Denise M. Sloan, PhD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Denise M. Sloan, Ph.D. is a psychologist and Associate Director in the Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD. She is also a Professor of Psychiatry at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

Her research expertise is in psychosocial treatments for PTSD and emotion in psychopathology. She has received funding from her work from several organizations, including the National Institute for Mental Health and Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Sloan is a member of several editorial boards including Behavior Therapy, Behaviour Research and Therapy, and Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Publications

  • Published 4/24/2025

    Ismayilova J, Sloan DM, Marx BP, Chard KM, Ismayilov F, Muradova G, Sultanova A, Mammadli N, Guliyeva G, Ruzek JI. Implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder in Azerbaijan. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2025 Dec; 16(1):2484063. PMID: 40270108.

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  • Published 4/2/2025

    Feder A, Brown O, Rutter SB, Cahn L, Overbey JR, Seeley SH, Yu A, Bonanno PA, Fremont RA, Delgado AA, Jha MK, Costi S, Yehuda R, Schiller D, Pietrzak RH, Charney DS, Sloan DM, Murrough JW. Combining Ketamine Infusions and Written Exposure Therapy for Chronic PTSD: An Open-Label Trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 02; 86(2). PMID: 40215385.

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  • Published 4/1/2025

    Kearns JC, Straud CL, Stanley IH, Sloan DM, Fina BA, Young-McCaughan S, Tyler HC, Kaplan AM, Blankenship AE, Schrader CC, Green VR, Bryan CJ, Peterson AL, Marx BP. Written Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Suicide Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial With High-Risk Patients Admitted to a Military Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2025 Apr; 55(2):e70008. PMID: 40052305.

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  • Published 3/20/2025

    Sloan DM, DeJesus C, Marx BP, Acierno R, Messina M, Thompson-Hollands J. Examining why therapists add sessions to the written exposure therapy protocol and whether it improves treatment outcome: A mixed-methods analysis. Psychol Serv. 2025 Mar 20. PMID: 40111857.

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  • Published 3/12/2025

    Darnell BC, Vannini MBN, Morgan-López A, Brown SE, Grunthal B, Hale WJ, Young-McCaughan S, Fox PT, McGeary DD, Resick PA, Sloan DM, Taylor DJ, Schobitz RP, Schrader CC, Yarvis JS, Keane TM, Peterson AL, Litz BT. Psychometric Evaluation of the Weekly Version of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5. Assessment. 2025 Mar 12; 10731911251321929. PMID: 40077953.

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Education

  • Case Western Reserve University, PhD
  • Case Western Reserve University, MA
  • Stony Brook University, BA

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