Elizabeth Alpert, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and a Clinical Research Psychologist in the Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System. My research focuses on understanding and targeting key processes of therapeutic change and engagement in cognitive behavioral therapies for PTSD to optimize treatment outcomes. The focus of my current K23 award, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, is to refine and test an adjunctive intervention that aims to improve PTSD treatment outcomes by improving patient-provider communication about patients’ experiences during treatment.
Education
- University of Delaware, PhD
- University of Delaware, MA
- Harverford College, BA
Publications
- Published on 12/12/2024
Shayani DR, Alpert E, Barnes JB, Sloan DM, Hayes AM. Identifying predictors of long-term treatment outcomes using narratives from written exposure therapy and cognitive processing therapy for PTSD. Psychol Trauma. 2024 Dec 12. PMID: 39666474.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/6/2024
Alpert E, Kaplan A, Nelson D, Oslin DW, Polusny MA, Ingram EP, Kehle-Forbes SM. Clusters Based on Within-Treatment Symptom Trajectories as Predictors of Dropout in Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder. J Dual Diagn. 2024 Jun 06; 1-21. PMID: 38843038.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Alpert E, Gowdy-Jaehnig A, Galovski TE, Meis LA, Polusny MA, Ackland PE, Spoont M, Valenstein-Mah H, Orazem RJ, Schnurr PP, Chard KM, Kehle-Forbes SM. Treatment-related beliefs and reactions among trauma-focused therapy completers and discontinuers: A qualitative examination. Psychol Serv. 2024 Nov; 21(4):859-870. PMID: 38166295.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/26/2023
Alpert E, Sloan DM, Lee DJ, Cole TA, Shotwell Tabke C. Response to Sonis's (2023) commentary on Alpert et al.'s (2023) systematic review of mediators and mechanisms of PTSD treatments. Clin Psychol Rev. 2023 Dec; 106:102338. PMID: 37858387.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/22/2023
Fox AB, Baier AL, Alpert E, Nillni YI, Galovski TE. Psychosocial and Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Veteran Men and Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 Oct; 32(10):1041-1051. PMID: 37610854.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/7/2023
Alpert E, Hayes AM, Foa EB. Examining emotional processing theory and predictors of outcome in prolonged exposure for PTSD. Behav Res Ther. 2023 Aug; 167:104341. PMID: 37307658.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2023
Alpert E, Shotwell Tabke C, Cole TA, Lee DJ, Sloan DM. A systematic review of literature examining mediators and mechanisms of change in empirically supported treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder. Clin Psychol Rev. 2023 Jul; 103:102300. PMID: 37320986.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/23/2023
Alpert E, Baier AL, Galovski TE. Psychiatric Issues in Women Veterans. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2023 Sep; 46(3):621-633. PMID: 37500255.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/27/2023
Galovski TE, McSweeney LB, Woolley MG, Alpert E, Nillni YI. The Relative Impact of Different Types of Military Sexual Trauma on Long-Term PTSD, Depression, and Suicidality. J Interpers Violence. 2023 Aug; 38(15-16):9465-9491. PMID: 37102588.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/29/2023
Alpert E, Carpenter JK, Smith BN, Woolley MG, Raterman C, Farmer CC, Kehle-Forbes SM, Galovski TE. Leveraging observational data to identify in-session patient and therapist predictors of cognitive processing therapy response and completion. J Trauma Stress. 2023 Apr; 36(2):397-408. PMID: 36987703.
Read at: PubMed
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