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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...- Overview of generalized anxiety disorder: epidemiology, presentation, and courseRisa B Weisberg
Brown University, Box G BH, Duncan Building, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 70:4-9. 2009..The course of GAD is chronic and can be exacerbated by poor family relationships, comorbid cluster C personality disorders, and comorbid Axis I disorders. Impairment and suicidal ideation are associated with GAD... - Psychiatric treatment in primary care patients with anxiety disorders: a comparison of care received from primary care providers and psychiatristsRisa B Weisberg
Department of Psychiatry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02096, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:276-82. 2007..This study examined psychiatric treatment received by primary care patients with anxiety disorders and compared treatment received from primary care physicians and from psychiatrists... - Nonpsychiatric illness among primary care patients with trauma histories and posttraumatic stress disorderRisa B Weisberg
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:848-54. 2002..The authors examined the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, and self-reported nonpsychiatric medical conditions in a sample of 502 primary care patients with one or more anxiety disorders... 
Mental health treatment received by primary care patients with posttraumatic stress disorderBenjamin F Rodriguez
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, R I, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 64:1230-6. 2003..Our purpose was to describe the characteristics of mental health treatment received by primary care patients diagnosed with PTSD...- Comorbidity of body dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders: severity of psychopathology and body image disturbanceJessica S Ruffolo
Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:11-9. 2006..These findings have important implications for the assessment and treatment of these comorbid body image disorders... - Is anyone really M.A.D.?: the occurrence and course of mixed anxiety-depressive disorder in a sample of primary care patientsRisa B Weisberg
Department of Psychiatry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:223-30. 2005..Although this was not a prevalence study, results indicate a very low occurrence of MAD across 15 primary care settings. Further, they indicate that this diagnosis may not be stable across time and raise doubts about its utility... - Characteristics and predictors of full and partial recovery from generalized anxiety disorder in primary care patientsBenjamin F Rodriguez
Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901-6502, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:91-7. 2006..These results underscore that GAD is a chronic and persistent illness in primary care patients... - Chronicity in posttraumatic stress disorder and predictors of the course of posttraumatic stress disorder among primary care patientsCaron Zlotnick
Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:153-9. 2004..e., full and partial PTSD). This study suggests that, in a primary care setting, PTSD is a persistent illness, and that many subjects who have recovered from PTSD continue to suffer from subthreshold symptoms of PTSD... - Social and health functioning in female primary care patients with post-traumatic stress disorder with and without comorbid substance abuseCaron Zlotnick
Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Compr Psychiatry 44:177-83. 2003..These findings suggest that the presence of comorbid SUD may not explain the level of social and health difficulties associated with the dual diagnosis of PTSD and SUD... - Frequency and patterns of psychiatric comorbidity in a sample of primary care patients with anxiety disordersBenjamin F Rodriguez
Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Life Science II, Room 281, Mailcode 6502, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
Compr Psychiatry 45:129-37. 2004..2001). Implications of these results for both the mental health and primary care fields are also discussed... 
The relationship between sleep disturbance and the course of anxiety disorders in primary care patientsBrook A Marcks
Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Psychiatry Res 178:487-92. 2010..The findings suggest that sleep disturbance in PTSD may have prognostic significance and may be important to address in clinical interventions...- Health-related Quality of Life across the anxiety disorders: findings from a sample of primary care patientsCourtney Beard
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Anxiety Disord 24:559-64. 2010..The current study extends previous research by showing that different anxiety disorders and comorbid conditions may be associated with impairment in specific domains of HR-QoL... - Characteristics and predictors of social phobia course in a longitudinal study of primary-care patientsCourtney Beard
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Depress Anxiety 27:839-45. 2010..To date, few researchers have examined the natural course of SP in primary care. We examined the natural course and predictors of recovery in a large sample of primary-care patients... - Psychiatric treatment received by primary care patients with panic disorder with and without agoraphobiaBrook A Marcks
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Box G BH, Duncan Bldg, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:823-30. 2009.... - Adapted behavior therapy for persistently depressed primary care patients: an open trialLisa A Uebelacker
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Behav Modif 33:374-95. 2009..These results highlight the acceptability and feasibility of adapting behavior therapy for primary care, and support the continuation of this research... - Do panic symptoms during periods of remission predict relapse of panic disorder?Risa B Weisberg
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 190:190-7. 2002..Thus, although panic symptoms during remission may indicate an increased risk of subsequent relapse, the absence of symptoms during remission does not indicate that relapse is unlikely... - Clinical features of body dysmorphic disorder in adolescents and adultsKatharine A Phillips
Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Psychiatry Res 141:305-14. 2006..Thus, adolescents with BDD have high levels of distress and rates of functional impairment, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts. BDD's clinical features in adolescents appear largely similar to those in adults... - Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in body dysmorphic disorderKatharine A Phillips
Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 66:717-25. 2005..Because suicidality in body dys-morphic disorder (BDD) has received little investigation, this study examined rates, correlates, predictors, and other aspects of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in this disorder... - Influence of psychiatric comorbidity on recovery and recurrence in generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and panic disorder: a 12-year prospective studySteven E Bruce
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, RI 02906, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1179-87. 2005.... - The clinical course of body dysmorphic disorder in the Harvard/Brown Anxiety Research Project (HARP)Andri S Bjornsson
Rhode Island Hospital, Coro Center West, 1 Hoppin St, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 199:55-7. 2011..14 over the 8 years. In conclusion, among individuals ascertained for anxiety disorders, the probability of recovering from BDD was relatively high and probability of BDD recurrence was low... - Body dysmorphic disorder and social phobia: cross-sectional and prospective dataMeredith E Coles
Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902 6000, USA
Depress Anxiety 23:26-33. 2006..64, P = .18). In summary, these findings, including elevated rates of SP in patients with BDD, highlight a need for additional research on the relationship between BDD and SP... - Screening and treatment of anxiety disorders in pregnant and lactating womenRisa B Weisberg
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Womens Health Issues 12:32-6. 2002..In this article, suggestions are offered for thorough assessment of anxiety disorders in pregnant and breastfeeding women. Treatment options are discussed with an emphasis on pharmacologic and cognitive-behavioral treatment... - 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...
Research Grants
- Cognitive-behavioral Treatment of Anxiety/ Primary CareRisa Weisberg; Fiscal Year: 2007....