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Lisa A. Uebelacker

Lisa A. Uebelacker

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Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
6103
World Ranking
9178
National Ranking
4864

Overview

Lisa A. Uebelacker is affiliated with Brown University in the United States, with a research profile focused on psychology and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including clinical psychology, applied psychology, physiology, social psychology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics, emphasizing mindfulness and compassion interventions, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, behavioral health and interventions, eating disorders and behaviors, mental health treatment and access, and HIV/AIDS research and interventions.

Recent published papers include:

  • Effect of an Emergency Department Process Improvement Package on Suicide Prevention, 2023, published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • A feasibility study of a peer-facilitated physical activity intervention in methadone maintenance, 2021, published in Mental health and physical activity
  • "We really need this": Trauma-informed yoga for Veteran women with a history of military sexual trauma, 2021, published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine
  • Stress, coping and silver linings: How depressed perinatal women experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • The Global Task Force for Chronic Pain in People with HIV (PWH): Developing a research agenda in an emerging field, 2021, published in AIDS Care

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Ana M. Abrantes, Geoffrey Tremont, Michael D. Stein, Andrew M. Busch, and Bradley J. Anderson.

Publication venues where Lisa A. Uebelacker has multiple contributions include:

  • AIDS Care
  • Mental health and physical activity
  • Complementary Therapies in Medicine
  • Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
  • AIDS and Behavior

These research outputs highlight an interdisciplinary approach, combining clinical and applied psychology with physiological and social psychological perspectives. The focus on interventions and behavioral health suggests a commitment to understanding complex mental health issues and improving treatment strategies across diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • Psychopathology and marital satisfaction: the importance of evaluating both partners.

    Mark A. Whisman;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Lauren M. Weinstock

  • Hatha yoga for depression: critical review of the evidence for efficacy, plausible mechanisms of action, and directions for future research.

    Lisa A Uebelacker;Gary Epstein-Lubow;Brandon A Gaudiano;Geoffrey Tremont

  • Prospective associations between marital discord and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults.

    Mark A. Whisman;Lisa A. Uebelacker

  • Major depressive subtypes and treatment response

    Maurizio Fava;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Jonathan E. Alpert;Andrew A. Nierenberg

  • Impairment and distress associated with relationship discord in a national sample of married or cohabiting adults.

    Mark A. Whisman;Lisa A. Uebelacker

  • Longitudinal association between marital dissatisfaction and alcohol use disorders in a community sample.

    Mark A. Whisman;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Martha L. Bruce

  • Social phobia, avoidant personality disorder and atypical depression: co-occurrence and clinical implications.

    J. E. Alpert;L. A. Uebelacker;N. E. McLEAN;A. A. Nierenberg

  • Correlates of Depression and Marital Dissatisfaction: Perceptions of Marital Communication Style

    Lisa A. Uebelacker;Emily S. Courtnage;Mark A. Whisman

  • Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale as a Suicide Screening Instrument in Depressed Primary Care Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Lisa A. Uebelacker;Nicole M. German;Brandon A. Gaudiano;Ivan W. Miller

  • Chronic Pain in HIV‐Infected Patients: Relationship to Depression, Substance Use, and Mental Health and Pain Treatment

    Lisa A. Uebelacker;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Risa B. Weisberg;Debra S. Herman;Debra S. Herman;Genie L. Bailey

  • Open Trial of Vinyasa Yoga for Persistently Depressed Individuals: Evidence of Feasibility and Acceptability

    Lisa A. Uebelacker;Geoffrey Tremont;Gary Epstein-Lubow;Brandon A. Gaudiano

  • Patients' Beliefs About Medications are Associated with Stated Preference for Methadone, Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, or no Medication-Assisted Therapy Following Inpatient Opioid Detoxification

    Lisa A. Uebelacker;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Genie Bailey;Debra Herman;Debra Herman;Bradley Anderson

  • World Congress Integrative Medicine & Health 2017: Part one

    Carolyn Ee;Sharmala Thuraisingam;Marie Pirotta;Simon French

  • Use of item response theory to understand differential functioning of DSM-IV major depression symptoms by race, ethnicity and gender.

    L. A. Uebelacker;D. Strong;L. M. Weinstock;I. W. Miller

  • Outcome Definitions and Predictors in Depression

    Joyce Tedlow;Maurizio Fava;Lisa Uebelacker;Andrew A. Nierenberg

  • Potential for prenatal yoga to serve as an intervention to treat depression during pregnancy.

    Cynthia L. Battle;Cynthia L. Battle;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Susanna R. Magee;Susanna R. Magee;Kaeli A. Sutton

  • Marital discord and well-being in older adults: is the association confounded by personality?

    Mark A Whisman;Lisa A Uebelacker;Natalie Tolejko;Yael Chatav

  • Marital distress and the metabolic syndrome: linking social functioning with physical health.

    Mark A. Whisman;Lisa A. Uebelacker;Tatiana D. Settles

  • Barriers and facilitators of treatment for depression in a latino community: a focus group study.

    Lisa A. Uebelacker;Beth A. Marootian;Paul A. Pirraglia;Jennifer Primack

  • Family treatment for bipolar disorder: family impairment by treatment interactions.

    Ivan W. Miller;Gabor I. Keitner;Christine E. Ryan;Lisa A. Uebelacker

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan W. Miller
Ivan W. Miller Brown University
Geoffrey Tremont
Geoffrey Tremont Brown University
Michael D. Stein
Michael D. Stein Boston University
Brandon A. Gaudiano
Brandon A. Gaudiano Brown University
Risa B. Weisberg
Risa B. Weisberg Boston University
David R. Strong
David R. Strong University of California, San Diego
Mark A. Whisman
Mark A. Whisman University of Colorado Boulder
Lawrence H. Price
Lawrence H. Price Brown University
Samantha G. Farris
Samantha G. Farris Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bradley J. Anderson
Bradley J. Anderson Butler Hospital

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