Abigail Zisk, PhD
Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, Child and Adolescent Psychology - NYU Langone-Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY
Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship, Child Track - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Westchester Division/Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY
AB in English - Duke University, Durham, NC
PhD in Clinical Psychology - University of Delaware, Newark, DE
MA in Clinical Psychology - University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Psychologist
Abbott, C. H., Zisk, A., Herres, J., Diamond, G. S., Ewing, S. K., & Kobak, R. (2021). Exploring the relations between interpersonal risk and adolescent suicidality during treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(6), 528-536. doi:10.1037/ccp0000656
Zisk, A., Abbott, C. H., Bounoua, N., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2019). Parent-teen communication predicts treatment benefit for depressed and suicidal adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(12), 1137-1148. doi:10.1037/ccp0000457
Abbott, C. H., Zisk, A., Bounoua, N., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2019a). Predicting patterns of treatment response and outcome for suicidal and depressed adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(9), 897-906. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.12.013
Abbott, C. H., Zisk, A., Bounoua, N., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2019b). Peer deviance, social networks, and suicide ideation intensity in a clinical sample of adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(3), 796-804. doi:10.1007/s10826-018-01320-5
Bounoua, N., Abbott, C., Zisk, A., Herres, J., Diamond, G., & Kobak, R. (2018). Emotion regulation and spillover of interpersonal stressors to postsession insight among depressed and suicidal adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(7), 593-603. doi:10.1037/ccp0000316
Zisk, A., Abbott, C. H., Ewing, S. K., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2017). The Suicide Narrative Interview: Adolescents’ attachment expectancies and symptom severity in a clinical sample. Attachment & Human Development, 19(5), 447-462. doi:10.1080/14616734.2016.1269234
Kobak, R., Abbott, C., Zisk, A., & Bounoua, N. (2017). Adapting to the changing needs of adolescents: Parenting practices and challenges to sensitive attunement. Current Opinion in Psychology, 15, 137-142. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.02.018
Kobak, R., Zajac, K., Abbott, C., Zisk, A., & Bounoua, N. (2017). Atypical dimensions of caregiver-adolescent interaction in an economically disadvantaged sample. Development and Psychopathology, 29(2), 405-416. doi:10.1017/S0954579417000074
De Bellis, M. D., & Zisk, A. (2014). The biological effects of childhood trauma. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 23(2), 185-222. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2014.01.002
Zisk, A., Butler, E., Catarozoli, C., Huttle, A., Rohrig, S., Lois, B., & Moore, C. (2022, November). The mental health crisis in pediatric medical settings: Applying evidencebased approaches to support physicians. Clinical round table to be presented at the 56th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, New York.
2017, University of Delaware Office of Graduate and Professional Education Professional Development Funding Award
2016, 2017, 2019, University of Delaware Dr. Evelyn M. Fiorito Travel Award
2016, 2017, 2019, University of Delaware Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Department Travel Award
2012, Phi Beta Kappa
2012, Summa Cum Laude, Duke University
2008-2012, Dean’s List or Dean’s List with Distinction, Duke University