The Faculty of Medicine of Harvard University Curriculum Vitae
Date Prepared: June 17, 2020 Name: David H. Rosmarin Office Address: Spirituality & Mental Health Program McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont MA, 02478 Work Phone: 617-855-4413 Work Email: [email protected] Place of Birth: Toronto, ON, Canada
Education: 08/2001 BA, cum laude Psychology & Philosophy York University
12/2003 MA Counseling Psychology University of Toronto
08/2010 PhD Psychology Bowling Green State Advisor: Kenneth I Pargament University (BGSU)
Postdoctoral Training:
07/09-06/10 PhD clinical Psychology McLean Hospital / Harvard fellow Medical School (HMS)
07/10-06/11 Postdoctoral Psychology McLean Hospital / HMS fellowship
08/11 Visiting fellow Geriatric Mental Health Weill Cornell Medical Summer Research Institute College
08/11 Visiting fellow Biomedical Imaging Massachusetts General Athinoula A. Martinos Center Hospital (MGH)
Faculty Academic Appointments: 08/06-05/07 Lecturer Psychology BGSU
07/11- Non-Resident Faculty Center for Spirituality, Duke University (non-voting Theology & Health appointment)
07/11-06/15 Instructor (part-time) Psychiatry HMS/McLean
07/15-06/17 Assistant Professor Psychiatry HMS/McLean (part-time)
07/17- Assistant Professor Psychiatry HMS/McLean
Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions:
2005 Visiting Scholar Center for Anxiety and Boston University Related Disorders
2006-2008 Clinical Fellow Anxiety Treatment & St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Research Centre Toronto, ON
2008-2009 Clinical Fellow Psychological Trauma Center for Addiction & Program Mental Health, Toronto, ON Psychology 2009-2011 Clinical Fellow McLean / HMS Psychology 2011-2015 Assistant Psychologist McLean / HMS Psychology 2015- Associate Psychologist McLean / HMS
Other Professional Positions: 2011-2014 Diagnostic rounds Center for Anxiety primary clinical supervisor
2011-2018 Outpatient clinical Center for Anxiety supervisor
2011-2018 Primary research Center for Anxiety supervisor, graduate and undergraduate psychology students
2011- Director Center for Anxiety 6-8 hours/week
Major Administrative Leadership Positions: Local 2015- Director Spirituality & Mental Health Program McLean Hospital
Committee Service: Local 2011-2012 Internship Candidate Review Committee McLean Hospital/ HMS 2011-2012 Member
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2016- Initiative on Health, Religion & Spirituality Harvard University 2016- Member
National 2019 Summit on Transforming Mental Health The White House Treatment to Combat Homelessness, Invited Attendee Violence & Substance Abuse
International
2011- Medical Advisory Board Rofeh International 2011- Member/Consultant
2013- Advisory Board Refa’enu 2013- Member/Consultant
2015 International Scientific Advisory European Association for Behavioural Committee & Cognitive Therapies, 45th Annual 2015 Congress Member
Professional Societies: 2006- Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Member Therapies 2008-2009 Assistant Chair, Spiritual/Religious Issues in Behavioral Change (S/RIBC), Special Interest Group 2009-2014 Chair, S/RIBC, Special Interest Group 2011-2016 Voting member, Awards Committee 2014-2016 Member, Program Committee
2008- Society for a Science of Clinical Member Psychology (SSCP) 2012-2013 Reviewer, Student Award Committee 2014-2016 Chair, Diversity Committee 2014-2017 Reviewer, Diversity Award Committee
2011- American Psychological Association Member 2011- Member, Program Committee
2011- International Obsessive-Compulsive Member Disorder Foundation
2011- Anxiety & Depression Association of Member America (ADAA)
2011- Society for the Psychology of Religion & Member Spirituality
3 2019 Chair, Program committee
Grant Review Activities:
2012 Spirituality and Health Section John Templeton Foundation 2012 Ad Hoc Reviewer
Editorial Activities: Ad hoc Reviewer Addictive Behaviors American Journal of Addictions American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Behavior Research and Therapy Behavior Therapy BMC Psychiatry Canadian Medical Association Journal Clinical Psychology Review Clinical Psychological Science Cognitive and Behavioral Practice Cognitive Behavior Therapy Contemporary Jewry Counseling and Spirituality Depression and Anxiety Global Advances in Health Harvard Review of Psychiatry Health Psychology International Journal of Aging and Human Development International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine International Journal for the Psychology of Religion International Journal of Social Psychiatry International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry International Journal of Psychology International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice & Consultation Internet Interventions Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Journal of Affective Disorders Journal of Behavioral Medicine Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Journal of Family Violence Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology Journal of Gerontology Journal of Health and Social Behavior Journal of Moral Education Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Journal of Personality Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Journal of Positive Psychology Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Journal of Psychiatric Practice
4 Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Journal of Psychotherapy Integration Journal of Religion and Health Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging Journal of Spirituality and Mental Health Mental Health Religion and Culture New England Journal of Medicine Pediatrics Psychiatric Services Psychiatry Research Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Psycho-oncology Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment Quality of Life Research Religions Review of Religious Research Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review Substance Abuse Transcultural Psychiatry
Other Editorial Roles
2009-2010 Associate editor / Special issue on Cognitive & Behavioral Practice Spiritual/Religious Issues in Behavior Change
2010-2011 Associate editor / Special issue on Journal of Behavioral Medicine Spiritual & Behavioral Medicine Research
2011-2012 Associate editor / Special issue on Depression Research & Treatment Religious and Spiritual Factors in Depression
2015-2016 Associate editor / Special issue on Clinical Psychological Science Diversity
2016 Article editor Sage Open
2018 Consulting editor Psychology of Religion & Spirituality
2019 Co-editor Handbook of spirituality/religion and mental health, 2nd edition. New York: Elsevier Press, Forthcoming 2019.
Honors and Prizes:
5 2004-2008 Graduate Student Department of Psychology, Research Award BGSU
2007 Katzner Award for BGSU Graduate Research
2010 Workshop Scholarship Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology & Health
2010 Elsie Ramos Memorial Association for Behavioral & Student Research Award Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
2011 Psychologist National Register of Health Credentialing Scholarship Service Providers in Psychology
2012 Emerging Scholar Award TAG Institute for Jewish Social Development
2018 Scientific Prize Jean-Marc Fischer Foundation
Report of Funded and Unfunded Projects
Past 2003-2004 Jewish spirituality & mental health: A theoretical framework Private donation ($15,000) PI To develop a theoretical framework for the treatment of anxiety disorders in the Jewish community based on Jewish religious literature and cognitive theory.
2007-2009 Spiritually integrated treatment for subclinical generalized anxiety disorder in the Jewish community, delivered via the Internet: A randomized controlled trial Private donation ($25,000) PI To develop and evaluate the comparative efficacy of a self-administered spiritually based treatment for symptoms of stress and worry
2007-2009 Stigma, culture and mental health in the Jewish community Private donation ($15,000) PI (co-PI: Steven Pirutinsky, Columbia University) To examine stigma, culture-influenced symptoms, and attitudes towards medical vs. behavioral models of mental illness in the Jewish community.
2008-2009 Spirituality/religion and mental health among Jews and Christians Private donation ($10,000) PI (co-PI: Elizabeth Krumrei, Pepperdine University) To conduct an initial comparative examination of the relevance of spiritual/religious beliefs and practices to mental health and functioning among Jews and Christians.
6 2010-2011 Spirituality & mental health: Development of an experimental paradigm Foundation support (F.I.S.H. Foundation, $2,500) PI (co-PI: Steven Pirutinsky, Columbia University) To develop and pilot stimuli to assess positive vs. negative views of God in the context of the Go-No-Go-Association Task (GNAT).
2010-2011 Spiritually integrated cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in an acute psychiatric setting: A pilot study McLean Hospital Development Fund #041537 ($15,000) PI To develop and assess patients’ responses to a spiritually integrated CBT group treatment within an acute psychiatric setting.
2011-2012 Spiritual/religious predictors of symptoms and treatment outcomes in an acute psychiatric setting McLean Hospital Development Fund #041537 ($15,000) PI To investigate the relevance of patient spirituality and religion to symptom severity and treatment outcome in a large sample of acute psychiatric patients.
2011-2012 Core beliefs and the coping model: An integrative framework of spirituality and depression Foundation support (Glazer Institute, $4,500) PI (co-PI: Elizabeth Krumrei, Pepperdine University) To develop and conduct an initial (cross-sectional) examination of a theoretical model integrating cognitive and coping models of spirituality and depression.
2011-2013 Spiritually integrated treatment for generalized anxiety disorder: A pilot study Foundation support (TAG Institute, $5,000) PI To develop a treatment manual integrating spiritual strategies to cope with generalized anxiety disorder.
2011-2014 Conventional vs. religious psychotherapy for major depression in patients with chronic illness Foundation support (John Templeton Foundation, $1,220,336) Consultant To examine the biological mechanisms by which religion affects physical health and longevity in the context of a randomized clinical trial of conventional vs. religious cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in patients with chronic illness.
2012-2014 Treatment for depressed and/or anxious rural veterans in home-based primary care US Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) Award ($59,525) Consultant To increase access for rural veterans to evidence-based, person-centered, spiritually based treatment for anxiety and/or depression.
2012-2016 A six-wave longitudinal and experimental investigation on Judaism and mental health Private donation ($180,000 over three-years)
7 PI To advance the study of Jewish spirituality and mental health with a six-wave longitudinal study involving both self-report and experimental tasks to assess spiritual and religious beliefs and practices.
2014-2016 The Connections Program: A spiritually-integrated prevention program for anxiety, stress and depression Private donation ($10,000) PI To revise an disseminate a curriculum-based spiritually-integrated prevention program for anxiety and affective symptoms.
2014-2016 Spirituality/religion and geriatric mood disorders McLean Hospital Development Fund #041537 ($35,000) PI To investigate the relevance of spiritual and religious beliefs and practices to symptom severity among geriatric mood disordered patients and matched controls.
2015-2018 Center for Anxiety Clinical Measurement Initiative Private donation ($90,000 over three-years) PI To collect data from patients presenting for outpatient treatment at the Center for Anxiety at each point of clinical contact, in order to allow clinicians to monitor treatment effects in real-time and make necessary modifications to help maximize outcomes.
2016-2019 The McLean Spirituality & Mental Health Program Private donations to McLean Hospital Development Fund #041537 ($380,000 over three-years) Director To advance the provision of spiritually-integrated mental health care across the divisional structure of McLean Hospital; To hire and supervise a chaplain in the provision of spiritually-based care; To establish research collaborations at McLean Hospital to study spirituality and mental health.
2018-2020 Spiritually-Integrated Psychotherapy among Acute Psychiatric Patients Foundation funding from the Bridges Consortium, a subsidiary of the John Templeton Foundation ($127,764 over three-years) PI To evaluate a protocol for Spiritual Psychotherapy among Inpatient, Residential and Intensive Treatment (SPIRIT) in nine inpatient units, three residential units, and the partial program within McLean Hospital; To disseminate this clinical innovation to the academic world via presentations and manuscripts. Current
2020-2023 Spiritually-Integrated App-Based Treatment for Anxiety and Depression Private donations to McLean Hospital Development Fund #_____ ($402,500 over three-years) PI
8 To create, disseminate, and test the efficacy of a fully-automated (no-therapist) app to delivery spiritually-integrated treatment for anxiety and depression
2020-2023 The McLean Spirituality & Mental Health Program Private donations to McLean Hospital Development Funds #041537 & _____ ($1,602,750 over three-years) Director To advance the science of spirituality and mental health by way of a McLean Hospital- wide study examining spiritual/religious predictors of symptom change during acute psychiatric treatment, and collaborative research with McLean Hospital’s Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program and Neurodevelopmental Laboratory on Addictions and Mental Health, and with faculty at Divine Mercy University (Sterling, VA)
Report of Local Teaching and Training Teaching of Students in Courses: 2011 Research in the psychology of spirituality Dept. of Child Psychiatry / MGH/HMS & religion 1-hour lecture Undergraduate and graduate students
2011 The burgeoning science of Jewish Dept. of Child Psychiatry / MGH psychology Undergraduate and graduate students 1-hour lecture
2013-2017 Spirituality & mental health: Research & McLean / HMS Summers practice Annual 1-hour lecture Undergraduate and graduate student visitors
Formal Teaching of Residents, Clinical Fellows and Research Fellows (post-docs): 2009 CBT for panic disorder with agoraphobia: Stanton Lecture, McLean/HMS A case presentation 1-hour lecture Psychology fellows/psychiatry residents
2010-2012 Introduction to CBT McLean / HMS 1st year psychiatry residents Annual 1-hour lecture
2011 Spiritual resources & struggles: Laboratory for Adult Development, Relevance for borderline personality McLean/HMS disorder 1-hour lecture Faculty, psychology fellows, psychiatry residents, research fellows/assistants
2011- Spirituality and CBT McLean / HMS Psychology fellows Annual 1-hour lecture
2012 CBT: A rich but implicit relational McLean / HMS framework 1-hour lecture 1st year psychiatry residents
9 2012 Spirituality & patient care in an evidence- McLean / HMS based framework 1-hour lecture Psychology fellows
2013 Spirituality / Psychiatry in 2013 McLean / HMS Faculty, psychology fellows, psychiatry 1-hour lecture residents, research fellows/assistants
2014 Assessment and conceptualization of McLean / HMS spirituality in a clinical context: An 1-hour lecture introduction Psychology fellows
2015 Spiritual/Religious Issues in the Treatment CHA /HMS of Anxiety / Treating Anxiety: Children, 1-hour lecture Adolescents, and Adults Faculty, psychology fellows, psychiatry residents, research fellows/assistants
2016 Spirituality in outpatient treatment MGH / McLean Hospital Adult 1st year psychiatry residents Residency Training Program in Psychiatry 2-hour lecture
2016 The McLean Hospital Spirituality & McLean / HMS Mental Health Program 1-hour lecture Psychology fellows, psychiatry residents and faculty
Clinical Supervisory and Training Responsibilities:
2010-2011 Primary supervisor in diagnostics rounds Behavioral Health Partial Program, Psychology graduate students and McLean / HMS psychology fellows 1 hour/week
2010-2011 Clinical supervisor Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Psychology fellow Institute, McLean / HMS 1 hour/week
2014-2015 Clinical supervisor McLean / HMS Staff nurse providing spiritually- 1 hour/month integrated therapy for psychotic patients
2015-2016 Clinical mentor McLean / HMS Hospital chaplain providing pastoral 0.5 hours/week counseling to psychiatric patients
2016- Clinical supervision and consultation for McLean / HMS Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, 1 hour/month
10 Residential and Intensive Treatment (SPIRIT) Group therapists on ten inpatient, three residential, and two intensive (partial hospital) clinical units
2017- Clinical supervisor McLean / HMS Staff chaplain 1 hour/week
Research Supervisory and Training Responsibilities:
2010-2011 Primary research supervisor Behavioral Health Partial Program, Psychology graduate students, McLean / HMS psychology fellows, and research 2 hours/week assistant
2011-2015 Primary research mentor Harvard School of Dental Medicine Graduate student 1 hour/month
2014-2016 Research mentor McLean / HMS PGY-3 psychiatry resident 2 hours/month
2017-2019 Research supervisor for Spirituality & McLean / HMS Mental Health Program 2 hours/month Undergraduate psychology students
Formally Mentored Harvard Medical, Dental and Graduate Students:
2014-2015 Zev Lazarus, HDS Class of 2015 Successfully proposed and defended HDS research project; received HMS scholarship; published 2 research abstracts; co-authored peer-reviewed scientific manuscript
Other Mentored Trainees and Faculty:
2009-2014 Steven Pirutinsky, PhD / Associate professor, Graduate School of Social Work, Touro College; Director of Research, Center for Anxiety Career stage: Graduate student and postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University. Mentoring role: Research advisor. Accomplishments: Co-authored 17 peer- reviewed manuscripts; published 19 scientific conference abstracts; dissertation Award from the American Psychological Association (Division 36).
2010-2012 David Baruch, PhD / Clinical psychologist at Clement J Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Career stage: Graduate student, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Accomplishments: Proposed doctoral dissertation; co- authored 2 manuscripts; delivered 3 scientific presentations; received Emerging Scholars Award from TAG Institute for Jewish Social Development.
11 2011-2013 Jan Byström, PhD / Clinical psychologist in Sweden Career stage: Graduate student, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University (Linköping, Sweden). Accomplishments: Proposed/successfully defended master’s thesis; developed scientific manuscript for peer-review.
2011-2013 Jaclin Friere, PhD / Clinical psychologist in Lisbon, Portugal Career stage: Graduate student, Centro de Investigação Social, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Centre for Social Intervention, Lisbon University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal). Accomplishments: Proposed and successfully defended doctoral dissertation; received training grant from Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology; presented conference abstract at an international scientific meeting; published 2 scientific manuscripts for peer-review.
2013-2015 Rachel Diamond, PhD / Clinical fellow in psychology, Stonybrook University, NY; Clinical psychologist, Therapists of New York Career stage: Post baccalaureate student, Columbia University Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology. Accomplishments: Proposed & successfully defended master’s thesis; published scientific conference abstract; submitted scientific manuscript for peer-review; PhD, Long Island University.
2014-2016 Dovid Green, PhD / Clinical psychologists, Bronx, NY Career stage: Graduate student, Fordham University Department of Psychology; Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Anxiety. Accomplishments: Proposed/successfully defended doctoral dissertation; presented 3 scientific conference abstracts at national conferences; co-authored 2 manuscripts published in peer-review journals.
2014-2017 Lisa Tobio, RN / Psychiatric nurse, AB2, McLean Hospital Career stage: Psychiatric Nurse, AB2, McLean Hospital. Mentoring role: Clinical supervisor. Accomplishments: Collaborated to create “Spirituality” group on unit; provided group-based spiritually integrated treatment to 6-12 patients/week.
2016-2018 Rev. Terrence McGillicutty, PhD / Founder/director, Anam Cara Community Career stage: Mental Health Chaplain, McLean Hospital. Mentoring role: Clinical supervisor. Accomplishments: Provided individual pastoral counseling to 5-10 patients/week; facilitated a spirituality group for substance abuse patients.
2016-2018 Hadar Naftalovich, MA / PhD candidate, Department of Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Career stage: Postbaccalaureate student/trainee, Emory University. Accomplishments: Published and presented 9 scientific conference abstracts at national conferences; admitted to PhD program.
2017-2019 Miriam Korbman, PsyD / Psychology intern, Andrus Children’s Center, White Plains, NY Career stage: Graduate student, Long Island University. Accomplishments: Presented 8 scientific conference abstracts at national conferences; co-authored 2 scientific manuscripts published in peer-review journals; proposed, completed and defended dissertation.
2017-2019 Rev. Michael Carter, MDiv / Hospice chaplain, RI
12 Career stage: Mental Health Chaplain, McLean Hospital. Mentoring role: Clinical supervisor. Accomplishments: Provided individual pastoral counselling to 35-45 patients/month; facilitated weekly spirituality groups for various patients; outreach to area clergy; program development on McLean campus to support spiritual needs of staff.
2017-2019 Elizabeth Bocanegra, BA / PhD student, Culture and Anxiety Lab for Mental Health Advances (CALMA), UCLA Career stage: Postbaccalaureate student/trainee. Mentoring role: Research mentor. Accomplishments: Contributed to the writing of a peer-reviewed manuscript; admitted to PhD program in clinical psychology at UCLA.
2017-2020 Sarah Salcone, BA / Clinical research assistant, McLean Hospital Career stage: Postbaccalaureate student/trainee. Mentoring role: Research mentor. Accomplishments: Managed a hospital-wide study assessing patients’ responses to spiritually integrated psychotherapy groups; managed a second hospital-wide study assessing relevance of spirituality/religion to symptoms and treatment outcomes; authored two conference abstracts; contributed writing a peer-reviewed manuscript; current position.
2019- Rev. Angelika Zollfrank, MDiv / Mental health Chaplain, McLean Hospital Career stage: Mental health chaplain, McLean Hospital. Mentoring role: Clinical supervisor. Accomplishments: Provided individual pastoral counselling to 100-120 patients/month; facilitated weekly spirituality groups for patients with various diagnoses; outreach to area clergy; program development throughout McLean’s divisional structure to support spiritual needs of staff.
Formal Teaching of Peers (e.g., CME and other continuing education courses): No presentations below were sponsored by 3rd parties/outside entities
2015 Spirituality and mental health: What clinicians need One lecture to know McLean / HMS (AB-II Unit)
2016 Spirituality/religion and group psychotherapy 2-part lecture (2 hours) McLean /HMS
2016 Spirituality & mental health: Research & practice One lecture McLean /HMS
2016 A group protocol for spirituality/religion and One lecture treatment Short term unit, McLean / HMS
2016 Spiritual/religious issues in mental health One lecture NB-II unit, McLean / HMS
2018 Spirituality or psychosis? One lecture ABII, McLean / HMS
Local Invited Presentations:
13 No presentations below were sponsored by 3rd parties/outside entities
2012 Spirituality & mental health: From research to practice / Lecture Grand rounds, McLean / HMS
2015 Interest in spiritually-integrated psychotherapy among acute psychiatric patients / Lecture Research Day, McLean / HMS
2015 Spirituality & mental health: An empirical approach / Lecture Borden Cottage, McLean (Camden, ME)
2015 Spirituality/religion and mental health / Lecture Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership (ODICP), HMS
2015 Addressing religion and spirituality in the treatment of patients with personality disorders (Borderline Case Conference) / Clinical conference McLean / HMS
2016 So help me God: Spirituality & mental health / Lecture Schwartz Rounds, McLean / HMS
2016 Spirituality & Mental Health: Theory, Research & Clinical Practice / Lecture Hebrew Senior Life / HMS
2016 Spirituality/religion & mental health / Lecture Nurse Council, McLean / HMS
2016 Spiritual/religious issues in mental health / Lecture Social Work, McLean / HMS
2016 A pilot consultation service for spirituality & mental health / Workshop Psychiatry, MGH
2016 Spiritual issues in mental health / Lecture Waverly Place, McLean / HMS
2018 Spirituality: Functional links to fear and impulsivity / Lecture Ressler Laboratory, McLean / HMS
2018 Spirituality & mental health: What clinicians need to know / Lecture Grand rounds, McLean / HMS
2019 Spiritual psychotherapy for inpatient, residential & intensive treatment (SPIRIT) / Workshop Ambulatory Treatment Center at Naukeag, McLean / HMS
2019 Spirituality, religion & mental health among older adults: Recent research and clinical recommendations / Lecture Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean / HMS
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2019 Spirituality & mental health: What clinicians need to know Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, HMS
2020 Coping with COVID-19: Our patients and ourselves Grand rounds, McLean / HMS
2020 Judaism & mental health: Background, research and clinical practice PGY-4 psychiatry residency program, Brigham & Women’s Hospital / HMS
Report of Regional, National and International Invited Teaching and Presentations No presentations below were sponsored by 3rd parties/outside entities
Regional 2013 The science of Jewish social development / Research Symposium Presentation Brandeis University, Waltham, MA National 2010 Integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy / Clinical workshop ABCT, 44th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2010 The basics of cognitive behavioral case formulation / Clinical workshop International Network of Orthodox Mental Health Professionals, Annual Meeting, New York, NY
2011 Integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy / Clinical workshop Center for Anxiety, New York, NY
2011 Integrating religious beliefs into a cognitive model of worry / Research symposium Presentation APA, 119th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
2011 Anxiety and depression: An 11th century Jewish perspective / Research symposium Presentation APA, 119th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
2012 Spiritual issues in college counseling / Clinical workshop Stern College/Yeshiva University Counseling Center, New York, NY
2012 Why and how to integrate spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy / Clinical workshop American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, New York, NY
2012 Spiritual struggle and depression among Orthodox Jews: A longitudinal study in a clinical sample / Research symposium presentation APA, 120th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
2012 Integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy in an acute psychiatric setting: A pilot study / Research symposium presentation APA, 120th Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL
15 2012 Spiritually based stress reduction for the Jewish community / Clinical workshop, Center for Anxiety, New York, NY
2012 Spirituality/religion and behaviorism: From theory to practice / Master clinician seminar ABCT, 46th Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD
2012 A behavioral approach to opening up shop / Panel discussion (Chair) ABCT, 46th Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD
2013 Spirituality and mental health research: Implications for patient care / Grand rounds Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2013 Spirituality & psychopathology: What is the relationship? / Invited address Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy / Invited clinical workshop Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY
2013 How to integrate spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy: A brief intervention / Clinical workshop ABCT, 47th Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN
2013 Spirituality and mental health research: Recent findings from McLean Hospital Presentation ABCT, 47th Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN
2013 Integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy / Invited clinical workshop School of Psychology & Counseling, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA
2014 Belief in God and changes in depression over the course of acute psychiatric treatment: Mechanisms of effect / Research symposium presentation American Psychiatric Association, 167th Annual Meeting, New York, NY
2014 An initial evaluation of the Connections Program: A spiritually-based treatment for generalized anxiety disorder / Research symposium presentation APA, 122nd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
2014 Conceptualizing and assessing spirituality in cognitive behavioral therapy /Clinical workshop ABCT, 48th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Taking care of business: A real-world discussion about owning and operating a clinical practice / Panel discussion (Chair) ABCT, 48th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Is there cognitive behavioral therapy in heaven? Addressing spirituality in the context of cognitive behavioral therapy / Clinical roundtable (Chair) ABCT, 48th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
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2014 Religious coping among psychotic patients: Relevance to suicidality and treatment outcomes / Research presentation ABCT, Suicide and Self-Injury Special Interest Group, ABCT, 48th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Interest in spiritually-integrated psychotherapy & integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy for acute psychiatric patients / Research presentation 4th Annual Conference on Medicine and Religion (sponsored by University of Chicago), Cambridge, MA
2015 The role of resilience in the health and well-being of minority populations / Research symposium (Discussant) ABCT, 49th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2015 The business side of CBT: A real-world discussion about owning and operating a CBT clinical practice / Panel discussion (Chair) ABCT, 49th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2015 Interest in spiritually integrated psychotherapy among acute psychiatric patients / Research symposium presentation American Psychiatric Association, 168th Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON
2015 Religion and spirituality in diverse medical settings: Individual and family implications / Research symposium presentation (Discussant) American Psychological Association, 123rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON
2016 Looking forward: Diversity in clinical psychological science / Panel discussion ABCT, 50th Annual Meeting, New York, NY
2016 Spirituality & religion in CBT: What clinicians can learn from the teachings of different religious / Panel discussion ABCT, 50th Annual Meeting, New York, NY
2016 Spirituality & mental health: What clinicians need to know / Invited presentation Palm Beach Mental Health Association, Palm Beach, FL
2017 Spirituality & mental health: What clinicians need to know / Clinical workshop National Center for Responsible Gaming, 18th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2017 Spiritual issues in psychotherapy / Invited Clinical workshop Department of Psychology, Long Island University (Post-Campus), Brookville, NY
2017 Using evidence-based practices with specific religious and non-religious populations / Panel discussion ABCT, 51st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
2017 Spirituality and cognitive behavioral therapy / Clinical workshop ABCT, 51st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
17 2018 Treatment of Orthodox Jews with cognitive behavior therapy / Clinical workshop Judaism, Science & Medicine, 10th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX
2018 Spirituality & mental health: What clinicians need to know / Clinical workshop Iowa Gambling Treatment Program, Iowa Department of Public Health
2018 Spirituality & mental health: Conceptual & empirical foundations, and clinical assessment / Clinical workshop Indiana Council on Problem Gambling, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Spirituality and mental health: What CBT clinicians need to know / Clinical workshop ABCT, 52nd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
2018 The Role of the Faith-Based Community in Treatment for People with Serious Mental Illness / Expert panelist Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, MD
2019 The Role of the Faith-Based Community to Improve Services & Delivery of Care for People with Serious Mental Illness / Invited speaker SAMHSA, Rockville, MD
2019 Prayer and closeness to God in three different religious samples / Paper presentation 91st Annual Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL
2019 Religion & mental health: Research & clinical practice / Invited workshop American Association of Christian Counsellors, Wake Forest, VA
2019 Spirituality & mental health / Invited workshop (webinar) ADAA (online)
2019 Spirituality & cognitive behavioral therapy / Invited workshop Columbia University Spirituality Mind Body Institute, New York, NY
2019 Spiritually-integrated cognitive behavior therapy / Panel discussion American Psychiatric Association 172nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2019 Building wellbeing through innovative spiritually-integrated approaches / Chair, Invited presidential session American Psychiatric Association 172nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2019 Spirituality and mental health: What clinicians need to know / Invited workshop- webinar ABCT (online)
2019 The integration of religion/spirituality into culturally-informed, cognitive-behavioral mental health treatments / Research symposium ABCT, 53rd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
18 2019 Practicing cognitive behavioral therapy with religious patients from Christian, Muslim and Jewish Communities / Clinical roundtable ABCT, 53rd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
2019 Evidence-based treatment with a higher purpose: Spiritually-integrated CBT / Clinical workshop ABCT, 53rd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
2020 Spiritual psychotherapy for inpatient, residential and intensive treatment (SPIRIT) / Research presentation-webinar Bridges Consortium Capstone Conference, Durham, NC (Online)
2020 Faith, trust and anxiety / Invited research presentation Azrieli School of Education, Yeshiva University, New York, NY (Online)
2020 When religion and OCD collide: Scrupulosity / Invited seminar presentation United States Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC (Online)
2020 Mental health in a time of COVID-19 / Invited seminar presentation United States Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC (Online)
International
2012 Faith, trust and anxiety disorders: An empirically-supported conceptual framework / Invited address Department of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel
2012 Spirituality & cognitive behavioral therapy: Research & practice / Invited presentation Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
2012 Recent advances in the study of spirituality & mental health / Invited address Universidad Inter-Americana de Puerto Rico (Inter-American University of Puerto Rico), Ponce, PR
2012 Integrating spirituality into treatment of mental disorders / Invited address Universidad Inter-Americana de Puerto Rico (Inter-American University of Puerto Rico), Ponce, PR
2012 Practicing CBT with religious patients in Christian, Muslim and Jewish Communities / Clinical roundtable European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, 45th Congress, Jerusalem, Israel
2015 How to conceptualize and assess for spirituality/religion in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Clinical workshop European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, 45th Congress, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 Spirituality & mental health: What clinicians need to know / Clinical workshop
19 Machon Dvir, Jerusalem, Israel
2019 Spiritual struggles: An evidence-based clinical approach / Invited Clinical workshop Machon Dvir, Jerusalem, Israel
2019 Spirituality & mental health: What clinicians need to know / Invited address Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Israel (affiliated with Tel Aviv University)
2019 Spirituality & cognitive behavior therapy: An introduction / Invited address Department of Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2019 Spirituality/religion and evidence-based psychotherapy / Invited workshop World Psychiatric Association Section on Religion, Spirituality & Psychiatry, Jerusalem, Israel
Report of Clinical Activities and Innovations
Current Licensure and Certification:
2011- Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2011- Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of New York 2016- Board Certified in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology 2017- Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of New Jersey 2019- Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Wisconsin Practice Activities:
2011-2017 Outpatient psychological Center for Anxiety, New 10-20 hours of outpatient consultation & treatment York, NY service per week
2017- Psychological consultation McLean Hospital 2-5 hours of clinical & treatment consultation and treatment per week Clinical Innovations:
Internet-based This Internet-based treatment program integrates Jewish spirituality into spiritually-integrated an evidence-based approach for the treatment of chronic worry and stress treatment for anxiety in the Jewish community. To date, the treatment program has been utilized among Jews /2010 by over 600 Jewish individuals around the globe.
Spiritually-integrated This single-session treatment manual integrates spiritual themes and cognitive-behavioral practices into group cognitive-behavioral therapy for acute psychiatric therapy for a partial patients in a partial-hospital setting. Using a transdiagnositc approach, the hospital / 2012 manual targets highly comorbid and varied symptoms. To date, the manual has been used with over 400 McLean Hospital patients.
Spiritually-integrated This 16-session treatment manual integrates a spiritual framework culled treatment for from Jewish religious thought into an evidence-based approach to the Generalized Anxiety treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). This manual and its
20 Disorder / 2014 subsequent iterations have been utilized with over 50 outpatients to date in the greater New York area.
Spiritually-integrated This treatment manual is based on the 2012 innovation above and harnesses cognitive-behavioral spiritual themes and practices in the provision of group-based cognitive- therapy for an behavioral therapy for psychiatric inpatients. To date, the manual has been inpatient unit / 2015 successfully delivered to approximately 100 McLean Hospital patients.
Spiritual This treatment protocol is a more advanced version of the 2012 and 2015 Psychotherapy for works above. The flexible approach can accommodate provision of Inpatient, Residential spiritually-based psychotherapy across inpatient, residential, and partial and Intensive units. At present, ~3,500 McLean Hospital patients participate in SPIRIT Treatment (SPIRIT) groups each year. / 2018
Report of Education of Patients and Service to the Community
Those presentations below sponsored by outside entities are so noted and the sponsor(s) is (are) identified.
Activities: 2011 Meor, Tufts University, Medford, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “A spiritual and psychological approach to anxiety disorders”
2011 Meor, Boston University, Boston, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Jewish wisdom for modern minds: Anxiety disorders and their treatment”
2011 Home of Rev. Dr. Barbara H. Nielsen, Boston, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Connection, disconnection and anxiety disorders: An ancient approach to a modern problem”
2011 Yeshiva College, New York, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Faith, trust & anxiety: An empirical approach”
2011 Stern College for Women, New York, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Test & exam anxiety: A spiritual & psychological approach”
2011 Mt. Sinai Jewish Center of Washington Heights, New York, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Observant or obsessive? Religious life and OCD”
2012 East Hill Synagogue, Englewood, NJ / Scholar-in-Residence Lecture entitled “Is there room for God in psychotherapy?” Lecture entitled “Connection, disconnection and anxiety disorders: A Jewish psychological approach to a modern problem”
2012 New Jersey OCD (affiliate of the International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation), New Brunswick, NJ / Invited Lecturer Lecutre entitled “Sex, violence, blasphemy and sin: Treatment of ‘bad thoughts’ in OCD”
2012 Stern College, New York, NY / Invited Lecturer
21 Lecture entitled “Test and exam anxiety: A spiritual and psychological approach” ]
2012 Active Minds, Stern College, New York, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Judaism & mental health: An empirical approach and personal journey”
2012 Association of Jewish Outreach Professionals, Stamford, CT / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Taking out the guesswork: The potential role of social science research in Jewish outreach”
2012 Meor, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Judaism & mental health research”
2012 Harvard Health Policy Review, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality & student mental health”
2012 Hillel, Northeastern University, Boston, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Three steps to getting motivated and staying motivated”
2012 Meor, MIT, Cambridge, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Judaism and mental health: An empirical approach”
2012 Hillel, Tufts University, Medford, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality/religion and anxiety disorders”
2012 Hillel, Boston University, Boston, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Worlds of connection and disconnection”
2012 Hillel, Boston University, Boston, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Anxiety disorders: A spiritual and psychological approach”
2012 Forest Hill Jewish Center, Toronto, ON / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “A spiritual approach to the treatment of anxiety”
2013 Village Shul Learning Center, Toronto, ON / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Mental health and spiritual growth: The importance of connection”
2013 Home of Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Melnick, Toronto, ON / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Connection, disconnection and anxiety disorders”
2013 International Organization of Mussar Vaadim, Jerusalem, Israel / Scholar-in-Residence Lecture entitled “Intimacy and connection: The relevance of spirituality” Lecture entitled “The connections paradigm: A spiritual model of heroism”
2013 Meor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality & mental health”
2013 Home of Rev. Dr. Barbara H. Nielsen, Palm Beach, FL / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “What is the relationship between spirituality and mental health?”
2013 Jewish Family Services, Los Angeles, CA / Invited Lecturer
22 Lecture entitled “Judaism & mental health: An empirical approach”
2013 Meor, Yale University, New Haven, CT / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Worlds of connection & disconnection: An ancient Jewish approach to modern mental health”
2013 Center for Anxiety, Brooklyn, NY / Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality & mental health”
2013 Yeshiva Beth Yehuda, Detroit, MI / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Evidence-based treatments for mental disorders”
2014-2016 ODICP/HMS / Mentor and judge Reflection in Action: Building Healthy Communities (Diversity pipeline program)
2014 Home of Rev. Dr. Barbara H. Nielsen, Palm Beach, FL / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality & mental health”
2014 Center for Kehilla Development, Jerusalem, Israel / Invited Lecturer Half-day workshop entitled “Mental disorders: What clergy need to know”
2015 Center for Kehilla Development, Jerusalem, Israel / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Observant or obsessive? What clergy need to know about religion and OCD”
2015 Center for Kehilla Development, Jerusalem, Israel / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Suicidality & non-suicidal self-injury: An introduction for clergy”
2015 Center for Kehilla Development, Jerusalem, Israel / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Losing touch with reality: What clergy need to know about psychosis”
2015 Center for Anxiety, Brooklyn, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Observant or obsessive? Religion & OCD”
2015 Home of Rev. Dr. Barbara H. Nielsen, Palm Beach, FL / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality & psychotherapy”
2016 Bain & Company, New York, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Emotional wellness in the workplace”
2016 Center for Kehilla Development, Jerusalem, Israel / Invited Lecturer When “good” people do terrible things: Sexual abuse in religious communities
2017 Ohel Family Services, Brooklyn, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Living in the age of anxiety: Striving for peace of mind in a complex world”
2017 Madraigos, Far Rockaway, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Managing anxiety in parents and children”
23 2018 Ohel, Zachter Training Institute, Brooklyn, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Addressing anxiety in elementary, middle & high school students”
2018 Chabad of Sudbury, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality & mental health: What does science have to say?”
2018 Hebrew College, Newton, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality & mental health: What does science have to say?”
2018 Temple Isaiah, Lexington, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality & mental health: What does science have to say?”
2018 Ruderman Family Foundation, Newton, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “A model for mental health clergy collaboration”
2018 Temple Beth Israel, Waltham, MA / Invited Participant Participant in panel “Living with mental disorders and the role of spirituality”
2019 Meor, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Living in the age of anxiety”
2019 Massachusetts Board of Rabbis / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “The age of anxiety: What rabbis need to know”
2019 Meor, Boston University, Boston, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Living in the age of anxiety”
2019 Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston, MA (Genesis Forum) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “A spiritual framework for the treatment of anxiety”
2019 Torah Umesorah Annual Convention, Poconos, PA / Invited Lecturer Full-day workshop entitled “The era of anxiety: What educators need to know”
2019 Sephardic Bikur Holim, Brooklyn, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “The anxious parent”
2019 Yeshivat Shaare Torah, Brooklyn, NY / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Thriving in a digital age: What parents and educators need to know”
2019 Torah Umesorah Regional Convention, Lakewood, NJ / Invited Keynote Lecturer Lecture entitled “The age of anxiety: Three things educators need to know” Lecture entitled “The whole principal”
2019 Bais Faiga, Lakewood, NJ / Invited Lecturer Half-day workshop entitled “Teaching in the age of anxiety: A workshop for educators”
2019 Forest Hill Jewish Center, Toronto, ON / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Living in the age of anxiety”
2019 Congregation Ahavat Shalom, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel / Invited Lecturer
24 Lecture entitled “Managing anxiety in our children and ourselves”
2019 Center for Kehilla Development, Jerusalem, Israel / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Emotionally-focused therapy for couples: An Introduction for clergy”
2019 Project Proactive (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Breaking stigmas: The dating scene and mental health”
2019 Beth Israel Synagogue, Halifax, NS, Canada / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Spirituality and mental health”
2020 Torah Day School, Phoenix, AZ / Scholar-in-Residence Lecture entitled “The age of anxiety: What parents need to know” Half-day workshop “The age of anxiety: What educators need to know”
2020 Valley Beth Shalom, Los Angeles, CA / Scholar-in-Residence Lecture entitled “Faith, trust & anxiety: Ancient Jewish wisdom for modern mental health” Lecture entitled “Why are we so anxious today?”
2020 Meor, Harvard University, Boston, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Do we have a psychological need for spirituality?
2020 Meor, Boston University, Boston, MA / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Living in the age of anxiety”
2020 TRIBE, Boston, MA (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Managing anxiety in a challenging time (COVID-19)”
2030 Torah Umesorah Guidance for Educators Series (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Put your own mask on first!”
2020 Yeshiva University, New York, NY (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “A psychological-spiritual guide to managing stress”
2020 Beth Israel, Edmonton, AL, Canada (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Managing COVID-19 anxiety: A spiritual approach”
2020 ADAA (online) / Invited Panelist Panel entitled “Expert tips for managing Coronavirus anxiety: Part III”
2020 Project Proactive (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Religion & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: What’s the difference?”
2020 Communities Confronting Substance Abuse & Refaenu (online) / Invited Panelist Panel entitled “Coping with COVID-19: A virtual presentation”
2020 Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Managing anxiety during a pandemic”
2020 Everyday Health (online) / Invited Panelist
25 Panel entitled “Why pandemics make us so anxious”
2020 ADAA (online) / Invited Panelist Panel entitled “Managing anxiety and depression during turbulent times”
2020 Flatbush Community Fund (online) / Invited Panelist Panel entitled “What should we do with our kids this summer?”
2020 Bais Yaakov of Los Angeles (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Living in an anxious world”
2020 McLean Hospital Consumer Education Webinar (online) / Invited Lecturer Lecture entitled “Unlocking inner peace: Spirituality & mental health”
Educational Material for Patients and the Lay Community: Books, monographs, articles and presentations in other media 2010 Examining treatment efficacy Author, article McLean Hospital Alumni in a naturalistic context Newsletter, 03/10
2011 Have a little faith: Author, article Aish.com, 08/11 Spirituality & mental health
2011 Does a belief in God make Radio interview WBUR, Radio Boston, 8/11 you worry less?
2011 Religious faith and peace of Radio interview Sound Medicine, WFYI mind Indianapolis, 12/11
2012 Anxiety disorders: An Author, editorial Jewish Press, 01/12 evidence-based approach
2012 Why am I never invited to Author, editorial Inyan Magazine, 04/12 the wedding?
2012 Coping with terrorism: A Television interview About Health, Boston City spiritually based approach TV, 05/12
2013 Coping with terrorism: A Author, editorial Inyan Magazine, 05/13 spiritually based approach
2013 Faith in God and psychiatric Radio interview Sound Medicine, WFYI treatment Indianapolis, 05/13
2013- From crisis to connection: Author, monthly column Inyan Magazine, 11/13- 2019 Case studies in mental health 12/19
2017 Psychologists shouldn’t Author, editorial Wall Street Journal, ignore the soul 12/29/17
26 2018 Sexual abuse and religion: A Author, editorial Jerusalem Post, 08/02/18 call for compassion
2019 Dating with a mental Author, editorial Jewish Action, 03/19 disorder
2019 Spirituality is a powerful tool Author, editorial Elemental, 11/27/19 in suicide prevention
2019 Handbook of Torah and Author, book Mosaica Press, 12/19 mental health
2020 Want to feel less anxious? Author, editorial Elemental, 1/6/20 Give up some control
2020 Managing COVID-19 Radio interview WCBS News Radio New anxiety York, 03/20/22
2020 What’s scarier than the Author, editorial Scientific American, Coronavirus? 03/22/20
2020 The blessing of an anxiety Author, editorial Prevention Magazine disorder
2020 Are we at the mercy of Author, editorial Scientific American anxiety?
2020 How is COVID-19 impacting Author, editorial Berkley Forum religion in America?
Report of Scholarship Peer-Reviewed Scholarship in print or other media: Research Investigations *Signifies author was a trainee under supervision at time of writing 1. Rosmarin DH, Krumrei EJ, Andersson G. Religion as a predictor of psychological distress in two religious communities. Cogn Behav Ther. 2009;38(1):54-64.
2. Rosmarin DH, Pargament KI, Krumrei EJ, Flannelly KJ. Religious coping among Jews: Development and initial validation of the JCOPE. J Clin Psychol. 2009;65(7):670-683.
3. Rosmarin DH, Pargament KI, Flannelly KJ. Do spiritual struggles predict poorer physical/mental health among Jews? Int J Psych Relig. 2009;19:244-258.
4. Rosmarin DH, Pargament KI, Mahoney A. The role of religiousness in anxiety, depression and happiness in a Jewish community sample: A preliminary investigation. Ment Health Relig Culture. 2009;12(2):97-113.
5. Rosmarin DH, *Pirutinsky S, Pargament KI, Krumrei EJ. Are religious beliefs relevant to mental health among Jews? Psychol Relig Spiritual. 2009;1(3):180-190.
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6. Rosmarin DH, Bourque LM, Antony MM, McCabe RE. Interpretation bias in panic disorder: Self-referential or global? Cogn Ther Res. 2009;33(6):624-632.
7. *Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH, Pargament KI. Community attitudes towards culture-influenced mental illness: Scrupulosity vs. non-religious OCD among Orthodox Jews. J Community Psychol. 2009;37(8):949-958.
8. Rosmarin DH, Pargament KI, *Pirutinsky S, Mahoney A. A randomized controlled evaluation of a spiritually- integrated treatment for subclinical anxiety in the Jewish community, delivered via the Internet. J Anxiety Disord. 2010;24(7):799-808.
9. Rosmarin DH, *Pirutinsky S, Siev J. Recognition of scrupulosity and non-religious OCD by Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews. J Soc Clin Psychol. 2010;29(8):930-944.
10. Rosmarin DH, Krumrei EJ, Pargament KI. Are gratitude and spirituality protective factors against psychopathology? Int J Existential Psychol Psychother. 2010;3(1):1-5.
11. *Pirutinsky S, Rosen DD, Safran R, Rosmarin DH. Do medical models of mental illness relate to increased or decreased stigmatization among Orthodox Jews? J Nerv Ment Dis. 2010;198(7):508-512.
12. Rosmarin DH, Auerbach RP, *Bigda-Peyton JS, Björgvinsson T, Levendusky PG. Integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy in an acute psychiatric setting: A pilot study. J Cogn Psychother. 2011;25(4):287-303.
13. Rosmarin DH, *Pirutinsky S, Auerbach RP, Björgvinsson T, Bigda-Peyton J, Andersson G, Pargament KI, Krumrei EJ. Incorporating spiritual beliefs into a cognitive model of worry. J Clin Psychol. 2011;67:691-700.
14. Rosmarin DH, *Pirutinsky S, Pargament KI. A brief measure of core religious beliefs for use in psychiatric settings. Int J Psychiatry Med. 2011;41(3):253-261.
15. Rosmarin DH, *Pirutinsky S, Cohen AB, *Galler Y, Krumrei EJ. Grateful to God or just plain grateful? A comparison of religious and general gratitude. J Positive Psychol. 2011;6(5):389- 396.
16. *Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH, Pargament KI, Midlarsky E. Does negative religious coping accompany, precede, or follow depression among Orthodox Jews? J Affect Disorders. 2011;132(3):401-405.
17. *Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH, Holt CL, Feldman RH, Caplan LS, Midlarsky E, Pargament KI. Does social support mediate the moderating effect of intrinsic religiosity on the relationship between physical health and depressive symptoms among Jews? J Behav Med. 2011;34(6):489- 496.
18. *Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH, Holt CL. Religious coping moderates the relationship between emotional functioning and obesity. Health Psychol. 2012;31(3):394-397.
28 19. Kertz SJ, *Bigda-Peyton JS, Rosmarin DH, Björgvinsson T. The importance of worry across diagnostic presentations: Prevalence, severity, and associated symptoms in a partial hospital setting. J Anxiety Disord. 2012;26:126-133.
20. Bonelli R, Dew RE, Koenig HG, Rosmarin DH, Vasegh S. Religious and spiritual factors in depression: Review and integration of the research. Depress Res Treat. 2012;Article 962860.
21. Kuller AM, Libben MR, Rosmarin DH, Björgvinsson T. Does symptom type moderate the relationship between insight and outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis: A preliminary investigation. Cogn Behav Ther. 2012;41:298-309.
22. Rosmarin DH, *Bigda-Peyton JS, Kertz SJ, Smith N, Rauch SL, Björgvinsson T. A test of faith in God and treatment: The relationship of belief in God to psychiatric treatment outcomes. J Affect Disorders. 2013;146:441-446.
23. Rosmarin DH, *Bigda-Peyton JS, Ongür D, Pargament KI, Björgvinsson T. Religious coping among psychotic patients: Relevance to suicidality and treatment outcomes. Psychiatry Res. 2013;210;182-187.
24. Rosmarin DH, Green D, Pirutinsky S, McKay D. Attitudes toward spirituality/religion among members of the Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies. Prof Psychol-Res Pr. 2013;44;424-433.
25. Krumrei EJ, Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH. Jewish spirituality, depression and health: An empirical test of a conceptual framework. Int J Behav Med. 2013;20:327-336.
26. *Agishtein P, *Pirutinsky S, *Kor A, *Baruch D, Kanter J, Rosmarin DH. Integrating spirituality into a behavioral model of depression. J Cog Behav Psychother. 2013;13;275-289.
27. Rosmarin DH, Malloy MC, Forester BP. Spiritual struggle and affective symptoms among geriatric mood disordered patients. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014;29;653-660.
28. Hafizi S, Rosmarin DH, Koenig, HG. Brief Trust/Mistrust in God Scale: Psychometric properties of a Farsi version in Muslims. Ment Health Relig Culture. 2014;17:415-420.
29. *Baruch DE, Kanter JW, *Pirutinsky S, Murphy J, Rosmarin DH. Depression stigma and treatment preferences among Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2014;202;556-561.
30. Björgvinsson T, Kertz SJ, *Bigda-Peyton JS, Rosmarin DH. Aderka IM, Neuhaus EC. Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for severe mood disorders in an acute naturalistic setting: A benchmarking study. Cog Behav Ther. 2014;43;209-220.
31. Rosmarin DH, Forester BP, Shassian DM, Webb C, Björgvinsson T. Interest in spiritually- integrated psychotherapy among acute psychiatric patients. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2015;83:1149-1153.
32. Pirutinsky S, Siev J, Rosmarin DH. Scrupulosity and implicit and explicit beliefs about God. J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord. 2015;6:33-38.
29 33. Pirutinsky S, Schechter I, Kor A, Rosmarin DH. Family size and psychological functioning in the Orthodox Jewish community. Ment Health Relig Culture. 2015;18(3):218-230.
34. *Lazarus Z, Pirutinsky S, *Korbman M, Rosmarin DH. Dental utilization disparities in a Jewish context: reasons and potential solutions. Comm Dent Health. 2015;32:247-251.
35. Winkeljohn-Black S, Pössel P, Jeppsen BD, Tariq A, Rosmarin DH. Poloma and Pendleton’s (1989) prayer types scale in Christian, Jewish and Muslim praying adults: One scale or a family of scales? Psychol Relig Spiritual. 2015;7;205-216.
36. Koenig HG, Pearce MJ, Nelson B, Shaw SF, Robins CJ, Daher N, Cohen HJ, Berk LS, Belinger D, Pargament KI, Rosmarin DH, Vasegh S, Kristeller J, Juthani N, Nies D, King MB. Religious vs. conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy for major depression in persons with chronic medical illness. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2015;4:243-251.
37. Rosmarin DH, Pirutinsky S, *Greer-Shabtai D, *Korbman M. Maintaining a grateful disposition in the face of distress: The role of spirituality. Psychol Relig Spiritual. 2016;8:134-140.
38. *Freire J, Moleiro C, Rosmarin DH. Calling for awareness and knowledge: Perspectives on religiosity, spirituality and mental health in a religious sample from Portugal (a mixed methods study). Open Theol. 2016;2:681-699.
39. Rosmarin DH, Pirutinsky S, *Carp S, *Appel M, Kor A. Religious coping across a spectrum of religious involvement. Psychol Relig Spiritual. 2017;9:S96-S104.
40. Pirutinsky S, *Carp S, Rosmarin DH. A paradigm to assess implicit attitudes towards God among Jews: The positive/negative God associations task. J Relig Health. 2017;56:305-319.
41. Winklejohn-Black S, Pӧssel P, Rosmarin DH, Tariq A, Jeppsen, BD. Prayer type, disclosure and mental health across religious groups. Couns Values. 2017;62;216-234.
42. *Medlock MM, Rosmarin DH, Connery HC, Griffin LM, Weiss RD, Karukula SL, McHugh K. Religious coping in patients with severe substance use disorders receiving acute inpatient detoxification. Am J Addict. 2017;26;744-750.
43. Rosmarin DH, Pirutinsky S, Appel M, Kaplan T, Pelcovitz D. Childhood sexual abuse, mental health, and religion across the Jewish community. Child Abuse Negl. 2018;81;21-28.
44. Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH. The PIOS among the Pious: Validity of the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS) among Orthodox Jews. Ment Health Relig Culture. 2018;21;180-193.
45. Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH. Protective and harmful effects of religious practice on depression among Jewish individuals with mood disorders. Clin Psyc Sci. 2018;6;601-609.
46. Freire J, Moleiro C, Freire M, Rosmarin DH. A call for collaboration: Perceptions of religious and spiritual leaders about mental health (a Portuguese sample). J Spirit Ment Health. 2018.
47. Rosmarin DH, Pirutinsky S. Problematic sexual behavior and religion among adult Jewish males: An initial study. Am J Mens Health. 2019;13;1-9.
30 48. Rosmarin DH, Salcone SG, Harper DH, Forester BF. Spiritual psychotherapy for inpatient, residential, and intensive treatment (SPIRIT). Am J Psychother. 2019 Sep 1;72(3):75-83.
49. Rosmarin DH, Bocanegra ES, Hoffnung G, Appel M. Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression among Orthodox Jews. Cog Behav Prac. 2019 Nov; 26(4):676-687.
50. Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH, Kirkpatrick LA. Is attachment to God a unique predictor of mental health?: Test in a Jewish sample. Int J Psych Relig. 2019; 29(3):161-171.
51. Rosmarin DH, Pirutinsky S. Do religious patients need religious psychotherapists? A naturalistic treatment matching study among Orthodox Jews. J Anxiety Disord. 2020;69:102170.
52. Pirutinsky S, Cherniak A, Rosmarin DH. Implicit and explicit attitudes towards God and life satisfaction in the Jewish community. Psychol Relig Spiritual. In Press.
53. Abu Raiya H, Pargament KI, Rosmarin DH. Religious coping, health and well-being among Jews and Muslims in Israel. Int J Psych Relig. In Press.
54. Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH. My God, why have you abandoned me? Sexual abuse and attitudes towards God among Orthodox Jews. Ment Health Relig Culture. In Press.
Non-peer reviewed scholarship in print or other media: Reviews, chapters, monographs and editorials *Signifies author was a trainee under supervision at time of writing
1. Rosmarin DH, Pargament KI, Robb HB III. Spiritual and religious issues in behavior change: Introduction [editorial]. Cog Behav Prac. 2010;17(4):343-347.
2. Pargament KI, Rosmarin DH. Pastoral counseling. In: Weiner I, Craighead E, editors. The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons; 2010. P. 1166.
3. Krumrei EJ, Rosmarin DH. Processes of religious and spiritual coping. In: Aten JD, O’Grady KA, Worthington EL, editors. The psychology of religion and spirituality for clinicians: Using research in your practice. New York: Routledge; 2011. p. 245-273.
4. Rosmarin DH, Wachholtz A, Ai A. Beyond descriptive research: Advancing the study of spirituality & health [editorial]. J Behav Med. 2011;34(6):409-413.
5. Rosmarin DH. Spirituality & mental health: A case against ignorance [editorial]. Harvard Health Policy Rev. 2012;13:36.
6. Vasegh S, Rosmarin DH, Koenig HG, Dew RE, Bonelli RM. Religious and spiritual factors in depression [editorial]. Depress Res Treat. 2012;Article 298056.
7. Levendusky PG, Rosmarin DH. Cognitive behavior therapy: A rich but implicit relational framework. In: Wolf AW, Goldfried MR, Muran JC, editors. Transforming negative reactions to clients: From frustration to compassion. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press; 2013. p. 45-68.
31 8. Rosmarin DH, *Greer-Shabtai D, *Pirutinsky S, Pargament KI. Jewish religious coping & trust in God: A review of the empirical literature. In: Levin J, Prince M, editors. Judaism and health: A handbook of practical, professional, and scholarly resources. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing; 2013. p. 265-281.
9. Rosmarin DH. Integrating spirituality into cognitive behavioral therapy [editorial]. Adv Cognitive Ther. 2013;10;6-7.
10. Rosmarin DH, Green D, Pirutinsky S, McKay D. Spirituality/religion: Beliefs, practices, attitudes, & training among ABCT members [editorial]. Behav Ther. 2014;37;193-196.
11. Rosmarin DH, Hankin B. Diversity and the science of clinical psychology [editorial]. Clin Sci. 2014;17;4-5.
12. Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH. Review of the book A New Approach to Religious Orientation: The Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex by Stephen W. Krauss & Ralph W. Hood. J Relig Health. 2014;53;631-633.
13. Rosmarin DH, Sklar AG, Greer-Shabtai D. Behavior therapy. In: Milosevic I, McCabe RE, editors. Phobias: The psychology of irrational fear, an encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC- CLIO/Praegar; 2015. p. 53-56.
14. Moreno O, Kor A, Rosmarin DH. Cultural differences. In: Milosevic I, McCabe RE, editors. Phobias: The psychology of irrational fear, an encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/ Praegar; 2015. p. 99-102.
15. Rosmarin DH, Alper DA, Pargament KI. Religion, spirituality and mental health. In: Friedman H, editor. Encyclopedia of mental health, 2nd edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016. p. 23-27.
16. *Greer-Shabtai D, Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH. Judaism & cognitive behavioral therapy. In: Ives R, Ben-Avie M, Loewenthal K, editors. Applied Jewish values in social sciences and psychology. Medford, MA: Springer International; 2016. p. 133-149.
17. Rosmarin DH. Diversity science: New dawn in a golden age [editorial]. Clin Psychol Sci. 2016;4;701.
18. Rosmarin DH. A long road ahead for diversity science [editorial]. Clin Sci. 2016.
19. *Korbman MD, *Appel M, Rosmarin DH. Judaism and health. In: VonDras D, editor. Better health through spiritual practices: A guide to religious behaviors and practices that benefit mind and body. ABC-CLIO/Praegar; 2017.
20. *Medlock MM, Rosmarin DH. Outpatient psychiatry. In: Petet JR, Fung A, Dell M, editors. Ethical considerations at the intersection of psychiatry and religion. New York: Oxford University Press; 2018.
21. Rosmarin DH. Spiritual & religious competencies for evidence-based practice. American Board of Professional Psychology Specialist, 2018;40;15-17.
32 22. Rosmarin DH, Falabella G. Spirituality and mental health: A new frontier for promoting emotional wellness? American Psychological Association, Annual Meeting Blog, 2019.
23. *Shabtai D, Rosmarin DH. Judaism and mental health. In: Moodley R, Eunjung J, editors. International handbook of race, ethnicity, and culture in mental health. Routledge. 2019.
24. Costa M, Rosmarin DH. Spiritually-integrated psychotherapy. In: Moreira-Almeida A, Paz- Mosqueiro B, Bhugra D, editors. Spirituality and mental health across cultures: Evidence-based implications for clinical practice. Oxford University Press. In Press 2020.
25. Rosmarin DH, Leidl B. Spirituality/religion and anxiety. In: Rosmarin DH, Koenig HG, editors. Handbook of spirituality/religion and mental health, 2nd edition. New York: Elsevier Press. In Press 2020.
26. Rosmarin DH, Koenig HG. Spirituality/religion and mental health. In: Rosmarin DH, Koenig HG, editors. Handbook of spirituality/religion and mental health, 2nd edition. New York: Elsevier Press. In Press 2020.
27. Rosmarin DH, Koenig HG, Pargament KI. Spirituality and mental health: Challenges and opportunities [comment]. Lancet Psych. In Press 2020.
Books/Textbooks for the Medical or Scientific Community 1. Rosmarin DH. Spirituality, religion, & cognitive-behavioral therapy: A guide for clinicians. New York: Guilford Press; 2018.
2. Rosmarin DH, Koenig HG. Handbook of spirituality/religion and mental health, 2nd edition. New York: Elsevier Press; 2020.
Letters to the Editor
1. Rosmarin DH, Forester B, Björgvinsson T. Spirituality/religion: Initiating a discussion with patients. Psych Serv. 2016,6;359.
2. Rosmarin DH, Moreira-Almeida A, Koenig H. Religion and psychotic experiences. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2018.
Professional educational materials or reports, in print or other media:
1. Rosmarin DH, & Pargament KI. Spiritually-based stress reduction for the Jewish community (“Increase your trust in God”). Electronic treatment program; 2010.
2. Rosmarin DH, & Auerbach RP. Spiritually-integrated cognitive behavioral therapy for an acute psychiatric setting. Treatment manual; 2012.
3. Ciarrocchi JW, Schechter D, Schwartz J, Rosmarin DH, & Pearce MJ. Religious cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in the context of chronic physical illness (Jewish version). Treatment manual; 2013.
33 4. Rosmarin DH & Kelemen L. The connections program: A 16-session spiritually-integrated treatment for generalized anxiety disorder. Treatment manual; 2014.
Thesis: Rosmarin DH. A randomized controlled evaluation of a spiritually integrated intervention for sub-clinical anxiety among Jews, delivered via the Internet [dissertation]. [Bowling Green, OH]: Bowling Green State University; 2006. 127 p.
Abstracts, Poster Presentations and Exhibits Presented at Professional Meetings:
1. Salcone S, Rohan M, Harper DG, Forester B, Rosmarin DH. Spiritual cognitions/behaviors and depression: Neural mediators of effect. Poster session presented at: Cognitive Behavioral Science, Treatment, and Technology. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies; 2018 Nov 15-18; Washington, DC.
2. Salcone S, Harper DG, Forester B, Rosmarin DH. Spirituality among geriatric mood disorder patients: is it protective against symptoms? Poster session presented at: Cognitive Behavioral Science, Treatment, and Technology. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies; 2018 Nov 15-18; Washington, DC.
3. Cherniak A, Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH. Implicit and explicit attitudes towards God and life satisfaction. Poster session presented at: International Convention of Psychological Science; 2019 Mar 7-9; Paris, France.
Narrative Report
I am seeking promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry. My area of excellence is Clinical Expertise and Innovation, and Investigation is my significant supporting activity. I devote 30% of my time to teaching/supervision, 30% to administration, 30% to research, and 10% to clinical practice. My chief career goal is to advance clinical innovation and science in the area of spirituality and mental health. Clinically, I am staunchly committed to an evidence-based approach to psychotherapy, and my primary modality is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). I have been fortunate to create, test, and disseminate four psychotherapy manuals outlining how to assess for and address patient spirituality in the context of evidence-based psychiatric care, and author a full-length text entitled Spirituality-Religion & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Guide for Clinicians (Guilford Press; May 2018). One of my psychotherapy manuals (dubbed SPIRIT: Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential & Intensive Treatment), is presently being used by > 20 clinicians in 13 units across the divisional structure of McLean Hospital, to provide spiritually-integrated treatment to over 80 patients each week (~3,500 patient visits/year). The above work has garnered regional and national interest in the form of regular workshops at academic conferences (Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies [ABCT], 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 & 2019), invited talks/workshops at the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Columbia University Spirituality Mind-Body Institute, Palm Beach Mental Health Association, Iowa Department of Public Health and Indiana Council on Problem Gambling, and an invited presidential session at the American Psychiatric Association’s 2019 annual convention. I have also been invited for international talks/workshops at Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and at the World Psychiatric Association Section on Religion, Spirituality & Psychiatry in Jerusalem, Israel.
34 As a clinical scientist, my program of research moves beyond the descriptive realm by examining explanatory models of why and how both positive and negative facets of spirituality can functionally impact psychiatric symptoms and their treatment. I have been a principal investigator on 15 studies to date which have received over $1,000,000 in support (mostly private donations). Approximately half of my research has focused on the Jewish community, with the other half has examined how spirituality and religion relate to mental health among psychiatric patients more broadly. Recognizing the importance of reaching beyond the ivory tower, I am also proud to serve as a regular media interviewee, columnist, and invited lecturer at community events on research in my area of interest. As faculty of an HMS teaching hospital, most of my educational responsibilities involve clinical supervision. I meet for at least one hour weekly with our hospital chaplain to provide clinical supervision and ensure that spiritual care is consistent with evidence based practices. I also consult regularly (approximately 2 hours/month) to clinicians throughout McLean Hospital on how to assess for and address patient spirituality using an evidence-based psychotherapy framework. Beyond these duties I give didactic seminars on spirituality and mental health at McLean and other HMS hospitals on a semi-regular basis (2-6 hours/year). I also aspire to help disseminate CBT to religious communities, which tend to be underserviced with evidence-based care. Principally, I have worked within the Orthodox Jewish community, of which I am a member. To this end, on a part time basis (6-8 hours/week), I direct a private outpatient program, which provides culturally- and spiritually-sensitive CBT. I am also a regular columnist, speaker, and consultant for Jewish periodicals and organizations on matters related to mental health and I have served as an academic advisor to many students of psychology and related disciplines who seek to work within the Jewish community. I feel truly blessed to have both clinical and research expertise to approach the understudied yet important area of spirituality and mental health, and the necessary skills to help communities in need. I hope to continue to build a national and international reputation as a leader by disseminating the clinical protocols I have developed, and continuing to advance the science in this area.
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