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PUBLICATIONS

 

Wong EC, Chung B, Stover G, Stockdale S, Jones F, Litt P, Klap RS, Patel K, Wells KB. Addressing unmet mental health and substance abuse needs: a partnered planning effort between grassroots community agencies, faith-based organizations, service providers, and academic institutions. Ethn Dis. 2011 Summer;21(3 Suppl 1):S1-107-13.

 

Chung B, Wong E, Litt P, Reverend Ronald Wright, Hill DA, Jones F, Corbin D, Gray R, Patel K, Wells KB. Project overview of the Restoration Center Los Angeles: steps to wholeness – - mind, body, spirit. Ethn Dis. 2011 Summer;21(3 Suppl 1):S1-100-6.

 

Mendel P, Ngo VK, Chung B, Dixon E, Jones A, Jones F, Khodykov D, Masongsong Z, Stockdale S, Wells K. Use of a Community Engagement Conference to Initiate a Community-Partnered, Randomized Trial for Depression Care Improvement in Underserved Communities, Ethn Dis. 2011 Summer;21(3 Suppl 1):S1-78-88.

 

Ringman JM, Gylys KH, Medina LD, Fox M, Kepe V, Flores DL et al. Biochemical, neuropathological, andneuroimagingcharacteristicsofearly-onsetAlzheimer‘sdiseaseduetoanovelPSEN1 mutation. Neurosci Lett. 10;487(3):287-92. 2011.

 

Brensilver M, Heinzerling K, Swanson A-N, Telesca D, Furst BA, Shoptaw S.

Cigarette smoking as a target for potentiating outcomes for methamphetamine abuse treatment, Drug Alcohol Rev. 2012 Mar 4. doi: 10.1111/j. 1465-3362.2012.00423.x. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Anderson, B.T, Labate, B.C, Meyer, M, Tupper, K.W, Barbosa, P.C.R, Grob, C.S., Dawson, A. and McKenna, D.J.  Statement on ayahuasca.  International Journal of Drug Policy 23:173-175, 2012.

 

Grob, C.S. and Dobkin de Rios, M.  Hallucinogens and related compounds:  in R. Rosner (Ed.), Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction.  New York, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 213- 223, 2012.

 

Grob, C.S., Bossis, A.P. and Griffiths, R.R.  Use of the classic hallucinogen psilocybin for treatment of existential distress associated with cancer:  in B. Carr and J. Steel (Eds.), Psychological Aspects of Cancer.  New York, Springer, In Press, 2012

 

Grob, C.S, Danforth, A.L, Chopra, G.S, Hagerty, M, McKay, C.R, Halberstadt, A.L. and Greer, G.R.:  Pilot study of psilocybin treatment for anxiety in patients with advanced-stage cancer.  Archives of General Psychiatry 68:71-78, 2011.

 

Grosjean B:  Book Review, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America, Psychiatric Services, 2011

 

Grosjean B:  Differentiating Borderline Personality Disorder from Bipolar Disorder. The Carlat Report Psychiatry, March 2012.

 

Grosjean B:  “La régulation des émotions chez les troubles de la personnalité limites (Emotion regulation in borderline personality disorder) (in French) in: Traité de la régulation émotionnelle (Textbook of Emotion Regulation). De Boeck Ed. Brussels. Belgium, 2012

 

Schettino JR, Olmos NT, Myers HF, Joseph NT, Poland RE, Lesser IM:  Religiosity and treatment response to antidepressant medication:  a prospective multi-site clinical trial.  Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 14:805-811, 2011

 

Rush AJ, Trivedi MH, Stewart JW, Nierenberg AA, Fava M, Kurian BT, Warden D, Morris DW, Luther JF, Husain MM, Cook IA, Shelton RC, Lesser IM, Kornstein SG, Wisniewski SR:  Combining medications to enhance depression outcomes (CO-MED):  Acute and long-term outcomes: A single-blind randomized study.  Am J Psychiatry, 168:689-701, 2011

 

Joseph NT, Myers HF, Schettino JR, Olmos NT, Bingham-Mira C, Lesser IM, Poland RE:  Support and undermining in interpersonal relationships are associated with treatment response to a trial of antidepressant medication.  Psychiatry, 74:240-254, 2011

 

Lesser IM, Zisook S, Gaynes B, Wisniewski SR, Luther JF, Fava M, Khan A, McGrath P, Warden D, Rush AJ, Trivedi M:  The effects of race and ethnicity on depression treatment outcomes:  the Combining Medications to Enhance Depression Outcomes (CO-MED) Trial:  Psych Serv, 62:1167-1179, 2011

 

Bobo WV, Chen H, Trivedi MH, Stewart JW, Nierenberg AA, Fava M, Kurian BT, Warden D, Morris DW, Luther JF, Husain MM, Cook IA, Lesser IM, Kornstein SG, Wisniewski SR, Rush AJ, Shelton RC:  Randomized comparison of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (escitalopram) monotherapy and antidepressant combination pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder with melancholic features: a CO-MED report.  J Aff Disord, 133:467-476, 2011

 

Zisook S, Lesser IM, Lebowitz B, Rush AJ, Kallenberg G, Wisniewski SR, Nierenberg AA, Fava M, Luther JF, Morris DW, Trivedi MH:  The effect of antidepressant medication treatment on suicidal ideation and behavior: an exploratory CO-MED report.  J Clin Psychiatry, 72:1322-1332, 2011

 

Gara MA, Vega WA, Arndt S, Escamilla M, Fleck DE, Lawson WB, Lesser I, Neighbors HW, Wilson DR, Strakowski SM: The influence of patient race and ethnicity on clinical assessment in patients with affective disorders.  Arch Gen Psychiatry, 69:593-600, 2012

 

Makhinson M: Biases in the evaluation of psychiatric clinical evidence, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 200: 76-82, 2012.

 

Makhinson M, Furst BA, Shuff MK, Kwon GE:  Successful treatment of co-occurring catatonia and obsessive-compulsive disorder with concurrent electroconvulsive therapy and benzodiazepine administration, Journal of ECT, in press.

 

Makhinson, M, Tsuang, J.W. Book Reviews: Psychotherapeutic Approaches to  Schizophrenic Psychoses: Past, Present, and Future, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 72:4, 2011

 

Klepac, R. K.,  Ronan, G. F., Andrasik, F.,  Arnold, K., Belar, C., Berry, S., Christoff, K., Craighead, L. W., Dougher, M. J., Dowd, E. T., Herbert, J., McFarr, L., Rizvi, S., Sauer, E. M. & Strauman, T. J. (in press). Guidelines for Cognitive Behavioral Training within Doctoral Psychology Programs in the United States of America: Report of The Inter-Organizational Task Force on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology Doctoral Education. Behavior Therapy.

 

Feroze, U., Noori, N., Kovesdy, C. P., Molnar, M. Z., Martin, D. J., Reina-Patton, A., Benner, D., Bross, R., Norris, K. C., Kopple, J. D., Kalanta-Zadeh, K.  (2011).  Quality-of-life and mortality in hemodialysis patients: roles of race and nutritional status.  Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 6, 1100-1111.

 

Martin, D. J. & Reina-Patton, A. (in press).  Ethics in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.  In Bucky, SF (Ed.), Ethical and legal issues for mental health professionals: A comprehensive handbook of principles and standards. Haworth Press, New York.

 

Sessions S:  2012.  Financing State and Local Public Health Departments:  A Problem of Chronic Illness.  Institute of Medicine (IOM), For the Public’s Health:  Investing in a Healthier Future.  Appendix D.  Washington, D.C.:  The National Academies Press.

 

Sessions S, Detsky A, 2012.  The Severability of the Individual Mandate.  New England Journal of Medicine.  366:e19.  http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp1201951.

 

Sessions S, 2011.  Book Review:  The Hippocratic Myth:  Why Doctors Are Under Pressure to Ration Care, Practice Politics, and Compromise Their Promise to Heal, by M. Gregg Bloche.  Journal of the American Medical Association.   306:  883-884.

 

Sessions S, 2011.  Book Review:  Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine:  The United States, France, and Japan, by Mark A. Rodwin.  Journal of the American Medical Association.  305:  2231-2232.  

 

Sessions S, 2011.  Book Review:  “Public Health Law and Ethics”, by Lawrence O. Gostin.  Journal of the American Medical Association.  305:  509-510. 

 

Sessions S, 2011.  Book Review: Law in the Laboratory:  A Guide to the Ethics of Federally Funded Science Research, by Robert P. Charrow.  Journal of the American Medical Association.  304: 2749-2750.

 

Tangeman, K. & Shelby, J.S. (2011). Intervention applications for self-injurious behavior following sexual abuse. In P. Goodyear-Brown (Ed.). Handbook of play therapy for sexual abuse. NY: Wiley & Sons.

 

Shelby, J.S. & Campos, K.B. (2011). Cognitive behavioral play therapy for traumatized children: Evidence, ideology, and practice In A.A. Drewes, C.S. Schaefer, and S. Bratton (Eds.). Integrative play therapy. NY: Wiley & Sons.

 

Wu PL, Tang HS, Lane HY, Tsai GE: Sarcosine therapy in obsessive compulsive disorder: a prospective open-label study. J Clin Psychopharm, 2011;31:369-374.

 

Lin C-H, Lane H-Y, Tsai G: Glutamate signaling in the pathophysiology and therapy of schizophrenia. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior. 2012;100:665-677.

 

Lai CH, Lane HY, Tsai GE:  Clinical and Cerebral Volumetric Effects of Sodium Benzoate, a d-Amino Acid Oxidase Inhibitor, in a Drug-Naïve Patient with Major Depression. Biol Psychiatry. 2012;71:e9-e10. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

 

Lin C-H, Huang K-H, Chang Y-C, Huang Y-C, Hsu W-C, Lin C-Y, Chou FHC, Tsai GE, Lane H-Y: Clozapine Protects Bone Mineral Density in Female Patients with Schizophrenia. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 2010;13:451-60.

 

Lin M-T, Huang K-H, Hung C-L, Huang Y-H, Tsai GE, Lane H-Y: MET and AKT genetic influence on facial emotion perception. PLoS ONE, Accepted.

 

Lin C-H, Huang K-H, Chang Y-C, Tsai GE, Lane H-Y: Genetic Variations and Synergistic Effects of COMT and TPH2 on Social Cognition in Healthy Individuals. Psychiatry, Accepted.

 

Chang T, Lane HY, Tsai GE: N-methyl-D-Aspartate enhancing agents: a new class of novel antipsychotic drugs. In: Antipsychotic Drugs: Pharmacology, Side Effects and Abuse Prevention. Nova Science Publishers, NY, 2011.

 

Chang T, Lane HY, Tsai GE:  Glutamate and schizophrenia. In: Glutamate: Functions, Regulation and Disorders. Nova Science Publishers, NY, 2011.

 

Lane HY, Tsai GE, Lin E: Assessing Gene-Gene Interactions in Pharmacogenomics. Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy. 2012;16:15-27.

 

Lane H-Y, Tsai GE, Lin G: Research Highlights: Highlights from the latest articles in antidepressant genetics. Rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine on circadian gene expression. Antidepressant escitalopram and epigenetic alterations of P11 gene expression. Personalized Medicine, 2012;9:15-16.

 

Tsuang J, McKenna K:  “Stimulants” in Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction, Richard Rosner, Editor, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. in press

 

Parhami I, Hyman M, Siani A, Lin S, Collard M, Garcia J, Casaus L, Tsuang J, Fong TW : Screening For Addictive Disorders Within Workers’ Compensation Clinic, An Exploratory Study, Substance Use and Misuse, In Press,

 

Thames, A. D., Foley, J. M., Wright, M. J., Panos, S. E., Ettenhofer, M., Ramezani, A., Patel, Streiff, V., El-Saden, S., Goodwin, S., Bookheimer, S. Y., & Hinkin, C. H. (in press).  Basal ganglia differentially contribute to verbal fluency among HIV-infected adults. Neuropsychologia.

 

Siders, C., Cottingham, M. E., Woo, E., & Wright, M. J. (in press).  Medication adherence and neuropsychological function. In A. Steiner,C. A. Noggle, & R. S. Dean (Eds.). Neuropsychology of Psychopharmacology. New York, NY, US Springer.

 

Wright, M. J., Bachman, P., & Woo, E. (In Press). Working memory in the service of verbal episodic encoding: A cognitive neuropsychological perspective. In E. S. Levin (Ed.).  Working Memory: Capacity, Developments and Improvement Techniques.  Hauppauge, NY, Nova Publishers.

 

Wright, M. J., Woo, E., Foley, J., Ettenhofer, M. L., Cottingham, M. E., Gooding, A. L., Jang, J., Kim, M. S., Castellon, S. A., Miller, E. N., & Hinkin, C. H. (2011).  Antiretroviral adherence and the nature of HIV-associated verbal memory impairment. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 23, 324-331.

 

Wright, M. J., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). The impact of verbal memory encoding and consolidation deficits during recovery from moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 26,182-191.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Chung B: How Can Communities Beat Depression? The Evolution of a Community-Partnered Participatory Learning Collaborative, 2011 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Meeting, November, 11, 2011, Crystal City, Virginia

 

Chung B: Community Engagement and Improving Outcomes for Pre-term Delivery, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, February 2012

 

Chung B: Improving Capacity for Depression Care in LA: Training Participation in Community Partners in Care, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series, Department of Internal Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, March 16, 2012

 

Chung B: Improving Capacity for Depression Care in LA: Training Participation in Community Partners in Care, General Internal Medicine-Health Services Research Seminar, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, March 16, 2012

 

Chung B: What is Community-Partnered Participatory Research, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community Engagement and Research Seminar Series, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, June 8, 2012

 

Chung B:  Improving Capacity for Depression Care in LA: Training Participation in Community Partners in Care, General Internal Medicine-Health Services Research Seminar, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, March 16, 2012

 

Chung B:  What is Community-Partnered Participatory Research, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community Engagement and Research Seminar Series, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, June 8, 2012

 

Chung B: Community Engagement and Improving Mental Health Disparities, Grand Rounds, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Florida State University School of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, Thursday, February 16, 2012

 

Combs-Ronto, L. A. (2011, December). Integrated Treatment for Complex Trauma and Its Implications for Current Evidence-Based Practice (Panel discussant on child forensic interviewing). Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health-sponsored training, The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA.

 

Combs-Ronto, L. A. (Chair) (2011, September).  Forensic interviewing of child victims: Is the one-time interview enough? & Denial or dissociation? How to assess and treat youth with dissociation. Workshop conducted at the 16^th International Conference of the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego, CA.

 

Maltby, L. E., & Combs-Ronto, L. A. (2011, March). Blending play therapy and  evidence-based treatment for childhood trauma and depression. Workshop conducted at the California Association for Play Therapy Southern California Regional Play Therapy Conference, Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

 

Combs-Ronto, L. A. Sprenger, K. (Producer). (2012, February 2). AirTalk with Larry Mantle [Radio Broadcast on KPCC NPR]. Invited subject matter expert on child forensic interview protocols and dynamics of child sexual abuse. Los Angeles, CA.  Available at: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2012/02/02/22375/questions-lurk-around-accused-la-teacher

 

Combs-Ronto, L. A. Sprenger, K. (Producer). (2012, February 21). AirTalk with Larry Mantle [Radio Broadcast on KPCC NPR]. Invited subject matter expert on dynamics of child sexual abuse. Los Angeles, CA.  Available at: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2012/02/21/22609/teacher-abuse

 

Grob CS:  “The Use of Psilocybin in Psychiatry: An Experimental Model in Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients”, Southern California Psychiatric Society Psychopharmacology Update, Los Angeles, CA, January 29, 2011

 

Grob CS:  “Study of Psilocybin Treatment of Anxiety in Patients with Advanced-Stage Cancer”, Johns Hopkins University Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Baltimore, Maryland, March 3, 2011.

 

Grob CS: “Existential Anxiety and Advanced-Stage Cancer: Application of a Hallucinogen Treatment Model”, Department of Oncology Grand Rounds, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, March 4, 2011.

 

Grob CS: “Medical Marijuana: Implications to Youth and Society”, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Torrance, CA, May 5, 2011.

 

Grob CS: “The Use of the Psilocybin Treatment Model at the End of Life”, West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Brentwood, CA, September 22, 2011.

 

Grob CS: “Recent Advances in Hallucinogen Research”, Drug Policy Alliance, Los Angeles, CA, November 4, 2011.

 

Grosjean B:  “Dual challenge in the field: how to identify and treat patients with comorbid diagnoses of bipolar and borderline personality disorders” APA Honolulu, May 2011.

 

Grosjean B:  “There is no such thing as a “med check”: Defining what happens in med services visits.  A perspective from California.” APA Psychiatric Services Meeting San Francisco, October 2011

 

Grosjean B:  “The med check visit’:  is psychiatry becoming an endangered species?” Harbor UCLA Grand Rounds, March 2012

 

Grosjean B:  “There Is No Such Thing as a “Med Check” From California: Challenges and Paradoxes” APA Annual meeting Philadelphia, May 2012.

 

Lesser IM: Grand Rounds, Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, CA, Depression/Suicide/Wellness in Physicians and Other Mental Health Clinicians”, September 2011

 

Lesser IM: National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), South Bay Chapter, Torrance, CA, “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder”, September 2011

 

Lesser IM: Continuing Education Conference, Torrance Memorial Hospital, Torrance, CA, “Depression, Suicide and Well Being in Physicians”, October 2011

 

Lesser IM: Asian American Mental Health Training Conference, Alhambra, CA, “Helping Asian-American Clients by Helping Ourselves: Clinician Stress and its Impact Upon Treatment”, October 2011

 

Lesser IM: UCLA 16^th Annual Review of Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology Update, Los Angeles, CA, “Advanced Therapies for Treatment-Resistant Depression”, November 2011

 

Lesser IM: Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA/San Fernando Valley Training Program, Sepulveda, CA, “Treatment Resistant Depression”, January 2012

 

Lesser IM: Promoting Wellness:  Beating Depression in our Community, Los Angeles, CA, Welcoming Address, May 2012

 

Martin D: Frequency and Determinants of Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease.  Presented as part of the 6-hour 4th Annual World Kidney Day Symposium:  Management of the Patient with CKD.  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, March 12, 2011.

 

Martin D, Shafranske E, T. Anderson T, Schaeffer M, Hindman D, DeMayo R, moderator: Training and Supervision Challenges:  Clinical and Ethical Dilemmas in the 21st Century.  2-Hour Session, California Psychological Association Annual Convention, Mission Bay, CA, April 9, 2011.

 

Martin D: Working with Transgender and Gender-Variant Individuals.  Roundtable Discussion with Wallace Wong & Monica Dremann, California Psychological Association, April 8, 2011.

 

Martin D: Integrated Treatment for Complex Trauma and its Implications for Current Evidence Based Practice.  Facilitated for Cheryl Lanktree.  Los Angeles County Psychological Services Development Committee, December 9, 2011.

 

Martin D, Reina-Patton A, Ginne M & Ritz M:  Health Psychology:  Psychological Consultation in Behavioral Medicine/Integrated Care Settings.  4-hour institute with California Psychological Association, April 19, 2012.

 

Bonfil AD, McFarr LM, Raposa E, Henriquez S, Barr NU, Higier RG, Gaona L, & Hamilton HK. (2012, November-submitted). Employment outcomes after DBT: Is DBT effective in getting people back to work? Poster to be presented at the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (ISITDBT) Annual Convention, Washington DC.

 

Bonfil AD, McFarr LM, Raposa E, Henriquez S, Barr N, Higier RG, Gaona L, & Hamilton HK. (2012, November-submitted). Effectiveness of second-year standard DBT: Are there significant gains in treatment outcomes beyond the first year? Poster to be presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Convention, Washington DC.

 

Dicterow, W., Gaona, L., Sears, M., & McFarr, L. (2012, November-submitted). Identifying Therapist Therapy Interfering Behaviors Not Accounted For By The TIB-T: A Needs Assessment For Harbor UCLA’s Adult Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program. Poster to be presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Convention, Washington DC.

 

Benson, L,  Gaona, L, Barr, N, Jackson, L & McFarr, L (2012, June) Self-Harm as a Predictor of Therapy-Interfering Behavior in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Poster to be presented at the International Society for the Study of Self Injury Annual Convention. Raleigh, NC

 

Hamilton, H, Ofek, A, Raposa, E, Sears, M & McFarr, L (2012, November-submitted) The effectiveness of an outpatient, group-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for psychosis. Poster to be presented at the Association for  Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Convention, Washington DC.

 

Klepac, R. K.,  Ronan, G. F., Andrasik, F., Belar, C., Craighead, L. W., Herbert, J., Strauman, T. J., Arnold  K., Berry, S., Christoff, K., Dougher, M. J., Dowd, E. T., McFarr, L., Rizvi, S., Sauer, E.M. (November, 2012).  Panel presentation to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD.

 

McKenna K:  Torrance Memorial Hospital, “Autism” February 2012

 

McKenna K:  Plenary address for the 11th Annual Conference on Mental Health and Spirituality, “Addressing Spiritual Issues in Mental Health Care:  The Why’s and How’s” June 2012

 

Mendelson, D., & Martin, D. J.  (2011, May 19).  HIV and Medical Marijuana.  Presented at the Los Angeles County Coping with Hope Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

 

Mendelson D: Aspects of HIV/AIDS, St. Mary’s Hospital, Long Beach, March 2011

 

Mendelson D: Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS, Long Beach Health Department, Feb 2011

 

Reina-Patton, D. J. Martin, G. Sanchez, M. Ginne, & M. Ritz: Presenters Practical Applications of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine.  2-Hour Session, A.  California Psychological Association Annual Convention, Mission Bay, CA, April 9, 2011.

 

Reina-Patton, A: California Psychological Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, Invited Symposium, Psychological Consultation in Behavioral Medicine/Integrated Care Settings, April 2012

 

Reina-Patton, A: UCLA Summer Medical Dental Education Program (SMDEP), UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Mental Health Disparities, Summer 2011

 

Saberi D:  Dialectical Behavior Therapy– Applications for Correctional Setting-  2-day Intensive. Presented for Department of Mental Health staff at Central Regional Detention Facility, May 29 and 30, 2012

 

Saberi D:  Prolonged Exposure for PTSD. Co-facilitated presentation conducted by Edna Foa, Ph.D. for employees of Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, May 15-18, 2012

 

Saberi D:  Mental Disorders and Recovery. Presented for Mental Health America- Jump Start Program, April 5, 2012

 

Saberi D:  Prolonged Exposure for PTSD. Co-facilitated presentation conducted by Edna Foa, Ph.D. for employees of Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, March 26-29, 2012

 

Saberi D:  Mental Disorders and Recovery. Presented for Mental Health America- Jump Start Program, September 20, 2011

 

Saberi D:  Dialectical Behavior Therapy- Case Management Strategies

Presented at Harbor UCLA Medical Center as part of the DBT 2-day intensive for Department of Mental Health employees and trainees.  September 13, 2011

 

Saberi D:  Dialectical Behavior Therapy–Applications for Correctional Setting-  Consultation for Implementation. Presented for Department of Mental Health staff at Twin Towers Correctional Facility. July 21, 2011

 

Shelby, J. S. & Combs-Ronto, L. A. (2012, March). Technology-facilitated sexual exploitation of adolescents: Treatment implications. Symposium conducted at the National Center for Child Advocacy’s (NCAC) 28^th National Symposium on Child Abuse, Huntsville, AL.

 

Shelby, J.S. & Berk, M.J. (2011, October). CBT: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Full-day workshop presented at 28th annual meeting of the Association for Play Therapy, Sacramento, CA.

 

Shelby, J.S. (2011, November). Compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, and secondary stress. Keynote speech presented at the 10th annual Skip Hinchman Memorial Symposium sponsored by The Guidance Center. Los Angeles, CA.

 

Shelby, J.S. (2011, December). Compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, and secondary stress. Panelist speech presented at the Psychological Services Development Committee meeting, Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA.

Shelby, J.S. (2012, March). Blending play therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy. Inservice trainng at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. Culver City, CA.

Shelby, J.S. (2012, March). Play-based treatment for young survivors and their parents. Sponsored by LifeSkills Organization. Bowling Green, KY.

 

Shelby, J.S. (2012, July). CBT and play therapy: How good play therapists can make use of their skill in an EBT-driven county. Full-day seminar presented at the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for Play Therapy. Los Angeles, CA.

 

Shelby, J.S. (Upcoming 2012, September). Cognitive Behavioral play therapy. Full-day keynote seminar presented at the Colorado Association for Play Therapy Fall Conference. Englewood, Colorado.

 

Shelby, J.S. (Upcoming 2012, September). Play Therapists in a strange new world: How to survive and thrive in an era of evidence based treatments. Full-day keynote seminar presented at the Colorado Association for Play Therapy Fall Conference. Englewood, Colorado.

 

Shelby, J.S. (Upcoming 2012, October). Play therapy for childhood trauma. Pre-conference workshop to be presented at the 29^th annual meeting of the Association for Play Therapy, Cleveland, OH.

 

Shelby, J.S. (Upcoming 2012, October). Too tired to Play? How to replenish and renew a play therapist’s passion. Seminar to be presented at the 29th annual meeting of the Association for Play Therapy, Cleveland, OH.

 

Tsai GE, Lane HY: N-methyl-D-aspartate Mechanism of Depression and a Glycine Transporter-I Inhibitor, N-methylglycine (Sarcosine) for the Treatment of Depression. ACNP, Hawaii, 2011, Dec. 6.

 

Tsai, GE:  Novel N-methyl-D-aspartate treatments for mental disorders. IN: CINP symposium “Novel NMDA amino acids for the pathophysiology and treatment of mental disorders” (chair) Stockholm, 2012, June 6.

 

Tsuang J:  American Academy Physician Assistant Annual Meeting, Treatment of Bipolar Patients with Substance Abuse Problems, Las Vegas, June, 2011

 

Tsuang J: Workshop Organizer, Pan-Pacific Perspectives on Asians/Pacific Islanders, Substance Abuse, and Their Treatment, APA National Meeting in Hawaii, 2011

 

Tsuang, J: College Colombia Neuropsychopharmacology Congress, XVI meeting, Bogota, Colombia, 2/2012

 

Tsuang, J:  IIX Congress of Colombia Biological Psychiatry Meeting, Use of new generation antipsychotics in elderly population, Management of alcohol abuse in geriatric population, Bogota, Colombia, 6/2102

 

Wright M:  The Item-Specific Deficit Approach in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia Research Seminar, Neuropsychology Program, UCLA Semel Institute

 

 

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

 

Burgoyne K (PI):  EEG Synchronized Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation for individualized therapy in Major Depressive Disorder, NeoSynch, 2011-2013

Chung B (PI): National Library of Medicine, 1G08LM11058-01, Drew-UCLA Connect: Community Partnered Resources to Improve Depression Outcomes, April 1, 2011-March 31, 2014

 

Chung B (PI): California Community Foundation, Disseminating Community Partners in Care, July 1, 2012-June 30, 2014

 

Chung B (PI):  UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Estimating the Costs and Cost Savings of Community Partners in Care, July 1, 2012- February 28, 2013

 

Chung B (Co-I):  National Institutes of Health, 1UL1RR033176-01 (PI Dubinett, S), UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute June 1, 2011-February 28, 2016

 

Lesser IM (PI), Furst B (Co-I), Flores D (Co-I):  Biomarkers for Outcomes in Late-Life Depression (BOLD), NIMH (subcontract from UCLA), 11/09-10/12

 

Lesser IM (PI of Harbor Site), Chung B (Co-PI):  Family-focused Treatment for Youth with Early-Onset Bipolar or Psychotic Disorder, NIMH (D. Miklowitz, PI), 4/12-1/14

 

Reina-Patton A: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA

Medical Center, General Clinical Research Center Clinical Research Feasibility Funds (CReFF) Project:  Delay of Care for the Treatment of Cervical Cancer in Latina Women: A Qualitative Analysis

 

Reina-Patton A:  National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NRSA Grant: Prevention of Marital Distress in Low-Income Couples Transition to Parenthood, Co-Sponsor/Co-Mentor (with Andrew Christensen, Ph.D.) Katherine Williams, M.A. (PI)

 

Tsuang J (PI), Furst B (Co-I), Wright M (Co-I), Varenicline for Methamphetamine Dependence (NIDA 1R01DA030577; S. Shoptaw, PI)

 

Tsuang J (PI), Furst B (Co-I), Wright M (Co-I):  Phase I Safety Interaction trial of Ibudilast with Methamphetamine (NIDA 1R01DA029804; S. Shoptaw PI)

 

Wright M (Co-I), Neuropsychological Manifestations Study, Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (NIAID U01-AI-35040, Detels PI), UCLA School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, UCLA

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

Combs-Ronto, L. A. International Conference Planning Committee Member/Co-Chair of 2012 Child Maltreatment Track, Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT) at Alliant International University, San Diego, CA.

 

Martin D: American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) certification, Clinical Health Psychology. 2011 – present.

 

Martin D: Member, Los Angeles County Psychological Services Development Committee, 2002 – present; Chair, 2010 – present.

 

Martin D: Los Angeles County HIV Mental Health Task Force and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center Coping with Hope Special Recognition, May 19, 2011.

 

Martin D: Editorial Reviews: AIDS Care, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Psychological Trauma:  Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Psychology, Health and Medicine

 

McFarr L:  Outstanding Service to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive

Therapies, 2012

 

McKenna K: Best Doctors, 2011-2012

 

Procci W:  Completing two-year term as President, American Psychoanalytic Association

 

Reina-Patton, A:  California Department MHLAP Recipient.  July 2011 – present

 

Sessions S:  Consultant, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health, 2011-2012.