We seek to better understand the decision-making of depressed individuals, both in highly consequential decisions, such as decisions about treatment and health, and in everyday decisions. We use tools from the fields of judgment and decision-making and behavior economics to inform our work.
Resources to help individuals with depression and other mental health problems are unavailable in most parts of the world. We aim to develop, evaluate, and deploy automated internet-based resources for depression to offer services to individuals in need.
We also do other research that is broadly connected to depression, decisions, and technology, such as suicide, cultural factors in mental health, and healthcare utilization.
Jamie Giglio
7th year
Interests: Forensic psychology, specifically working with those incarcerated to end the "revolving door" of reentry into the justice system; reducing recidivism rates
Erica Hamlin
6th year
Research: Decision making, Cognitive Bias, Forensic Assessment
Clinical: Substance use disorders, Serious mental illness, Forensics, Assessment
Sariah Daouk
5th year
Interests: Mood Disorders; Suicide; Culture
Kalpana Sundaram
5th year
Interests: Internet interventions and mental health
Megan Sullivan
5th year
Research: Animal-Assisted Interventions; Decision-Making in Current and Former Foster Youth
Clinical: Child Psychology and serious mental illness
Eunice Magat
4th year
Research: Interventions to further support children, parents, and educators associated with Special Education
Clinical: Child Psychology and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Eric Uhl
4th year
Research: Suicide, crisis interventions
Clinical: Serious mental Illness
Kaylin Jones
4th year
Research: Internet interventions for mental health and mental health treatment for Asian Americans
Clinical: Depression, anxiety, adolescents and emerging adults
Olivia Tabaczyk
4th year
Research: Client-therapist dyads, clinican emotional responses, psychometric modeling, and program evaluation
Clinical: Trauma
Hillary Kingman
3rd year
Research: Internet-based Interventions for Trauma and Co-occurring Disorders
Clinical: Trauma, Depression, Substance Use
Haley Raybin
3rd year
Research: Suicide, Internet-based interventions
Clinical: Depression, Anxiety, Trauma
Cedi McCorkle
2nd year
Research: Digital interventions and technology-based supports
Clinical: Anxiety, depression, and gender-related issues
Kyle Retzer
2nd year
Research: digital interventions, depression, treatment engagement
Clinical: mood disorders, anxiety disorders
Qimin Liu
2nd year
Research: Online interventions to alleviate symptoms of depression
Clinical: Depression, mood disorders, and culturally informed psychotherapy
Isabelle Wong
2nd year
Research: Use of technology and mental health, implicit cues and behavioral modification, positive psychology/decision-making, mental health stigma and psychoeducation
Clinical: adverse childhood events, trauma/mood/stress disorders, posttraumatic growth
Danielle Spangler
Alumna
Research: suicide and suicide prevention; internet interventions
Clinical: Trauma; PTSD; older adults
Ashley Baratz
Alumna
Interests: Internet interventions for mental health; treatment decision makings; global mental health
Vidya Bharat
Alumna and Postdoc
Interests: Internet Interventions; Global Mental Health; Mental health issues pertaining to Substance use and Domestive Violence
Felipe Barba
Alumnus
Research: Ethnic and Sexual minority mental health; technology interventions.
Clinical: Family Work; Narrative Therapy; Psychoanalysis theory
Bethany Young
Alumna
Research: Morality, depression, and other factors that influence jury decision-making
Clinical: Assessment and Crisis Intervention within forensic setting
Alex Curland
Alumnus
Research: Internet interventions for mental health, treatment adherence, engagement, utilization
Clinical: Serious mental illness, psychotic disorders, depression
Chelle Tran
Alumna
Research: Treatment-seeking and adherence; Ethnic minorities; Sexual minorities
Clinical: Transitional age youth and young adults; Outreach; Prevention; Early intervention
Danni Goodmann
Alumna
Research: Internet interventions, culture and mental health, treatment seeking those who have experienced sexual assault
Clinical: Trauma, depression, cultural considerations in treatment, evidence based interventions
Anna Freedland
Alumna
Research: Cultural influence on self-harm behaviors and attitudes toward depression, suicide, and treatment seeking
Clinical: Serious mental illness; forensic; gero; substance use
Yan Leykin
Professor
Research: judgment and decision-making in depression; cognitive behavioral interventions; internet interventions and other technology-based resources for mental health; suicide
Clinical: depression, OCD
BetterBET (Better Behaviors, Emotions, Thoughts) is a fully automated, interaction, self-pace eight-lesson depression management course based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Evaluate the decisions of individuals with symptoms of psychopathology in an economics experiment.
Can additing gamification elements improve adherence and engagement of users of an automated depression intervention?
Does depression interfere with the ability to make an accurate and confident eyewitness identification?
Can an automated guided decision aid help forensic examiners determine perpetrator's capacity to stand trial?
How do individuals recently aged out of the foster care system make choices in a behavior economics game?
What factors influence the decision of individuals in the Arab world to seek or forgo treatment for depression?
Would culturally adapted and personalized microinterventions for mood management perform better than standard ones?
Can an automated online psychoeducation intervention reduce stigma of mental illness in Asian Americans?
Which factors influence teachers' perception of special education students?
Can a leading model of suicide be enhanced by incorporating self-discrepancy theory constructs?
Can serious games teach people with comorbid trauma and depression the skills to improve their functioning?
What motivates people with depression to pursue ECT, and how can perception of ECT be improved?
Can automated micro-interventions help manage distress and improve mood for female sexual assault survivors?
Are there differences in the perceptions of depression and its treatment between Russians and Americans?
What are the effects of planned transitions on clinical outcomes and treatment adherence?
Do people identifying as minorities prefer to see their identities reflected in the media?
Depression can influences the decisions made by jurors, but its effects differ depending on the type of decisions.
An interactive and self-guided Internet-Based Safety Plan may be a useful tool for individuals at risk for suicide.
IT professionals residing in India struggle with high rates of mental health difficulties, and would prefer digital interventions.
Understanding considerations of depressed individuals in Latin America regarding treatment-seeking for depression.
Depressed individuals are less rational when deciding on acceptable level of risk when joining clinical trials compared to individuals with chronic pain.
A fully-automated eight-lesson internet-based intervetnion for depression can reduce symptoms and improve depression-related self-efficacy, with improvements sustaining over several months.
Micro-interventions for depression can improve mood and reduce distress.
Decisions regarding whether to seek depression treatment are influenced by understanding of treatments, goals for improvement, knowing others in treatment, and various other factors.
National Institute of Mental Health
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
CTSI Strategic Opportunities Support
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RWJ Health Disparities Working Group
UCSF Academic Senate
Jessica Beeghly
Molly Brennan
Juan Cabrera
Omar Contreras
Megan Davis
Katherine Giles
Supria Gill
Maggie Gross
Garrett Howard
Uri Kugel
Cedi McCorkle
Nida Naushad
Tara Rutter
Maria Fujiye
Carly Haeck
Melissa Latham
Ruchita Patel
Amala Shetty
Sarah Silva
Rania Awaad
Suzanne Barakat
Alinne Barrera
Eduardo Bunge
Laura Dunn
Monica Garza
Nancy Liu
Ricardo Muñoz
Jedidiah Siev
Leandro Torres
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