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The direct and interactive effects of neuroticism and life stress on the severity and longitudinal course of depressive symptomsTimothy A Brown
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 120:844-56. 2011..The results are discussed in regard to diathesis-stress conceptual models of emotional disorders and the various roles of stressful life events in the onset, severity, and maintenance of depressive psychopathology...- A proposal for a dimensional classification system based on the shared features of the DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders: implications for assessment and treatmentTimothy A Brown
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA 02215 2013, USA
Psychol Assess 21:256-71. 2009..For instance, the advantages of this system are discussed in context of transdiagnostic treatment protocols that are efficaciously applied to a variety of disorders by targeting their shared features... - Specificity of autonomic arousal to DSM-IV panic disorder and posttraumatic stress disorderTimothy A Brown
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
Behav Res Ther 47:487-93. 2009..The current findings, which attest to the specificity of AA to PTSD and PD/A, are discussed in context of other clinically salient shared features of these disorders and their relevance to treatment and diagnostic classification... 
Temporal course and structural relationships among dimensions of temperament and DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorder constructsTimothy A Brown
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 116:313-28. 2007..The results are discussed in regard to conceptual models of temperament that define N/BI and BA/P as higher order dimensions accounting for the course and covariation of emotional disorder psychopathology...- Structural relationships among dimensions of the DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders and dimensions of negative affect, positive affect, and autonomic arousalT A Brown
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215 2015, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 107:179-92. 1998..g., negative affect) that may be of considerable importance to the understanding of the pathogenesis, course, and co-occurrence of emotional disorders... - Dimensional versus categorical classification of mental disorders in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and beyond: comment on the special sectionTimothy A Brown
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 114:551-6. 2005..The utility of incorporating broader dimensions of temperament and personality in diagnostic systems beyond the fifth edition of the DSM is also discussed... - A psychometric reanalysis of the Albany Panic and Phobia QuestionnaireTimothy A Brown
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
Behav Res Ther 43:337-55. 2005..The results are discussed in regard to psychometric implications for the APPQ and conceptual issues pertaining to the discriminant validity of fear of agoraphobic situations and fear of sensation-producing activities... - Current and lifetime comorbidity of the DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders in a large clinical sampleT A Brown
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215 2013, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 110:585-99. 2001..The findings are discussed in regard to their implications for the classification of emotional disorders... - Confirmatory factor analysis of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire: Multiple factors or method effects?Timothy A Brown
Boston University, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, 648 Beacon Street 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
Behav Res Ther 41:1411-26. 2003..In addition to their direct relevance to the psychometrics of the PSWQ, the results are discussed in regard to methodological considerations for using factor analytic methods in the evaluation of psychological tests... - Reliability of DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders: implications for the classification of emotional disordersT A Brown
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 2013, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 110:49-58. 2001..The findings are discussed in regard to their implications for the classification of emotional disorders... - Anxiety sensitivity, panic, and depressed mood: a reanalysis teasing apart the contributions of the two levels in the hierarchial structure of the Anxiety Sensitivity IndexR E Zinbarg
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 1227, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 110:372-7. 2001..However, AS-Mental Incapacitation Concerns had a stronger positive linear association with depressed mood than did AS-Physical Concerns... - Social fears and social phobia in the USA: results from the National Comorbidity Survey ReplicationA M Ruscio
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Psychol Med 38:15-28. 2008..New epidemiologic data on these topics are presented from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)... - Panic attack symptom dimensions and their relationship to illness characteristics in panic disorderAlicia E Meuret
Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, 6424 Hilltop Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, USA
J Psychiatr Res 40:520-7. 2006..We conclude that partly independent panic symptom dimensions can be identified that have different implications for severity and control of panic disorder... 
Generalized anxiety disorder within the course of major depressive disorder: examining the utility of the DSM-IV hierarchy ruleAmy E Lawrence
Department of Clinical Psychology, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Depress Anxiety 26:909-16. 2009..The goal of this study was to compare individuals with MDD, comorbid MDD and GAD, and GAD within the course of MDD at intake and 12-month follow-up on self-report measures, clinician ratings, and rates of comorbidity...- Differentiating generalized anxiety disorder from anxiety disorder not otherwise specifiedAmy E Lawrence
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:879-86. 2009..Findings are discussed with regard to their implications for revisions to the diagnostic criteria for GAD... - Eating disorder pathology among overweight treatment-seeking youth: clinical correlates and cross-sectional risk modelingKamryn T Eddy
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:2360-71. 2007.... - The construct validity of acceptance: a multitrait-multimethod investigationDylan M Kollman
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, USA
Behav Ther 40:205-18. 2009..These results are discussed in the context of acceptance's potential therapeutic utility and functional relationships with associated constructs... - Waitlist-controlled trial of cognitive behavior therapy for hoarding disorderGail Steketee
Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 1409, USA
Depress Anxiety 27:476-84. 2010..This study investigated a multicomponent cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) for hoarding based on a model proposed by Frost and colleagues and manualized in Steketee and Frost (2007)... - Racial and ethnic disparities in caregiver strain and the use of child mental health services: a structural equation modelSunny Hyucksun Shin
School of Social Work, Boston University, 264 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1039-45. 2009..This study examined the role of caregiver strain in the disproportionately low rates of services use among youths from racial or ethnic minority groups who had already had contact with public service systems... - A taxometric investigation of the latent structure of social anxiety disorder in outpatients with anxiety and mood disordersDylan M Kollman
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Depress Anxiety 23:190-9. 2006..The collective results across procedures, consistency tests, and analysis of simulated comparison data produced converging evidence in support of the conclusion that the latent structure of social phobia is dimensional... - Avoidance behavior in panic disorder: the moderating influence of perceived controlKamila S White
Department of Psychology, University of Missouri Saint Louis, St Louis, MO 63121, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:147-57. 2006..Results were consistent for self-reported and clinician-rated agoraphobia. Implications for the role of perceived control in agoraphobia development and treatment are discussed... - The effects of extraverted temperament on agoraphobia in panic disorderAnthony J Rosellini
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 2013, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 119:420-6. 2010..Findings are discussed in regard to conceptualizations of conditioned avoidance, activity levels, sociability, and positive emotions within the context of panic disorder with agoraphobia... - Differences between smokers and nonsmokers with anxiety disordersSandra Baker Morissette
VA Boston Healthcare System, Psychology Service, 116B, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:597-613. 2006..No differences were found between smokers and nonsmokers regarding social anxiety, worry, obsessive-compulsive symptoms or positive affect. Differential patterns were observed when evaluating constructs within anxiety disorder diagnoses... - Attributions for sexual situations in men with and without erectile disorder: evidence from a sex-specific attributional style measureLisa A Scepkowski
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders and Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Arch Sex Behav 33:559-69. 2004.... - The distinctiveness of compulsive hoarding from obsessive-compulsive disorderJessica R Grisham
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
J Anxiety Disord 19:767-79. 2005..Although hoarding sometimes functions as a compulsion among individuals with OCD, hoarding in the absence of other OCD symptoms may be a clinically distinct syndrome... - The NEO Five-Factor Inventory: latent structure and relationships with dimensions of anxiety and depressive disorders in a large clinical sampleAnthony J Rosellini
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Assessment 18:27-38. 2011..Results are discussed in regard to potential revisions to the NEO FFI, the evaluation of other NEO instruments using ESEM, and clinical implications of structural paths between FFM domains and specific emotional disorders... - Principal components analysis of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in children and adolescentsS Evelyn Stewart
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Biol Psychiatry 61:285-91. 2007..The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory principal components analysis of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms in children and adolescents with OCD to identify improved phenotypes for future studies... - Emotion regulation in unipolar depression: the effects of acceptance and suppression of subjective emotional experience on the intensity and duration of sadness and negative affectGabrielle I Liverant
Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Behav Res Ther 46:1201-9. 2008..Implications of study findings for understanding emotion dysregulation in depressive disorders and the treatment of depression are discussed... - Four-factor structure of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in children, adolescents, and adultsS Evelyn Stewart
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:763-72. 2008..Identification of a category-based OCD symptom dimension structure that is validated for use across child, adolescent, and adult age groups is necessary to guide ongoing translational research... - Psychometric evaluation of the behavioral inhibition/behavioral activation scales in a large sample of outpatients with anxiety and mood disordersLaura Campbell-Sills
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychol Assess 16:244-54. 2004..g., BIS with neuroticism, BAS with positive affect) than with measures of current anxiety and depression symptoms. Overall, the results support the psychometric properties of the BIS/BAS in this clinical sample... - A comparison of subjective and physiological measures of mechanically produced and erotically produced erections (or, is an erection an erection?)L L Delizonna
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University 648 Beacon St, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215 2015 USA
J Sex Marital Ther 27:21-31. 2001.... - Causal attributions and male sexual arousal: the impact of attributions for a bogus erectile difficulty on sexual arousal, cognitions, and affectR B Weisberg
Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 110:324-34. 2001..This may indicate that after an occasion of erectile difficulty, the cause to which the difficulty is attributed plays an important role in future sexual functioning... - Morbidity of DSM-IV Axis I disorders in patients with noncardiac chest pain: Psychiatric morbidity linked with increased pain and health care utilizationKamila S White
University of Missouri Saint Louis, Department of Psychology, Saint Louis, MO 63121, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:422-30. 2008..Implications for early identification of psychiatric disorders are discussed... - Determinants of sexual arousal and accuracy of its self-estimation in sexually functional malesPedro J Nobre
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
J Sex Res 41:363-71. 2004..Pre-existing sexual attitudes as well as variations in self-focused attention and interoceptive awareness evidenced little effect on sexual arousal or the accuracy of its estimation... - Effects of suppression and acceptance on emotional responses of individuals with anxiety and mood disordersLaura Campbell-Sills
Department of Psychiatry 0985, University of California, San Diego, 8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, Suite C207, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:1251-63. 2006..These findings are discussed in the context of the existing body of research on emotion regulation and current treatment approaches for anxiety and mood disorders... - Acceptability and suppression of negative emotion in anxiety and mood disordersLaura Campbell-Sills
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Emotion 6:587-95. 2006..This study extends the literature on emotion regulation to a clinical sample and suggests that judging emotions as unacceptable and suppressing emotions may be important aspects of the phenomenology of emotional disorders... - Neuropsychological impairment associated with compulsive hoardingJessica R Grisham
University of New South Wales, Australia
Behav Res Ther 45:1471-83. 2007..There were no group differences on a test of emotion-based decision-making. Results are discussed in terms of previous findings and theoretical models of compulsive hoarding...
Research Grants
- The Classification of Anxiety DisorderTimothy Brown; Fiscal Year: 2006..Taxometric studies will be conducted on selected DSM-IV disorders and personality constructs to examine whether these phenomena operate on a continuum or as taxa. ..
- The Classification of Anxiety and Mood DisordersTimothy A Brown; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- The Classification of Anxiety and Mood DisordersTimothy Brown; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- The Classification of Anxiety and Mood DisordersTimothy Brown; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- The Classification of Anxiety and Mood DisordersTimothy A Brown; Fiscal Year: 2010....