Leonard Mulcahy works in the Services Division as the Fitness Coordinator at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. He is a person in recovery who has worked at the Center since 2000. He brings his talents to the Center’s wellness program by integrating physical activity and peer support. Leonard practices his own wellness by being a mentor to both staff and peers. His vision for the future is teaching peers how to use their own expertise on their journey of recovery.
Kim T. Mueser, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Professor at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University. Dr. Mueser’s clinical and research interests include family psychoeducation, the treatment of co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders, psychiatric rehabilitation for serious mental illnesses, and the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. He is the co-author of over 10 books and treatment manuals, and has published extensively, including numerous peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Mueser has also given numerous lectures and workshops on psychiatric rehabilitation, both nationally and internationally.
Professional Interests
Dr. Mueser’s clinical and research interests include coordinated specialty care programs for first episode psychosis, cognitive remediation and vocational rehabilitation, illness management and recovery, the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, and integrated treatment of co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders.
Peer-Reviewed Publications (2014-Present)
Aschbrenner, K.A., Peppin, R., Mueser, K.T., Naslund, J.A., Rolin, S.A., Faber, M.J., & Bartels, S.J. (2014). A mixed methods study of family involvement in medical care for older adults with serious mental illness. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 48, 121-33.
Bartels, S.J., Pratt, S.I., Mueser, K.T., Forester, B.P., Cather, C., Swain, K., Xie, H., Bird, B., & Feldman, J. (2014). Long-term outcomes of a randomized trial of integrated skills training and preventive healthcare for older adults with serious mental illness. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, 1251-67.
Bartels, S.J., Pratt, S.I., Mueser, K.T., Wolfe, R., Santos, M.M., Naslund, J.A., Xie, H., & Riera, E.G. (2014). Integrated psychiatric and medical illness self-management for adults with serious mental illness: A randomized clinical trial. Psychiatric Services, 65, 330-7.
Ben-Zeev, D., Brenner, C.J., Begale, M., Duffecy, J., Mohr, D.C., & Mueser, K.T. (2014). Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a smartphone intervention for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 40, 1244-1253.
Correll, C.U., Robinson, D.G., Schooler, N.R., Brunette, M.F., Mueser, K.T., Rosenheck, R. A., Marcy, P., Addington, J., Estroff, S.E., Robinson, J., Penn, D.L., Azrin, S., Goldstein, A., Severe, J., Heinssen, R.K., & Kane, J.M. (2014). Cardiometabolic risk in patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Baseline results from the RAISE-ETP study. JAMA Psychiatry, 71, 1350-63.
Davis, K.E., Devitt, T., O’Neil, S., Kaiser, S., & Mueser, K.T. (2014). Targeting consumers in early stages of substance use treatment: A pilot study. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 37, 37-42.
Hoffmann, H., Jäckel, D., Glauser, S., Mueser, K.T., & Kupper, Z. (2014). Long-term effectiveness of supported employment: Five-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, 171, 1183-90.
McGuire, A.B., Kukla, M., Green, A.K., Mueser, K.T., & Salyers, M.P. (2014). Illness management and recovery: A review of the literature. Psychiatric Services, 65, 171-9.
Mizock, L., & Mueser, K.T. (2014). Employment, mental health, internalized stigma, and coping with transphobia among transgender individuals. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 1, 146-58.
Mueser, K.T., Bond, G.R., Essock, S.M., Clark, R.E., Carpenter-Song, E., Drake, R.E., & Wolfe, R. (2014). The effects of supported employment in Latino consumers with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 37, 113-22.
Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S.R. (2014). Supported employment for persons with serious mental illness: Current status and future directions. l’Encéphale, 40, S45-S56.
Russinova, Z., Rogers, E.S., Gagne, C., Bloch, P., Drake, K., & Mueser, K.T. (2014). A randomized controlled trial of a peer-run anti-stigma photovoice intervention. Psychiatric Services, 65, 242-6.
Salyers, M.P., McGuire, A.B., Kukla, M., Fukui, S., Lysaker, P.H., & Mueser, K.T. (2014). A randomized controlled trial of Illness Management and Recovery with an active control. Psychiatric Services, 65, 205-11.
Addington, J., Heinssen, R.K., Robinson, D.G., Schooler, N.R., Marcy, P., Brunette, M.F., Correll, C.U., Estroff, S. E., Mueser, K.T., Penn, D.L., Robinson, J.A., Rosenheck, R.A., Azrin, S.T., Goldstein, A.B., Severe, J., & Kane, J.M. (2015). Duration of untreated psychosis in U.S. community treatment settings. Psychiatric Services, 66, 753-6.
Aschbrenner, K.A., Ferron, J.C., Mueser, K.T., Bartels, S.J., & Brunette, M.F. (2015). Social predictors of cessation treatment use among smokers with serious mental illness. Addictive Behaviors, 41, 169-74.
Aschbrenner, K.A., Mueser, K.T., Bartels, S.J., Carpenter-Song, E., Pratt, S.I., Barre, L., Naslund, J.A., & Kinney, A. (2015). The other 23 hours: A qualitative study of fitness provider perspectives on social support for health behavior change among adults with serious mental illness. Health & Social Work, 40, 91-9.
Aschbrenner, K.A., Naslund, J.A., Barre, L.K., Mueser, K.T., Kinney, A., & Bartels, S.J. (2015). Peer health coaching for overweight and obese individuals with serious mental illness: Intervention development and initial feasibility study. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 5, 277-84.
Bonfils, K.A., Adams, E.L., Mueser, K.T., Wright-Berryman, J.L., & Salyers, M.P. (2015). Factor structure of the Autonomy Preference Index in people with severe mental illness. Psychiatry Research, 228, 526-30.
Granholm, E., Holden, J.L., Sommerfeld, D.H., Rufener, C., Perivoliotis, D., Mueser, K.T., & Aarons, G.A. (2015). Enhancing assertive community treatment with cognitive behavioral social skills training for schizophrenia: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 16: 438.
Kane, J.M., Robinson, D.G., Schooler, N.R., Marcy, P., Correll, C.U., Brunette, M.F., Mueser, K.T., Rosenheck, R.A., Addington, J., Estroff, S.E., Robinson, J., Penn, D.L., & Severe, J. (2015). The RAISE Early Treatment Program: Background, rationale and study design. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 76, 240-6.
Kurtz, M.M., Mueser, K.T., Thime, W.R., Corbera, S., & Wexler, B.E. (2015). Social skills training and computer-assisted cognitive remediation in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 162, 35-41.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Xie, H., Welsh, J., Bailey, E., Guarino, S., Kaiser, S., Frasier, V., Drake, R.E., Becker, D.R., Wolfe, R., & McHugo, G.J. (2015). Cognitive enhancement treatment for people with mental illness who do not respond to supported employment: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, 172, 852-61.
Meyer-Kalos, P., Gottlieb, J.D., Penn, D.L., Mueser, K.T., & Gingerich, S. (2015). Individual Resiliency Training (IRT): An early intervention approach to enhance well-being in persons with first episode psychosis. Psychiatric Annals, 45, 554-60.
Minsky, S., Lu, W., Silverstein, S.M., Gara, M., Gottlieb, J.D., & Mueser, K.T. (2015). Service use and self-reported symptoms among persons with positive PTSD screens and serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 66, 845-50.
Mueser, K.T., Gottlieb, J.D., Xie, H., Lu, W., Yanos, P.T., Rosenberg, S.R., Silverstein, S.M., Duva, S.M., Minsky, S., Wolfe, R., & McHugo, G.J. (2015). Evaluation of cognitive restructuring for PTSD in people with severe mental illness. British Journal of Psychiatry, 206, 501-8.
Mueser, K.T., Penn, D.L., Addington, J., Brunette, M.F., Gingerich, S., Glynn, S.M., Lynde, D.W., Gottlieb, J.D., Meyer-Kalos, P., Cather, C., McGurk, S.R., Saade, S., Robinson, D.G., Schooler, N.R., Rosenheck, R. A., & Kane, J.M. (2015). The NAVIGATE program for first episode psychosis: Rationale, overview, and description of psychosocial components. Psychiatric Services, 66, 680-90.
Nishith, P., Mueser, K.T., & Morse, G.A. (2015). A brief intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder in persons with a serious mental illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 38, 314-8.
Robinson, D.G., Schooler, N.R., John, M., Correll, C.U., Marcy, P., Addington, J., Brunette, M.F., Estroff, S.E., Mueser, K.T., Penn, D.L., Robinson, J., Rosenheck, R.A., Severe, J., Goldstein, A., Azrin, S., Heinssen, R.K., & Kane, J.M. (2015). Prescription practices in the treatment of first episode schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: Data from the National RAISE-ETP Study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 172, 237-48.
Aschbrenner, K.A., Mueser, K.T., Naslund, J. A., Gorin, A., Kinney, A., Daniels, L., & Bartels, S.J. (2016). Feasibility study of increasing social support to enhance a healthy lifestyle intervention for individuals with serious mental illness. Journal of the Society of Social Work and Research, 7, 289-313.
Drake, R.E., Luciano, A., Mueser, K.T., Covell, N.H., Essock, S.M., Xie, H., & McHugo, G.J. (2016). Longitudinal course of clients with co-occurring schizophrenia-spectrum and substance use disorders in urban mental health centers: A seven-year prospective study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42, 202-11.
Baumel, A., Correll, C.U., Hauser, M., Brunette, M.F., Ben-Zeev, D., Gottlieb, J.D., Mueser, K.T., Robinson, D.E., Achtyes, E.D., Gingerich, S., Marcy, P., Meyer-Kalos, P., Schooler, N.R., & Kane, J.M. (2016). Health technology intervention after hospitalization in schizophrenia: Service utilization and user satisfaction. Psychiatric Services, 67, 1035-7.
Ben-Zeev, D., Scherer, E.A., Gottlieb, J.D., Rotondi, A.J., Brunette, M.F., Achtyes, E.D., Mueser, K.T., Gingerich, S., Brenner, C., Begale, M., Mohr, D., Schooler, N.R., Marcy, P., Robinson, D.E., & Kane, J.M. (2016). Mobile health (mHealth) for schizophrenia: 6-month patient engagement with a smartphone intervention following hospital discharge. JMIR Mental Health, 3(3), e34.
Browne, J., Edwards, A.N., Penn, D.L., Meyer-Kalos, P.S., Gottlieb, J.D., Julian, P., Ludwig, K., Mueser, K.T., & Kane, J.M. (2016 Ahead of Print). Factor structure of therapist fidelity to individual resiliency training (IRT) in the RAISE Early Treatment Program. Early Intervention in Psychiatry.
Brunette, M.F., Rotondi, A.J., Ben-Zeev, D., Gottlieb, J.D., Mueser, K.T., Robinson, D.G., Achtyes, E.D., Gingerich, S., Marcy, P., Schooler, N.R., Meyer-Kalos, P., & Kane, J.M. (2016). Coordinated technology-delivered treatment to prevent rehospitalization in schizophrenia: A novel model of care. Psychiatric Services, 67, 444-7.
de Jongh, A., Resick, P.A., Zoellner, L.A., van Minnen, A., Lee, C.W., Monson, C.M., Foa, E.B., Wheeler, K., ten Broeke, E., Feeny, N.C., Rauch, S.A.M., Chard, K., Mueser, K.T., Sloan, D.M., van der Gaag, M., Rothbaum, B.O., Neuner, F., de Roos, C., Hehenkamp, L.M.J., Rosner, R., & Bicanic, I.A.E. (2016). A critical analysis of the current treatment guidelines for complex PTSD in adults. Depression and Anxiety, 33, 59-69.
Färdig, R., Fredriksson, S., Lewander, T., Melin, L., & Mueser, K.T. (2016). Neurocognitive functioning and outcome of the Illness Management and Recovery Program for clients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 70, 430-5.
Friedman-Yakoobian, M., Mueser, K.T., Giuliano, A.J., Goff, D. C., & Seidman, L.J. (2016). Family-directed cognitive adaptation pilot study: Teaching cognitive adaptation to families of individuals with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 19, 62-74.
Kane, J.M., Robinson, D.E., Schooler, N.R., Mueser, K.T., Penn, D.L., Rosenheck, R.A., Addington, J., Brunette, M.F., Correll, C.U., Estroff, S.E., Marcy, P., Robinson, J., Lynde, D.W., Meyer-Kalos, P.S., Gottlieb, J.D., Glynn, S. M., Pipes, R., Kurian, B.T., Miller, A.L., Azrin, S.T., Goldstein, A.B., Severe, J.B., Lin, H., Majnu, J., & Heinssen, R.K. (2016). Comprehensive versus usual care for first episode psychosis: Two-year outcomes from the NIMH RAISE Early Treatment Program. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 362-72.
Khare, C., Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S.R. (2016). Vocational rehabilitation for individuals with schizophrenia. Current Treatment Options, 3(2), 99-110. DOI: 10.1007/s40501-016-0082-9.
Landa, Y., Mueser, K.T., Wyka, K.E., Shreck, E., Jespersen, R., Jacobs, M.A., Griffin, K.W., van der Gaag, M., Reyna, V.F., Beck, A.T., Silbersweig, D.A., & Walkup, J.T. (2016). Development of a group and family-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for youth at risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 10, 511-21.
Lo, S.B., Szuhany, K.L., Kredlow, M.A., Wolfe, R., Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S.R. (2016). A confirmatory factor analysis of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery in severe mental illness. Schizophrenia Research, 175, 79-84.
Mazor, Y., Gelkopf, M., Mueser, K.T., & Roe, D. (2016). Posttraumatic growth in psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 7, Article 202.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Xie, H., Feldman, K., Shay, Y., Klein, L., & Wolfe, R. (2016). Cognitive remediation for vocational rehabilitation nonresponders. Schizophrenia Research, 175, 48-56.
Mueser, K.T., Bond, G.R., & Drake, R.E. (2016). Recent advances in supported employment for people with serious mental illness. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 23, 196-201.
Ng, L.C., Patruzzi, L.J., Green, M.C., Mueser, K.T., Borba, C.P.C., & Henderson, D.C. (2016). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and social and occupational functioning of people with schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204, 590-8.
Rosenheck, R.A., Leslie, D., Sint, K., Lin, H., Robinson, D.E., Schooler, N.R., Mueser, K.T., Penn, D.L., Addington, J., Brunette, M.F., Correll, C.U., Estroff, S.E., Marcy, P., Robinson, J., Rupp, A., Schoenbaum, M., & Kane, J.M. (2016). Cost-effectiveness of comprehensive, integrated care for first episode psychosis in the NIMH RAISE Early Treatment Program. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42, 896-906.
Schaub, A., Mueser, K.T., von Werder, T., Engel, R., Möller, H.-J., & Falkai, P. (2016). A randomized controlled trial of group coping-oriented therapy vs. supportive therapy in schizophrenia: Results of a two-year follow-up. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42 (Suppl. 1), S71-S80.
Yanos, P.T., Vayshenker, B., Pleskach, P., & Mueser, K.T. (2016). Insight among people with severe mental illness, co-occurring PTSD and elevated psychotic symptoms: Correlates and relationship to treatment participation. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 68, 172-7.
Aschbrenner, K.A., Mueser, K.T., Naslund, J.A., Gorin, A.A., Zawacki, S.A., Pratt, S.I., Kinney, A., & Bartels, S.J. (2017). Facilitating partner support for lifestyle change among adults with serious mental illness: A feasibility pilot study. Community Mental Health Journal, 53, 394-404.
Browne, J., Penn, D.L., Bauer, D. J., Meyer-Kalos, P.S., Mueser, K.T., Robinson, D.G., Addington, J., Schooler, N.R., & Kane, J.M. (2017). Perceived autonomy support in the NIMH RAISE Early Treatment Program. Psychiatric Services, 68, 916-22.
Browne, J., Penn, D.L., Meyer-Kalos, P., Mueser, K.T., Estroff, S.E., Brunette, M.F., Correll, C.U., Robinson, J., Rosenheck, R.A., Schooler, N.R., Robinson, D.G., Addington, J., Marcy, P., & Kane, J.M. (2017). Psychological well-being and mental health recovery in the NIMH-RAISE Early Treatment program. Schizophrenia Research, 185, 167-72.
Brunette, M.F., Mueser, K.T., Babbin, S., Meyer-Kalos, P., Rosenheck, R., Correll, C.U., Cather, C., Robinson, D.E., Schooler, N.R., Penn, D.L., Addington, J., Estroff, S.E., Gottlieb, J.D., Glynn, S.M., Marcy, P., Robinson, J., & Kane, J.M. (2017 Ahead of Print). Demographic and clinical correlates of substance use disorders in first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research.
Fulford, D., Piskulic, D., Addington, J., Kane, J.M., & Mueser, K.T. (2017 Advance Access). Prospective relationships between motivation and functioning in the recovery after an initial episode of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin.
Gaudiano, B.A., Davis, C.H., Epstein-Lubow, G., Johnson, J.E., Mueser, K.T., & Miller, I.W. (2017). Acceptance and commitment therapy for inpatients with psychosis (the REACH Study): Protocol for treatment development and pilot testing. Healthcare, 5(2), pii: E23.
Gottlieb, J.D., Gidugu, V., Maru, M., Tepper, M., Davis, M.J., Greenwold, J., Baron, R.A., Chiko, B.P., & Mueser, K.T. (2017). Randomized controlled trial of an internet cognitive behavioral skills-based program for auditory hallucinations in persons with psychosis. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40, 283-92.
Jäckel, D., Kupper, Z., Mueser, K.T., Glauser, S., & Hoffmann, H. (2017). Effects of sustained competitive employment on psychiatric hospitalizations and quality of life. Psychiatric Services, 68, 603-9.
Kredlow Acunzo, M.A., Szuhany, K.L., Lo, S., Xie, X., Gottlieb, J.D., Rosenberg, S.D., & Mueser, K.T. (2017). Cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in individuals with severe mental illness and borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Research, 249, 86-93.
Lamberti, J.S., Weisman, R.L., Cerulli, C., Williams, G.C., Jacobowitz, D., Mueser, K.T., Elliott, J., Marks, P., Strawderman, R., Harrington, D., Lamberti, T.A., & Caine, E.D. (2017). A randomized controlled trial of the Rochester Forensic Assertive Community Treatment model. Psychiatric Services, 68, 1068-24.
Lu, W., Mueser, K.T., Rosenberg, S.D., Yanos, P.T., & Mahmoud, N. (2017). Post-traumatic reactions to psychosis: A qualitative analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 8, Article 129.
McGuire, A.B., White, D.A., Bartholomew, T., Flanagan, M.F., McGrew, J.H., Rollins, A.L., & Mueser, K.T. (2017). The relationship between provider competence, content exposure, and consumer outcomes in illness management and recovery programs. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 44, 81-91.
McGurk, S.R., Watkins, M., Dalton, C., Deutsch, H., & Mueser, K.T. (2017). The feasibility of implementing cognitive remediation for work in community based psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40, 79-86.
Mueser, K.T., Kim, M., Addington, J., McGurk, S.R., Pratt, S.I., & Addington, D. (2017). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Quality of Life Scale and new proposed factor structure for the Quality of Life Scale-Revised. Schizophrenia Research, 181, 117-23.
Nagendra, A., Schooler, N.R., Kane, J.M., Robinson, D.G., Mueser, K.T., Estroff, S.E., Addington, J., Marcy, P., & Penn, D.L. (2017 Advance Access). Demographic, psychosocial, clinical, and neurocognitive baseline characteristics of Black Americans in the RAISE-ETP study. Psychiatric Services.
Pratt, S.I., Mueser, K.T., Wolfe, R., Santos, M., & Bartels, S.J. (2017). One size doesn’t fit all: A trial of individually tailored skills training. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40, 380-6.
Providência, R., Teixeira, C., Segal, O.R., Ullstein, A., Mueser, K.T., & Lambiase, P.D. (2017). Is it time to loosen the restrictions on athletes with cardiac disorders competing in sport? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51, 1056-7.
Providencia, R., Teixeira, C., Segal, O.R., Ullstein, A., Mueser, K.T., & Lambiase, P.D. (2017 Ahead of Print). Empowerment of athletes with cardiac disorders: a new paradigm. Europace.
Rosenheck, R.A., Estroff, S.E., Sint, K., Lin, H., Mueser, K.T., Robinson, D.E., Schooler, N.R., Marcy, P., & Kane, J.M. (2017). Incomes and outcomes: Social Security Disability benefits in first episode psychosis. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 1684-90.
Rosenheck, R.A., Mueser, K.T., Sint, K., Lin, H., Lynde, D.W., Glynn, S.M., Robinson, D.E., Schooler, N.R., Marcy, P., Mohamed, S., & Kane, J.M. (2017). Supported employment and education in comprehensive, integrated care for first episode psychosis: Effects on work, school, and disability income. Schizophrenia Research, 182, 120-6.
Sacks, S., Schwartz, B.L., & Mueser, K.T. (2017). A pilot study of the trauma recovery group for veterans with post traumatic stress disorder and co-occurring serious mental illness. Journal of Mental Health, 26, 237-41.
Schaub, A., Mueser, K.T., von Werder, T., Engel, R., Möller, H.-J., & Falkai, P. (2017). Bewältigungsorientierte Therapie (BOT) für Patienten mit schizophrenen Psychosen und ihren Angehörigen. Schizophrenie, 33, 38-63.
Sint, K., Rosenheck, R., Robinson, D.G., Schooler, N.R., Marcy, P., Kane, J.M., Mueser, K.T., & Lin, H. (2017 Ahead of Print). Accounting for group differences in study retention in a randomized trial of specialized treatment for first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research.
Slade, E.P., Gottlieb, J.D., Lu, W., Yanos, P.T., Rosenberg, S.D., Silverstein, S.M., Minsky, S., & Mueser, K.T. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of a PTSD intervention tailored for individuals with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 68, 1225-31.
Steel, C., Hardy, A., Smith, B., Wykes, T., Rose, S., Enright, S., Hardcastle, M., Landau, S., Baksh, M.F., Gottlieb, J.D., Rose, D., & Mueser, K.T. (2017). Cognitive behaviour therapy for posttraumatic stress in schizophrenia. A randomised controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 47, 43-51.
Van Dorn, R.A., Desmarais, S.L., Rade, C.B., Burris, E.N., Cuddeback, G.S., Johnson, K.L., Tueller, S.J., Comfort, M.L., & Mueser, K.T. (2017). Jail-to-community treatment continuum for adults with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18 (1).
Mueser, K.T., McGurk, S.R., Xie, H., Bolton, E.E., Jankowski, M.K., Lu, W., Rosenberg, S.D., & Wolfe, R. (2018). Neuropsychological predictors of response to cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in persons with severe mental illness. Psychiatry Research, 259, 110-6.
Browne, J., Penn, D.L., Estroff, S.E., Ludwig, K., Merritt, C., Meyer-Kalos, P.S., Mueser, K.T., Gottlieb, J.D., & Kane, J.M. (in press). Character strengths of individuals with first episode psychosis in individual resiliency training. Schizophrenia Research.
Correll, C.U., Galling, B., Pawar, A., Krivko, A., Bonetto, C., Ruggeri, M., Craig, T., Nordentoft, M., Srihari, V.H., Guloksuz, S., Hui, C. L. M., Chen, E. Y. H., Valencia, M., Juarez, F., Robinson, D.G., Schooler, N.R., Brunette, M.F., Mueser, K.T., Rosenheck, R.A., Marcy, P., Addington, J., Estroff, S.E., Robinson, J., Penn, D.L., Severe, J., & Kane, J.M. (in press). Effectiveness of early intervention services versus treatment as usual for patients with early psychosis: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry.
de Torre, N.R., Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S.R. (in press). What does the Managing Emotions Branch of the MSCEIT add to the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery? Schizophrenia Research.
Monroe-DeVita, M., Morse, G., Mueser, K.T., McHugo, G.J., Xie, H., Hallgren, K.A., Peterson, R., Miller, J., Akiba, C., York, M.M., Gingerich, S., & Stiles, B. (in press). Implementing Illness Management and Recovery within Assertive Community Treatment: A pilot trial of feasibility and effectiveness. Psychiatric Services.
Books
Jankowski, M.K., Rosenberg, H.J., Rosenberg, S.D., & Mueser, K.T. (2011).
Coping with Stress: A CBT Program for Teens with Trauma.
Center City, MN: Hazelden.
Gingerich, S., & Mueser, K.T. (2011).
Illness Management and Recovery: Personalized Skills and Strategies for Those with Mental Illness (3rd ed.).
Center City, MN: Hazelden.
McGovern, M.P., Mueser, K.T., Hamblen, J.L., & Jankowski, M.K. (2010).
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for PTSD: A Program for Addiction Professionals.
Center City, MN: Hazelden.
Gingerich, S., & Mueser, K.T. (2010).
Illness Management and Recovery Implementation Resource Kit (Revised ed.).
Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Mueser, K.T., Rosenberg, S.D., & Rosenberg, H.J. (2009).
Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Special Populations: A Cognitive Restructuring Program.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
McGovern, M.P., Drake, R.E., Merrens, M.R., Mueser, K.T., & Brunette, M.F. (2008).
Co-occurring Disorders Program: Integrated Services for Substance Use and Mental Health Problems.
Center City, MN: Hazelden.
Edited by Mueser, K.T. and Jeste, D.V. (2008).
Clinical Handbook of Schizophrenia.
Guilford Press, New York, NY.
Corrigan, P. W., Mueser, K.T., Bond, G.R., Drake, R.E. and Solomon, P. (2007).
Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation: An Empirical Approach.
Guilford Press, New York, NY.
Mueser, K.T. and Gingerich, S. (2006).
The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life.
Guilford Press, New York, NY.
Bellack, A.S., Mueser, K.T., Gingerich, S. and Agresta, J. (2004).
Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia: Second Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide.
Guilford Press, New York, NY.
Mueser, K.T., Noordsy, D.L., Drake, R.E. and Fox, L. (2003).
Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders: A Guide to Effective Practice.
Guilford Press, New York, NY.
Susan R. McGurk, PhD, is a Professor in the Departments of Occupational Therapy (primary appointment) and Psychological and Brain Sciences, and the Director of Cognitive Remediation Initiatives at the Center of Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University. McGurk is a neuropsychologist whose multi-faceted research program addresses methods and mechanisms in cognitive remediation, the role of cognitive impairments in employment, academic pursuits, and independent living in persons with serious psychiatric illnesses, and in other conditions affecting cognition and community functioning. McGurk and colleagues have developed the “Thinking Skills for Work” Program, a multi-component cognitive remediation program combining restorative task practice of cognitive skills and the teaching of self-management strategies designed to optimize cognitive and work functioning in persons receiving vocational rehabilitation services. The results of a recently completed, NIMH-funded, two-site, randomized controlled trial demonstrated the ability of the Thinking Skills for Work program to improve work outcomes in people who have failed to respond to supported employment, the evidence-based vocational rehabilitation program. This is the first trial to date that has demonstrated the ability of cognitive enhancement program (Thinking Skills for Work) to improve rehabilitation outcomes in people who have failed to respond to an evidence based practice (supported employment). Adaptations of the Thinking Skills for Work Program are being evaluated in people pursuing school goals, and in people wishing to improve their independent living skills. Dr. McGurk has been the recipient of a National Alliance of Research in Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award (1997-1990), a NARSAD Independent Investigator Award (2010-2012), the Rehabilitation Practitioner of Distinction Award by the National Rehabilitation Association, and the Gerard Hogarty Award for Excellence in Schizophrenia Research. She is the Principal Investigator of ongoing NIMH- and NIDILRR-funded randomized controlled trials evaluating the Thinking Skills for Work Program and other cognitive programs in persons with severe mental illness. Other current work addresses potential enhancement of neuroplastic cognitive remediation-related processes with physical exercise, an NIMH-funded multi-site dismantling study of the specific cognitive enhancement services that improve work functioning in people with psychiatric illness, the results of which will inform a personalized medicine approach for the delivery of cognitive services, a NIDILLR-funded scaling up project of the Thinking Skills for Work Program, and a NIDILLR-funded evaluation of augmenting the Thinking Skills for Work program with home-based cognitive practice using tablets. For more information about cognitive remediation, see the Recovery & Rehabilitation Newsletter article “Cognitive Remediation with a Spotlight on the Thinking Skills for Work Program.”
Areas of Expertise
- Methods and mechanisms of cognitive remediation
- Cognitive self-management strategies
- Community based implementation of cognitive remediation programs
- Supported employment
- Psychiatric rehabilitation
- Neuropsychology of psychiatric illness
- Prospective research methods
- Clinical trials
Selected Publications
DeTore, N., McGurk, S.R., and Mueser, K.T. (In press). What does the managing emotions branch of the MSCEIT add to the MATRICS cognitive consensus battery? Schizophrenia Research.
DeTore, N., Mueser, K.T., Byrd, J. and McGurk, S.R. (In press). Cognitive Functioning as a Predictor of Response to Cognitive Remediation. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Wright, A., Mueser, K. T., McGurk, S. R., Fowler, D., & Greenwood, K. E. (In press). Cognitive and metacognitive factors predict engagement in employment in individuals with early psychosis. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition.
Harvey, P.D., McGurk, S.R., Mahenke, H., Wykes, T. (2018). Controversies in cognitive training. Biological Psychiatry, 3(11):907-915.
Lindenmayer, J.P., Khan, A., McGurk, S.R., Kulsa, M.K.C., Ljuri, I., Ozog V., Fregenti, S., Capodilupo G., Buccellato, K. Thanju, A., Goldring, A., Parak, M., Parker, B. (2018). Does social cognition training augment response to computer-assisted cognitive remediation for schizophrenia? Schizophrenia Research, 201:180-186.
Metcalfe, J.D., Riley, J. McGurk, S.R., Hale, T., Drake, R.E., and Bond, G.R. (2018). Comparing Predictors of Employment in Individual Placement and Support: A Longitudinal Analysis. Psychiatry Research. 2018 Jun; 264:85-90. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.050. Epub 2018.
McGurk. S.R. Drake, R.E., Xie, H., Riley, J., Milfort, R., Hale, T.W., Frey W. (2018). Cognitive predictors among work in social security disability insurance beneficiaries with psychiatric disorders enrolled in IPS supported employment. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44(1):32-37.
Mueser, K.T., McGurk, S.R., Xie H., Bolton, E.E., Janowsky, M.K., Lu,W., Rosenberg, S.D., and Wolfe, R. (2018). Neuropsychological predictors of response to the cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in persons with severe mental illness. Psychiatry Research, 259:110-116.
Teixeira, C., Mueser, K.T., Rogers, E.S., and McGurk, S.R. (2018). Job endings and work trajectories in persons receiving supported employment and cognitive remediation. Psychiatric Services, 69(7):812-818.
Lindenmayer, J.P., Fregenti, S., Kang, G, Ozog V., Ljuri, I., Khan, A., Goldring, A, and McGurk, S.R. (2017). The relationship of cognitive improvement after cognitive remediation with social functioning in patients with schizophrenia and severe cognitive deficits. Schizophrenia Research, 185:154-160.
Lindenmayer, J.P., Ozog V., Khan, A., Ljuri, I., Fregenti, S., and McGurk, S.R. (2017). Predictors of Response to Cognitive Remediation in Service Recipients with Severe Mental Illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40 (1):61-69.
Lystad, J., Falkum, E., Haaland, V., Bull, H., Evensen, S., McGurk, S.R., & Ueland, T. (2017). Cognitive Remediation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Occupational Outcome in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A 2-year follow-up study. Schizophrenia Research, 185:122-129.
McGurk, S.R. (2017). Cognitive Remediation. Special issue of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40(1). https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/special/6104001
McGurk, S.R. & Mueser, K.T. (2017). Introduction to special issue on cognitive remediation. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40 (1):1-3, 2017.
McGurk, S.R., Watkins, M.A, Dalton, C.M., Deutsch, H., and Mueser, K.T. (2017). The Feasibility of implementing cognitive remediation for work in community based psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40 (1):79-86.
Mueser, K.T., Kim, M., Addington, J., McGurk, S.R., Pratt, S.I., and Addington, D.I. (2017). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Quality of Life Scale and New Proposed Factor Structure for the Quality of Life Scale-Revised. Schizophrenia Research, 181:117-123.
Twamley, E.W., Thomas, K.R., Burton, C.Z., Vella, L., Jeste, D.V., Heaton, R.K., & McGurk, S.R. (2017). Compensatory strategy training for people with severe mental illnesses in supported employment: A randomized controlled trial. Schizophrenia Research, S0920-9964(17):30471-1.
Keefe, R.S., Haig, G.M., Marder, S.R., Harvey, P.D., Dunayevich, E., Medalia, A., Davidson, M., Lombardo, I., Bowie, C.R., Buchanan, R.W., Bugarski-Kirola, D., Carpenter, W.T., Csernansky, J.T., Dago, P.L., Durand, D.M., Frese, F.J., Goff, D.C., Gold, J.M., Hooker, C.I., Kopelowicz, A., McGurk, S.R., Opler, L.A., Pinkham, A.E., Stern, R.G. (2016). Report on ISCTM consensus meeting on clinical assessment of response to treatment of cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42(1):19-33.
Khare, C., Mueser, K.T., McGurk, S.R. (2016). Vocational Rehabilitation for Persons with Serious Mental Illness. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry: Special Section: Schizophrenia Other Psychotic Disorder, 3, 99-110, 2016.
Lo, S.B., Szuhanya, K.M., Kredlow, M.A., Wolfe, R., Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S.R. (2016). A confirmatory factor analysis of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery in severe mental illness. Schizophrenia Research, 175: 79-84.
Lo, S., Watkins, M., & McGurk, S.R. (2016). “Cognitive Remediation for Psychiatric Disorders. ‘Fact Sheet’” published on the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies’ website: (http://www.abct.org/Information/?m=mInformation&fa=fs_COGNITIVE_REMEDIATION).
McGurk, S.R. (2016). Cognitive enhancement to improve substance abuse outcomes in persons with so-occurring disorders. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 12:72-3, 2016.
McGurk, S.R., & Mueser, K.T. (2016). Editorial: Sustaining the long-term effects of supported employment for persons with psychiatric disabilities. American Journal of Psychiatry, Published online: October 01, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16070811
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Xie, H., Feldman, K., Shay, Y., Klein, L., & Wolfe, R. (2016). Cognitive remediation for vocational rehabilitation non-responders. Schizophrenia Research. 175, 48-56.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Xie, H., Welsh, J., Kaiser, S., Drake, R.E., Becker, D., Bailey, E., Fraser, G., Wolfe, R., & McHugo, G.J. (2015). Cognitive Enhancement Treatment for People with Mental Illness Who Do Not Respond to Supported Employment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Psychiatry. 172(9):852-61.
Milfort, R., Bond, G., McGurk, S.R., and Drake, R.E. (2015). Barriers to Employment among Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries in the Mental Health Treatment Study. Psychiatric Services, 66(12), 1350-2.
Mueser, K. T., Penn, D. L., Addington, J., Brunette, M. F., Gingerich, S., Glynn, S. M., Lynde, D. W., Gottlieb, J. D., Meyer-Kalos, P., Cather, C., McGurk, S. R., Saade, S., Robinson, D. G., Schooler, N. R., Rosenheck, R. A., & Kane, J. M. (2015). The NAVIGATE program for first episode psychosis: Rationale, overview, and description of psychosocial components. Psychiatric Services, 66(7):852-61.
Lindenmayer, J.P., Khan, A., Lachman, H., McGurk, S.R., Goldring, A., Thanju, A., Kaushik, S. (2015). COMT genotype and response to cognitive remediation in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 168(1-2):279-84.
Lord S.E., McGurk, S.R., Nicholson J., Carpenter-Song E.A., Tauscher, J.S., Becker, D.R., Swanson, S.J., Drake, R.E., and Bond, G.R. (2014). The potential of technology for enhancing individual placement and support supported employment. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 37(2):99-106.
Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S.R. (2014). Supported employment for persons with serious mental illness: Current status and future directions. L’Encéphale, 40:S45-56.
Lindenmayer, J.P., McGurk, S.R., Khan, A., Saurabh, K., Thanju, A., Hoffman, L., Valdez, G., Wance, D., Herrmann, E. (2013). Improving Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Pilot Intervention. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39(3):507-17.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Mischel, R., Adams, R., Harvey, P.D., McClure, M.M., Look, A.E., Leung, W.W., Siever, L.J. (2013). Vocational Functioning in Schizotypal and Paranoid Personality Disorders. Psychiatry Research, 5;210(2):498-504.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Covell, N.H., Ciccerone, K.D., Drake, R.E., Silverstein, S.M., Medalia, A., Myers, R., Bellack, A.S., Bell, M.D., and Essock, S.M. (2013). Mental Health System Funding of Cognitive Enhancement Interventions for Schizophrenia: Summary and Update of the New York Office of Mental Health Expert Panel and Stakeholder Meeting. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal,36(3):133-45.
Bowie, C.R., McGurk, S.R., Mausbach, B., Patterson, T.L., Harvey, P.D. (2012). Combined Cognitive Remediation and Functional Skills Training for Schizophrenia: Effects on Cognition, Functional Competence, and Real-World Outcomes. American Journal of Psychiatry, 169(7):710-8.
Ferron, J.C., Brunette, M.F., McGurk, S.R., Xie, H., Frounfelker, R., Cook, J.A., Jonikas, J.A., McHugo, G.J. (2012). Do Symptoms and Cognitive Problems Affect the Use and Efficacy of a Web-Based Decision Support System for Smokers with Serious Mental Illness? Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 8(4):315-325.
McGurk, S.R., Eack, S.M., Kurtz, M., Mueser, K.T. (2012). Cognitive remediation and psychosocial rehabilitation for individuals with severe mental illness. Rehabilitation Research and Practice.
Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S.R. (2011). New tools for cognitive remediation and psychiatric rehabilitation of schizophrenia: Review of Integrated Psychological Therapy (IPT) for the Treatment of Neurocognition, Social Cognition, and Social Competency in Schizophrenia Patients by V. Roder, D.R. Müller, H.D. Brenner, & W.D. Spaulding. PsychCritiques, 56, Release 16, Article 2.
Rapp, M.A., Schnaider-Beeri, M., Purohit, D.P., Reichenberg, A., McGurk, S.R., Haroutunian, V., Harvey, P.D. (2011). Cortical neuritic plaques and hippocampal neurofibrillary tangels are related to dementia severity in elderly schizophrenia patients. Schizophrenia Research, 116(1):90-96.
Wykes, T., Huddy, V., Cellard, C., McGurk, S. R., & Czobar, P. (2011). A meta-analysis of cognitive remediation for schizophrenia: Methodology and effect sizes. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(5):472-85.
McGurk, S.R., Schiano, D., Mueser, K.T., & Wolfe, R. (2010). Implementation of the Thinking Skills or Work Program in a psychosocial clubhouse. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 33:190-9.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., DeRosa, T., & Wolfe, R. (2009). Work, recovery, and comorbidity in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 35(2):319-335.
Nandlal, J.M., Bettazzoni, M., Priolo, T., McGurk, S.R., Flora, N., & Perrier, C. (2009). Augmented Education: Effectiveness of a new employment training and support model for people with mental illness. Canadian Council on Learning, 1:2-29.
Lindenmayer, J.P., Kaushik, S., Branch, C., McGurk, S.R., Khan, A., Li, H., Hoffman, L. (2008). Does computerized cognitive remediation change brain activation patterns in schizophrenia: fMRI pilot data. European Psychiatry, 23 (S2):S127-S128.
Lindenmayer, J.P., McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Khan, A., Wance, D., Hoffman, L., Wolfe, R., & Xie, H. (2008). Cognitive remediation in persistently mentally ill inpatients: A randomized controlled trial. Psychiatric Services, 59:241-247.
McGurk, S.R. and Mueser, K.T. (2008). Response to cognitive rehabilitation in older vs. younger persons with severe mental illness. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 11:90-105.
McGurk, S.R., & Wykes, T. (2008). Cognitive remediation and vocational rehabilitation in schizophrenia. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 31:350-359.
DeRosa, T., McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Morin, I., & Wiesen, T. (2007). Clients’ perceptions of effective supports in vocational rehabilitation. Clinical Schiz & Related Disorders, 1:154-160.
Marshall, R., McGurk, S.R., Karow, C., & Kairy, T. (2007). Problem solving abilities of participants with and without diffuse neurologic involvement. Aphasiology, 21:750-762.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Feldman K., Wolfe, R., & Pascaris, A. (2007). Cognitive training for supported employment: 2-3 year outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164:437-441.
McGurk, S.R., Twamley, E.W., Sitzer, D., McHugo, G., & Mueser, K.T. (2007). A meta-analysis of cognitive remediation in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164:1791-1802.
Harvey, P.D., Friedman, J.I., Bowie, C., Reichenberg A., McGurk, S.R., Parrella, M., White, L., & Davis, K.L. (2006). Validity and stability of performance-based estimates of premorbid educational functioning in older patients with schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 28:178-192.
McGurk, S.R., & Mueser, K.T. (2006). Cognitive and clinical predictors of work outcome in clients with schizophrenia receiving supported employment services: 4-year follow-up. Adm Policy Mental Health, 33:598-606.
McGurk, S.R, & Mueser, K.T. (2006). Strategies for coping with cognitive impairment in supported employment. Psychiatric Services, 57:1421-1429.
McGurk, S.R., Carter, C., Goldman, R., Green, M.F., Marder, S.R., Xie, H., Schooler, N.R., & Kane, J.M. (2005). The effects of clozapine and risperidone on spatial working memory in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162:1013-1016.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., & Pascaris, A. (2005). Cognitive training and supported employment for persons with severe mental illness: One year results from a randomized controlled trial. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 31: 898-909.
McGurk, S.R., Coleman, T., Harvey, P., Reichenberg, A., White, L., Friedman, J., Parrella, M., & Davis, K.L. (2004). Working memory performance in poor outcome schizophrenia: relationship to age and executive functioning. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 26:153-160.
McGurk, S.R., Green, M.G., Wirshing, W.C., Ames, D., Marshall, B.D., & Marder, S.M. (2004). Effects of antipsychotic and anticholinergic effects on two types of spatial memory in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 68:225-233.
McGurk, S.R, Mueser, K.T., Walling, D., Meltzer, H.Y., & Harvey, P.D. (2004). Executive functioning predicts mental health service use in outpatients with schizophrenia. Mental Health Services Research, 6:185-188.
McGurk, S.R., & Mueser, K.T. (2004). Cognitive functioning, symptoms, and work in supported employment: A review and heuristic model. Schizophrenia Research, 70:147-173.
Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S.R. (2004). Schizophrenia. Lancet, 363:2063-2072.
McGurk, S.R., & Mueser, K.T. (2003). Cognitive functioning and symptomatology in unemployed, supported employed, and independently employed clients with severe mental illness. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191:789-798, 2003.
McGurk, S.R., Mueser, K.T., Harvey, P.D., Marder, J., & LaPuglia, R. (2003). Cognitive and symptom predictors of work outcomes in clients with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 54:1129-1135.
McGurk, S.R., & Meltzer, H.Y. (2000). The role of cognition in vocational functioning in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 45:175-184.
Chitra Khare completed her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology in 2005 from SNDT University in Pune, India. Chitra proceeded to focus her career on the development and implementation of rehabilitation practices for people with severe mental illnesses. She is a co-founder of a non-profit organization TRIMITI Trust (Training, Research and Interventions in Mental health and Illness through Innovation) in India. TRIMITI focuses on promotion and restoration of mental health. Chitra works with her mentor, Dr. Susan R. McGurk, at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University. With the support of her mentor, and other colleagues at the Center, including Dr. Kim Mueser, she is pursuing multiple research projects on vocational and cognitive rehabilitation in the US and in India. One of Chitra’s primary goals is to develop and test a model of mainstream work and employment options for individuals with severe mental illnesses in India, where works services for people with SMI are largely nonexistent. She has recently received a second grant award from Dudley Allen Sargent Research Fund (DASRF) to support her research on work status and employment preferences of over 500 individuals with SMI in India. Since coming to Boston University, Chitra has published a review paper of vocational models (Khare et al., 2016) and translated into Marathi language, a screening instrument to identify mild cognitive impairment, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment – Basic (MoCA – B), a translation that has been officially adopted by MoCA developers.
Area of Expertise
- Psychiatric rehabilitation
Publications
Detore, N. R., Hintz, K., Khare, C., & Mueser, K. T. (2019). Disclosure of mental illness to prospective employers : Clinical , psychosocial , and work correlates in persons receiving supported employment. Psychiatry Research, 273, 312–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.017
Khare, C., Mueser, K. T., & McGurk, S. R. (2016). Vocational rehabilitation for individuals with schizophrenia. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, doi 10.1007/s40501-016-0082-9
Presentation
Khare, C., Kasar, N., Mahamuni, S., Mueser, K.T., & McGurk, S. R. (2018, June). Feasibility of cognitive remediation for people with schizophrenia in India. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Cognitive Remediation in Psychiatry Conference, New York.
Vasudha is a Research Scientist at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Her training is in the areas of psychology and cognitive behavior therapy, rehabilitation counseling, and health services research. Vasudha started working in the mental health field in India and has worked in a variety of community based mental health and rehabilitation service settings with a focus on individuals with serious mental illness and campus mental health. As a research scientist, Vasudha is involved in management and analysis capacities in multiple research projects. Vasudha’s research interests include person-centered care and outcomes, shared-decision making, integration of physical and mental health care, and implementation science.
Selected Publications
Giduggu, V. & Jacobs, M.L. (2018): Empowering individuals with mental illness to develop healthy eating habits through mindful eating: results of a program evaluation, Psychology, Health & Medicine. doi : 10.1080/13548506.2018.1516295
Russinova, Z., Gidugu, V., Bloch, P., Restrepo-Toro, M., Rogers, E. S. (2018). Empowering individuals with psychiatric disabilities to work: Results of a randomized trial. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/prj0000303
Gottlieb, J. D., Gidugu, V., Maru, M., Tepper, M. C., Davis, M. J., Greenwold, J., Barron, R. A., Chiko, B. P., & Mueser, K. T. (2017, May 18). Randomized Controlled Trial of an Internet Cognitive Behavioral Skills-Based Program for Auditory Hallucinations in Persons With Psychosis. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/prj0000258
Gordon, C., Gidugu, V., Rogers, E. DeRonck, J. , & Ziedonis, D. (2016, online). Adapting Open Dialogue for Early-Onset Psychosis Into the U.S. Health Care Environment: A Feasibility Study. Psychiatric Services.
Gidugu, V., Rogers, E. S., Harrington, S., Maru, M., Johnson, G., Cohee, J., & Hinkel, J. (2015). Individual Peer Support: A Qualitative Study of Mechanisms of Its Effectiveness. Community Mental Health Journal, 51 (4), 445-452. doi: 10.1007/s10597-014-9801-0
Moran, G., Russinova, Z., Gidugu, V., & Gagne, C. (2013). Challenges experienced by paid peer providers in mental health recovery: a qualitative study. Community Mental Health Journal, 49(3), 281-291.
Moran, G., Russinova, R., Gidugu, V., Yim, J.Y., & Sprague, C. (2012). Benefits and Mechanisms of Recovery Among Peer Providers with Psychiatric Illnesses. Qualitative Health Research, 22(3), 304–319.
Mesidor, M., Gidugu, V., Rogers, E.S., Kash-Macdonald, V.M., Boardman, J.B. (2011). A qualitative study: barriers and facilitators to health care access for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34(4), 285-294.
Selected Presentations
Russinova, Z., & Gidugu, V. Fostering connectedness and recovery through a new social media program. Workshop presented at the 2018 Recovery Workforce Summit, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Denver, CO, June 15-18, 2018.
Rogers, E.S., Russinova, Z., & Gidugu, V. New avenues to assess and foster community integration. Workshop presented at the 2018 Recovery Workforce Summit, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Denver, CO, June 15-18, 2018.
Gidugu, V. & Russinova, Z. Effectiveness Testing of a Peer-Led Photovoice-Based Intervention to Reduce Self-Stigma and Promote Proactive Coping with Public Stigma. Presentation as part of the Symposium “Self -Stigma among People with Serious Mental Illness: Health, Sense of Belonging, and Proactive Coping” at the 51st Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, San Diego, CA, November 16-19, 2017.
Russinova, Z., Gidugu, V., & Rogers, E.S. Peer-led intervention to reduce stigma and enhance community integration. Presentation as part of the Symposium “Identifying the Benefits of Peer Support” at the 23rd NIMH Conference on Mental Health Services Research entitled “Harnessing Science to Strengthen the Public Health Impact”, Bethesda, MD, August 1-2, 2016.
Gordon, C., Gidugu, V., Arcure, K., & Rogers, E. (2016, May). Using Open Dialogue principles to craft a Collaborative Pathway for young people experiencing early psychosis, and to enhance collaboration and voice for adults with established psychiatric diagnoses. Presentation at the 2016 Recovery Workforce Summit of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Boston, MA, United States.
Jacobs, M. & Gidugu, V. (2016, May). Mindful Eating: A Practice to Enhance Hope, Health, & Empowerment One Bite At A Time. Presentation at the 2016 Recovery Workforce Summit of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Boston, MA, United States.
Jacobs, M. & Gidugu, V. (2015, November). Eat, drink, & be merry the mindful way. Presentation at the 14th Annual Massachusetts Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Conference, Marlborough, MA, United States.
Gidugu, V., Russinova, Z., Hutchinson, D., & Farkas, M. (2015, August). Vocational Illness Management and Recovery: A process evaluation. Presentation as part of the Symposium “Promising Approaches Promoting the Employment of Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses” at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada.