Christina Griffin, Mental Health Counseling MS student, and Kevin Rowell have had their poster submission accepted for presentation at the APA annual convention in August 2018. The poster is an epidemiological study entitled “Pre-Disaster Psychiatric Predictors of Post-Disaster Major Depressive Disorder among Chilean Adults.”

Lindeman, S., Nolan, J., & Maragakis, A. (In Press). The epidemiology of medical diseases and associated behavioral risk factors. Chapter in Behavioral medicine and integrated care: Efficient delivery of the most effective treatment. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Lindeman, S. & Maragakis, A. (In Press). Obesity. In Maragakis, A. & O’Donohue, W.T.(Eds.). Principle-Based Stepped Care and Brief Psychotherapy for Integrated Care Settings. New York: Springer Publishing Company

Lammers, W. J., & Byrd, Alleshia, A. (2018). Student gender and instructor gender as predictors of student-instructor rapport. Accepted for publication in Teaching of Psychology.

This article began as Alleshia Byrd’s Honors in the Major project when she was an undergraduate student.

Soto, A., Smith, T. B., Griner, D., Domenech Rodriguez, M., & Bernal, G. (In Press). Cultural Adaptations and Multicultural Competence. In J. Norcross and B. Wampold (Eds.), Psychotherapy Relationships That Work (3rd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Congrats to Jon Nolan and Sarah Lindeman for this upcoming publication!

Maragakis, A., Lindeman, S., & Nolan, J. (in press) Evidence based and intensity specific services in the integrated care setting: Ethical considerations for a developing field. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice

Dr. John Murphy, Professor of Psychology & Counseling, presented a keynote address on November 9th, 2017 entitled, “The One Thing: Becoming Better by Harnessing the Most Powerful Element of Counseling” at the Annual Fall Conference of the Arkansas Counseling Association in Hot Springs, AR.

Counseling Psychology doctoral student, Cory Cobb, presented a professional development workshop at the Arkansas State Hospital Department of Psychology on November 15, 2018, titled, “The Multicultural Orientation: An Alternative Approach to Competency-Based Models.”

Congratulations to Counseling Psychology MS graduate, Dr. Meg Omonishi, on the publication of a book titled, “Americans see a Psychiatrist Casually. ” The book reflects on her clinical experiences treating both Japanese and American clients. It was published in Japan for a Japanese audience and includes a comparison of American and Japanese approaches to mental health and reactions to psychological treatment.