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Overview

Shireen L. Rizvi is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, contributing extensively across various subfields such as clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and applied psychology.

The main research topics covered by Rizvi include:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

The scientist has published frequently in several academic venues with notable contributions including:

  • Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Psychology in the Schools

Some recent scholarly papers by Rizvi are listed below, illustrating the range and focus of their work:

  • Randomized clinical trial of a brief, scalable intervention for mental health sequelae in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • The Psychological, Academic, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on College Students in the Epicenter of the Pandemic, 2022, Emerging Adulthood
  • The potential iatrogenic effects of psychiatric hospitalization for suicidal behavior: A critical review and recommendations for research, 2020, Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
  • Lessons Learned Conducting Dialectical Behavior Therapy via Telehealth in the Age of COVID-19, 2021, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
  • Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science, 2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science

Rizvi has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, reflecting interdisciplinary and collective research efforts. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Evan M. Kleiman
  • Allison K. Ruork
  • Qingqing Yin
  • Linda A Oshin
  • Erum Nadeem

Best Publications

  • Development and validation of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale: A brief self-report measure of anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder.

    Eric Stice;Christy F. Telch;Shireen L. Rizvi

  • Randomized trial of behavioral activation, cognitive therapy, and antidepressant medication in the prevention of relapse and recurrence in major depression.

    Keith S. Dobson;Steven D. Hollon;Sona Dimidjian;Karen B. Schmaling

  • Dialectical behavior therapy skills use as a mediator and outcome of treatment for borderline personality disorder.

    Andrada D. Neacsiu;Shireen L. Rizvi;Marsha M. Linehan

  • A pilot study of the DBT coach: an interactive mobile phone application for individuals with borderline personality disorder and substance use disorder.

    Shireen L. Rizvi;Linda A. Dimeff;Julie Skutch;David Carroll

  • Test‐retest reliability of the eating disorder examination

    Shireen L. Rizvi;Shireen L. Rizvi;Carol B. Peterson;Scott J. Crow;W. Stewart Agras

  • Cognitive and affective predictors of treatment outcome in Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Shireen L. Rizvi;Dawne S. Vogt;Patricia A. Resick

  • Treatment preference, engagement, and clinical improvement in pharmacotherapy versus psychotherapy for depression.

    Bethany M. Kwan;Sona Dimidjian;Shireen L. Rizvi

  • The dialectical behavior therapy ways of coping checklist: development and psychometric properties.

    Andrada D. Neacsiu;Shireen L. Rizvi;Peter P. Vitaliano;Thomas R. Lynch

  • Emotional cascades and self-injury: investigating instability of rumination and negative emotion.

    Edward A. Selby;Joe Franklin;Amanda Carson-Wong;Shireen L. Rizvi

  • Psychiatric Aspects of Suicidal Behaviour: Personality Disorders

    Marsha M. Linehan;Shireen L. Rizvi;Stacy Shaw Welch;Benjamin Page;Benjamin Page

  • Changes in coping strategies, relationship to the perpetrator, and posttraumatic distress in female crime victims

    Cassidy A. Gutner;Shireen L. Rizvi;Candice M. Monson;Patricia A. Resick

  • Dialectical behavior therapy for substance abuse: A pilot application to methamphetamine-dependent women with borderline personality disorder *

    Linda Dimeff;Shireen L. Rizvi;Milton Brown;Marsha M. Linehan

  • The Treatment of Maladaptive Shame in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Pilot Study of "Opposite Action"

    Shireen L. Rizvi;Marsha M. Linehan

  • An overview of dialectical behavior therapy for professional psychologists.

    Shireen L. Rizvi;Lauren M. Steffel;Amanda Carson-Wong

  • Impact of Co-Occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Suicidal Women With Borderline Personality Disorder

    Melanie S. Harned;Shireen L. Rizvi;Marsha M. Linehan

  • Emotional responses to self-injury imagery among adults with borderline personality disorder.

    Stacy Shaw Welch;Marsha M. Linehan;Patrick Sylvers;Jesse Chittams

  • Beyond Fear: The Role of Peritraumatic Responses in Posttraumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Female Crime Victims

    Shireen L. Rizvi;Debra Kaysen;Cassidy A. Gutner;Michael G. Griffin

  • Borderline Personality Characteristics and Treatment Outcome in Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for PTSD in Female Rape Victims

    Stephanie B. Clarke;Shireen L. Rizvi;Patricia A. Resick

  • Applications of dialectical behavior therapy to the treatment of complex trauma-related problems: when one case formulation does not fit all.

    Amy W. Wagner;Shireen L. Rizvi;Melanie S. Harned

  • Impact of dialectical behavior therapy versus community treatment by experts on emotional experience, expression, and acceptance in borderline personality disorder.

    Andrada D. Neacsiu;Anita Lungu;Melanie S. Harned;Shireen L. Rizvi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marsha M. Linehan
Marsha M. Linehan University of Washington
Patricia A. Resick
Patricia A. Resick Duke University
Melanie S. Harned
Melanie S. Harned University of Washington
Edward A. Selby
Edward A. Selby Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eric Stice
Eric Stice Stanford University
Sona Dimidjian
Sona Dimidjian University of Colorado Boulder
Christy F. Telch
Christy F. Telch Stanford University
Dawne Vogt
Dawne Vogt Boston University
Joseph C. Franklin
Joseph C. Franklin Florida State University
Debra Kaysen
Debra Kaysen Stanford University

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