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Lorna Smith Benjamin

Lorna Smith Benjamin

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Psychology

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42
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11989
World Ranking
7408
National Ranking
4001

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 2007 - Bruno Klopfer Award, Society for Personality Assessment

Overview

Lorna Smith Benjamin is a researcher affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their scholarly work spans multiple disciplines, including psychology, medicine, and health professions, with significant contributions in clinical psychology, general health professions, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, and social psychology.

Benjamin's research addresses various topics, particularly in psychotherapy techniques and applications, mental health treatment and access, exercise and physiological responses, primary care and health outcomes, mental health and patient involvement, wound healing and treatments, and pressure ulcer prevention and management.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Benjamin include:

  • Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy (2023), published in PsycTHERAPY Dataset
  • Meropenem as an antidote for intentional valproic acid overdose (2020), The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Understanding Preferences for Addressing Spirituality Among Adults Seeking Outpatient Mental Health Care (2020), The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
  • The use of the hand-held infrared thermometer as an early detection tool for exertional heat illness in Thoroughbred racehorses: A study at racetracks in eastern Australia (2020), Equine Veterinary Education
  • Fear, Anxiety, and the Neuroimaging of PTSD (2025), Psychopharmacology Bulletin

In terms of collaborative work, Benjamin has worked frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Kenneth L. Critchfield (12 joint publications)
  • Stephen R. Hennigar (4 joint publications)
  • James P. McClung (4 joint publications)
  • J. Philip Karl (4 joint publications)
  • Natalie E. Hundt (3 joint publications)

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition (4 publications)
  • PsycTHERAPY Dataset (2 publications)
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1 publication)
  • The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (1 publication)

Benjamin has also contributed to book literature, including a publication titled Structural analysis of social behavior (SASB): A primer for clinical use. This book was published by the American Psychological Association in 2024.

Throughout their career, Benjamin has received recognition including the Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2010 and the Bruno Klopfer Award from the Society for Personality Assessment in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Structured clinical interview for DSM-IV axis II personality disorders : SCID-II

    Michael B. First;Robert L. Spitzer;Gibbon Miriam;Janet B. W. Williams

  • Structural analysis of social behavior.

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • Interpersonal Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • Meibomian gland disease. Classification and grading of lid changes.

    A J Bron;L Benjamin;G R Snibson

  • A randomized controlled comparison of integrative cognitive-affective therapy (ICAT) and enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-E) for bulimia nervosa

    S. A. Wonderlich;C. B. Peterson;R. D. Crosby;T. L. Smith

  • Interpersonal diagnosis and treatment of personality disorders, 2nd ed.

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • Empirically supported therapy relationships: Conclusions and recommendations fo the Division 29 Task Force.

    Steven J. Ackerman;Lorna Smith Benjamin;Larry E. Beutler;Charles J. Gelso

  • Facts and artifacts in using analysis of covariance to "undo" the law of initial values.

    Lorna S. Benjamin

  • The Use of Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) as an Assessment Tool

    Lorna Smith Benjamin;Jeffrey Conrad Rothweiler;Kenneth L Critchfield

  • The Wisconsin Personality Disorders Inventory: Development, Reliability, and Validity

    Marjorie H. Klein;Lorna Smith Benjamin;Rochelle Rosenfeld;Catherine Treece

  • Whatever happened to interpersonal diagnosis? A psychosocial alternative to DSM-III.

    Clinton W. McLemore;Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF THE LAW OF INITIAL VALUES (LIV) IN AUTONOMIC RESEARCH: A REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

    Lorna S. Benjamin

  • A clinician-friendly version of the interpersonal circumplex: structural analysis of social behavior (SASB).

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • Gender and haplotype effects upon hematological manifestations of adult sickle cell anemia.

    M. H. Steinberg;H. Hsu;R. L. Nagel;P. F. Milner

  • Is Chronicity a Function of the Relationship Between the Person and the Auditory Hallucination

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • Dimensions of Emotion Dysregulation in Bulimia Nervosa

    Jason M. Lavender;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Carol B. Peterson;Ross D. Crosby

  • Structural analysis of differentiation failure.

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • SASB: A Bridge Between Personality Theory and Clinical Psychology

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • Uniformity of evidence-based treatments in practice? Therapist effects in the delivery of cognitive processing therapy for PTSD.

    Kevin M. Laska;Tracey L. Smith;Andrew P. Wislocki;Takuya Minami

  • Social perceptions and borderline personality disorder: The relation to mood disorders.

    Lorna Smith Benjamin;Stephen A. Wonderlich

  • Introduction to the special section on structural analysis of social behavior.

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • Interpersonal reconstructive therapy: Promoting change in nonresponders.

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

  • Use of the SASB Dimensional Model to Develop Treatment Plans for Personality Disorders. I: Narcissism

    Lorna Smith Benjamin

Frequent Co-Authors

Marjorie H. Klein
Marjorie H. Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Timothy W. Smith
Timothy W. Smith University of Utah
John F. Clarkin
John F. Clarkin Cornell University
Arnoud Arntz
Arnoud Arntz University of Amsterdam
Stephen A. Wonderlich
Stephen A. Wonderlich University of North Dakota
Joel Paris
Joel Paris McGill University
Nadine J. Kaslow
Nadine J. Kaslow Emory University
Jacques P. Barber
Jacques P. Barber Adelphi University
Frances K. Graham
Frances K. Graham University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marianne Z. Wamboldt
Marianne Z. Wamboldt Children's Hospital Colorado

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