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Selected Publications and Presentations

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hooley, J.M. & St. Germain, S.A. (2014). Non-suicidal self-injury, pain, and self-criticism: Does changing self-worth change pain endurance in people who engage in self-injury?   Clinical Psychological Science, 2 (3), 297-305.   

Hooley, J.M. & St. Germain, S.A. (2014). Should we expand the conceptualization of self-injurious behavior? Rationale, review, and recommendations. In Nock, M. (Ed). The Oxford Handbook of Suicide and Self-Injury. New York: Oxford University Press.   

 Hooley, J.M. & St. Germain, S.A. (2013). Borderline personality disorder. In Craighead, E., Craighead, L., & Miklowitz, D.   Textbook of Advanced Psychopathology – Second Edition. New York: Guilford.   

St. Germain, S.A. and Hooley, J.M. (2013). Aberrant pain perception in direct and indirect non-suicidal self-injury: An empirical test of Joiner’s interpersonal theory.   Comprehensive Psychiatry, 54 (6), 694-701.  

St. Germain, S.A. and Hooley, J.M. (2012). Direct and indirect forms of non-suicidal self-injury: Evidence for a distinction. Psychiatry Research, 197 (1-2), 78-84.   

Delinsky, S.S. and St. Germain, S.A. (2012).   Anorexia Nervosa. In Cash, T. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance. Waltham, MA: Academic Press.   

Thomas, J.J., Delinsky, S., St. Germain, S.A., Weigel, T.J., Tangren, C.M., Levendusky, P.G., & Becker, A.E. (2010). How do eating disorder specialist clinicians apply DSM-IV diagnostic criteria in routine clinical practice? Implications for enhancing clinical utility in DSM-5.   Psychiatry Research, 178 (3), 511-517.   

 Delinsky, S.D., St. Germain, S.A., Thomas, J.J., Craigen, K.E., Fagley, W.H., Weigel, T.J., Becker, A.E., & Levendusky, P. (2010). Naturalistic study of course, effectiveness, and predictors of outcome among female adolescents in residential treatment for eating disorders. Eating and Weight Disorders, 15 (3), 127-135.   

Delinsky, S.D., Thomas, J.J., St. Germain, S.A., Craigen, K.E., Weigel, T.J., Levendusky, P, & Becker, A.E. (2011). Motivation to change among residential treatment patients with an eating disorder: assessment of the multidimensionality of motivation and its relation to treatment outcome. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 44 (4), 340-348.   

Hooley, J.M. & St. Germain, S.A. (2008). Borderline personality disorder. In Craighead, E., Craighead, L., & Miklowitz, D.   Textbook of Advanced Psychopathology.  New York: Guilford.   

Astur, R.S., St. Germain, S.A., Tolin, D., Ford, J., Russell, D., Stevens, M.C. (2006). Hippocampus function predicts severity of post-traumatic stress disorder.  CyberPsychology& Behavior, 9, 234-239.   

Conference Presentations   

St. Germain, S.A. and Hooley, J. (2009). Clinical correlates of direct and indirect self-injurious behavior. In M.K. Nock & J. Hooley (Chairs), New Conceptual and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Self-Injury. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: New York, NY.   

St. Germain, S.A., and Hooley, J. (2009). Pain sensitivity and self-harming behavior: Does how you hurt yourself matter? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Minneapolis, MN.   

Delinsky, S. S., Thomas, J. J., St. Germain, S.A., Ellison, K. L., Weigel, T. J., Levendusky, P. G., & Becker, A. E. (2009). Outcomes of residential treatment for females with an eating disorder. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, New York, NY.   

Delinsky, S. S., Thomas, J. J., St. Germain, S.A., Ellison, K. L., Weigel, T. J., Levendusky, P. G., & Becker, A. E. (2009). Decisional balance: Ambivalence about change among adolescent patients in residential treatment for eating disorders. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, New York, NY.   

Delinsky, S.S., St. Germain, S.A., Thomas, J.J., Craigen, KE, Weigel, TJ, Levendusky, P.G., & Becker, AE. (2009). Outcomes of residential treatment for female adolescents with an eating disorder. Poster session presented at the annual AED International Conference on Eating Disorders: Cancun, Mexico.     

Thomas, J. J., Delinsky, S. S., St. Germain, S.A., Ellison, K. L., Fagley, W. H., Weigel, T. J., Levendusky, P. G., & Becker, A. E.   (2008). The inter-rater reliability of research versus clinical diagnoses among patients in residential treatment for eating disorders: The problem of eating disorder not otherwise specified. Poster presentation at the Eating Disorders Research Society Meeting, Montreal, Canada.   

St. Germain, S.A. and Hooley, J. (2008). Clinical correlates of direct and indirect self-injurious behaviors. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury:  Cambridge, MA.   

St. Germain, S.A. and Hooley, J. (2007).   Should we broaden the definition of self-harming behaviors? Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology: Iowa City, Iowa.   

St. Germain, S.A., Delinsky, S., Fagley, W., Ellison, K., Becker, A. & Levendusky, P. (2007).   Core Beliefs and Psychopathology among Patients in Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: Philadelphia, PA.   

Delinsky, S., Fagley, W., St. Germain, S.A., Ellison, K., Becker, A. & Levendusky, P. (2007). Behavioral manifestations of body image disturbance: Body checking and avoidance among patients in residential treatment for eating disorders. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: Philadelphia, PA.   

Delinsky, S., St. Germain S.A., Fagley, W., Becker, A., & Levendusky, P. (2007). Ambivalence about Recovery among Patients in Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders. Oral presentation given at the International Conference on Eating Disorders 2007: Baltimore, MD.   

St. Germain, S.A., Holmes, P., Tolin, D., & Astur, R.S. (2005). Selective attention in eating disorder populations. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2005: New York, NY.             

St. Germain, S.A., Kurtz, M., Pearlson, G., & Astur, R.S. (2004).   Investigation of Driving Behavior in Individuals with Schizophrenia Using a VR Driving Simulator.   Oral presentation given at the Cybertherapy 2004 conference: San Diego.   

St. Germain, S.A., Kurtz, M., Pearlson, G., & Astur, R.S. (2004).   Virtual Driving in Individuals with Schizophrenia.   Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2004: San Francisco.   

St. Germain, S.A., DePeau, K.M., Stevens, M.C., Tolin, D.F., Ford, J.D., & Astur, R.S. (2004).   Virtual Navigation During fMRI in Patients with PTSD. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience 2004: San Diego.   

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