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Overview

Debra Kaysen is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes primarily in psychology, with a significant focus on clinical psychology. Their research spans several subfields including social psychology, general health professions, epidemiology, and gender studies.

Their work extensively addresses topics such as posttraumatic stress disorder research, child abuse and trauma, migration, health and trauma, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, sexual assault and victimization studies, and mental health treatment and access.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Debra Kaysen include Tara E. Galovski, Anna E. Jaffe, Reginald D. V. Nixon, Denise D. Walker, and Isaac C. Rhew.

Debra Kaysen frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Debra Kaysen include:

  • Banbury Forum Consensus Statement on the Path Forward for Digital Mental Health Treatment, 2021, Psychiatric Services
  • Efficacy and Acceptability of Interventions for Co-occurring PTSD and SUD: A Meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder via Telehealth: Practical Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Comparison of Teleintegrated Care and Telereferral Care for Treating Complex Psychiatric Disorders in Primary Care, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Event-Level Associations Among Minority Stress, Coping Motives, and Substance Use Among Sexual Minority Women and Gender Diverse Individuals, 2022, Addictive Behaviors

Best Publications

  • Quantitative Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    F X Castellanos;J N Giedd;W L Marsh;S D Hamburger

  • Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Brain Development: Ages 4–18

    Jay N. Giedd;John W. Snell;Nicholas Lange;Jagath C. Rajapakse

  • Quantitative MRI of the temporal lobe, amygdala, and hippocampus in normal human development: Ages 4–18 years

    Jay N. Giedd;A. Catherine Vaituzis;Susan D. Hamburger;Nicholas Lange

  • Quantitative morphology of the caudate nucleus in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    F X Castellanos;J N Giedd;P Eckburg;W L Marsh

  • A quantitative MRI study of the corpus callosum in children and adolescents

    Jay N. Giedd;Judith M. Rumsey;F.Xavier Castellanos;Jagath C. Rajapakse

  • Controlled trial of psychotherapy for Congolese survivors of sexual violence

    Judith K. Bass;Jeannie Annan;Sarah Mc Ivor Murray;Debra Kaysen

  • Sensorimotor gating in boys with Tourette's syndrome and ADHD: Preliminary results

    F X Castellanos;E J Fine;E J Fine;D Kaysen;W L Marsh

  • Activation of prefrontal cortex in children during a nonspatial working memory task with functional MRI.

    B.J. Casey;Jonathan D. Cohen;Peter Jezzard;Peter Jezzard;Robert Turner

  • Domestic Violence and Alcohol Use: Trauma-related Symptoms and Motives for Drinking

    Debra Kaysen;Tiara M. Dillworth;Tracy Simpson;Angela Waldrop;Angela Waldrop

  • PTSD symptom clusters in relationship to alcohol misuse among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans seeking post-deployment VA health care

    Matthew Jakupcak;Matthew T. Tull;Michael J. McDermott;Debra Kaysen

  • Brain anatomic magnetic resonance imaging in childhood-onset schizophrenia

    Jean A. Frazier;Jay N. Giedd;Susan D. Hamburger;Kathleen E. Albus

  • Looking for childhood-onset schizophrenia: the first 71 cases screened.

    Kathleen McKENNA;Charles T. Gordon;Marge Lenane;Debra Kaysen

  • Sydenham's chorea Magnetic resonance imaging of the basal ganglia

    J.N. Giedd;J.L. Rapoport;M.J.P. Kruesi;C. Parker

  • Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: An NIMH Study in Progress

    Charles T. Gordon;Jean A. Frazier;Kathleen McKenna;Jay N. Giedd

  • Community-based mental health treatments for survivors of torture and militant attacks in Southern Iraq: a randomized control trial.

    William M. Weiss;Laura K. Murray;Goran Abdulla Sabir Zangana;Zayan Mahmooth

  • Drinking motives moderate daily relationships between PTSD symptoms and alcohol use.

    Tracy L. Simpson;Cynthia A. Stappenbeck;Jane A. Luterek;Keren Lehavot

  • Childhood-onset schizophrenia: brain MRI rescan after 2 years of clozapine maintenance treatment.

    Jean A. Frazier;Jay N. Giedd;Debra Kaysen;Kathleen Albus

  • Event-specific drinking among college students.

    Clayton Neighbors;David C. Atkins;Melissa Ardelle Lewis;Christine M. Lee

  • Incapacitated rape and alcohol use: A prospective analysis

    Debra Kaysen;Clayton Neighbors;Joel Martell;Nicole Fossos

  • Temporal lobe morphology in childhood-onset schizophrenia

    L K Jacobsen;J N Giedd;A C Vaituzis;S D Hamburger

Frequent Co-Authors

Clayton Neighbors
Clayton Neighbors University of Houston
Melissa A. Lewis
Melissa A. Lewis University of North Texas Health Science Center
Christine M. Lee
Christine M. Lee University of Washington
Tracy L. Simpson
Tracy L. Simpson University of Washington
Tara E. Galovski
Tara E. Galovski Boston University
Patricia A. Resick
Patricia A. Resick Duke University
Judith L. Rapoport
Judith L. Rapoport National Institutes of Health
David C. Atkins
David C. Atkins University of Washington
Jeanette Norris
Jeanette Norris University of Washington
Bethany A. Teachman
Bethany A. Teachman University of Virginia

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