Current Plaudits

Cynthia L. Turk

Associate professor, psychology 

Chapters

  • "Psychotherapy of Social Anxiety Disorder." Textbook of Anxiety Disorders by D. J. Stein, E. Hollander and  B. O. Rothbaum.  Washington, D.C.:  American Psychiatric Press Inc. (in press) (with K. Pontoski, R.G. Heimberg and M.E. Coles).

Journal articles

  • "Working with Clay Decreases Anxiety Among College Students," Modern Psychologist (in press) (with M. Linquist.
  • "Efficacy of a Manualized and Workbook-driven Individual Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder." Behavior Therapy (in press) (with D.R. Ledley, R.G. Heimberg, D.A. Hope, S.A. Hayes, T.I. Zaider, M. Van Dyke, C. Kraus and D.M. Fresco).
  • "A Placebo-controlled Trial of Phenelzine, Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy and Their Combination for Social Anxiety Disorder." Archives of General Psychiatry (in press) (with C. Blanco, R.G. Heimberg, F.R. Schneier, D.M. Fresco, H. Chen, D. Vermes, B.A. Erwin, A.B. Schmidt, H.R. Juster, R. Campeas, M.R. Liebowitz).
  • "Brooding and Pondering: Isolating the Active Ingredients of Depressive Rumination with Exploratory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling." Assessment 16: 315-327 (2009) (with M Armey, D.M. Fresco, M.T. Moore, D.S. Mennin, R.G. Heimberg, J. Spasojevic, L.B. Alloy).

Publications

  • Managing Social Anxiety: A Cognitive-behavioral Therapy Approach, 2nd ed. (therapist manual and client workbook), New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. (with D.A. Hope and R.G. Heimberg)

Encyclopedia entries

  • Anxiety and fear, Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 1, V.S. Ramachandran, ed., San Diego: Academic Press. (with D.W. McNeil, A. Vargovich, B.J. Ries).

Presentations

  • "Anxiety Sensitivity as a Mediator Between Symptoms of Anxiety and Externalizing Behaviors in Anxious Children," poster presentation, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, Md., March 2010
  • "Recognizing the Major Anxiety Disorderes," Continuing Education Lecture Series, Marian Clinic, Topeka, June 2009
  • "The Impact of Gender, Success and Planning of Humor on Public Speaking Apprehansion," National Communication Association, San Diego, Calif., November 2008 (with S.E. Ubel, T.R. Routsong, J. Koesten and H.C. Liang)
  • "Emotion Dysregulation and Generalized Anxiety Disorder:  Reactions to Emotional Stimuli," poster, Association  for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, Fla., November 2008 (with J.E. Houseman, D.P.F. Montague, V.S. Taylor and D.R. Marks)
  • "Graduate School Applications:  Insider Secrets," panel discussion, Nebraska Psychological Society and the Association for Psychological and Educational Research in Kansas, Bellevue, Neb., October 2008 (with P. MacDonald, S. Burns, F. Ferrarro, C. Garbin and M. Laver)
  • "Understanding Social Anxiety and Its Treatment," Marian Clinic Continuing Education Lecture Series, Topeka, July 2008

Offices and appointments

  • Editorial board, Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • Editorial board, Journal of Experimental Psychopathology