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Overview

Melinda A. Stanley is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines centered primarily around psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology and mental health.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these areas, their subfields of study cover:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Melinda A. Stanley's research addresses a variety of significant topics, including:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Reproductive Health and Contraception
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

Their recent published works reflect these thematic areas. Notable recent papers include:

  • Aggression Prevention Training for Individuals With Dementia and Their Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
  • Anxiety Disorders in Late Life (2020, Clinics in Geriatric Medicine)
  • Perspectives on DMPA-SC for self-injection among adolescents with unmet need for contraception in Malawi (2023, Frontiers in Global Women's Health)
  • Private health care market shaping and changes in inequities in childhood diarrhoea treatment coverage: evidence from the analysis of baseline and endline surveys of an ORS and zinc scale-up program in Nigeria (2021, International Journal for Equity in Health)
  • Health care provider and client experiences of counselling on depot medroxyprogesterone acetate subcutaneous (DMPA-SC) for self-injection in Malawi (2023, PLOS Global Public Health)

Frequent publication venues for Stanley include:

  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Global Women's Health
  • PLOS Global Public Health
  • Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Collaboration has been an important aspect of their professional activity, working repeatedly with several coauthors such as:

  • Mark E. Kunik
  • Terri L. Fletcher
  • Amber B. Amspoker
  • Chelsey Porter Erlank
  • Hardeep Singh

Best Publications

  • An empirically derived inventory to measure social fears and anxiety: The Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory.

    Samuel M. Turner;Deborah C. Beidel;Constance V. Dancu;Melinda A. Stanley

  • Surprisingly High Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Chronic Breathing Disorders

    Mark E Kunik;Kent Roundy;Connie Veazey;Julianne Souchek

  • Anxiety disorders in older adults: a comprehensive review†

    Kate B. Wolitzky-Taylor;Natalie Castriotta;Eric J. Lenze;Melinda A. Stanley

  • Psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 in older primary care patients

    Andrew T. Gloster;Howard M. Rhoades;Diane M Novy;Jens Klotsche

  • The depression anxiety stress scale-21: Spanish translation and validation with a Hispanic sample

    Patricia Daza;Diane M. Novy;Melinda A. Stanley;Patricia Averill

  • Anxiety in dementia: A critical review

    Paul J. Seignourel;Mark E. Kunik;Lynn Snow;Lynn Snow;Nancy Wilson

  • Generalized worry disorder: a review of DSM-IV generalized anxiety disorder and options for DSM-V.

    Gavin Andrews;Megan J. Hobbs;Thomas D. Borkovec;Katja Beesdo

  • Quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and comorbid anxiety or depression

    Jeffrey A. Cully;David P. Graham;David P. Graham;Melinda A. Stanley;Melinda A. Stanley;Chris J. Ferguson;Chris J. Ferguson

  • Cognitive-behavioral treatment of late-life generalized anxiety disorder.

    Melinda A. Stanley;J. Gayle Beck;Diane M. Novy;Patricia M. Averill

  • Cognitive behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder among older adults in primary care: a randomized clinical trial.

    Melinda A. Stanley;Nancy L. Wilson;Diane M. Novy;Howard M. Rhoades

  • 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

  • COPD education and cognitive behavioral therapy group treatment for clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety in COPD patients: a randomized controlled trial.

    M. E. Kunik;C. Veazey;J. A. Cully;J. Souchek

  • Older Adults’ Preferences For Religion/Spirituality In Treatment For Anxiety And Depression

    Melinda A. Stanley;Melinda A. Stanley;Melinda A. Stanley;Amber L. Bush;Mary E. Camp;John P. Jameson;John P. Jameson

  • Self-Efficacy Theory in Contemporary Psychology: An Overview

    James E. Maddux;Melinda A. Stanley

  • Psychometric properties of four anxiety measures in older adults

    Melinda A. Stanley;J.Gayle Beck;Barbara J. Zebb

  • Treatment of generalized anxiety in older adults: A preliminary comparison of cognitive-behavioral and supportive approaches.

    Melinda A. Stanley;J. Gayle Beck;Jill DeWitt Glassco

  • Current status of pharmacological and behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Melinda A. Stanley;Samuel M. Turner

  • Psychometric properties of the MSPSS in older adults

    M. A. Stanley;J. G. Beck;B. J. Zebb

  • The social phobia and anxiety inventory: Concurrent and external validity

    Deborah C. Beidel;Samuel M. Turner;Melinda A. Stanley;Constance V. Dancu

  • Cognitive Processes in Health Enhancement: Investigation of a Combined Protection Motivation and Self-Efficacy Model

    Melinda A. Stanley;James E. Maddux

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Kunik
Mark E. Kunik Baylor College of Medicine
Jeffrey A. Cully
Jeffrey A. Cully Baylor College of Medicine
Diane M. Novy
Diane M. Novy The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Howard M. Rhoades
Howard M. Rhoades The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Gretchen J. Diefenbach
Gretchen J. Diefenbach Yale University
Derek R. Hopko
Derek R. Hopko University of Tennessee at Knoxville
J. Gayle Beck
J. Gayle Beck University of Memphis
Julie Loebach Wetherell
Julie Loebach Wetherell University of California, San Diego
Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
Alan C. Swann
Alan C. Swann The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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