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Susan R. McGurk is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Psychology, with a strong emphasis on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, and Social Psychology. The main topics covered in their work include schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health treatment and access, employment and welfare studies, psychiatric care and mental health services, as well as dementia and cognitive impairment research and family and disability support research.

The scientist has contributed to multiple papers including:

  • Employment functioning in people with severe mental illnesses living in urban vs. rural areas in India, 2020, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • An RCT of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness in IPS Supported Employment, 2022, Psychiatric Services
  • Employment in people with severe mental illnesses receiving public sector psychiatric services in India, 2020, Psychiatry Research
  • A randomized controlled trial of Goal Management Training for executive functioning in schizophrenia spectrum disorders or psychosis risk syndromes, 2022, BMC Psychiatry
  • A randomized controlled trial of exercise on augmenting the effects of cognitive remediation in persons with severe mental illness, 2021, Journal of Psychiatric Research

McGurk has frequently published in venues such as Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatric Services, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Schizophrenia Research Cognition, and Psychological Medicine.

Their collaborative network includes coauthors such as Kim T. Mueser, Chitra Khare, Nicole R. DeTore, Nicole Pashka, and Lisa A. Razzano. McGurk's work often intersects with these collaborators on various research projects within psychiatric and clinical psychology domains.

The focus of McGurk's research addresses critical aspects of mental health, particularly through studies exploring intervention techniques, employment outcomes for individuals with serious mental illness, and cognitive remediation practices. The scientist's studies have investigated both urban and rural settings, as well as explored the benefits of novel methods like virtual reality for job interview training and goal management training for cognitive functioning enhancement.

Best Publications

  • A Meta-Analysis of Cognitive Remediation for Schizophrenia: Methodology and Effect Sizes

    Til Wykes;Vyvyan Huddy;Caroline Cellard;Susan R. McGurk

  • A meta-analysis of cognitive remediation in schizophrenia

    Susan R. McGurk;Elizabeth W. Twamley;David I. Sitzer;Gregory J. McHugo

  • The Effects of Clozapine, Risperidone, and Olanzapine on Cognitive Function in Schizophrenia

    Herbert Y. Meltzer;Susan R. McGurk

  • Does Risperidone Improve Verbal Working Memory in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia?

    Michael Foster Green;B. D. Marshall;William C. Wirshing;Donna Ames

  • Cognitive functioning, symptoms, and work in supported employment: a review and heuristic model.

    Susan R. McGurk;Kim T. Mueser

  • The role of cognition in vocational functioning in schizophrenia.

    Susan R McGurk;Herbert Y Meltzer

  • Cognitive Training and Supported Employment for Persons With Severe Mental Illness: One-Year Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Susan R McGurk;Kim T Mueser;Alysia Pascaris

  • Cognitive Training for Supported Employment: 2-3 Year Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Susan R McGurk;Kim T Mueser;Karin Feldman;Rosemarie Wolfe

  • Combined cognitive remediation and functional skills training for schizophrenia: effects on cognition, functional competence, and real-world behavior.

    Christopher R. Bowie;Susan R. McGurk;Brent Mausbach;Thomas L. Patterson

  • Work, Recovery, and Comorbidity in Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Remediation

    Susan R. McGurk;Kim T. Mueser;Thomas J. DeRosa;Rosemarie Wolfe

  • Cognitive and Symptom Predictors of Work Outcomes for Clients With Schizophrenia in Supported Employment

    Susan R. McGurk;Kim T. Mueser;Phil D. Harvey;Richard LaPuglia

  • The neurocognitive effects of low-dose haloperidol: a two-year comparison with risperidone.

    Michael F Green;Michael F Green;Stephen R Marder;Stephen R Marder;Shirley M Glynn;Shirley M Glynn;Susan R McGurk

  • The NAVIGATE Program for First-Episode Psychosis: Rationale, Overview, and Description of Psychosocial Components

    Kim T. Mueser;David L. Penn;David L. Penn;Jean Addington;Mary F. Brunette

  • Cognitive remediation for schizophrenia: An expert working group white paper on core techniques

    Christopher R. Bowie;Morris D. Bell;Joanna M. Fiszdon;Jason K. Johannesen

  • Changes in cognitive functioning with risperidone and olanzapine treatment: a large-scale, double-blind, randomized study.

    Philip D. Harvey;Michael F. Green;Susan R. McGurk;Herbert Y. Meltzer

  • Cognitive Enhancement Treatment for People With Mental Illness Who Do Not Respond to Supported Employment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Susan R. McGurk;Kim T. Mueser;Haiyi Xie;Jason Welsh

  • Improving Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Pilot Intervention Combining Computerized Social Cognition Training With Cognitive Remediation

    Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer;Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer;Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer;Susan R. McGurk;Anzalee Khan;Anzalee Khan;Saurabh Kaushik;Saurabh Kaushik;Saurabh Kaushik

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Remediation Among Inpatients With Persistent Mental Illness

    Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer;Susan Regina McGurk;Kim T. Mueser;Anzalee Khan

  • Risperidone versus Haloperidol on Secondary Memory: Can Newer Medications Aid Learning?

    Robert S. Kern;Michael F. Green;Barringer D. Marshall;William C. Wirshing

  • The effects of clozapine on cognitive functioning in schizophrenia.

    Susan R. McGurk

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip D. Harvey
Philip D. Harvey University of Miami
Michael F. Green
Michael F. Green University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher R. Bowie
Christopher R. Bowie Queen's University
Robert S. Kern
Robert S. Kern University of California, Los Angeles
Til Wykes
Til Wykes King's College London
Elizabeth W. Twamley
Elizabeth W. Twamley University of California, San Diego
Shirley M. Glynn
Shirley M. Glynn University of California, Los Angeles
Larry J. Siever
Larry J. Siever Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michael A. Rapp
Michael A. Rapp University of Potsdam
David L. Penn
David L. Penn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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