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Overview

Kate H. Bentley is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work addresses a range of mental health topics. Major themes include mental health research topics, suicide and self-harm studies, digital mental health interventions, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health treatment and access, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, cognitive processes, and psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

Bentley's recent notable papers include:

  • "Automated assessment of psychiatric disorders using speech: A systematic review" (2020) published in Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
  • "Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for Suicide Prevention: Promise, Challenges, and Future Directions" (2022) published in Psychiatry
  • "A Pilot Study Using Frequent Inpatient Assessments of Suicidal Thinking to Predict Short-Term Postdischarge Suicidal Behavior" (2021) published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Ethical dilemmas posed by mobile health and machine learning in psychiatry research" (2020) published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • "Consensus Statement on Ethical & Safety Practices for Conducting Digital Monitoring Studies with People at Risk of Suicide and Related Behaviors" (2020) published in Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice

Their work is often published in prominent journals, with repeated contributions to venues such as Behavior Therapy, JMIR Mental Health, Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, Lung Cancer, and Journal of Affective Disorders.

Frequent collaborators include Evan M. Kleiman (26 coauthored works), Matthew K. Nock (24), Rebecca G. Fortgang (15), Alexander J. Millner (12), and Daniel D.L. Coppersmith (10).

K. H. Bentley has also authored book publications through Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra eBooks. These include two manuals published in 2023 related to transdiagnostic treatment protocols for emotional disorders:

  • Protocolo Unificado para o Tratamento Transdiagnóstico das Perturbações Emocionais: Manual de Exercícios
  • Protocolo Unificado para o Tratamento Transdiagnóstico das Perturbações Emocionais: Manual do Terapeuta

Best Publications

  • Risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A meta-analysis of 50 years of research.

    Joseph C. Franklin;Jessica D. Ribeiro;Kathryn R. Fox;Kate H. Bentley

  • Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors as risk factors for future suicide ideation, attempts, and death: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

    J. D. Ribeiro;J. C. Franklin;Kathryn Rebecca Fox;K. H. Bentley

  • The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders Compared With Diagnosis-Specific Protocols for Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    David H. Barlow;Todd J. Farchione;Jacqueline R. Bullis;Jacqueline R. Bullis;Matthew W. Gallagher;Matthew W. Gallagher

  • Meta-analysis of risk factors for nonsuicidal self-injury

    Kathryn Rebecca Fox;Joseph C. Franklin;Jessica D. Ribeiro;Evan M. Kleiman

  • Anxiety and its disorders as risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A meta-analytic review

    Kate H. Bentley;Joseph C. Franklin;Jessica D. Ribeiro;Evan M. Kleiman

  • Automated assessment of psychiatric disorders using speech: A systematic review.

    Daniel M. Low;Daniel M. Low;Kate H. Bentley;Kate H. Bentley;Satrajit S. Ghosh;Satrajit S. Ghosh

  • Development and validation of the Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale.

    Kate H. Bentley;Matthew W. Gallagher;Jenna R. Carl;David H. Barlow

  • The association between nonsuicidal self-injury and the emotional disorders: A meta-analytic review

    Kate H. Bentley;Clair F. Cassiello-Robbins;Lisa Vittorio;Shannon Sauer-Zavala

  • Perceived Control and Vulnerability to Anxiety Disorders: A Meta-analytic Review

    Matthew W. Gallagher;Matthew W. Gallagher;Kate H. Bentley;David H. Barlow

  • The Four-Function Model of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Key Directions for Future Research

    Kate H. Bentley;Matthew K. Nock;David H. Barlow

  • The role of negative affectivity and negative reactivity to emotions in predicting outcomes in the unified protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders.

    Shannon Sauer-Zavala;James F. Boswell;Matthew W. Gallagher;Kate H. Bentley

  • The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders Preliminary Exploration of Effectiveness for Group Delivery

    Jacqueline R. Bullis;Shannon Sauer-Zavala;Kate H. Bentley;Johanna Thompson-Hollands

  • Repeat-dose ketamine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression with chronic suicidal ideation: A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial.

    Dawn F. Ionescu;Kate H. Bentley;Matthias Eikermann;Norman Taylor

  • TRANSDIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND COMORBID DISORDERS: A CLINICAL REPLICATION SERIES

    Shannon Sauer-Zavala;Kate H. Bentley;Julianne G. Wilner

  • Biological risk factors for suicidal behaviors: a meta-analysis

    B P Chang;J C Franklin;J D Ribeiro;J D Ribeiro;K R Fox

  • Antidepressants for Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder in Patients With Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorders: A Meta-Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trials

    Nadia Iovieno;Enrico Tedeschini;Kate H. Bentley;A. Eden Evins

  • Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders

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  • A preliminary investigation of the effects of the unified protocol on temperament.

    Jenna R. Carl;Matthew W. Gallagher;Shannon E. Sauer-Zavala;Kate H. Bentley

  • Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for Suicide Prevention: Promise, Challenges, and Future Directions

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  • Real-time monitoring technology in single-case experimental design research: Opportunities and challenges.

    Kate H. Bentley;Evan M. Kleiman;Grace Elliott;Jeffery C. Huffman

  • A Pilot Study Using Frequent Inpatient Assessments of Suicidal Thinking to Predict Short-Term Postdischarge Suicidal Behavior.

    Shirley B Wang;Daniel D L Coppersmith;Evan M Kleiman;Kate H Bentley

  • Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for Suicide Prevention: Promise, Challenges, and Future Directions

    Coppersmith Dd;Dempsey W;Kleiman E;Bentley K

Frequent Co-Authors

Shannon Sauer-Zavala
Shannon Sauer-Zavala University of Kentucky
Todd J. Farchione
Todd J. Farchione Boston University
Matthew K. Nock
Matthew K. Nock Harvard University
Evan M. Kleiman
Evan M. Kleiman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University
Alexander J. Millner
Alexander J. Millner Harvard University
Jessica D. Ribeiro
Jessica D. Ribeiro Florida State University
Paola Pedrelli
Paola Pedrelli Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeff C. Huffman
Jeff C. Huffman Harvard University
Joseph C. Franklin
Joseph C. Franklin Florida State University

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