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Overview

Julie Loebach Wetherell is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a focus on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and physiology.

Their scientific interests broadly cover topics such as anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, mental health treatment and access, mindfulness and compassion interventions, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, COVID-19 and mental health, functional brain connectivity studies, and nutrition and health in aging.

Julie Loebach Wetherell has contributed to notable journals and publication venues. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • International Psychogeriatrics
  • JAMA
  • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Recent publications authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Mindfulness, Education, and Exercise for age-related cognitive decline: Study protocol, pilot study results, and description of the baseline sample (2020), Clinical Trials
  • Does patient expectancy account for the cognitive and clinical benefits of mindfulness training in older adults? (2020), International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy for late-life treatment-resistant generalised anxiety disorder: a feasibility study (2021), Age and Ageing
  • Late-Life Depression is Associated With Increased Levels of GDF-15, a Pro-Aging Mitokine (2022), American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Effects of Mindfulness Training and Exercise on Cognitive Function in Older Adults (2022), JAMA

The scholar has frequently collaborated with other researchers, notably:

  • Eric J. Lenze
  • Lisa T. Eyler
  • Sherry A. Beaudreau
  • Abraham Z. Snyder
  • Michael Yingling

Best Publications

  • Depression in Older Adults

    Amy Fiske;Julie Loebach Wetherell;Margaret Gatz

  • A randomized, controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic pain

    Julie Loebach Wetherell;Julie Loebach Wetherell;Niloofar Afari;Niloofar Afari;Thomas Rutledge;Thomas Rutledge;John T. Sorrell

  • Evidence-based psychological treatments for late-life anxiety.

    Catherine R. Ayers;John T. Sorrell;Steven R. Thorp;Julie Loebach Wetherell

  • Motivational interviewing with primary care populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Katherine A. VanBuskirk;Katherine A. VanBuskirk;Julie Loebach Wetherell;Julie Loebach Wetherell

  • Empirically validated psychological treatments for older adults.

    Margaret Gatz;Amy Fiske;Lauren S. Fox;Brian Kaskie

  • Assessing worry in older adults: confirmatory factor analysis of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire and psychometric properties of an abbreviated model.

    Derek R. Hopko;Melinda A. Stanley;Deborah L. Reas;Julie Loebach Wetherell

  • Age at onset and clinical features of late life compulsive hoarding

    Catherine R. Ayers;Sanjaya Saxena;Sanjaya Saxena;Shahrokh Golshan;Julie Loebach Wetherell;Julie Loebach Wetherell

  • Treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in older adults.

    Julie Loebach Wetherell;Margaret Gatz;Michelle G. Craske

  • Ecological momentary assessment versus standard assessment instruments for measuring mindfulness, depressed mood, and anxiety among older adults.

    Raeanne C. Moore;Raeanne C. Moore;Colin A. Depp;Colin A. Depp;Julie Loebach Wetherell;Julie Loebach Wetherell;Eric J. Lenze

  • Anxiety, Cognitive Performance, and Cognitive Decline in Normal Aging

    Julie Loebach Wetherell;Chandra A Reynolds;Margaret Gatz;Nancy L Pedersen

  • Neuroimaging Findings in Twins Discordant for Alzheimer’s Disease

    Pedersen Nl;Miller Bl;Wetherell Jl;Vallo J

  • A lifespan view of anxiety disorders.

    Eric J Lenze;Julie Loebach Wetherell

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction for older adults with worry symptoms and co-occurring cognitive dysfunction.

    Eric J. Lenze;Steven Hickman;Tamara Hershey;Leah Wendleton

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for generalized anxiety disorder in older adults: a preliminary report.

    Julie Loebach Wetherell;Niloofar Afari;Catherine R Ayers;Jill A Stoddard

  • Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

    C. Shawn Green;Daphne Bavelier;Arthur F. Kramer;Arthur F. Kramer;Sophia Vinogradov

  • Targeting acceptance, mindfulness, and values-based action in chronic pain: Findings of two preliminary trials of an outpatient group-based intervention.

    Kevin E. Vowles;Julie Loebach Wetherell;John T. Sorrell

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Beck Anxiety Inventory with older medical patients.

    Julie Loebach Wetherell;Patricia A. Areán

  • Quality of life in geriatric generalized anxiety disorder:a preliminary investigation

    Julie Loebach Wetherell;Steven R. Thorp;Thomas L. Patterson;Shahrokh Golshan

  • A longitudinal analysis of anxiety and depressive symptoms

    Julie Loebach Wetherell;Margaret Gatz;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Meditation-Based Mantram Intervention for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Trial

    Jill E. Bormann;Steven R. Thorp;Julie L. Wetherell;Shahrokh Golshan

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Steven R. Thorp
Steven R. Thorp Alliant International University
Melinda A. Stanley
Melinda A. Stanley Baylor College of Medicine
Elizabeth W. Twamley
Elizabeth W. Twamley University of California, San Diego
Dilip V. Jeste
Dilip V. Jeste University of California, San Diego
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Thomas Rutledge
Thomas Rutledge University of California, San Diego
Colin A. Depp
Colin A. Depp University of California, San Diego
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Chandra A. Reynolds
Chandra A. Reynolds University of California, Riverside

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