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Overview

Joshua D. Lipsitz was affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their primary field of study was psychology, with a focus on several subfields such as clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The extensive research topics covered by Lipsitz included child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, perfectionism, procrastination, anxiety studies, psychotherapy techniques and applications, attachment and relationship dynamics, family caregiving in mental illness, and mental health treatment and access.

Among the recent scholarly contributions were two papers: "Vulnerabilities in social anxiety: Integrating intra- and interpersonal perspectives" published in 2024 in Clinical Psychology Review, and "Telephone interpersonal counseling treatment for frequent attenders to primary care: Development and piloting" published in 2023 in Psychotherapy Research.

  • Rivkah Ginat-Frolich
  • Eva Gilboa-Schechtman
  • Jonathan D. Huppert
  • Idan M. Aderka
  • Lynn E. Alden

Lipsitz collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Rivkah Ginat-Frolich, Eva Gilboa-Schechtman, Jonathan D. Huppert, Idan M. Aderka, and Lynn E. Alden.

  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Psychotherapy Research

The main publication venues for their work were Clinical Psychology Review and Psychotherapy Research, each with at least one publication.

Best Publications

  • Treatment of specific phobia in adults.

    Yujuan Choy;Abby J. Fyer;Josh D. Lipsitz

  • Do Mindfulness-Based Interventions Reduce Pain Intensity? A Critical Review of the Literature

    Keren Reiner;Lee Tibi;Joshua D. Lipsitz

  • The GRID-HAMD : standardization of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

    Janet B.W. Williams;Kenneth A. Kobak;Per Bech;Nina Engelhardt

  • Psychopathology in male and female intravenous drug users with and without HIV infection.

    Lipsitz Jd;Williams Jb;Rabkin Jg;Remien Rh

  • Mechanisms of change in interpersonal therapy (IPT).

    Joshua D. Lipsitz;John C. Markowitz

  • Open Trial of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Social Phobia

    Joshua D. Lipsitz;John C. Markowitz;Sabrina Cherry;Abby J. Fyer

  • Childhood separation anxiety disorder in patients with adult anxiety disorders.

    Joshua D. Lipsitz;Lynn Y. Martin;Salvatore Mannuzza;Tim F. Chapman

  • Psychopathology in male and female HIV-positive and negative injecting drug users: longitudinal course over 3 years

    Judith G. Rabkin;Jeffrey Johnson;Shu-hsing Lin;Joshua D. Lipsitz

  • A randomized trial of interpersonal therapy versus supportive therapy for social anxiety disorder

    Joshua D. Lipsitz;Merav Gur;Donna Vermes;Eva Petkova

  • Emetophobia: Preliminary results of an internet survey

    Joshua D. Lipsitz;Abby J. Fyer;Abby J. Fyer;B A Anthea Paterniti;Donald F. Klein;Donald F. Klein

  • Social phobia. Epidemiology and cost of illness.

    Joshua D. Lipsitz;Franklin R. Schneier

  • Social anxiety and physiological arousal during computer mediated vs. face to face communication

    Jonathan G. Shalom;Haggar Israeli;Omer Markovitzky;Joshua D. Lipsitz

  • Ongoing traumatic stress response (OTSR) in Sderot, Israel.

    Gary M. Diamond;Joshua D. Lipsitz;Zvi Fajerman;Omit Rozenblat

  • Social competence and positive and negative symptoms: a longitudinal study of children and adolescents at risk for schizophrenia and affective disorder.

    R H Dworkin;G Bernstein;L M Kaplansky;J D Lipsitz

  • Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Anxiety Sensitivity in Youngsters With Noncardiac Chest Pain and Benign Heart Murmurs

    Joshua D Lipsitz;Carrie Masia-Warner;Howard Apfel;Zvi Marans

  • Pain responsivity in major depression and bipolar disorder.

    Robert H Dworkin;Robert H Dworkin;W.Crawford Clark;Joshua D Lipsitz

  • Noncardiac chest pain and psychopathology in children and adolescents.

    Joshua D. Lipsitz;Carrie Masia;Howard Apfel;Zvi Marans

  • Critical review of outcome research on interpersonal psychotherapy for anxiety disorders.

    John C. Markowitz;Joshua Lipsitz;Barbara L. Milrod;Barbara L. Milrod

  • Affective deficits and pain insensitivity in schizophrenia

    Robert H. Dowrkin;W. Crawford Clark;Joshua D. Lipsitz;Xavier F. Amador

  • Interview Quality and Signal Detection in Clinical Trials

    Kenneth A. Kobak;Alan D. Feiger;Joshua D. Lipsitz

  • Panic disorder and social phobia: effects of comorbidity on familial transmission.

    Abby J. Fyer;Salvatore Mannuzza;Tim F. Chapman;Joshua Lipsitz

  • Nonpathological response to ongoing traumatic stress.

    Gary M. Diamond;Joshua D. Lipsitz;Yaakov Hoffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald F. Klein
Donald F. Klein New York University
Jeffrey G. Johnson
Jeffrey G. Johnson Columbia University
Gary M. Diamond
Gary M. Diamond Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
John C. Markowitz
John C. Markowitz Columbia University
Elizabeth L. Jeglic
Elizabeth L. Jeglic John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Golan Shahar
Golan Shahar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Anne Marie Albano
Anne Marie Albano Columbia University
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University
Richard Balon
Richard Balon Wayne State University
Kenneth E. Evans
Kenneth E. Evans University of Exeter

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