Research Topics | KELLY ROHANSummaryAffiliation: University of Vermont Country: USA Publications
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Cognitive vulnerability in moderate, mild, and low seasonalityKelly J Rohan
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, John Dewey Hall, 2 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 199:961-70. 2011..The findings support a possible cognitive mechanism of winter depression onset and/or maintenance unique to individuals with moderate, as opposed to mild, seasonality...- Winter depression recurrence one year after cognitive-behavioral therapy, light therapy, or combination treatmentKelly J Rohan
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, John Dewey Hall, 2 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
Behav Ther 40:225-38. 2009..If these findings are replicated, CBT could represent a more effective, practical, and palatable approach to long-term SAD management than light therapy... 
A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy, light therapy, and their combination for seasonal affective disorderKelly J Rohan
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:489-500. 2007..If replicated, CBT + LT's remission rate would represent a clinically meaningful improvement over the 53% observed across LT studies...
Premenstrual distress predicts panic-relevant responding to a CO2 challenge among young adult femalesYael I Nillni
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
J Anxiety Disord 24:416-22. 2010..These findings provide preliminary evidence that premenstrual symptoms may serve as a potential risk factor to experience more intense panic symptoms in response to perturbations in bodily sensations...- Estimating health utilities and quality adjusted life years in seasonal affective disorder researchMichael C Freed
Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, DC, USA
J Affect Disord 100:83-9. 2007..To date, QALYs have not been used to determine effectiveness of SAD treatments. Given the recurrent nature of SAD, QALYs, which weight quality of life with time, are an ideal SAD treatment outcome... - Seasonal trends in depressive problems among United States children and adolescents: a representative population surveyYael I Nillni
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Psychiatry Res 170:224-8. 2009..The overall lack of season-of-assessment differences and the finding of age as a moderator on only one of four outcomes suggest minimal seasonality effects... - Cognitive-behavioral factors in seasonal affective disorderKelly J Rohan
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 71:22-30. 2003..These results suggest that the cognitive-behavioral factors related to nonseasonal depression may play a role in SAD... - Cognitive-behavioral therapy, light therapy, and their combination in treating seasonal affective disorderKelly J Rohan
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814 4799, USA
J Affect Disord 80:273-83. 2004..Because preliminary studies suggest that cognitive and behavioral factors are involved in SAD, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) warrants investigation as a possible treatment option... - Mood sensitivity to seasonal changes in African college students living in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan areaAlvaro Guzman
Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
ScientificWorldJournal 7:584-91. 2007..As Africans also had a greater rate of summer SAD, this argues against acclimatization to heat... - Seasonal changes in sleep duration in African American and African college students living in Washington, D.CJanna Volkov
District of Columbia Department of Mental Health and St Elizabeths Hospital, Residency Training Program, Washington, DC 20032, USA
ScientificWorldJournal 7:880-7. 2007.... - The role of anxiety level, coping styles, and cycle phase in menstrual distressSandra T Sigmon
University of Maine, 5742 Little Hall, Orono, ME 04469, USA
J Anxiety Disord 18:177-91. 2004..Results are discussed within a continuity model from high anxiety sensitivity to anxiety disorder for maladaptive coping and menstrual distress... - Mood-worsening with high-pollen-counts and seasonality: a preliminary reportAlvaro Guzman
Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Affect Disord 101:269-74. 2007..Since pollen is absent during winter, we specifically predicted that mood sensitivity to tree pollen will predict non-winter SAD but not winter SAD... - The association between seasonal and premenstrual symptoms is continuous and is not fully accounted for by depressive symptomsAmy T Nguyen Portella
American University, Washington, DC 20016-8062, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:833-7. 2006.... - Seasonal variations in mood and behavior in Romanian postgraduate studentsJoseph J Soriano
Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
ScientificWorldJournal 7:870-9. 2007..Finding an increased rate of summer SAD in the minority of those with access to air conditioners was surprising and deserves replication...
Research Grants
- Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Seasonal DepressionKELLY ROHAN; Fiscal Year: 2003..The proposed studies will contribute to the development of CBT approaches to SAD and to understanding interactions between biological and psychological factors in SAD symptomatology. ..
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Vs. Light Therapy for Preventing SAD RecurrenceKELLY ROHAN; Fiscal Year: 2009..depression severity, comorbidity); and complete or incomplete summer remission status in the interim. If successful, this work will develop a novel treatment with important public health implications for winter depression prevention. ..