Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Gruner, N. G., Cullen, J. M., Crosby, J. M., DeCross, S. N., Mathes, B., Garner, L., Gironda, C., Yuanjun, Hu., Krompinger, J. W., Elias, J. A., & Twohig, M. P. (2024). Investigating an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Exposure Therapy Intervention in Treatment-Refractory OCD and Related Disorders: Changes in Psychological Flexibility, Treatment Engagement, and Treatment Perceptions. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 38(3), 255-272.
  2. Bezahler, A., Kuckertz, J. M. & Falkenstein M. J. (2024). What do you believe? Differentiating obsessive beliefs between bi+, gay/lesbian and heterosexual adults with OCD. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 42.
  3. Ong, C.W., Sheehan, K.G., Xu, J., Falkenstein, M. J. & Kuckertz, J. M. (2024). A network analysis of mechanisms of change during exposures over the course of intensive OCD treatment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 354(1).
  4. Xu, J., Falkenstein, M. J., & Kuckertz, J. M. (2024). Feeling more confident to encounter negative emotions: The mediating role of distress tolerance on the relationship between self-efficacy and outcomes of exposure and response prevention for OCD. Journal of Affective Disorders, 353(15).
  5. Falkenstein, M. J., Kelley, K.N., Martin, H.S., Kuckertz, J.M., Coppersmith, D., Bezahler, A., Narine, K., Beard, C., & Webb, C.A. (2024). Multi-method assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among patients in treatment for OCD and related disorders. Psychiatry Research, 333.
  6. Bezahler, A., Kuckertz, J. M., McKay, D., Falkenstein M. J. & Feinstein, B.A. (2024). Emotion regulation and OCD among sexual minority people: Identifying treatment targets. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 101.
  7. Flannery, M. K., Falkenstein, M. J., & Haaga, D. A.F. (2024) “Improving web-based self-help adherence for body-focused repetitive behaviors using self-control training.” Cognitive Therapy and Research, 48, 1-14.
  8. Flannery, M. K., Falkenstein, M. J., Boyd, M., & Haaga, D. A. F. (2023). Untroubled Pullers: An Examination of Nonclinical Hair-Pulling. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 100821.
  9. Bezahler, A., Feinstein, B. A., Falkenstein, M. J., & Kuckertz, J. M. (2023). Emerging trends in sexual minority identification and clinical implications for treating OCD and related disorders. the Behavior Therapist, 46(5), 194–199.
  10. Kelley, K. N., Caporino, N. E., & Falkenstein, M. J. (2023). Family accommodation in intensive/residential treatment for adults with OCD: A cross-lagged panel analysis, Behavior Therapy.
  11. Kelley, K. N., Nota, J. A., Potluri, S., & Krompinger, J. W. (2023). Novel Assessment of Repetitive Negative Thinking During Exposure in OCD: Relationship to Symptom Cluster and Treatment Outcome. The Behavior Therapist.
  12. Kuckertz, J. M., McNally, R. J., Riemann, B. C., Van Borkulo, C., Bellet, B, W., Krompinger, J. W., Van Kirk, N., & Falkenstein, M. J. (2022). Does the network structure of obsessive-compulsive symptoms at treatment admission identify patients at risk for non-response? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 156(104251). 
  13. Bezahler, A., Kuckertz, J. M., Schreck, M., Narine, K., Dattolico, D., & Falkenstein M. J. (2022). Examination of outcomes among sexual minorities in treatment for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 33.
  14. Falkenstein, M. J., Kelley, K. N., Dattolico, D., Kuckertz, J. M., Bezahler, A., Krompinger, J., Webb, C. A., Beard, C. (2022). Feasibility and acceptability of cognitive bias modification for interpretation as an adjunctive treatment for OCD and related disorders. Behavior Therapy, 53(2), 294-309. 
  15. Pinciotti, C. M., Fontenelle, L. F., Van Kirk, N., & Riemann, B. C. (2022). Co-Occurring Obsessive-Compulsive and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of Conceptualization, Assessment, and Cognitive Behavioral Treatment. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36(3), 207-225.
  16. Snorasson, J., Conway, C. C., Falkenstein, M. J., Kelley, K. N., & Kuckertz, J. M. (2022). Higher-order compulsivity versus grooming dimensions as treatment targets for the DSM-5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. Depression and Anxiety, 39, 49-55. 
  17. Wadsworth, L. P., Van Kirk, N., August, M., Kelly, J. M., Jackson, F., Nelson, J., & Luehrs, R. (2021). Understanding the overlap between OCD and trauma: development of the OCD trauma timeline interview (OTTI) for clinical settings. Current Psychology, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02118-3
  18. Nota, J.A., Hermanson, J., & Coles, M.E. (2021). Sleep disturbance is associated with less emotional reactivity in individuals with heightened repetitive negative thinking. Current Psychology, in press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02083-x
  19. Coles, M.E., Schubert, J.R., & Nota, J.A. (2021). Delayed sleep timing in obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated with diminished response to exposure and ritual prevention (ERP). Behavior Therapy, 52(5), 1277-1285.
  20. Shani, R., Tal, S., Derakshan, N., Cohen, N., Enock, P. M., McNally, R. J., Mor, N., Daches, S., Williams, A. D., Yiend, J., Carlbring, P., Kuckertz, J. M., Yang, W., Reinecke, A., Beevers, C. G., Bunnell, B. E., Koster, E. H. W., Zilcha-Mano, S., & Okon-Singer, H. (2021). Personalized cognitive training: protocol for individual-level meta-analysis implementing machine learning methods. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 138, 342-348. 
  21. Kuckertz, J. M., Rhee, D. W., Schreck, M., Van Kirk, N., Dattolico, D., & Falkenstein, M. J. (2021). Re-evaluating the psychometric properties of symptom measures within longitudinal contexts: The Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Psychological Assessment, 33(8), 756-765. 
  22. Browning, M. E., Van Kirk, N. P., & Krompinger, J. W. (2021). Examining depression symptoms within OCD: the role of experiential avoidance. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1-14.
  23. Wei, M. A., Van Kirk, N., Reid, A. M., Garner, L. E., Krompinger, J. W., Crosby, J. M., … & Weisz, J. R. (2020). Emotion regulation strategy use and symptom change during intensive treatment of transitional age youth patients with obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 30 (2), 95-102. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbct.2020.03.009
  24. Nota, J.A., Chu, C., Beard, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (2020). Temporal relations among sleep behaviors, depression symptoms, and anxiety symptoms during intensive cognitive-behavioral treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(11), 971-982.
  25. Kuckertz, J. M., Van Kirk, N., Alperovitz, D., Nota, J. A., Falkenstein, M. J., Schreck, M., & Krompinger, J. W. (2020). “Ahead of the curve: Responses from patients with OCD and related disorders to COVID-19.” Frontiers in Psychology, Psychopathology.
  26. Pinciotti, C. M., Fontenelle, L. F., Van Kirk, N., & Riemann, B. C. (2020). Co-occurring obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorder: A review of. psychology, 65(1), 44.
  27. ​​Nota, J. A., Potluri, S., Kelley, K. N., Elias, J. .A, Krompinger, J. W. (2020). Delayed bedtimes are associated with more obsessive-compulsive symptoms in intensive residential treatment. Behavior Therapy.
  28. Krompinger, J. W., Kuckertz, J., Schreck, M., Nota, J. A., Van Kirk, N., & Falkenstein, M. J. (2020). Adapting exposure and response prevention in the age of COVID-19. The Behavior Therapist.
  29. Falkenstein, M. J., Schreck. M., Potluri, S., Nota, J. A., Kelley, K. N., Beard, C., & Elias, J. A. (2020). Longitudinal relations of obsessive beliefs, obsessions, and compulsions during treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research.
  30. Wadsworth, L., Potluri, S., Schreck, M., & Hernandez-Vallant, A. (2020). Measurement and Impacts of Intersectionality on OCD Symptoms Across Intensive Treatment. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
  31. Brakoulias V, Starcevic V, Albert U, Arumugham SS, Bailey BE, Belloch A… Elias J. A., Falkenstein M. J., Potluri S.… Fineberg NA. (2020). The rates of co-occurring behavioural addictions in treatment-seeking individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary report. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 1-3.
  32. Wei, M.A., Van Kirk, N., Reid, A.M., Garner, L.E., Krompinger, J.W., Crosby, J.M., Elias, J.A., & Weisz, J.R. (2020). Emotion regulation strategy use and symptom change during intensive treatment of transitional age patients with obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.
  33. Schreck, M., Georgiadis, C., Garcia, A., Benito, K., Case, B., Herren, J., … & Freeman, J. (2020). Core Motivations of Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Role of Harm Avoidance and Incompleteness. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-9.
  34. Georgiadis, C., Schreck, M., Gervasio, M., Kemp, J., Freeman, J., Garcia, A., & Case, B. (2020). Disgust propensity and sensitivity in childhood anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder: Two constructs differentially related to obsessional content. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 76, 102294.
  35. Wheaton, M. G., Pinto, A. M., Cervoni, C., Crosby, J. M., Tifft, E. D., Mathes, B. M., Garner, L. E., Van Kirk, N., Elias, J. A. & Pinto, A. (2019). Perfectionism in Intensive Residential Treatment of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1-9.
  36. Jalal, B., McNally, R. J., Elias, J. A., Potluri, S., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2019). “Fake it till You Make it”! Contaminating Rubber Hands to Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 414.
  37. Falkenstein, M. J., Nota, J. A., Krompinger, J. W., Schreck, M., Garner, L. E., Potluri, S., … & Mathes, B. (2019). Empirically-derived response trajectories of intensive residential treatment in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A growth mixture modeling approach. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 827-833.
  38. Brennan, B. P., Wang, D., Li, M., Perriello, C., Ren, J., Elias, J. A., … & Rauch, S. L. (2019). Use of an individual-level approach to identify cortical connectivity biomarkers in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(1), 27-38.
  39. Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Albert, U., Arumugham, S.S., Bailey, B.E., …, Elias, J.A., Falkenstein, M. J., … Potluri, S., … Fineberg, N.A. (2019). Treatments used for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) – an international perspective. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental. 
  40. Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Albert, U., Arumugham, S.S., Bailey, B.E…, Elias, J.A., Falkenstein, M. J., … Potluri, S., … Fineberg, N.A. (under review). The rates of co-occurring behavioural addictions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary report. 
  41. Krompinger, J. W., Van Kirk, N. P., Garner, L. E., Potluri, S. I., & Elias, J. A. (2018). Hope for the Worst: Occasional Reinforced Extinction and Expectancy Violation in the Treatment of OCD. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
  42. Falkenstein, M. J., Conelea, C. A., Garner, L. A., & Haaga, D. A. F. (2018). Sensory over-responsivity in trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder). Psychiatry Research, 260, 207-218.
  43. Gagné, J., Van Kirk, N., Hernandez-Vallant, A., Potluri, S., Krompinger, J. W., Cattie, J., … Elias, J.A. (2018). Validating an abbreviated version of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 10.1002/jclp.22629.
  44. Ponzini, G., Van Kirk, N., Schreck, M., Nota, J. A., Schofield, C. A., Gironda, C., & Elias, J. (2018). Does Motivation Impact OCD Symptom Severity? An Exploration of Longitudinal Effects. Behavior Therapy.
  45. Garner, L.E., Van Kirk, N., Tifft, E.D., Krompinger, J. W., Mathes, B. M., Fraire, M., Falkenstein, M.J., Brennan, M. P., Crosby, J. M., & Elias, J. A. (2018). Validation of the Distress Tolerance Scale-Short Form in obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 74(6), 916-925. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22554
  46. Krompinger, J.W., Gironda, C.M.,…. & Elias, J.A. (2017). Early response is predictive of treatment outcome in residential treatment for OCD. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
  47. Reid, A. M., Garner, L. E., Kirk, N., Gironda, C., Krompinger, J. W., Brennan, B. P., … & Cattie, J., Crosby, J. M., & Elias, J. A.  (2017). How willing are you? Willingness as a predictor of change during treatment of adults with obsessive–compulsive disorder. Depression and Anxiety.
  48. Brennan, B.P., Jensen, J.E., Perriello, C., Pope,  H.G. Jr., Jenike, M.A., Hudson, J.I., Rauch, S.L., Kaufman, M.J. (2015) Lower posterior cingulate cortex glutathione levels in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
  49. Mathes, B. M., Van Kirk, N., & Elias, J. A. (2015). Review of psychotherapeutic approaches for OCD and related disorders. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 2(3), 284-296.
  50. Allen, K. J., Krompinger, J. W., Mathes, B. M., Crosby, J. M., & Elias, J. A. (2015). Thought control strategies in patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder: Treatment effects and suicide risk. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
  51. Brennan, B.P., Tkachenko, T., Schwab, Z.J., Juelich, R.J., Ryan, E.M., Athey, A.J., Pope, H.G., Jr., Jenike, M.A., Baker, J.T., Killgore, W.D.S., Hudson, J.I., Jensen, J.E., & Rauch, S.L. (2015). An examination of rostral anterior cingulate cortex function and neurochemistry in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology.
  52. Monaghan, S.C., Cattie, J.E., Mathes, B.M., Shorser-Gentile, L.I., Crosby, J.M., & Elias, J.A. (2015). Stages of change and the treatment of OCD. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 5, 1-7.
  53. Athey, A.J., Elias, J.A., Crosby, J.M., Jenike, M.A., Pope, H.G. Jr., Hudson, J.I., & Brennan, B.P. (2015). Reduced disgust propensity is associated with improvement in contamination/washing symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 4, 20-24.
  54. Brennan, B.P., Lee, C., Elias, J.A., Crosby, J.M., Mathes, B.M., Andre, M.C., Gironda, C.M., Pope, H.G., Jr., Jenike, M.A., Fitzmaurice, G.M., & Hudson, J.I. (2014). Intensive residential treatment for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder: Characterizing treatment course and predictors of response. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 56, 98-105.
  55. Brennan, B.P., Rauch, S.L., Jensen, J.E., & Pope, H.G., Jr. (2013). A critical review of magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 73(1), 24-31.
  56. Shapiro, L.J., Krompinger, J.W., Gironda, C.M., & Elias, J.A. (2013). Development of a scrupulosity severity scale using the Pennsylvania Inventory of Scrupulosity-Revised. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2(4), 420-424.
  57. Crosby, J.M., Dehlin, J.P., Mitchell, P.R., & Twohig, M.P. (2012). Acceptance and commitment therapy and habit reversal training for the treatment of trichotillomania. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 19(4), 595-605.
  58. Stewart, S.E., Hezel, D.M., & Stachon, A.C. (2012). Assessment and medication management of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. Drugs, 72(7), 881-893.

Book Chapters

  1. Kelley, K. N., Dattolico, D., Strang, C., & Falkenstein, M. J. (in preparation). Hair Pulling Disorder. In E. A., Storch, D. McKay, J. Abramowitz (Eds.), Complexities in Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders: Advances in Conceptualization & Treatment. Oxford University Press.
  2. Mathew, A. S., Snorrason, I. Falkenstein, M. J., Lee, H. J. (in press). Advances in treating non-OCD OCRDs. In E. A. Storch, D. McKay, J. Abramowitz (Eds.), Complexities in Obsessive Compulsive and Related  Disorders: Advances in Conceptualization & Treatment. Oxford University Press.
  3. Oxley, K.O., & Brennan, B.P. (2014). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In: Kiefer, M.M., Chong, C.R., eds. Pocket Primary Care: A Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  4. Crosby, J.M., Armstrong, A.B., Nafziger, M.A., & Twohig, M.P. (2013). Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Treat Perfectionism in College Students. In J. Pistorello (Ed.), Mindfulness and Acceptance for Counseling College Students: Theory and Practical Applications for Intervention, Prevention, and Outreach. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
  5. Twohig, M.P., Woidneck, M.R., & Crosby, J.M. (2013). Newer Generations of CBT. In G. Simos & S. Hoffman (Eds.) CBT for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner Book (pp. 225-250). Wiley-Blackwell: West Sussex, UK.
  6. Crosby, J.M., & Twohig, M.P. (2012). A Contextual Approach to Pornography Addiction. In S. Hayes and M. Levin (Eds.), Acceptance, Mindfulness, Values, and Addictive Behaviors: Counseling with Contemporary Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (pp. 139-158). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.