Selected Articles 2026

Selected Articles 2025

• Davis, M.T., Weiss, E.R., DellaGioia, N., Boster, S., Asch, R.H., Moisieienko, K., & Esterlis, I. (2025). In vivo evidence for metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 dysregulation in chronic pain. Neuropsychopharmacology.

• Davis, M.T., Weiss, E.R., Mattera, E.F. (2025). Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology and Addiction Medicine.

• Davis, M.T., Asch, R.H., Weiss, E.R., Wagner, A., Fineberg, S.K., Nabulsi, N., Matuskey, D., Carson, R.E., & Esterlis, I. (2025). An in vivo examination of the relationship between metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 and suicide attempts in people with borderline personality disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 10(3). 324-332.

• Moisieienko, K., Asch, R.H., Davis, M.T., Pietrzak, R.H., & Esterlis, I. (2025). Exploring the influence of synaptic density and anxiety on pain perception: evidence from a [11C]UCB-J positron emission tomography imaging study. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 28(7).

• Weiss, E.R., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Ramsay-Patel, T., Barnes, S.E., Anderson, H., Gatti, C., & Davis, M.T.  (2025). Acceptability and feasibility of a taekwondo mindful movement intervention in dialectical behavior therapy. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 35(2).

• Weiss, E.R., Mullens, S., Todman, M., Barnes, S.E., Lord, K.A., & Davis, M.T. (2025). The transdiagnostic role of boredom within personality disorder symptoms and risk-related behaviors: Implications for dialectical behavior therapy. Accepted to Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.

• Schreiber, A.M., Davis, M.T., & Cawood, C.D. (2025). Veterans with co-occurring PTSD and BPD symptoms benefit from dialectical behavior therapy: effects of PTSD on BPD symptom trajectories. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 1-15.

• Benitez, B., Loya, J.M., Jaramillo, Y., Muro-Rodriguez, N.J., Rojas Perez, O.F., Nich, C., Frankforter, T., Paris, M., & Kiluk, B.D. (2025). Improvement in coping skills from culturally-adapted digital CBT for Spanish-speaking Hispanics with substance use disorder: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 168.

• Anderson, R.E., Schaffer, M.R., Davis, M.T., Bennett, D.C., Epshteyn, G., Sexton, M.B (2025). Valid use of the Tonic Immobility Scale with consideration of peritraumatic substance use: Analysis of item differences and measurement invariance. Accepted to Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

• Duraney, E. J.,* Phansikar, M.,* & Prakash, R. S. (2025). Psychosocial correlates of adherence to mind-body interventions. Prevention Science, 26, 839-848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-025-01810-1

  *indicates co first-authorship

• Cawood, C., Schreiber, A., Duraney, E. J. (2025). Factors associated with treatment retention and symptom trajectories for veterans in dialectical behavior therapy. Psychotherapy Research, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2556843

• Fisher, M.E., Phansikar, M., Teng, J., McPherson, N., Duraney, E.J., McKenna, M., Shankar, A.,…Prakash, R.S. (2025). Effects of mindfulness training on sustained attention and mind-wandering in older adults: Results from the HealthyAgers randomized controlled trial. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. 

Selected Articles 2024

• Loya, J.M. , Wagner, A. , Pittman, B. & Davis, M.T. (2024). Differences in Diagnostic Rules Used to Determine Borderline Personality Disorder Impact Prevalence and Associations with Clinically Relevant Variables. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 15(1), 60-73. doi: 10.1037/per0000643.

• Weiss, E., Hart-Derrick, V., Brodie, J., Davis, M. (2024). Mind-Body Connections: Results from a Pilot Study of Taekwondo and Mindfulness for Adults on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. The Behavior Therapist.

• R. Bonomi, A.T. Hillmer, E. Woodcock, S. Bhatt, A. Rusowicz, G.A. Angarita, R.E. Carson, M.T. Davis, I. Esterlis, N. Nabulsi, Y. Huang, J.H. Krystal, R.H. Pietrzak, K.P. Cosgrove (2024). Microglia-mediated neuroimmune suppression in PTSD is associated with anhedonia, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(35). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2406005121.

• Weiss, E.R., Todman, M. & Roane, D.M. (2024). Filling the void: boredom’s associations with hoarding symptom severity. Discov Psychol 4, 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-024-00145-2

• Weiss, E.R., Davis, M.T., Asch, R.H., D’Souza, D.C., Cool, R., & Esterlis, I. (2024). Metabotropic glutamatergic receptor 5 as a potential biomarker of the intersection of trauma and cannabis use. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 27(10). https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyae044

• Raes, H.E., Weiss, E.R., Todman, M., & Tellalian, E. (2024). When Inequity Leads to Boredom: An Experimental Study With University Students. Psychological Reports, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241242405

• Harris, L.M., Weiss, E.R., Davis, M.T., Daniel, T.A., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Barnes, S., Cawood, C.D. (2024). Changes in Emotion Regulation During the Course of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Effects on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Binge Eating Across Two Samples. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(6).

• Madhura, P., Duraney, E.J., Manglani, H.R., Shankar, A., Roberts, C., Andridge, R., Nicholas, J.A., Petosa, R., & Prakash, R.S. (2024). TRACking health behavior in people with multiple sclerosis: Effects of a randomized trial on physical activity and working memory. Rehabilitation psychology, 70(3), 227-239.

• Whitmoyer, P., Fisher, M.E., Duraney, E.J., Mangler, C., Isaacowitz, D.M., Andridge, R., & Prakash, R.S. (2024). Age differences in emotion regulation strategy use and flexibility in daily life. Aging & Mental Health, 28(2), 330-343.

• Asch, R.H., Worhunsky, P.D., Davis, M.T., Holmes, S.E., Cool, R., Boster, S., Carson, R.E., Blumberg, H.P., & Esterlis, I. (2024). Deficits in prefrontal metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 are associated with functional alterations during emotional processing in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 361, 415-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.025

• Armer, J. S., Oh, W., Davis, M.T., Issa, M., Sexton, M.B., & Muzik, M. (2024). Post-traumatic change and resilience after childhood maltreatment: Impacts on maternal mental health over the postpartum period. Journal of Affective Disorders, 361, 1-9. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.010

• McCurdy, L.Y., Devito, E.E., Loya, J.M., Nich, C., Zhai, Z.W., Kiluk, B.D., & Potenza, M.N. (2024). Structural brain changes associated with cocaine use and digital cognitive behavioral therapy in cocaine use disorder treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 11.

• MacLean, R.R., Ankwai, B., Driscoll, M.A., Gordon, M.A., Frankforter, T.L., Nich, C., Szollosy, S.K., Loya, J.M., Brito, L., Ribeiro, M.I.P., Edmond, S.N., Becker, W.C., Martino, S., Sofuoglu, M., & Heapy, A.A. (2024). Efficacy of Integrating the Management of Pain and Addiction via Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) in Individuals With Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial of a Digital Cognitive Behavioral Treatment. JMIR Research Protocols, 13(1).

Selected Articles 2020

• Davis, M., Debonee, S., Cool, R., & Esterlis, I. (2020). In Vivo Examination of mGluR5 Availability in Chronic Pain: A [18F] FPEB PET Study. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45, 298-299.

• Holmes, S.E., Gallezot, J.D., Davis, M.T., DellaGioia, N., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., Krystal, J., Javitch, J.A., DeLorenzo, C., & Esterlis, I. (2020). Measuring the effects of ketamine on mGluR5 using [18F] FPEB and PET. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 40(11), 2254-2264.

• Domino, J.L., Whiteman, S.E., Weathers, F.W., Blevins, C.T., & Davis, M.T. (2020). Predicting PTSD and Depression following Sexual Assault: The Role of Perceived Life Threat, Post-Traumatic Cognitions, Victim-Perpetrator Relationship, and Social Support. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 29(6), 680–698.

• Bhatt, S., Hillmer, A.T., Girgenti, M.J., Rusowicz, A., Kapinos, A., Nabulsi, N., Huang, Y., Matuskey, D., Angarita, G.A., Esterlis, I., Davis, M.T., Southwick, S.M., Friedman, M.J., Duman, R.S., Carson, R.E., Krystal, J.H., Pietrzak, R.H., Cosgrove, K.P. (2020). PTSD is associated with neuroimmune suppression: Evidence from PET imaging and postmortem transcriptomic studies. Nature communications, 11(1), 1-11.

• Weiss, E.R., Landers, A., Todman, M., Roane, D.M. 2020. Treatment outcomes in older adults with hoarding disorder: The impact of self-control, boredom and social support. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(4), 375-380.

Selected Articles 2019

• Davis, M. T., Hillmer, A., Holmes, S. E., Pietrzak, R. H., DellaGioia, N., Nabulsi, N, Matuskey, D., Angarita, G.A., Carson, R., Krystal, J. & Esterlis, I. (2019). In vivo evidence for dysregulation of mGluR5 as a biomarker of suicidal ideation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(23), 11490-11495.

• Sexton, M. B., Davis, M. T., Lusk, R. K., Lyubkin, M., & Chermack, S. T. (2019). A factor analytic evaluation of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 among veterans presenting to a generalist mental health clinic. Psychiatry research, 272, 638-642.

• Holmes, S. E., Gallezot, J. D., Davis, M. T., DellaGioia, N., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., Krystal, J., Javitch, J.A., DeLorenzo, C., & Esterlis, I. (2019). Measuring the effects of ketamine on mGluR5 using [18F] FPEB and PET. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism.

• Holmes, S.E., Scheinost, D., Finnema, S.J., Naganawa, M., Davis, M.T., DellaGioia, N., Nabulsi, N., Matuskey, D., Angarita, G.A., Pietrzak, R.H. and Duman, R.S. (2019). Lower synaptic density is associated with depression severity and network alterations. Nature communications, 10(1), 1529.

• Weiss, E.R. & Miller, J.G (2019). Training the body and mind: Examining psychological correlates of Taekwondo. International Journal of Martial Arts, 5, 32-48.

• Loya, J.M., McCauley, K.L., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Chen, S.Z., Gad, A., MacPherson, L., Lejuez, C.W. (2019). An experimental paradigm examining the influence of frustration on risk-taking behavior. Behavioural processes, 158, 155-162.

• Berry, M.S., Johnson, P.S., Collado, A., Loya, J.M., Yi, R., & Johnson, M.W. Sexual Probability Discounting: A Mechanism for Sexually Transmitted Infection Among Undergraduate Students. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 495-505.

Selected Articles 2018

• Sexton, M.B., Davis, M.T., Bennett, D.C., Morris, D.H., Rauch, S.A.M (2018). A psychometric evaluation of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory with Veterans seeking treatment following military trauma exposure. Journal of Affective Disorders, 226, 232-238.

• Blevins, C.A., Davis, M.T., & Weathers, F.W (2018). Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Sleep and Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. 179-192.

• Sexton, M. B., Davis, M. T., Anderson, R. E., Bennett, D. C., Sparapani, E., & Porter, K. E. (2017). Relation between sexual and gender minority status and suicide attempts among veterans seeking treatment for military sexual trauma. Psychological services, 15(3), 357.

• Spitzer, E.G., Zuromski, K.L., Davis, M.T., Witte, T.K., Weathers, F (2018). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Clusters and Acquired Capability for Suicide: A Reexamination Using DSM-5 Criteria. Suicide and Life-threatening Behavior, 48(1), 105-115.

• Holmes, S.E., Scheinost, D., DellaGioia, N., Davis, M.T., Matuskey, D., Pietrzak, R.H., Hampson, M., Krystal, J.H. and Esterlis, I., (2018). Cerebellar and prefrontal cortical alterations in PTSD: structural and functional evidence. Chronic Stress, 2.

Selected Articles 2017

• Davis, M.T., Holmes, S.E., Pietrzak, R.H., & Esterlis, I. (2017). Neurobiology of Chronic Stress-Related Psychiatric Disorders: Evidence from Molecular Imaging Studies. Chronic Stress, 1.

• Davis, M.T., DellaGioia, N., Matuskey, D, Harel, B., Maruff, P., Pietrzak, R.H., & Irina Esterlis, I. (2017). Preliminary evidence concerning the pattern and magnitude of cognitive dysfunction in major depressive disorder using cogstate measures. Journal of Affective Disorders, 218, 82-85.

• Sexton, M., Davis, M.T., Sexton, M., Menke, R., Raggio, G., & Muzik, M. (2017). Mother-Child interactions at six months postpartum are not predicted by maternal histories of abuse and neglect or maltreatment type. Psychological Trauma: Research, Practice, and Policy. doi.org/10.1037/tra0000272.

• Holmes S.E., Girgenti M.J., Davis M.T., Pietrzak, R.H., DellaGioia N. Nabulsi, N., Matuskey, D., Southwick, S., Duman, R., Carson, R.E., Krystal, J.H., & Esterlis, I. (2017) Altered metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 markers in PTSD: in-vivo and postmortem evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(31), 8390-8395.

• Muzik, M., Umarji, R., Sexton, M., & Davis, M.T. (2017). Social support buffers the relationships between childhood maltreatment severity economic adversity and postpartum depressive symptoms. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 21(5), 1018-1025.

Selected Articles 2016

• Davis, M.T., Daniel, T.A., Witte, T.K., Beyers, R. J., Willis, J.Z., Wang, Y., Denney Jr., T.S., Katz, J.S., Salibi, N., Deshpande, G (2016). Demonstration and validation of a new pressure-based MRI-safe pain tolerance device. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 271, 160-168

• Gilmore A.K, Davis, M.T., Grubaugh, A., Resnick, A., Birks, A., Denier, C., Muzzy, W., Tuerk, P., & Acierno, R (2016). “Do you expect me to receive PTSD care in a setting where most of the other patients remind me of the perpetrator?”: Home-based telemedicine to address barriers to care unique to military sexual trauma and veterans affairs hospitals. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 48, 59-64.

• Muzik, M., Brier, Z., Menke, R., Davis, M.T., & Sexton, M. (2016). Longitudinal suicidal ideation across 18-months postpartum in mothers with childhood maltreatment histories. Journal of Affective Disorders, 204, 138-145.

• Lee, D. J., Witte, T. K., Bardeen, J. R., Davis, M.T., & Weathers, F. W (2016). A Factor Analytic Evaluation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 72(9), 933-946.

• Corbitt-Hall, D.J., Gauthier, J.M., Davis, M.T., Witte, T.K (2016). College Students' Responses to Suicidal Content on Social Networking Sites: An Examination Using a Simulated Facebook Newsfeed. Suicide and Life-threatening Behavior, 46(5), 609-624