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Julia Taylor Woodward

Julia Taylor Woodward

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
julia.woodward@duke.edu
Box 3143 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
5601 Arringdon Park Drive, Suite 201, Morrisville, NC 27560

Selected Publications

A survey study evaluating donor gamete utilization rates, patient satisfaction, and fertility treatment outcomes according to desired race and ethnicity.

Conference Fertil Steril · November 2024 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate donor gamete utilization, patient satisfaction, and fertility treatment outcomes of patients pursuing treatment with donor gametes stratified by the desired race as well as ethnicity of the gamete donor. DESIGN: Survey study. SETTING ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gamete and embryo donation guidance.

Journal Article Fertil Steril · November 2024 This document provides the latest recommendations for the evaluation of potential sperm, oocyte, and embryo donors, as well as their recipients, incorporating recent information about optimal screening and testing for sexually transmitted infections, genet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Unmet Reproductive Health Care Information Needs of Female Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Oncology Providers' Perspectives.

Journal Article J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol · August 19, 2024 This study aimed to characterize unmet reproductive health needs of female young adult survivors of childhood cancer (YASCC), as understood by oncology providers (N = 10) caring for this patient population. Providers completed brief online questionnaires a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adoption as an Alternative Family-Building Strategy: Perceptions of Female, Young Adult Cancer Survivors Receiving Gonadotoxic Treatments.

Journal Article J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol · August 2024 Female survivors of young adult (YA) cancers are at risk of fertility impacts following cancer treatment. For these women, fertility-related distress is both prevalent and persistent. Yet there is little research regarding survivors' perspectives on altern ... Full text Link to item Cite

Integrated Behavioral Health Care in Reproductive Medicine: How and Why to Include Mental Health Professionals in Infertility Care Teams.

Journal Article Clin Obstet Gynecol · March 1, 2024 Despite fertility patients' reports of significant distress, few have access to integrated mental health care services. We elucidate the benefits and challenges of mental health integration in infertility practices from the perspective of both patients and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Identifying modifiable factors associated with psychological health in women experiencing infertility.

Journal Article J Health Psychol · October 2023 This study assessed the relationship between modifiable psychological variables and depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic growth in women experiencing infertility. U.S. women (N = 457) who identified as experiencing infertility completed standardized self ... Full text Link to item Cite

Survey assessing policies regarding patient age and provision of fertility treatment in the United States.

Journal Article J Assist Reprod Genet · September 2023 PURPOSE: To determine what policies exist regarding age and provision of fertility treatment in United States fertility clinics. METHODS: Medical directors of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) member clinics were surveyed regarding cl ... Full text Link to item Cite

The risky business of advanced paternal age: neurodevelopmental and psychosocial implications for children of older fathers.

Journal Article Fertil Steril · December 2022 The last several decades are notable for an increase in the percentage of births attributable to men in their 40s and 50s. There is general recognition of offspring health risks related to advanced maternal age, however, fewer patients and providers are in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Preferences Toward Psychological Interventions Among Women Experiencing Infertility

Journal Article Integrative Medicine Reports · March 1, 2022 Full text Cite

Lesbians pursuing parenthood: pathways, challenges, and best practices

Chapter · January 1, 2021 Lesbians are pursuing parenthood in greater numbers than ever, but their family-building journey is significantly more challenging than it is for heterosexual couples. Extensive research has debunked the myth that children raised in lesbian families show h ... Full text Cite

Surrogacy Laws in the United States: What Obstetrician-Gynecologists Need to Know.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol · March 2020 The first child carried by a surrogate after in vitro fertilization in the United States was born in 1985. Since then, the number of such births has steadily grown. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of gestational carr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is it time to establish age restrictions in ART?

Journal Article J Assist Reprod Genet · February 2020 Providers specializing in reproductive medicine are treating increasing numbers of women pursuing parenthood in their 40s, 50s, and beyond. The rise in later-life parenting can be linked to factors ranging from the advent of assisted reproductive technolog ... Full text Link to item Cite

Donor-conceived children: the view ahead.

Journal Article Hum Reprod · July 1, 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

Third-party reproduction in the Internet Age: the new, patient-centered landscape.

Journal Article Fertil Steril · September 2015 The rise of the Internet Age has brought a host of sweeping changes to the landscape of third-party reproduction. What began as a dyadic relationship between doctor and patient has evolved into a more complex system in which patients are able to access inf ... Full text Link to item Cite

Infertility

Chapter · January 1, 2014 Introduction The substantial majority of young adults intend to become parents, but not all achieve a goal of conceiving easily when pregnancy is desired. The 1995 National Survey of Family Growth interviews conducted with 10 847 women suggested that 7.1% ... Full text Cite

Dyadic goal appraisal during treatment for infertility: how do different perspectives relate to partners' adjustment?

Journal Article Int J Behav Med · September 2012 BACKGROUND: Infertility often is a dyadic stressor that constitutes blockage of a major life goal. PURPOSE: This study's primary aims were to examine heterosexual partners' goal appraisals during treatment for infertility and to test whether the direct eff ... Full text Link to item Cite

Moving forward during major goal blockage: situational goal adjustment in women facing infertility.

Journal Article J Behav Med · August 2011 Individuals confronting chronic medical conditions often face profound challenges to cherished life goals. The primary aim of this study was to examine the associations of goal adjustment with psychological adjustment in the context of infertility. At stud ... Full text Link to item Cite

DYADIC GOAL APPRAISAL DURING TREATMENT FOR INFERTILITY

Journal Article ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · April 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

GOAL ADJUSTMENT DURING INFERTILITY

Journal Article ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · April 1, 2010 Link to item Cite

What do I have to lose? Effects of a psycho-educational intervention on cancer patient preference for resuscitation.

Journal Article J Behav Med · December 2007 This original empirical study examined effects of a psycho-educational intervention on cancer patients' knowledge, concern, and preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). We examined message framing as one factor that might impact subsequent deci ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Conference Fertility and Sterility · September 2006 Full text Cite

Hope in cognitive psychotherapies: On working with client strengths

Journal Article Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy · January 1, 2006 The field of psychology, which is traditionally rooted in the study and treatment of psychological disorders and pathology, recently has begun to embrace an examination of individual, as well as societal, strengths and virtues. This subspecialty within psy ... Full text Cite

Hope against the cold: individual differences in trait hope and acute pain tolerance on the cold pressor task.

Journal Article J Pers · April 2005 Hope theory (see Snyder, 1994) is presented as a useful framework for understanding reactions to pain. In Study 1, persons scoring higher on the trait Hope Scale (Snyder, Harris et al., 1991) kept their hands in the freezing water (of a cold pressor task) ... Full text Link to item Cite

"False" hope.

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · September 2002 "False" hope is condemned in the literature on the grounds that it reflects the counterproductive use of: (a) expectations based on illusions rather than reality, (b) inappropriate goals, and (c) poor strategies to reach desired goals. Snyder, Harris, et a ... Full text Link to item Cite

The roles of hopeful thinking in preventing problems and enhancing strengths

Journal Article Applied and Preventive Psychology · September 2000 Full text Cite

Hope theory and cognitive-behavioral therapies

Chapter · June 7, 2000 Specifically, we examine cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) through the interpretive lens of hope theory, both as a means of explaining the impressive efiicacy of CBT interventions and as a means of articulating recommendations for the optimal implement ... Cite

Hope as a common factor across psychotherapy approaches: A lesson from the Dodo’s verdict

Chapter · June 7, 2000 life impediments through pathways and agentic thought (the essence of hope), the psychotherapy client is unlikely to have a major relapse. There is ... This view is at the core of hopeful thought——it enables one to face and conquer the many difficulties ... Cite

Hope theory as applied to brief treatments: Problem-solving and solution-focused therapies

Chapter · June 7, 2000 Due to the present influence of the managed care system, we believe that brief treatment approaches, such as Problem-Solving Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy, utilizing the existing common factors will be the interventions of the future. Problem-Sol ... Cite