Notification of acceptances has been issued for submissions for the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the leading organization devoted to the development and dissemination of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). This year, Dr. McKay and his group of graduate students were highly productive, with a total of 10 presentations accepted for the next meeting, in November in Toronto, Ontario. Learn more about the upcoming conference. Here is a summary of the presentations:
Symposia: Members of the lab will either co-chair or participate in symposia. Brian Pilecki organized a symposium that will address the theory-practice gap in CBT, and will co-chair the session with Dr. McKay. The panel includes leaders in theory and practice, namely Dr. Jon Abramowitz (of UNC-Chapel Hill), Dr. Keith Dobson (of University of Calgary) and Dr. Steven Hayes (of University of Nevada-Reno). Elliot Weiner organized and will co-chair with Dr. McKay a session to address new and novel approaches to conducting exposure therapy. The paper from the lab is based on experimental research investigating methods of reducing chronic depersonalization, which is a perceptual disturbance associated with several extreme anxiety states such as panic and posttraumatic stress. Other presenters in the panel include Dr. Brett Deacon (University of Wyoming), Dr. Jon Abramowitz (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Michelle Gryczkowski (Mayo Clinic). Finally, Justin Arocho will present (in a paper co-authored with lab members Joseph Brand and Elliot Weiner) that examines the newly developed moral disgust scale and its association with indices of posttraumatic stress. This paper was invited for a symposium chaired by Danielle Maack of University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Posters: The lab has been pursuing research investigating the relations among numerous anxiety assessments, leading to poster presentations in several interrelated domains. One of these, an examination of “Not Just Right Experiences” (NJRE) in relation to obsessive-compulsive symptoms and beliefs was accepted for presentation, and authored by lab members Joseph Brand, Jeannette Reid, and Justin Arocho. NJRE are commonly reported perceptual disturbances commonly experienced among individuals suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The lab is actively investigating additional factors associated with NJRE, and this research is an early investigation. The lab had two papers accepted that evaluate factors involved in anxiety sensitivity and its relation to both posttraumatic stress conditions and health anxiety. These papers were authored by lab members Elliot Weiner and Joseph Brand.
Panels and Workshops: Dr. McKay will be presenting a workshop (in the organization’s Master Clinician Series) with Stephen Whiteside (of Mayo Clinic). The workshop will train attendees in methods of conducting CBT with children with OCD. Finally, Dr. McKay was invited to participate in a panel aimed to describe methods of exposure therapy. Other panelists are Mitchell Schare (of Hofstra University) and Jon Abramowitz (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Watch for more information about Dr. McKay’s lab, and further details about the presentations planned for the ABCT conference. We will post details of the presentations following the conference. We are also planning on submitting additional research for the ‘Special Interest Group’ poster session, which is held on the Friday evening of the conference, and has a later deadline than the main conference.
Here is a complete list of the presentations, authors, and type of presentation from the lab for the upcoming ABCT conference, in alphabetical order:
Arocho, J., Brand, J., Weiner, E., & McKay, D. Examining the relationship between Moral Disgust and PTSD. (paper in symposium, chair D. Maack; Symposium title: Exploring disgust and its role in the Pathogenesis of Clinical Disorders)
Brand, J., Reid, J., Arocho, J., & McKay, D. Relationships between "Not Just Right Experiences" and Obsessive-Compulsive Thoughts and Symptoms. (poster)
McKay, D. & Whiteside. Cognitive-behavior therapy for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (Master Clinician Series - Ticketed Event)
Pilecki, B. Theory and practice: A brief overview of the history of the theory-practice debate and implications for competence & dissemination (in symposium)
Pilecki, B., & McKay, D. (co-chairs). Addressing the theory-practice gap in CBT: A perspective from all three waves (symposium)
Schare, M., McKay, D., & Abramowitz, J. Art of Exposure Therapy. (Panel discussion)
Weiner, E., Brand, J. & McKay, D. The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and health anxiety as mediated by anxiety sensitivity. (poster)
Weiner, E., & McKay, D. Anxiety sensitivity, trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder. (poster).
Weiner, E., & McKay, D. (co-chairs). New and novel approaches to exposure therapy (symposium)
Weiner, E., & McKay, D. A preliminary evaluation of repeated exposure for depersonalization (in symposium)
Post author: Dean McKay, Ph.D.
From left to right: Amie Senland, Dr. Ann Higgins-D'Alessandro and
Fordham’s forensic contingent was well-represented with seven first-author presentations and a cheerful presence at the conference social events:
Dr. Keith Cruise presented a talk on the identification of PTSD in detained youth, and served as discussant for a session on high-risk girls and their transition to adulthood.
Fordham alumnus Dr. Debbie Greene and current graduate students Kate Pivovarova and Matt Stimmel also presented their findings on various methods for evaluating feigning, in a very well-attended session that had eager attendees standing in the aisles. Lively discussion ensued! Becky Weiss presented a talk on the utility of the SIRS (a measure of malingering) with individuals with intellectual disabilities. Mélodie Foellmi spoke about the challenges of screening psychiatric inpatients for further violence risk assessment. Lia Rohlehr, Jesse Barglow, and Spencer Cruz-Katz contributed to the presentations and were also in attendance at the conference.
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