Publications

Center Research and Supported Publications:

  • Alice M. Saperstein, Bibi A. Subhan, Justin S. Golub, Alice Medalia, Hearing Loss in Older People With Schizophrenia: Audiologic Characteristics and Association With Psychosocial Functioning, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2023, ISSN 1064-7481, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2023.11.002. (Link)
  • Amsalem D, Jankowski SE, Yanos P, Yang LH, Markowitz JC, Rogers RT, Stroup TS, Dixon LB, Pope LG. Brief Video Intervention to Reduce Self-Stigma of Mental Illness: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. In press.
  • Bareis N, Tepper MC, Wang R, Tang F, Olfson M, Dixon LB, Kimhy D, Wall MM, Medalia A, Finnerty MT, Anderson A, and Smith TE. Engagement of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in Outpatient Mental Health Services and Telehealth Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychiatry Research, In Press, 2023. (Link)
  • Smith TE, Corbeil T, Wall MM, Tang F, Essock SM, Frimpong E, Goldman ML, Mascayano F, Radigan M, Wang R, Rodgers I, Dixon LB, Olfson M, Lewis-Fernandez R: Community, hospital, and patient contributions to ethnoracial disparities in follow-up after psychiatric hospitalization. Psychiatric Services 2023; 74(7):684-694; doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220110 (Link)
  • Amsalem D, Rogers RT, Stroup TS, Dixon L, Pope LG. Self-stigma among people with serious mental illnesses: The use of focus groups to inform the development of a brief video intervention. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2023 May 25. doi: 10.1037/prj0000570. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37227841. (Link)
  • Medalia A, Saperstein A, Javitt DC, et al., Feasibility and Clinical Utility of Using the Tone Matching Test for Assessment of Early Auditory Processing in Schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 2023: p. 115152 (Link)
  • Bareis N, Olfson M, Gerhard T, Rolin S, Stroup TS. Means of suicide among adults with schizophrenia across the life span. Schizophr Res. 2022 Dec 31;251:82-90. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.12.004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36592524. (Link)
  • Stefancic, A., Rogers, R. T., Styke, S., Xu, X., Buchsbaum, R., Nossel, I., Cabassa, L.J., Stroup, T.S., Kimhy, D. FiRst EpisodE Digital Monitoring (FREEDoM):  A qualitative study to inform the development of a novel mHealth intervention for people with early psychosis. JMIR Ment Health 2022;9(11):e41482, doi: 10.2196/41482, PMID: 36331539 (Link)
  • David A. Lynch, Marie Brown, Alice Saperstein, Ana Stefancic, Alice Medalia, Assessing Metamotivation in Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study of the Brief Regulation of Motivation Scale (BRoMS), Psychiatry Research, Available online 19 August 2022, 114799 (Link)
  • Garg R, Muhammad SN, Cabassa LJ, McQueen A, Verdecias N, Greer R, Kreuter MW. Transportation and other social needs as markers of mental health conditions. J Transp Health. 2022 Jun;25:101357. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101357. Epub 2022 Mar 19. PMID: 36407687; PMCID: PMC9667984. (Link)
  • Mangurian C, Dahiya P, Goldman ML, Corbeil T, Wall MM, Essock SM, Dixon LB, Tang F, Frimpong E, Mascayano F, Radigan M, Wang R, Olfson M, Smith TE. Underdetection of pre-existing HIV/AIDS during psychiatric hospitalizations. AIDS. 2022 Jun 1;36(7):1031-1037. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003190. Epub 2022 Feb 9. PMID: 35142705; PMCID: PMC9167207. (Link)
  • Arlia C, Saperstein AM, Meyler S, Styke S, Medalia A. Disparities in technology literacy and access negatively impact cognitive remediation scalability. Schizophr Res. 2022 May;243:456-457. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.04.006. Epub 2022 Apr 30. PMID: 35501204. (Link)
  • Hansen, M. C., Lynch, D. A., Stefancic, A., & Medalia, A. (2022). Metamotivation in people diagnosed with schizophrenia: A conceptual introduction and qualitative study. Schizophrenia Research. PMID: 34325963 (Link)
  • Rolin SA, Scodes J, Dambreville R, Nossel IR, Bello I, Wall MM, Scott Stroup T, Dixon LB, Appelbaum PS. Feasibility and Utility of Different Approaches to Violence Risk Assessment for Young Adults Receiving Treatment for Early Psychosis. Community Ment Health J. 2022 Jan 4:1–11. doi: 10.1007/s10597-021-00922-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34981276; PMCID: PMC8723812. (Link)
  • Bareis N, Olfson M, Wall M, Stroup TS. Variation in Psychotropic Medication Prescription for Adults With Schizophrenia in the United States. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Sep 30:appips202000932. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000932. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34587788. (Link)
  • Olfson M, Stroup TS, Huang C, Wall MM, Crystal S, Gerhard T. Suicide Risk in Medicare Patients With Schizophrenia Across the Life Span. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 1;78(8):876-885. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0841. PMID: 34037667; PMCID: PMC8156163. (Link)
  • Smith TE, Haselden M, Corbeil T, Wall MM, Tang F, Essock SM, Frimpong E, Goldman ML, Mascayano F, Radigan M, Schneider M, Wang R, Rodgers I, Dixon LB, Olfson M, The Effectiveness of Discharge Planning for Psychiatric Inpatients With Varying Levels of Preadmission Engagement in Care. Psychiatric Services 2021. PMID: 34157859 (Link)
  • Olfson M, Stroup TS, Huang C, Wall MM, Gerhard T. Age and Incidence of Dementia Diagnosis. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jul;36(7):2167-2169. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05895-y. Epub 2020 Jun 3. PMID: 32495094; PMCID: PMC8298619. (Link)
  • Smith TE, Marino LA, Olfson M: An unmet opportunity: intensive care transition interventions for individuals with “Serious Medical-Psychiatric Illnesses” (SMPI). Psychiatric Services 2021, PMID: 33887955, NIHMSID: 1673182 (Link)
  • Medalia A, Saperstein AM, Stefanic A, Meyler S, Styke S, Qian M., Liu J, Cabassa LJ. Feasibility and Acceptability of Remotely Accessed Cognitive Remediation for Schizophrenia in Public Health Settings, Psychiatry Research 2021, Volume 301, July 2021, 113956, NIHMSID: 1699684  (Link)
  • Tse J, LaStella D, Chow E, Kingman E, Pearlman S, Valeri L, Wang H, Dixon LB. Telehealth Acceptability and Feasibility Among People Served in a Community Behavioral Health System During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Jun;72(6):654-660. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000623. Epub 2021 May 7. PMID: 33957769. (Link)
  • Saperstein AM, Choi CJ, Jahshan C, Lynch DA, Wall MM, Green MF, Medalia A. Predicting response to cognitive training for schizophrenia using results from two studies with different outcomes. Schizophrenia Research, Volume 231, May 2021, Pages 61-66. PMID: 33770627. NIHMSID: 1684863  (Link)
  • Lynch DA, Stefancic A, Cabassa LJ, Medalia A, Client, clinician, and administrator factors associated with the successful acceptance of a telehealth comprehensive recovery service: A mixed methods study, Psychiatry Research, Available online 15 March 2021, 113871, PMID: 33887517, NIHMSID: 1687727  (Link)
  • Stroup TS, Olfson M, Huang C, Wall MM, Goldberg T, Devanand DP, Gerhard T, Age-Specific Prevalence and Incidence of Dementia Diagnoses Among Older US Adults With Schizophrenia, JAMA psychiatry. Published online March 10, 2021. PMCID: PMC7948106  (Link)
  • Hawes MR, Roth KB, Wang X, Stefancic A, Weatherly C, Cabassa LJ. Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Racially and Ethnically Diverse People with Serious Mental Illness. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2020;31(4):1669-1692. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2020.0126. PMID: 33416746; PMCID: PMC7794399. (Link)
  • Baumann AA. & Cabassa LJ. (2020). Reframing implementation science to address healthcare inequities. BMC Health6 Services Research, 20, 190. PMID: 32164706  PMCID: PMC7069050 (Link)

Poster: 

  • Bareis N., Smith T. Tepper M., Engagement in Outpatient Mental Health Services and Telehealth Use in New York State During COVID, Accepted for Poster presentation at American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA, Saturday, May 20, 2023 – Wednesday, May 24, 2023
  • Mark Olfson, Natalie Bareis, Tobias Gerhard, Cecilia Huang, Melanie Wall, Stephanie Rolin, Scott Stroup, Suicide Across the Lifespan Among Individuals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia: Distinctive Patterns of Age, Sex, and Means. Poster presentation at 3rd Columbia Psychiatry Science Celebration/Poster Session on February 16, 2023
  • Smith MA, Saperstein A, Meyler S, Styke S, Medalia A. (2022). Feasibility and Clinical Utility of Early Auditory Processing Assessment for CR Personalization in Community Mental Health Settings. Poster accepted for 24th Annual Cognitive Remediation in Psychiatry Conference, 2022, New York, NY
  • Bareis N; Stroup TS, Suicide Methods Among Adults With Schizophrenia Across the Life Span, Poster P5-110 at American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, May 21 – 25 2022. 
  • Gerhard T, Stroup TS, Huang C, Wall MM, Crystal S, Olfson M. Suicide Risk in Schizophrenia Across the Lifespan. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2021;30(S1):344. Presented at the International Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology (Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology. August 2021. Virtual Meeting.
  • Shanique Meyler, The Disparity in Access to Technology for the Administration of Remote Cognitive Remediation for Schizophrenia in Public Health Settings, Cognitive Remediation in Psychiatry June 4, 2021, NYC
  • Bareis N; Olfson M; Stroup TS, Variation in Psychotropic Medication Treatment of Adults Diagnosed with Schizophrenia in the United States, Poster 4553 at American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 1-3, 2021
  • Gerhard T, Stroup TS, Wall M, Huang C, Olfson M. Co-Occurrence of Schizophrenia and Dementia. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2020;29(S3):71-2. Presented at the International Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology (Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology. September 2020. Virtual Meeting.   
  • Stephanie Rolin, Assessing Violence Risk for Young Adults with Early Psychosis, Poster at 51st annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Oct 22-25, 2020.
  • Scott Stroup, Tobias Gerhard, Melanie Wall, Devangere Devanand, Mark Olfson, Incidence of Dementia Among Older Adults with Schizophrenia in the U.S. Poster presentation at 2nd Columbia Psychiatry Science Celebration/Poster Session on January 29, 2020
  • Scott Stroup, Lisa Dixon, Melanie Wall, Mark Olfson, Thomas Smith, Alice Medalia, David Kimhy, Leo Cabassa, David Strauss, Optimizing and Personalizing interventions for schizophrenia Across the Lifespan – an NIMH Center, Poster presentation at Columbia Psychiatry Science Celebration/Poster Session on January 29, 2019

Presentations:

  • Anglin, D. M. (2023). From Being Tokenized to Feeling Heard: Improving Intervention by Tackling Anti-Black Racism through Community Engagement and Support. Invited Presenter for Webinar in On Track NY, NY.
  • Anglin, D. M. (2023). From Being Tokenized to Feeling Heard: Improving Intervention by Tackling Anti-Black Racism through Community Engagement and Support. Invited Presenter at Columbia University’s Optimizing and Personalizing interventions for people with schizophrenia Across the Lifespan (OPAL) Center Seminar Series at Columbia University, NY, NY.
  • Anglin, D. M. (2023). Racism and Social Determinants of Psychosis Risk. Invited Plenary Presenter for the Schizophrenia International Research Society 2023 Annual Congress, Toronto, Canada.
  • Anglin, D. M. (2023). The Role of Racism in Diagnosis and Risk for Psychosis. Invited Presenter at Mount Sinai Morningside -West Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, NY, NY.
  • Anglin, D. M. (2023). The Role of Racism in Diagnosis and Risk for Psychosis. Invited Presenter at Lenox Hill Hospital Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, NY, NY.
  • Anglin, D. M. (2023). Racism and Psychosis: The Role of Social Determinants. Invited Presenter at Washington University in St Louis Colloquium Series, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, St Louis, MO.
  • Anglin, D. M. (2022). The Role of Racism in Diagnosis and Risk for Psychosis. Invited Presenter at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Dallas, TX.
  • Anglin, D. M. (2022). Infusing the Intersection of DEI Throughout Your Research Program: Examples from a Doctoral Program in a Public University. Invited presenter for DEI symposium for the Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Anglin, D. M. (2022). The Social Patterning of Psychosis. Invited Presenter for the Workshop on Early Interventions for Psychosis: First Episodes and High-Risk Populations for The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, D.C.
  • Subhan, B.A., Saperstein, A.M., Golub, J.S., Medalia, A. Hearing Loss in Schizophrenia: Feasibility, Reliability, and Clinical Utility of Shoebox Audiometry. Accepted for oral presentation at the Schizophrenia International Research Society, May 2023, Toronto, Canada.
  • Stephanie Rolin, Ana Stefancic, Scott Stroup. Early-stage investigators and timely support: The OPAL Center and its mission to fund and train the next generation of schizophrenia researchers, panel submitted for 2022 APA meeting.
  • Bareis N (Presenter). Variation in Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions for Individuals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia in the United States. Session: Early Stage Investigators and Timely Support: The OPAL Center and Its Mission to Fund and Train the Next Generation of Schizophrenia Researchers; American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; 2022.
  • Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Addressing Ethnoracial Disparities in Mental Health Risk, Assessment, and Service Access and Delivery. Susan Essock Award Grand Rounds, Columbia Department of Psychiatry, March 16, 2022 
  • Stefancic, A., Rogers, R., Styke, S., Nossel, I., Stroup, T. S., & Kimhy, D. (2021). First episode digital monitoring: A qualitative study to inform a novel mHealth intervention for psychosis. Paper presentation at the 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, virtual, December 14-16, 2021. 
  • Thomas Stroup, Age-Specific Prevalence and Incidence of Dementia Diagnoses in Older Adults With Schizophrenia, ACNP Panel 103, 12.8.2021
  • Medalia, A., Cognitive Skills Training to Improve Quality of Life for People with Serious Mental Illness, Ground Rounds, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand December 2, 2021
  • Medalia, A., How to Make Cognitive Health Services a Part of Mental Health Care, Keynote speaker 5th Congress of GICoPsi. Italy Nov 17, 2021.
  • Medalia, A., Addressing Cognitive Health to Improve Quality of Life, Statewide Grand Rounds, NY Office of Mental Health. October 20, 2021.
  • Medalia, A., Implementation of CR in Large Systems of Care. French Association for Cognitive Remediation (AFRC) Marseille France September 24,2021 
  • Medalia, A., Digital Health for Serious Mental Illness 5thVirtual Research Symposium at Weill Cornell, NYP and Columbia University, September 15, 2021 
  • Stefancic, A., Tuda, D., Bochicchio, L., Hau, F., Basaraba, C., & Cabassa, L.J. (2021). Developing a Health Promotion Program within Coordinated Specialty Care Clinics for First Episode Psychosis. Oral paper presentation to the Washington Early Recognition Center, virtual, August 19, 2021
  • Medalia, A., Addressing Cognitive Health In People with a Serious Mental Illness Grand Rounds Biennial SRM Medical College Institute of Science and Technology at Chennai, India July 30, 2021
  • Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Addressing Ethnoracial Disparities in Mental Health Risk, Assessment, and Service Delivery. NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD, June 22, 2021.
  • David Lynch, Metamotivation in Schizophrenia: Exploring how Patients Understand the Nature of their Own Motivation and Self-regulation, Cognitive Remediation in Psychiatry June 4, 2021 NYC 
  • Baskin, M., Cabassa, L. J., Carter-Edwards, L., & Echeverria, S. (June 2021). Framing Priorities for Advancing Health Equity through Implementation Science. Implementation Science Webinar Series. National Cancer Institute (NCI). Virtual Event.
  • Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Culture, Diagnosis and Engagement in Mental Health Care. Grand Rounds, Cornell Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY. March 24, 2021.
  • Stefancic, A., Tuda, D., Bochicchio, L., Hau, F., Basaraba, C., & Cabassa, L.J. Developing a Health Promotion Program within Coordinated Specialty Care Clinics for First Episode Psychosis, ALACRITY cross-center presentation, 3.10.2021
  • Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Social Determinants of Mental Health: Research Methods. Webinar on Data Standards, the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, January 21, 2021
  • Adsul, P., Cabassa, L. J., Woodward, E., & Shelton, R. (December 2020). Bringing a Health Equity Lens to Implementation Science Frameworks. Workshop presented at the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Virtual Event. 
  • Medalia, A., Cognitive Skills Training to Improve Quality of Life for People with Serious Mental Illness Webinar sponsored by SMI Advisor, an APA and SAMHSA initiative. May 21, 2020. USA
  • Medalia, A., Most common questions about cognitive remediation: Who, How, What Keynote speaker at TRSP Workshop at NeuRA, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney Australia March 5, 2020
  • Medalia, A., Seven most common questions about cognitive remediation: Who, How, What. Symposium presentation at APA IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference, October 2019 New York City
  • Medalia, A., Baseline early auditory processing as a tailoring variable to personalize cognitive remediation for schizophrenia. Symposium presentation at Schizophrenia International Research Society annual meeting April 2019 Orlando Florida.