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- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.