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Colleen M Cowperthwait

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
2213 Elba Street, Durham, NC 27705

Scholarly Works - Journal articles


LiveWell: Pilot Feasibility Trial of an Adapted Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training Protocol in Patients With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal article Psychooncology · December 2025 BACKGROUND: People living longer with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) experience heightened psychological distress and decrements in quality of life. Therefore, we developed LiveWell, an 8-session adapted dialectical behavioral therapy skill ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Parental relationships and behavioral approach system dysregulation in young adults with bipolar disorder.

Journal article J Clin Psychol · April 2015 OBJECTIVES: Expressed emotion (EE), or the presence of criticism/hostility/emotional overinvolvement in a family relationship, predicts poorer outcomes in bipolar disorder; however, the mechanism of this is unclear. The present study investigated whether, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sleep disturbance in euthymic bipolar patients.

Journal article J Psychopharmacol · August 2012 Sleep disturbance is a common feature during mood episodes in bipolar disorder. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of such symptoms among euthymic bipolar patients, and their association with risk for mood episode recurrence. A cohort ... Full text Link to item Cite

Benzodiazepine use and risk of recurrence in bipolar disorder: a STEP-BD report.

Journal article J Clin Psychiatry · February 2010 OBJECTIVE: Benzodiazepines are widely prescribed to patients with bipolar disorder, but their impact on relapse and recurrence has not been examined. METHOD: We examined prospective data from a cohort of DSM-IV bipolar I and II patients who achieved remiss ... Full text Link to item Cite