Updated December 2025

Victoria Hart-Derrick, B.A.

  • Hart-Derrick, V. R., Virani, S., Zadeh, O. Genovese, N., Engel, J., Martinez, C.P., Potenza, M., McCurdy, L. (2025). Smartphone Apps for Problematic Pornography Use: A Review of Content and Quality. Current Addiction Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00669-0

    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 Therapyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2025.100527

    Davis, M. T, Hart-Derrick, V. R., Sexton, M., Rauch, S. (2024). Sex, Posttraumatic Cognitions, and Suicidal Ideation Among Veterans Seeking Trauma-Focused Treatment. The Behavior Therapist.

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

    Harris, L. M., Weiss, E. R., Davis, M. T., Daniel, T. A., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Cawood, C. D., (2024). Changes in Emotion Regulation During the Course of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Effects on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Binge Eating Across Two Samples. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.70018

    McCurdy, L*., Loya, J.*, Hart-Derrick, V#.,Young, G.# Kiluk, B., Potenza, M. (2023). Smartphone Apps for Problem Gambling: A Review of Content and Quality. Current Addiction Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00479-2

    # denotes co-second authorship

    Under Review

    Hart-Derrick, V., Davis, M. T., Weiss, E., Fernando, M., Kalaovic, S., Gallagher, A., Rauch, S., Sexton, M. (submitted for review under the Journal of Interpersonal Violence). Sex, Negative Posttraumatic Cognitions, and suicide behaviors following assault-type Military Sexual Assault.

    Orchard, E. R., Funaro, M. C., Guan, K. W., Wall, K. M., Yatziv, T., Hart-Derrick, V.R., … Rutherford, H. (submitted for review under the Journal of Neuroendocrinology). Investigating Racial and Ethnic Diversity in MRI Studies of the Maternal Brain: A Scoping Review Protocol. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/6C7ZT

    Weiss, E., Bartlett, E., Naganawa, M., Asch, R., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Miller, R.C., Freeman, D., Nabulsi, N., Radhakrishnan, R., Matuskey, D., Esterlis, I., Davis, M.T. (submitted for review under Nature Neuroscience). Relationships between kappa opioid receptor availability and borderline personality disorder: An in-vivo examination with [11C]EKAP PET imaging.

    In Preparation

    Weiss, E. R., Davis, M. T., Sexton I., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Bennett, D., Sowers, A., Duraney, E. J., & Sexton M. B. (in preparation). Ecological predictors of suicide ideation among veterans seeking mental health services associated with military sexual trauma.

    Fortuna, A., Hart-Derrick, V., Loya, J., Cawood, C., Duraney, E., Edwards, E., Mattera, E., Sexton, M. B., Davis, M. T. (in preparation). Subgroups of individuals meeting criteria for borderline personality disorder in NESARC-III: A Latent Profile Analysis.

    Davis, M. T., Hart-Derrick, V., Sexton, M. (in preparation). Sex-Based Associations Between Negative Posttraumatic Cognition Type and Facets of Social Functioning Among Veterans Seeking Mental Healthcare Secondary to MST.

  • Hart-Derrick, V. R., Weiss, E.R., Glatt, S., Mathew, G., Davis, M.T. (2025, November). Examining the implications of sexual trauma on the kappa opioid receptor system in a sample of high-risk adults with borderline personality disorder. [Poster Presentation] The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. New Orleans, LA. 

    Fortuna, A., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Loya, J., Davis, M.T. (2025, November). Identifying subgroups of individuals meeting criteria for borderline personality disorder: A latent profile analysis of symptoms endorsed. [Poster Presentation] The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. New Orleans, LA. 

    Loya, J., Glatt, S., Hart-Derrick V.R., Weiss, E.R., Cawood, C., Sexton, M., Davis, M.T. (2025, November). A principal component analysis of borderline personality disorder with a nationally representative epidemiological sample of non-institutionalized, civilian adults in the US. [Poster Presentation] The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. New Orleans, LA. 

    Weiss, E. R., Davis, M. T., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Sexton, I. S., Bennett, D., & Sexton, M. (2025, November). Ecological Predictors of Suicide Ideation Among Veterans Seeking Mental Health Services Associated with Military Sexual Trauma. [Poster Presentation] The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference. New Orleans, LA. 

    Weiss, E.R., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Freeman, D., Navarre, K., Faisal, A., Barnes, S., Davis, M.T. (2025, November). Taekwondo-Based Mindful Movement for Improving Interoceptive Deficits: A Pilot Study in a DBT IOP. [Poster Presentation]. The International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. New Orleans, LA.

    Weiss, E. R., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Pittenger, C., Weed, M., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., & Davis, M. T. (2024, December). Relationships between Kappa Opioid Receptor Availability, Hoarding Behaviors, and Suicide Ideation in Psychiatric Subjects: Results from an in vivo Pilot Study Using [11C]EKAP PET. [Poster presentation] American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), Phoenix, AZ.

    Hart-Derrick, V., Davis, M., McCarthy, K., Ingham, G., Weiss, E. R., Rauch, S., Sexton, M. B. (2024, November). Examining the relationship between Negative Posttraumatic Cognitions and suicide risk in the context of assault-type Military Sexual Assault. [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

    Hart-Derrick, V., Davis, M., Sexton, M., Rauch S. (2024, April). Sex, Posttraumatic Cognitions, and Suicidal Ideation Among Veterans Seeking Trauma-Focused Treatment. Presented virtually at the 2024 Suicide Research Symposium.

    Hart-Derrick, V., Fielden, C., Warner, A., & Badawi, J. (2023, November). A Longitudinal Investigation of Sleep Disturbances and Psychotic Symptoms: A Case Series Study [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

    Weiss, E. R., Hart-Derrick, V. R., & Davis, M. T. (2023, November). Mindful Taekwondo for DBT Patients with Disordered Eating. [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

    Hart-Derrick, V., McCurdy, L., Loya, J., Young, G., Kiluk, B., Potenza, M. (2023, June). Android and iPhone Smartphone Apps for Problem Gambling: A Comparison of Content and Quality. Presented virtually at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Digital Mental Health.

    Hart-Derrick, V., McCurdy, L., Loya, J., Young, G., Kiluk, B., Potenza, M. (2023, April). Mental Health apps designed for Problem Gambling: A Review of Quality and Content. Presented virtually at the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology’s Diversifying Clinical Psychology Conference.

    Hart-Derrick, V., Yatziv, T., Vancor, E., Rutherford, H. (2022, November). Association between Prenatal Anxiety and Neural and Subjective Responses to Infant Faces. [Poster Presentation]. 2022 Yale Postgraduate Association Symposium (YPGAS). New Haven, CT, United States.

  • Weiss, E.R., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Freeman, D., Miller, R., Hillmer, A., Wagner, A., Matuskey, D., Esterlis, I., & Davis, M.T. (2025, April). Examining the Role of the Kappa Opioid Receptor in Trauma-Related Psychopathology and Chronic Pain Using [11C]EKAP Positron Emission Tomography. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Biological Psychiatry. Toronto, ON. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.690

    Weiss, E.R., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Freeman, D., Pittenger, C., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., & Davis, M.T. (2025, April). Associations Between Kappa Opioid Receptor Availability and Hoarding Behaviors: Preliminary Evidence Using [11C]EKAP Positron Emission Tomography. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Biological Psychiatry. Toronto, ON.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.644  

  • Hart-Derrick, V.R., Loya, J., Glatt, S., Mathew, G., Davis, M.T., (2025, November). Examining the latent structure of borderline personality disorder in a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S.[Symposium Presentation]. The International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD) Conference, Boston, MA, United States. 

    Weiss, E.R., Li, X., Freeman, D., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Navarre, K., Kalotihos, L., Barnes, S., Davis, M.T. (2025, November). Getting in Touch: Exploring Mindful Taekwondo in High-level Treatment Settings.[Symposium Presentation]. The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States. 

    Weiss, E. R., Hart-Derrick, V. R., Freeman, D., Naganawa, M., Pittenger, C., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., & Davis, M. T. (2025, March). Associations between kappa opioid receptor availability and hoarding behaviors: Preliminary evidence using [11C]EKAP PET. [Oral Talk]. 8th Conference on Therapeutic Potential of Kappa Opioids, St. Louis, MO. 

    Hart-Derrick, V., Weiss, E., Brodie, J., Davis, M. (2023, August). Mindful Taekwondo’s Impact on Mood in Psychiatric Inpatients. [Oral Talk]. 2023 Yale Postgraduate Association Symposium (YPGAS). New Haven, CT., United States.

    Hart-Derrick, V. (2023, June). Smartphone Apps for Problem Gambling. [Oral Talk]. Yale Postgraduate Association Let’s Talk Research Event, New Haven, CT, United States.

    Duraney, E.J. Freeman, D., Hart-Derrick, V.R., van Til, K., Weeks, T., Barnes, S., Cawood, C., Davis, M.T. Impact of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skill use on Symptoms and Behaviors: A Diary Card Analysis. Oral presentation accepted for presentation at The North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD).

    Weiss, E. R., Bartlett, E., Naganawa, M., Asch, R., Hart-Derrick, V.R., Miller, R. C., Freeman, D., Radhakrishnan, R., Matuskey, D., Nabulsi, N., Huang, H., Davis, M.T. Examining the Kappa Opioid Receptor in Borderline Personality Disorder: An in-vivo Study Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging. Oral presentation submitted for presentation at The North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD).