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Joseph Ventura is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology, with an emphasis on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their scientific contributions span several key topics, including:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Joseph Ventura has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Schizophrenia Research
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Early Intervention in Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • World Psychiatry

Among their recent papers are:

  • "The clinical characterization of the patient with primary psychosis aimed at personalization of management" (2021, World Psychiatry)
  • "Psychological Distress in Solitary Confinement: Symptoms, Severity, and Prevalence in the United States, 2017-2018" (2020, American Journal of Public Health)
  • "Online Social Cognition Training in Schizophrenia: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Multi-Site Clinical Trial" (2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin)
  • "Aerobic exercise enhances cognitive training effects in first-episode schizophrenia: randomized clinical trial demonstrates cognitive and functional gains" (2022, Psychological Medicine)
  • "Relationship of poor insight to neurocognition, social cognition, and psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis" (2020, Schizophrenia Research)

Joseph Ventura has collaborated frequently with several peers, including:

  • Keith H. Nuechterlein
  • Kenneth L. Subotnik
  • Michael F. Green
  • Sarah McEwen
  • Luana R. Turner

Best Publications

  • Prodromal Assessment With the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes and the Scale of Prodromal Symptoms: Predictive Validity, Interrater Reliability, and Training to Reliability

    Tandy J. Miller;Thomas H. McGlashan;Joanna L. Rosen;Kristen Cadenhead

  • Training and quality assurance with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale: "The drift busters."

    Joseph Ventura;Michael Foster Green;Andrew Shaner;Robert P. Liberman

  • Training and quality assurance with the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I/P)

    Joseph Ventura;Joseph Ventura;Robert P. Liberman;Robert P. Liberman;Robert P. Liberman;Michael F. Green;Michael F. Green;Michael F. Green;Andrew Shaner;Andrew Shaner;Andrew Shaner

  • Symptoms as mediators of the relationship between neurocognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis.

    Joseph Ventura;Gerhard S. Hellemann;April D. Thames;Vanessa Koellner

  • Developmental Processes in Schizophrenic Disorders: Longitudinal Studies of Vulnerability and Stress

    Keith H. Nuechterlein;Michael E. Dawson;Michael Gitlin;Joseph Ventura

  • Operational criteria and factors related to recovery from schizophrenia

    Robert Paul Liberman;Alex Kopelowicz;Joseph Ventura;Daniel Gutkind

  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia, Part 1: Performance Across Phase of Illness

    Michael F. Green;Carrie E. Bearden;Tyrone D. Cannon;Alan P. Fiske

  • Symptom dimensions in recent-onset schizophrenia and mania: A principal components analysis of the 24-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale.

    Joseph Ventura;Keith H Nuechterlein;Kenneth L Subotnik;Daniel Gutkind

  • Neurocognitive function in clinically stable men with bipolar I disorder or schizophrenia and normal control subjects

    Lori L. Altshuler;Lori L. Altshuler;Joseph Ventura;Joseph Ventura;Wilfred G. van Gorp;Michael F. Green;Michael F. Green

  • Clinical Outcome Following Neuroleptic Discontinuation in Patients With Remitted Recent-Onset Schizophrenia

    Michael Gitlin;Keith Nuechterlein;Kenneth L. Subotnik;Joseph Ventura

  • Neurocognitive Predictors of Work Outcome in Recent-Onset Schizophrenia

    Keith H. Nuechterlein;Kenneth L. Subotnik;Michael F. Green;Joseph Ventura

  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia, Part 2: 12-Month Stability and Prediction of Functional Outcome in First-Episode Patients

    William P. Horan;William P. Horan;Michael F. Green;Michael F. Green;Michael DeGroot;Michael DeGroot;Alan Fiske

  • The vulnerability/stress model of schizophrenic relapse: a longitudinal study

    K. H. Nuechterlein;M. E. Dawson;J. Ventura;M. Gitlin

  • Long-Acting Injectable Risperidone for Relapse Prevention and Control of Breakthrough Symptoms After a Recent First Episode of Schizophrenia. A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Kenneth L. Subotnik;Laurie R. Casaus;Joseph Ventura;John S. Luo

  • Symptom Domains and Neurocognitive Functioning Can Help Differentiate Social Cognitive Processes in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis

    Joseph Ventura;Rachel C. Wood;Gerhard S. Hellemann

  • A prospective study of stressful life events and schizophrenic relapse.

    Joseph Ventura;Keith H. Nuechterlein;David Lukoff;Jean P. Hardesty

  • Individual placement and support for individuals with recent-onset schizophrenia: integrating supported education and supported employment.

    Keith H. Nuechterlein;Kenneth L. Subotnik;Luana R. Turner;Joseph Ventura

  • Consistency of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Factor Structure across a Broad Spectrum of Schizophrenia Patients

    Alex Kopelowicz;Joseph Ventura;Robert Paul Liberman;Jim Mintz

  • Disorganization and Reality Distortion in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Positive Symptoms and Neurocognitive Deficits

    Joseph Ventura;April D. Thames;Rachel C. Wood;Lisa H. Guzik;Lisa H. Guzik

  • The clinical characterization of the patient with primary psychosis aimed at personalization of management

    Mario Maj;Jim van Os;Jim van Os;Jim van Os;Marc De Hert;Marc De Hert;Wolfgang Gaebel

  • Life Events, Familial Stress, and Coping in the Developmental Course of Schizophrenia

    David Lukoff;Karen Snyder;Joseph Ventura;Keith H. Nuechterlein

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith H. Nuechterlein
Keith H. Nuechterlein University of California, Los Angeles
Kenneth L. Subotnik
Kenneth L. Subotnik University of California, Los Angeles
Michael F. Green
Michael F. Green University of California, Los Angeles
Gerhard Hellemann
Gerhard Hellemann University of California, Los Angeles
Robert S. Kern
Robert S. Kern University of California, Los Angeles
Robert M. Bilder
Robert M. Bilder University of California, Los Angeles
Robert Paul Liberman
Robert Paul Liberman University of California, Los Angeles
Carrie E. Bearden
Carrie E. Bearden University of California, Los Angeles
Michael E. Dawson
Michael E. Dawson University of Southern California
Steven P. Reise
Steven P. Reise University of California, Los Angeles

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