Liz Cook Thomas, PhD Liz possesses a range of research interests within the serious mental illness field. These include the neurocognitive and social cognitive deficits associated with psychotic disorders, the relationship between cognition, psychotic symptoms, and psychosocial functioning, treatment for psychotic disorders, and consumer-provided services. Prior to coming to UNL, Liz received her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006. While there, she worked on projects investigating the prodromal stage of psychosis, and psychosocial treatment for first episode psychosis. Liz's placement this year is research assistant for the RAISE Project. Email Liz:psych.cook@gmail.com Publications Penn, D. L., Uzenoff, S. R., Perkins, D., Mueser, K. T., Hamer, R., Waldheter, E., Saade, S., & Cook, L. (in press). Corrigendum to “a pilot investigation of the graduated recovery intervention program (GRIP) for first episode psychosis.” Schizophrenia Research. Penn, D. L., Uzenoff, S. R., Perkins, D., Mueser, K. T., Hamer, R., Waldheter, E., Saade, S., & Cook, L. (2011). A pilot investigation of the Graduated Recovery Intervention Program (GRIP) for first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 125, 247-256. Cook, E. A., Davidson, C. A., Nolting, J. R., & Spaulding, W. D. (2011). Observed ward behavior strongly associated with independent living skills. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 33, 111-120. Waldheter, E.J., Penn, D.L., Perkins, D.O., Mueser, K.T., Owens, L.W., Cook, E.A. (2008). The Graduated Recovery Intervention Program for First Episode Psychosis: Treatment Development and Preliminary Data. Community Mental Health Journal, 44, 443-455. Presentations & Posters Cook, E. A. & Johnson, J. (2012). A crash course in peer provided service research. Workshop given at the 6th Annual Peer Specialist Conference. New York, NY. Cook, E. A., Allen, A. B., & Davidson, C. A. (2011). Latent factor structure of the multnomah community ability scale and the service engagement scale. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Toronto, ON. Liu, N. H., Cook, E. A., Davidson, C. A., Tarasenko, M., & Spaulding, W. D. (2011). Longitudinal prediction of social functioning by baseline cognition and internal locus of control in persons with SMI living in the community. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Toronto, ON. Cook, E. A., Liu, N. H., Tarasenko, M., Davidson, C. A., & Spaulding, W. D. (2011). Longitudinal relationships between neurocognition, social cognition, and community functioning in outpatients with serious mental illness (SMI). Poster presented at the 14th Annual Cognitive Remediation in Psychiatry. New York, NY. Davidson, C. A., Cook, E. A., Bottoms, H. C., Gallegos, Y., Spaulding, W. (2010). The inventory of self-efficacy and externality (I-SEE) in a community mental health center: reliability, factor structure, validity, and a proposed validity scale. Poster presented at the 44th Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. San Francisco, CA. Kleinlein, P., Choi, K., Cook, E., Davidson, C. A., & Spaulding, W. (2010). Social cognition and interaction training (SCIT) for outpatients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Poster presented at the 44th Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. San Francisco, CA. Liu, N. H., Cook, E. A., & Spaulding, W. D. (2010). Cognitive rehabilitation: which treatment works for which outcome? Poster presented at the 44th Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. San Francsico, CA. |