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  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Guillermo Bernal is affiliated with the University of Puerto Rico in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Social Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Sociology and Political Science, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered by Bernal's research include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Family Support in Illness, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems.

Bernal has published in several venues, including:

  • 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)
  • Computers
  • Neurología
  • BMJ Open
  • Palliative Medicine Reports

Recent papers by Bernal include:

  • "Galea: A physiological sensing system for behavioral research in Virtual Environments" (2022, 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR))
  • "Unraveling the Dynamics of Mental and Visuospatial Workload in Virtual Reality Environments" (2024, Computers)

Bernal has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, such as:

  • Nelson Hidalgo
  • Pattie Maes
  • Mariana Gaviria-Carrillo
  • Paola Andrea Ortiz Salas
  • Karla Vergara

Among awards, Bernal was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Cultural adaptation of treatments: A resource for considering culture in evidence-based practice.

    Guillermo Bernal;María I. Jiménez-Chafey;Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez

  • Ecological validity and cultural sensitivity for outcome research: Issues for the cultural adaptation and development of psychosocial treatments with Hispanics

    Guillermo Bernal;Janet Bonilla;Carmen Bellido

  • The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal treatments for depression in Puerto Rican adolescents.

    Jeannette Rosselló;Guillermo Bernal

  • State of the science on psychosocial interventions for ethnic minorities.

    Jeanne Miranda;Guillermo Bernal;Anna Lau;Laura Kohn

  • Culturally centered psychosocial interventions

    Guillermo Bernal;Emily Sáez-Santiago

  • Are empirically supported treatments valid for ethnic minorities? Toward an alternative approach for treatment research.

    Guillermo Bernal;María R. Scharrón-del-Río

  • Individual and group CBT and IPT for Puerto Rican adolescents with depressive symptoms.

    Jeannette Rosselló;Guillermo Bernal;Carmen Rivera-Medina

  • Psychosocial intervention development for the prevention and treatment of depression: Promoting innovation and increasing access.

    Steven D Hollon;Ricardo F Muñoz;David H Barlow;William R Beardslee

  • Prevention of depression with primary care patients: A randomized controlled trial

    Ricardo F. Muñoz;Yu-Wen Ying;Guillermo Bernal;Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable

  • Cultural Adaptations: Tools for Evidence-Based Practice with Diverse Populations

    Guillermo Bernal;Melanie M. Domenech Rodriguez

  • Parent-child interaction therapy for Puerto Rican preschool children with ADHD and behavior problems: A pilot efficacy study.

    Maribel Matos;José J. Bauermeister;Guillermo Bernal

  • Cultural Adaptations and Therapist Multicultural Competence: Two Meta-analytic Reviews

    Alberto Soto;Timothy B. Smith;Derek Griner;Melanie Domenech Rodríguez

  • Culturally adapting an evidence-based parenting intervention for Latino immigrants: the need to integrate fidelity and cultural relevance.

    Jose Ruben Parra Cardona;Melanie Domenech-Rodriguez;Marion Forgatch;Cris M. Sullivan

  • Quality of life and psychological well-being in a bicultural Latino community.

    John G. Lang;Ricardo F. Munoz;Guillermo Bernal;James L. Sorensen

  • Including ethnic minorities in mental health intervention research: a practical approach to a long-standing problem.

    Jeanne Miranda;Richard Nakamura;Guillermo Bernal

  • Intervention Development and Cultural Adaptation Research With Diverse Families.

    Guillermo Bernal

  • Depression symptoms and stressful life events among college students in Puerto Rico

    Mae Lynn Reyes-Rodríguez;Carmen L. Rivera-Medina;Luis Cámara-Fuentes;Alba Suárez-Torres

  • A revised Spanish version of the Beck Depression Inventory: psychometric properties with a Puerto Rican sample of college students

    Janet Bonilla;Guillermo Bernal;Axel Santos;Douglas Santos

  • Research issues for improving treatment of U.S. Hispanics with persistent mental disorders.

    William Armando Vega;Marvin Karno;Margerita Alegria;Jennifer Alvidrez

  • Advances in Latino Family Research: Cultural Adaptations of Evidence‐Based Interventions

    Guillermo Bernal;Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez

  • Suicide behavior among Latino and Latina adolescents: conceptual and methodological issues.

    Yovanska M. Duarté-Vélez;Guillermo Bernal

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Sorensen
James L. Sorensen University of California, San Francisco
Cris M. Sullivan
Cris M. Sullivan Michigan State University
Jeanne Miranda
Jeanne Miranda University of California, Los Angeles
Deborah Bybee
Deborah Bybee Michigan State University
Anna S. Lau
Anna S. Lau University of California, Los Angeles
Ricardo F. Muñoz
Ricardo F. Muñoz Palo Alto University
Marion S. Forgatch
Marion S. Forgatch University of Oregon
Sumie Okazaki
Sumie Okazaki New York University
William R. Beardslee
William R. Beardslee Boston Children's Hospital
Frederick T. L. Leong
Frederick T. L. Leong Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

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