Karen Schwartz, PhD
About Karen Schwartz, PhD
Titles
Research Psychologist
Awards and Honors
2021, AACAP Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide
2021, Child Intervention, Prevention and Services (CHIPS) Research Fellowship
2019, Routh Research and Dissertation Award
2019, JDP Graduate Student Teaching Award
2019, SDSU Grace Hoover Sciences Scholarship
2019, WPA Student Scholarship Award
2018-2019, JDP First Author Publication Award
2018, UC San Diego Graduate Student Association Travel Grant
2017, SDSU Inamori Fellowship
2017, SDSU Center for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Travel Award
2016, SDSU Dorathe L. Frick Memorial Award
2016, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Child & Adolescent Depression Special Interest Group Poster Award
2014-2019, JDP Incentive Award
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
National Postdoctoral Association
Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (American Psychological Association, Division 53)
Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology
Psi Chi
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality Effective Healthcare Program
Behaviour Research and Therapy (co-reviewer with faculty mentor)
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (co-reviewer with faculty mentor)
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
The Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BS in Psychology - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate Degree
PhD in Clinical Psychology - SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA
MS in Psychology - San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA
Internship
Pre-Doctoral Internship - Allegany General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Publications
Publications
2022
Schwartz, K. T. G., Kado, M., Dickerson, J. F., Rozenman, M., Brent, D. A., Porta, G., … & Weersing, V. R. (2022). Brief behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression in pediatric primary care: Breadth of intervention impact. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.08.007
2021
Felton, J. W., Schwartz, K. T. G., Oddo, L. E., Lejuez, C. W., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2021). Transactional patterns of depressive symptoms between mothers and adolescents: The role of emotion regulation. Depression and Anxiety, 38, 1225-1233. doi: 10.1002/da.23225
Lynch, F. L., Dickerson, J. F., Rozenman, M. S., Gonzalez, A., Schwartz, K. T. G., Porta, G., … & Weersing, V. R. (2021). Cost-effectiveness of brief behavioral therapy for pediatric anxiety and depression in primary care. JAMA Network Open, 4, e211778. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1778
2020
Kryza-Lacombe, M., Kiefer, C., Schwartz, K. T. G., Strickland, K., & Wiggins, J. L. (2020). Attention shifting in the context of emotional faces: Disentangling neural mechanisms of irritability from anxiety. Depression and Anxiety, 37, 645-656. doi: 10.1002/da.23010
Brent, D. A., Porta, G., Rozenman, M. S., Gonzalez, A., Schwartz, K. T. G., Lynch, F., … & Weersing, V. R. (2020). Brief behavioral therapy for pediatric anxiety and depression in primary care: A follow-up. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 59, 856–867. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.06.009. Winner of the 2021 AACAP Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide.
2019
Schwartz, K. T. G., Kryza-Lacombe, M., Liuzzi, M. T., Weersing, V. R., & Wiggins, J. L. (2019). Social and non-social reward: A preliminary examination of clinical improvement and neural reactivity in adolescents treated with behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression. Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience, 13, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00177
Gordon, J. R., Baik, S., Schwartz, K. T. G., & Wells, K. J. (2019). Comparing the mental health of sexual minority and heterosexual cancer survivors: A systematic review. LGBT Health, 6, 271-288. doi:10.1089/lgbt.2018.0204
2018
Schwartz, K. T. G., Bowling, A. A., Dickerson, J. F., Lynch, F. L., Brent, D. A., Porta, G., … & Weersing, V. R. (2018). The Child and Adolescent Services Assessment: Interrater reliability and predictors of rater disagreement. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 45, 944-957. doi: 10.1007/s10488-018-0876-8
Dougherty, L., Schwartz, K. T. G., Kryza-Lacombe, M., Weisberg, J., Spechler, P., Blankenship, S., & Wiggins, J. L. (2018). Preschool and school-age irritability predict reward-related brain function. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 57, 407-417.
2017
Wiggins, J. L., Schwartz, K. T. G., Kryza-Lacombe, M., Spechler, P., Blankenship, S., & Dougherty, L. (2017). Neural reactivity to reward in school-age offspring of depressed mothers. Journal of Affective Disorders, 214, 81-88. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.03.020
Weersing, V. R., Jeffreys, M., Do, M. T., Schwartz, K. T. G., & Bolano, C. (2017). Evidence-base update of psychosocial treatments for child and adolescent depression. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 11-43. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1220310
2016
Garber, J., Brunwasser, S., Zerr, A., Schwartz, K. T. G., Sova, K., & Weersing, V. R. (2016). Treatment and prevention of depression and anxiety in youth: Test of cross-over effects. Depression and Anxiety, 33, 939-959. doi: 10.1002/da.22519
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2015
Weersing, V. R., Schwartz, K. T. G., & Bolano, C. (2015). Moderators and mediators of treatments for youth with depression. In M. Maric, P. J. M. Prins, & T. H. Ollendick (Eds.), Moderators and Mediators of Youth Treatment Outcomes. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.