, D. H. (2018). The effects of transdiagnostic versus single diagnosis protocols on anger during the treatment of anxiety disorders. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 206(7), 549-554. doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000000834

Barlow, D. H., Farchione, T. J., Bullis, J. R., Gallagher, M. W., Murray-Latin, H., Sauer-Zavala, S. E., … & Cassiello-Robbins, C. (2017). The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders compared with diagnosis-specific protocols for anxiety disorders: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(9), 875-884. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.2164

Sauer-Zavala, S., Cassiello-Robbins, C., Conklin, L. R., Bullis, J. R., Thompson-Hollands, J., & Kennedy, K. A. (2017). Isolating the unique effects of the Unified Protocol treatment modules using single case experimental design. Behavior Modification, 41(2), 286-307. doi:10.1177/0145445516673827

And More...

Cassiello-Robbins, C., Dietch, J. R., Mochrie, K., Elbogen, E., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2022). When does modifying the protocol go too far? Considerations for implementing evidence-based treatment in practice. American Psychologist.