Recent Professional Activity
An important part of our work involves publication and professional presentations
of our research. The Anxiety Disorders Laboratory provides a rich context for achieving these aims, along with sharing ideas
and approaches with foreign visitors who spend brief or extended stays with us. On this page you can review a selection of
our recent and/or important professional activities.
Recent Publications
Sheerin, C., Seim, R. & Spates, C. (2011). A New Appraisal of Combined Treatments
for PTSD in the Era of Psychotherapy Adjuvant Medications. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy (In Press). Souza, T. & Spates, C. (2011). Prolonged Exposure for PTSD in an Active Substance Abuser. Mental Health
& Substance Use (In Press)
Spates,
C., Pagoto, S., & Nakamura, K. (2011). Initial Trends in Depression Scores Predict Differential Treatment Outcomes. Journal
of Morita Therapy (In Press). Spates, C. R., Tateno, A., Nakamura, K., Seim, R. W., &
Sheerin, C. M. (2011). The experiential therapy of Shoma Morita: A comparison to contemporary cognitive behavior therapies.
Annals of
Psychotherapy and Integrative Health, 14(1), 14-25. Seim, R. W., Spates, C. R., & Naugle, A. E. (2011). Treatment of spasmodic vomiting and lower
GI-distress related to travel anxiety. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 4, 30-37. Seim, R. W., Waller, S. A., & Spates, C. R. (2010). A preliminary investigation of
continuous and intermittent exposures in the treatment of public speaking anxiety. International Journal of Behavioral
Consultation and Therapy, 6(2), 84-94. Seim, R. W.,
& Spates, C. R. (2010). The prevalence and comorbidity of specific phobias in college students and their interest in receiving
treatment. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 24(1), 49-58. Rubin, S., Spates, C.R., Johnson, D., & Jouppi, L. (2009) Dosed versus prolonged exposure in the treatment of
fear: An experimental evaluation and review of behavioral mechanisms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, (6)
806-812. Souza, T., Samaraweera, N., & Frye, L. A. (2009). Anxiety
and PTSD in the 2009-2010 college population. Anxiety Disorders: A Tri-Annual Report, 6(2), 1-6. Pagoto, S., Bodenlos, J.S., Schneider, K.L., Olendzki, B.C., Spates, C.R., & Ma,
Y. (2008). Initial Investigation of behavioral activation therapy for co-morbid major depressive disorder and obesity. Psychotherapy,
45, 410-415. Seim, R., Willerick, M., Gaynor, G., Spates, C.R.
(2008). Circumventing the vasovagal fainting response: A novel method of in vivo exposure for injection phobia. Clinical
Case Studies, 7(5), 409-422. Souza, T. & Spates, C. (2008).
Treatment of PTSD and substance abuse comorbidity. Behavior Analyst Today, 9, 11-26. Kozak, A., Spates, C.R., Chargue, D., Bailey, K., Schneider, K. & Liepman, M. (2007). Naltrexone
renders one-session exposure therapy less effective: A control pilot study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 142-152. Spates, Samaraweera, N., Plaisier, B., Souza, T. & Otsui, K. (2007). Psychological
impact of trauma on developing children and youth. Primary Care Clinics of North America 34(2), 387-405. Spates, C.R., Waller, S., Koch, E., Rubin, S., Porter, K., Edmonds, K., Frye, L., &
Ritter, J. (2007). Dosed versus prolonged exposure in treating fear: Emerging evidence of a less aversive treatment alternative.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41 (Supplement 2), p. A352. Spates, C.R., Pagoto, S., & Nakamura, K. (2007). Effects of initial symptom trends on outcomes of
active and non-active treatments for Major Depressive Disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41 (Supplement
2), p. A418.
Link to a sample of recent presentations of current research
Recent Book Chapters Spates, C. & Rubin, S., (2011). Emprically supported psychological
treatments: EMDR. In Beck, G. & Sloan, D. Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders, Oxford Press (In Press). Spates, C., Koch, E., Cusack, K., Pagoto, S., & Waller, S. (2008). Eye Movement
Desensitizatioin and Reprocessing. In Foa, E., Keane, T., Friedman, M., & Cohen, J. (Eds). Effective Treatments for
PTSD: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2nd edition). New York: Guildord
Press
Recent Professional Presentations
Conkright, L., & Spates, C. (2011). Cognitive,
affective, and somatic symptom change as a function of two types of behavioral activation therapy. Presentation at the annual
conference of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, February 2011. Edmonds, K., Frye, L., & Spates, C. (2011). Treating Depression in Community Mental Health: A Multi-Site Pilot of Evidence
Based Interventions Among Low-Income Individuals. Presentation at the annual conference of the Behavior
Analysis Association of Michigan, February 2011. Frye,
L., Spates, C., Winstead, R., French, R., & Combs , A. (2011). Prolonged Exposure, Mindfulness, and Emotion Regulation
For The Treatment Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder . Presentation at the annual conference of the Behavior Analysis
Association of Michigan, February 2011. Stanton,
C., Ozeki, S., Peters, S., & Spates, C., (2011). Comparison of BAML vs Beating-the-Blues Computer Treatments
on Process and Outcome Measures of Depressed Individuals. Presentation at the annual conference of the Behavior Analysis
Association of Michigan, February 2011. Sheerin, C.,Kasemodel,
E., French, N., Lawrence, D., Nimmo, K. & C. Richard Spates (2011). Facilitation of Exposure Therapy with D-Cycloserine for Social Anxiety Disorder: Individual
Participant and Process Measures. Presentation at the annual conference
of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, February 2011. Spates, C., Sheerin, C., Ozeki, S. (2011).
A Mega-Analytic Review of
the Effects of Initial Trends in Depression Scores Across Multiple Clinical Trials on Treatment Outcome. Presentation at the annual conference of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, February
2011 Foster, C., Seim, R. & Spates, C.
(2011). Validation of a Measure
to Assess the Prevalence and Severity of Fears in an Adult Population. Presentation
at the annual conference of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, February 2011 Stanton, C., Peters, S., Ozeki, S., & Spates, C. (2011). Behavioral Activation-associated change on multiple measures of depression and antidepressant skill sets:
A preliminary validation study of the BADS. Presentation at the
annual conference of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, February 2011 Seim, R. W.,
Sheerin, C. M., Sohn, K. M., Connor, D. R., Foster, C. M., & Spates, C. R. (2010, November). The prevalence of emetophobia
in adults and its comorbidity with other phobias and somatic anxieties. Poster session presented at the annual convention
of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), San Francisco, California. Seim, R. W.,
Sohn, K. M., & Spates, C. R. (2010, November). An examination of brief exposure durations in the treatment of small animal
phobias. Poster session presented at the annualconvention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT),
San Francisco, California. Seim, R. W., Sheerin, C. M., Sohn, K. M., Connor, D. R., Foster, C. M., & Spates, C. R. (2010, November).
The prevalence of emetophobia in adults and its comorbidity with other phobias and somatic anxieties.
Poster session to be presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT),
San Francisco, California. Seim, R. W., Sohn, K. M., & Spates, C. R. (2010, November). An examination of brief exposure durations in
the treatment of small animal phobias. Poster session to be presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), San Francisco, California. Seim,
R. W., Panos, J. J., Sheerin, C. M., Milstein, A. C., Spates, C. R. and Baker, L. E. (2010, May). Preclinical
assessment of drugs targeting NMDA glutamate receptors as potential pharmacotherapies for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, Mount Pleasant,
Michigan. Sheerin, C. M., Panos, J. J., Seim, R. W., Sohn,
K. M., Foster, C. M., Spates, C. R. and Baker, L. E. (2010, May). Preclinical screening of low dose methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA) as a potential pharmacotherapy. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Chapter
of the Society for Neuroscience, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Souza,
T., & Samaraweera, N. (2010, March). Anxiety in college populations: Special emphasis on PTSD and returning
military veterans. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore,
Maryland. Spates, C. R., Kaysen, D., Pagoto, S., Lejuez,
C., Bolton, P. (2009, November). Using Local Qualitative Data to Inform the Choice of Treatment Interventions
for Adult Survivors of Torture in Iraq. Paper Presentation at the International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies, Atlanta, Georgia. Spates, C. R., Jouppi, L., Weinberg,
P., & Edmonds, K. (2009, June). A Qualitative Analysis of Computer Based Treatments for Depression and PTSD
in Adult Community Samples. Presentation at the 5th Hawaii International Social Science Conference,
Honolulu, HI. Seim, R. W., Sohn, K. M., & Spates, C. R. (2009,
February). Re-conceptualizing emetophobia and other somatic anxieties. Poster session presented at the annual
convention of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan (BAAM), Ypsilanti, Michigan. Seim, R. W., & Spates, C. R. (2008, May). The efficacy of brief exposure durations
in the treatment of animal phobias. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the Association for
Psychological Science (APS), Chicago, Illinois. Seim, R. W., Spates,
C. R., & Naugle, A. E. (2008, March). Treatment of spasmodic vomiting and lower GI distress related to travel
anxiety. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA), Savannah,
Georgia. Souza, T. (2008, March). PTSD and substance
abuse comorbidity: Unique presentation, course, and treatment effects. Paper presented at the annual conference
of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA), Savannah, Georgia. Porter, K. E., Koch, E. I., Richard, D. C. S., Lauterbach, D., & Spates, C. R. (2007, November). Symptom
Reduction with Prolonged vs. "Dosed" Exposure for PTSD: An Exploratory Study. Poster presentation
at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Philadelphia PA. Spates, C. R. (2007, October). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Current
Appraisal of the Evidence. Invited Colloquium, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Spates, C. R., Pagoto, S., Nakamura, K. (2007). Initial trends predict outcomes in
depression treatments. Paper presentation at the 6th International Congress of Morita Therapy, Vancouver, British
Columbia. Seim, R. W., Willerick, M. S., Gaynor, S. T., & Spates,
C. R. (2007, April). The use of exposure therapy in the treatment of injection phobia. Paper presented at
the annual conference of the Michigan State University - Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies (KCMS), Kalamazoo,
Michigan. Seim, R. W., Frye, L. A., Humy, S. L., & Spates,
C. R. (2007, March). The prevalence and comorbidity of specific fears in college students. Poster session
presented at the annual meeting of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Seim, R. W., Willerick, M. S., Gaynor, S. T., & Spates, C. R. (2007, March).
The effects of incremental exposure durations in the treatment of injection phobia. In S.T. Gaynor (Chair). Clinical
behavior therapy approaches for the treatment of anxiety and depression. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting
of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Rubin,
S., Seim, R. W., Frye, L. A., Ritter, J. D., Edmonds, K. R., & Spates, C. R. (2007, March). The comparative
efficacy of dosed, enhanced dosed, and prolonged exposure in the treatment of social anxiety. Poster session presented
at the annual meeting of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Samaraweera, N.D., Spates, C.R., Seim, R.W. (2006, May). Smaller hippocampal volume in Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder: An hypothesis regarding co-morbid depression. Poster session presented at the annual
meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY
Selected International Presentations
Spates, C. R., Sheerin,
C. M., Seim, R. W., & Ozeki, S. (2010, March). A comparison of ‘hypochondriacal temperament’ and ‘anxiety
sensitivity’: Lessons from Morita and contemporary behavior therapies. Paper presented at the 7th International
Congress of Morita Therapy, Melbourne, Australia. Spates, C. & Rubin,
S. (2007). Dosed versus Prolonged Exposure in the Treatment of Fear: Emerging Evidence of a Less Aversive Treatment Alternative.
Paper presentation at the World Psychiatric Association, Melbourne, Australia. Spates, C.R. (2005). Independent evidence in support of Morita Therapy concepts from Behavior Therapy research.
Special Invited Presentation, 5th Annual International Conference on Morita Therapy, Shanghai, China. Spates, C. R., Lewis, J., & Largo-Marsh, L. (2004, August). Effects of structured
writing on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder & burnout. Invited Paper presentation 2nd International
Asian Health Psychology Conference: East Meets West on Health, Seoul South Korea. Spates, C. R., Nakamura, K., Waller, S., Kubota, M., Koch, E. (2004, July). East Meets West in the Treatment of Anxiety
Disorders: A comparison of Behavior Therapy and Morita Therapy. Special International Symposium at the World Congress of Behavioral
& Cognitive Therapies, Kobe, Japan. Spates, C. R. (2003, September).
Treatment of Fears, Phobias and Traumatic Stress: Invited Visiting Scholar Workshop, Kwansei Gakuin University, Ninshinomiya
City, Japan. Spates, C. R. (2003, October). Treatment of PTSD
with EMD/R and Exposure Therapy: The Incomplete Story. Colloquium Jikei University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry,
Tokyo, Japan. Spates, C. R. (2003, November). Treatment of PTSD with
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: The Rest of the Story. Colloquium: Jikei University Medical School, Department
of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. Spates, C. R. (2003, December). The
Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using Prolonged Exposure and EMD/R: A Review of the Evidence. Invited Workshop:
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. Spates, C. R. (2003, December).
EMD/R Treatment of Fear and Trauma: The Story from Dismantling Research. Invited Lecture: The Japanese National Institute
of Mental Health - PTSD Research Division, Tokyo, Japan. Spates,
C.R. (2002). PTSD: A behavior analytic interpretation of the disorder and its treatment. Invited Paper Presentation
to Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis, Fujisawa, Japan. Haque,
A., Mulick, P. & Spates, C. R. (2000). The prevalence of PTSD among refugees from the former Yugoslavia and the impact
on resettlement in a university community in Malaysia. Poster presented at the Third World Congress of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia. Koch,
E. & Spates, C. R. (2000). Comparison Of The Treatments For Specific Phobia And PTSD: Potential Shared Mechanisms
Of Action Involved In The Treatment Of Anxiety Disorders. Poster presented at the Third World Congress of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia. Lewis,
J. & Spates, C. R. (2000). The Effects Of Writing Therapy On PTSD, Burnout, And Vicarious Traumatization: A Comparison
Across Distressing Conditions. Poster presented at the Third World Congress of the International Society for Traumatic
Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia. Murray, L. & Spates, C.
R. (2000). Issues in the cross-cultural assessment, treatment, and evaluation of PTSD with very young children:
A case series. Poster presented at the Third World Congress of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies,
Melbourne, Australia. Spates, C. R. (2000). The Effects Of Vicarious
Exposure To Trauma Narratives On Counselors And Humanitarian Workers In Cross-Cultural Intervention Work. Poster presented
at the Third World Congress of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia. Waller, S. A., Cullen, J.M., & Spates, C. R. (1999, November). The treatment of
posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, Toronto. Waller, S. A. & Spates, C. R. (2000,
March). An examination of vicarious traumatization among child abuse counselors. Paper presented at the Third World Congress
of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne, Australia. Waller, S. A., Mulick, P. S., & Spates, C. R. (2000, March). Interventions for PTSD: A meta-analysis and quantitative
review. Paper presented at the Third World Congress of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne,
Australia.
Recent Professional Workshops
Spates, C. R. (2009, March). Morita Therapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders:
Workshop for the Psychology Interns at WMU Counseling and Testing Center. Spates,
C. R. (2008, May). PTSD: Variations of Cognitive and Behavior Therapies. Workshop Presentation to the North Dakota Psychological
Association, Fargo ND. Spates, C. R. (2008, October). Treating PTSD
in a University Counseling Center: Workshop for the Western Michigan University Counseling and Testing Center Staff.
Recent International Consultation
International
Consultant Morita Therapy Conference Program Committee Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute for Psychology, 2006
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