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Parental verbal abuse and the mediating role of self-criticism in adult internalizing disordersNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, United States
J Affect Disord 93:71-8. 2006..g., "you are stupid")...
Depressed older patients with the atypical features of interpersonal rejection sensitivity and reversed-vegetative symptoms are similar to younger atypical patientsNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:622-34. 2012..The atypical depression (AD) subtype has rarely been examined in older patients. However, younger AD patients have been characterized as having more severe and chronic symptoms of depression compared with non-AD patients...
Parental disorders, childhood abuse, and binge eating in a large community sampleNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, 1107 W Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4301, USA
Int J Eat Disord 45:316-25. 2012..Traumatic experiences including child abuse predict onset of BEB. It is not clear if each separately contribute to BEB, or whether parental pathology leads to abuse which in turn influences BEB...
Racial differences in cognitive decline in a sample of community-dwelling older adults: the mediating role of education and literacyNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Dept of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:968-75. 2005..The authors examined racial differences in cognitive decline (CD) and the role of education and literacy in mediating this relationship...
The influence of lifetime depression on self-reported memory and cognitive problems: results from the National Comorbidity Survey-ReplicationNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Aging Ment Health 12:183-92. 2008....
Smoking cessation behavior in older adults by race and gender: the role of health problems and psychological distressNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32301, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:433-43. 2009..The present study, based on prospective data from a biracial sample of older adults (N = 4,162), examined characteristics of older adult smokers by race and gender...
A review of childhood abuse, health, and pain-related problems: the role of psychiatric disorders and current life stressNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4301, USA
J Trauma Dissociation 10:170-88. 2009..Psychiatric disorders, although not the primary cause of difficulties, do have a role in exacerbating health and pain-related problems. We conclude by outlining treatment recommendations for abuse survivors in health care settings...
Problems meeting basic needs moderate the association between the APOE epsilon4 allele and cognitive declineNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 4301, USA
Aging Ment Health 14:138-44. 2010..We predicted that problems meeting BN would have a greater influence on CD among those with the APOE epsilon4 allele than those without the allele...
APOE epsilon4 allele carriers: Biological, psychological, and social variables associated with cognitive impairmentNatalie J Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306 1270, USA
Aging Ment Health 14:679-91. 2010..We then determined if these variables predicted CI in noncarriers (N = 1421). In the sample as a whole we then determined if each of these identified variables moderate the relationship between the APOE epsilon4 allele and CI...
Childhood sexual and physical abuse and the 1-year prevalence of medical problems in the National Comorbidity SurveyNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1051, USA
Health Psychol 24:32-40. 2005..Implications for these findings are discussed, including possible mechanisms that may account for the association between childhood abuse and adult health problems...
The long-term impact of childhood abuse on internalizing disorders among older adults: the moderating role of self-esteemNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Aging Ment Health 14:489-501. 2010..g., anxiety and depressive disorders) among older adults. Second, we wish to determine if self-esteem plays a role in explaining the relationship between abuse and internalizing disorders...
The influence of depression on cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly personsNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Dept of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:402-8. 2005..The authors examined the association between depressive symptoms and cognitive errors measured 3 years apart in a longitudinal sample of community-dwelling elderly persons...
Racial differences in the frequency of depressive symptoms among community dwelling elders: the role of socioeconomic factorsN Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Aging Ment Health 9:201-9. 2005..We conclude that socioeconomic variables influence the size and direction of racial differences in the endorsement of depressive symptoms in community dwelling elders...
Older adults and smoking: Characteristics, nicotine dependence and prevalence of DSM-IV 12-month disordersNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306, USA
Aging Ment Health 15:132-41. 2011..In this study, we sought to replicate these results in an older population...
The moderating effect of the APOE [small element of] 4 allele on the relationship between hippocampal volume and cognitive decline in older depressed patientsNatalie Sachs-Erisson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32301, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:23-32. 2011..Analyses were performed to examine the influence of baseline hippocampal volume, the APOE [small element of] 4 allele, and their interactions on change in cognitive functioning overtime...
Suicide attempts associated with externalizing psychopathology in an epidemiological sampleEdelyn Verona
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, OH 44242, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:444-51. 2004..These relationships were analyzed in a large epidemiological sample, thus allowing for the examination of gender differences in risk for suicide attempts associated with psychopathology...
Body mass index and depressive symptoms in older adults: the moderating roles of race, sex, and socioeconomic statusNatalie Sachs Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA sachs psy fsu edu
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:815-25. 2007..The authors anticipated that BMI would predict depressive symptoms, and that this relationship would be greater among women, individuals of higher socioeconomic status (SES), and white subjects...
Depressive symptoms moderate the influence of the apolipoproteine epsilon4 allele on cognitive decline in a sample of community dwelling older adultsElizabeth A Corsentino
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:155-65. 2009..The present study examined whether depressive symptoms had greater influence on subsequent CD among participants with APOE epsilon4 than those without the allele...
Implications of comorbid alcohol dependence among individuals with social anxiety disorderJulia D Buckner
Department of Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Depress Anxiety 25:1028-37. 2008..Second, we examined the psychosocial impairment associated with the comorbidity of SAD and AUD versus SAD without AUD. Third, the temporal sequencing of SAD and AUD among comorbid individuals was examined...
Panic attacks and physical health problems in a representative sample: singular and interactive associations with psychological problems, and interpersonal and physical disabilityErin C Marshall
University of Vermont, Department of Psychology, United States
J Anxiety Disord 22:78-87. 2008..The present investigation examined the singular and interactive effects of panic attacks and physical illness in relation to psychological, interpersonal, and physical types of impairment...
Lifetime associations between cannabis, use, abuse, and dependence and panic attacks in a representative sampleMichael J Zvolensky
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, 2 Colchester Avenue, John Dewey Hall, 05450 Burlington, VT 05450 0134, United States
J Psychiatr Res 40:477-86. 2006..The present investigation evaluated lifetime associations between cannabis use, abuse, and dependence and panic attacks after controlling for alcohol abuse, polysubstance use, and demographic variables...
Racial differences in the influence of the APOE epsilon 4 allele on cognitive decline in a sample of community-dwelling older adultsKathryn Sawyer
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Gerontology 55:32-40. 2009..Briefly, studies have been limited by various methodological problems including small sample sizes, dichotomous measures of cognitive functioning (which tend to be less sensitive to change), and racial bias in assessing demented status...
Smoking increases risk for cognitive decline among community-dwelling older Mexican AmericansNicole Collins
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, FL 32306 4301, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:934-42. 2009..In this study, the authors explore the relationship between smoking status and cognitive changes over time in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults of Mexican descent...
Predictors of parental physical abuse: the contribution of internalizing and externalizing disorders and childhood experiences of abuseAmanda Medley
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, United States
J Affect Disord 113:244-54. 2009....
Childhood physical and sexual abuse and lifetime number of suicide attempts: a persistent and theoretically important relationshipThomas E Joiner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:539-47. 2007..We predict that childhood physical and violent sexual abuse will have a greater effect on suicide attempts than molestation and verbal abuse...
Test of the role of nicotine dependence in the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and panic spectrum problemsMatthew T Feldner
Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK, USA
J Trauma Stress 22:36-44. 2009..Results were consistent with hypotheses. These findings support the theory suggesting smoking among people with PTSD may be involved in the development of panic problems...
Anxiety disorders and suicidality in the National Comorbidity Survey-ReplicationJesse R Cougle
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, P O Box 3064301 Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States
J Psychiatr Res 43:825-9. 2009..The current study sought to examine the unique associations between anxiety disorders and suicidality using a large nationally representative sample and controlling for a number of established risk factors for suicide...
The role of comorbidity in explaining the associations between anxiety disorders and smokingJesse R Cougle
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, PO Box 3064301, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:355-64. 2010..Research has generally found strong associations between smoking and anxiety disorders. The present study sought to examine the role of comorbidity in explaining these relationships...
Examining the unique relationships between anxiety disorders and childhood physical and sexual abuse in the National Comorbidity Survey-ReplicationJesse R Cougle
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Psychiatry Res 177:150-5. 2010..Among men, both sexual and physical abuse were uniquely associated with SAD and PTSD. Findings provide further evidence of the severe consequences of childhood abuse and help inform etiological accounts of anxiety disorders...
Neuroticism moderates the effect of maximum smoking level on lifetime panic disorder: a test using an epidemiologically defined national sample of smokersMichael J Zvolensky
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, 2 Colchester Avenue, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
Psychiatry Res 141:321-32. 2006..Results are discussed in relation to refining recent panic-smoking conceptual models and elucidating different pathways to panic-related problems...
Depressive symptoms induce paranoid symptoms in narcissistic personalities (but not narcissistic symptoms in paranoid personalities)Thomas E Joiner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Psychiatry Res 159:237-44. 2008..In both cases, results from our 6-month longitudinal study of 71 previously suicidal adults conformed to our expectations...
Racial and ethnic differences in depression: the roles of social support and meeting basic needsE Ashby Plant
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306 1270, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 72:41-52. 2004..The implications of the findings for treatment are discussed...
Childhood abuse, chronic pain, and depression in the National Comorbidity SurveyNatalie Sachs Ericsson
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Child Abuse Negl 31:531-47. 2007..The current study examined the effects of childhood sexual and physical abuse on reports of pain in men and women (N=1,727)...
Religious attendance reduces cognitive decline among older women with high levels of depressive symptomsElizabeth A Corsentino
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:1283-9. 2009..The present study examined the effects of gender and depressive symptoms on the relationship between religious attendance and CD...
Nicotine dependence mediates the relations between insomnia and both panic and posttraumatic stress disorder in the NCS-R sampleKimberly A Babson
Department of Psychology, Intervention Science Laboratory, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
Depress Anxiety 25:670-9. 2008..Overall, results suggest nicotine dependence may be a possible mechanism that underlies insomnia among those with PD and PTSD...
The intergenerational transmission of externalizing behaviors in adult participants: the mediating role of childhood abuseEdelyn Verona
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 61820, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:1135-45. 2005....
Mental health among Hispanics and Caucasians: risk and protective factors contributing to prevalence rates of psychiatric disordersAnnya Hernandez
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA
J Anxiety Disord 19:844-60. 2005..These findings are discussed in terms of the importance of psychosocial variables for the prevalence of psychiatric disorders...
Alcohol use and other psychiatric disorders in the formerly homeless and never homeless: prevalence, age of onset, comorbidity, temporal sequencing, and service utilizationMaureen Lyons Reardon
The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1270, USA
Subst Use Misuse 38:601-44. 2003..Differences between the FH and the NH suggest the importance of devoting special attention to this unique sample...
Perception of unmet basic needs as a predictor of mortality among community-dwelling older adultsDan G Blazer
Department of Psychiatry, Box 3003, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Public Health 95:299-304. 2005..We sought to determine whether, among older adults (>65 years), a perception that their basic needs are not being met increased mortality risk and whether this risk varied by race/ethnicity...
The association between childhood abuse, PTSD, and the occurrence of adult health problems: moderation via current life stressKiara R Cromer
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
J Trauma Stress 19:967-71. 2006..Future directions and implications are discussed...
Perception of unmet basic needs as a predictor of depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adultsDan G Blazer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:191-5. 2007..In this study, we determined, controlling for reported income and functional status, if perceived inadequate basic needs predicted depressive symptoms...
Suicidality in African American men: the roles of southern residence, religiosity, and social supportLaRicka R Wingate
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306-1270, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 35:615-29. 2005..Other potential mediators were also examined...
Perception of unmet basic needs as a predictor of physical functioning among community-dwelling older adultsNatalie Sachs-Ericsson
Florida State University, USA
J Aging Health 18:852-68. 2006..DISCUSSION: Interventions focused on providing older adults with resources for meeting basic needs may substantially reduce the subsequent level of disability...
Associations between psychedelic use, abuse, and dependence and lifetime panic attack history in a representative sampleMarcel O Bonn Miller
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
J Anxiety Disord 21:730-41. 2007..The results are discussed in terms of better understanding the role of psychedelic use in relation to the occurrence of panic attacks...
Ethnic differences in pain reports and the moderating role of depression in a community sample of Hispanic and Caucasian participants with serious health problemsAnnya Hernandez
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA
Psychosom Med 68:121-8. 2006..The interplay of biological, psychological and sociocultural processes involved in both pain and depression were considered...
Associations between age of onset and lifetime history of panic attacks and alcohol use, abuse, and dependence in a representative sampleAmit Bernstein
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05405-0134, USA
Compr Psychiatry 47:342-9. 2006..4%) or the number of participants for whom these problems developed at the same age (2.2%). CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest panic attacks, particularly of early onset, may serve as a risk marker for alcohol dependence...
Interpersonal functioning deficits: temporary or stable characteristics of depressed individuals?Scharles Cercy Petty
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Affect Disord 81:115-22. 2004..This study examined whether interpersonal skill deficits are a temporary symptom of depression or a stable characteristic of depression-prone individuals, in a large adult general population sample (N=4749)...
