Research Interests

Anxiety and mood disorders in children and adolescents

Professional Experiences

August 2005 to Present - Center for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Youth (CADDY)

• Supervisor: Amie E. Grills, PhD ( University of Houston )

Jan. 2005 to Present - Anxiety Disorder Clinic (ADC)

• Supervisor: Peter Norton, PhD ( University of Houston )

Responsibilities

• Administer diagnostic interviews, including the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule of the DSM-IV, Adult Version (ADIS)
• Prepare client intake assessment summaries
• Co-therapist for anxiety group
• Attend weekly lab meetings

Jan. 2003 to May 2004 - Depression Treatment and Research Laboratory

• Supervisor: Lawrence P. Riso, PhD ( Georgia State University )

Responsibilities

• Assist in organizing and supervising research projects with both clinical and student populations
• Collect, enter, and discuss data for several projects looking at personality, cognitive, emotional, and developmental factors in chronic depressive disorders
• Familiar with the administration of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II
• Discuss pertinent literature relating to cognitive processes in depressive disorders
• Assist in the organization, presentation, and interpretation of data or publication
• Attend weekly and individual lab meetings

 

Aug. to Dec. 2002 - Project NIA: Intimate Partner Violence and Suicidal Behavior in Low Income African-American Women

• Supervisor: Nadine Kaslow, PhD ( Emory University )

Responsibilities

• Recruit and assess potential project participants
• Administer intake interviews to project participants
• Discuss relevant literature pertaining to suicidality and domestic violence
• Fundraising

 

PUBLICATIONS

Norton, P.J., Grills, A. E., & Raouf, M. (in preparation). Assessing Adults. In Nangle, D.W., Hansen, D. J., Erdley, C. A., & Norton, P. J. (Eds.) Practitioners guide to empirically based measures on social skills. Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy/Springer.

Riso, L. P., Froman, S. E., Gable, P., Raouf, M., Penna, S., & Blandino, J. A. (2003). Suicidality and chronic depression. Manuscript submitted for publication, Georgia State University , Atlanta .

Riso, L. P., Froman, S. E., Raouf, M., Gable, P., Cherry, M., Penna, S., & Blandino, J. A. (2003). Are early maladaptive schemas (core beliefs) stable over time? Manuscript in preparation, Georgia State University , Atlanta

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

Raouf, M., Washington, C., & Norton, P.J. (2005). A cross-cultural analysis of the Tripartite Model. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington , DC .