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Michael A. Gara is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research activity spans several fields, mainly focusing on psychology and medicine.

The primary areas of study include neurology, psychiatry and mental health, applied psychology, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. These fields inform their investigation into various mental health conditions and neurological disorders.

Research topics addressed by Michael A. Gara encompass:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Hallucinations in medical conditions
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Their scholarly output includes work published in several venues, such as:

  • Neurology
  • Movement Disorders
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science
  • Cureus
  • UNC Libraries

Recent publications by Michael A. Gara cover diverse aspects of neurological and psychiatric research. Notable papers include:

  • "Telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in Parkinson disease," 2020, Neurology
  • "Innovating Parkinson's Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Telemedicine Depression Treatment," 2021, Movement Disorders
  • "Development and Evaluation of a Visual Remediation Intervention for People with Schizophrenia," 2020, Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science
  • "Correlates of Suicide Attempts in Filipino Youths: An Analysis Based on the 2015 Global School-Based Student Health Survey," 2021, Cureus
  • "The Impact of Antidepressant Treatment on Cognitive Functioning in Depressed Patients with Parkinson's Disease," 2020, UNC Libraries

Michael A. Gara has worked with several frequent co-authors, including Roseanne D. Dobkin, Sarah Mann, Alejandro Interian, Kailyn M. Rodriguez, and Matthew Menza. The collaborations often focus on Parkinson's disease and mental health interventions.

Best Publications

  • Immigration and mental health: Mexican Americans in the United States.

    J I Escobar;C Hoyos Nervi;M A Gara

  • A controlled trial of antidepressants in patients with Parkinson disease and depression

    M. Menza;R. D. Dobkin;H. Marin;M. H. Mark

  • The promotion of social competence: longitudinal study of a preventive school-based program.

    Maurice J. Elias;Michael A. Gara;Thomas F. Schuyler;Leslie R. Branden-Muller

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Roseanne D. Dobkin;Matthew Menza;Lesley A. Allen;Michael A. Gara

  • Diagnostic patterns in Latino, African American, and European American psychiatric patients.

    Shula Minsky;William Vega;Theresa Miskimen;Michael Gara

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy for somatization disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

    Lesley A. Allen;Robert L. Woolfolk;Robert L. Woolfolk;Javier I. Escobar;Michael A. Gara

  • Abridged somatization: a study in primary care.

    Javier I. Escobar;Howard Waitzkin;Roxane Cohen Silver;Michael Gara

  • Managing atypical antipsychotic-associated weight gain: 12-month data on a multimodal weight control program.

    Matthew Menza;Betty Vreeland;Shula Minsky;Michael A. Gara

  • Impact of a preventive social problem solving intervention on children's coping with middle-school stressors.

    Maurice J. Elias;Michael Gara;Michael Ubriaco;Peggy A. Rothbaum

  • Self-complexity, self-evaluation, and depression: An examination of form and content within the self-schema.

    Robert L. Woolfolk;James Novalany;Michael A. Gara;Lesley A. Allen

  • Sources of Stress and Support in Children's Transition to Middle School: An Empirical Analysis

    Maurice J. Elias;Michael Gara;Michael Ubriaco

  • Psychosocial treatments for multiple unexplained physical symptoms: a review of the literature.

    Lesley A Allen;Javier I Escobar;Paul M Lehrer;Michael A Gara

  • Perception of self and other in major depression.

    Michael A. Gara;Robert L. Woolfolk;Bertram D. Cohen;Ruth B. Goldston

  • The role of inflammatory cytokines in cognition and other non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

    Matthew Menza;Roseanne DeFronzo Dobkin;Humberto Marin;Margery H. Mark

  • Measuring identity multiplicity and intersectionality: Hierarchical Classes Analysis (HICLAS) of sexual, racial, and gender identities

    Michael J. Stirratt;Ilan H. Meyer;Suzanne C. Ouellette;Michael A. Gara

  • DSM-IV Hypochondriasis in Primary Care

    Javier I Escobar;Michael Gara;Howard Waitzkin;Roxanne Cohen Silver

  • Effectiveness of a time-limited cognitive behavior therapy type intervention among primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms.

    Javier I. Escobar;Michael A. Gara;Angelica M. Diaz-Martinez;Alejandro Interian

  • Somatisation disorder in primary care.

    Javier I. Escobar;Michael Gara;Roxanne Cohen Silver;Howard Waitzkin

  • Somatic Complaints in Primary Care: Further Examining the Validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15)

    Alejandro Interian;Lesley A. Allen;Michael A. Gara;Javier I. Escobar

  • Whether medically unexplained or not, three or more concurrent somatic symptoms predict psychopathology and service use in community populations

    Javier I. Escobar;Benjamin Cook;Chi-Nan Chen;Michael A. Gara;Michael A. Gara

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Woolfolk
Robert L. Woolfolk Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Maurice J. Elias
Maurice J. Elias Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Steven M. Silverstein
Steven M. Silverstein University of Rochester Medical Center
Lauren B. Alloy
Lauren B. Alloy Temple University
Barbara Stanley
Barbara Stanley Columbia University
Michael A. Sayette
Michael A. Sayette University of Pittsburgh
Alexander I. Tröster
Alexander I. Tröster Barrow Neurological Institute
Philip T. Yanos
Philip T. Yanos City University of New York
Roxane Cohen Silver
Roxane Cohen Silver University of California, Irvine
Catherine E. Myers
Catherine E. Myers United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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