Rhonda M Merwin | Scholars@Duke

Rhonda M Merwin
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Rhonda M. Merwin, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Merwin conducts research focused on identifying mechanisms of eating disorders, and innovating treatments, generally and specifically in the context of type 1 diabetes. She is particularly interested in the use acceptance, mindfulness and value-based interventions and mobile technology for momentary intervention and skills generalization. Her research is funded by the NIH (primarily NIDDK), among other sources. Dr. Merwin is recognized by the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science as an ACT trainer and is the Director of the ACT at Duke Clinical and Training Program. She maintains a small clinical practice within the Duke Clinic that uses ACT to treat problems in living, including anxiety, mood and eating disorders. For more information about Dr. Merwin's research, educational and clinical activities, see ACTatDuke.org.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2018

Contact Information

40 Medicine Circle, DUMC Box 3842, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3320 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
rhonda.merwin@duke.edu (919) 681-7231
ACT at Duke

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Mississippi 2006
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2018
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2008 - 2013
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2006 - 2008
Research
Selected Grants
- iOmit: Reducing Intentional Insulin Misuse in Type 1 Diabetes awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2019
- Eating Disorders in Type 1 Diabetes: Mechanisms of Comorbidity awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2015
- Biomarkers of Interoceptive Awareness in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2012
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Merwin, RM, Moskovich, AA, Honeycutt, LK, Lane, JD, Feinglos, M, Surwit, RS, Zucker, NL, Dmitrieva, NO, Babyak, MA, Batchelder, H, and Mooney, J. "Time of Day When Type 1 Diabetes Patients With Eating Disorder Symptoms Most Commonly Restrict Insulin." Psychosomatic Medicine 80, no. 2 (February 2018): 222-229. Full Text
  - Zucker, NL, Kragel, PA, Wagner, HR, Keeling, L, Mayer, E, Wang, J, Kang, MS, Merwin, R, Simmons, WK, and LaBar, KS. "The Clinical Significance of Posterior Insular Volume in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa." Psychosomatic Medicine 79, no. 9 (November 2017): 1025-1035. Full Text
  - Nieuwsma, JA, Wray, LO, Voils, CI, Gierisch, JM, Dundon, M, Coffman, CJ, Jackson, GL, Merwin, R, Vair, C, Juntilla, K, White-Clark, C, Jeffreys, AS, Harris, A, Owings, M, Marr, J, and Edelman, D. "A problem-solving intervention for cardiovascular disease risk reduction in veterans: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial." Contemporary clinical trials 60 (September 2017): 42-50. Full Text
  - Moskovich, AA, Timko, CA, Honeycutt, LK, Zucker, NL, and Merwin, RM. "Change in expressed emotion and treatment outcome in adolescent anorexia nervosa." Eating Disorders 25, no. 1 (January 2017): 80-91. Full Text
  - Merwin, RM, Dmitrieva, NO, Honeycutt, LK, Moskovich, AA, Lane, JD, Zucker, NL, Surwit, RS, Feinglos, M, and Kuo, J. "Momentary Predictors of Insulin Restriction Among Adults With Type 1 Diabetes and Eating Disorder Symptomatology." Diabetes Care 38, no. 11 (November 2015): 2025-2032. Full Text
  - Winecoff, AA, Ngo, L, Moskovich, A, Merwin, R, and Zucker, N. "The functional significance of shyness in anorexia nervosa." European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association 23, no. 4 (July 2015): 327-332. Full Text
  - Timko, CA, Zucker, NL, Herbert, JD, Rodriguez, D, and Merwin, RM. "An open trial of Acceptance-based Separated Family Treatment (ASFT) for adolescents with anorexia nervosa." Behaviour research and therapy 69 (June 2015): 63-74. Full Text
  - Zucker, N, Wagner, HR, Merwin, R, Bulik, CM, Moskovich, A, Keeling, L, and Hoyle, R. "Self-focused attention in anorexia nervosa." The International journal of eating disorders 48, no. 1 (January 2015): 9-14. Full Text
  - Zucker, N, Wagner, HR, Merwin, R, Bulik, CM, Moskovich, A, Keeling, L, and Hoyle, R. "Self-focused attention in anorexia nervosa." International Journal of Eating Disorders 48, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 9-14. Full Text
  - Merwin, RM, Moskovich, AA, Dmitrieva, NO, Pieper, CF, Honeycutt, LK, Zucker, NL, Surwit, RS, and Buhi, L. "Disinhibited eating and weight-related insulin mismanagement among individuals with type 1 diabetes." Appetite 81 (October 2014): 123-130. Full Text
  - Zucker, NL, Merwin, RM, Bulik, CM, Moskovich, A, Wildes, JE, and Groh, J. "Subjective experience of sensation in anorexia nervosa." Behaviour Research and Therapy 51, no. 6 (June 2013): 256-265. Full Text
  - Sandoz, EK, Wilson, KG, Merwin, RM, and Kate Kellum, K. "Assessment of body image flexibility: The Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire." Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 2, no. 1-2 (April 2013): 39-48. Full Text
  - Merwin, RM, Moskovich, AA, Wagner, HR, Ritschel, LA, Craighead, LW, and Zucker, NL. "Emotion regulation difficulties in anorexia nervosa: Relationship to self-perceived sensory sensitivity." Cogn Emot 27, no. 3 (2013): 441-452. Full Text Link to Item
  - Merwin, RM, Zucker, NL, and Timko, CA. "A Pilot Study of an Acceptance-Based Separated Family Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa." Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 20, no. 4 (2013): 485-500. Full Text
  - Merwin, RM, Zucker, NL, and Timko, CA. "A Pilot Study of an Acceptance-Based Separated Family Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa." Cognitive and Behavioral Practice (2013). Full Text
  - Sandoz, EK, Wilson, KG, Merwin, RM, and Kellum, KK. "Assessment of body image flexibility: The Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire." Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 2, no. 1-2 (2013): 39-48. Full Text
  - Zucker, N, Moskovich, A, Bulik, CM, Merwin, R, Gaddis, K, Losh, M, Piven, J, Wagner, HR, and LaBar, KS. "Perception of affect in biological motion cues in anorexia nervosa." Int J Eat Disord 46, no. 1 (January 2013): 12-22. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zucker, NL, Herzog, D, Moskovich, A, Merwin, R, and Lin, T. "Incorporating dispositional traits into the treatment of anorexia nervosa." Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences 6, no. 1 (December 1, 2011): 1-26. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Merwin, RM, Timko, CA, Moskovich, AA, Ingle, KK, Bulik, CM, and Zucker, NL. "Psychological inflexibility and symptom expression in anorexia nervosa." Eating Disorders 19, no. 1 (January 2011): 62-82. (Review) Full Text
  - Merwin, RM. "Anorexia Nervosa as a Disorder of Emotion Regulation: Theory, Evidence, and Treatment Implications." Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 18, no. 3 (2011): 208-214. Full Text
  - Zucker, NL, Herzog, D, Moskovich, A, Merwin, R, and Lin, T. "Incorporating dispositional traits into the treatment of anorexia nervosa." Curr Top Behav Neurosci 6 (2011): 289-314. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Zucker, NL, Herzog, D, Moskovich, A, Merwin, R, and Lin, T. "Incorporating dispositional traits into the treatment of anorexia nervosa." Current topics in behavioral neurosciences 6 (2011): 289-314. Full Text
  - Merwin, RM, Zucker, NL, Lacy, JL, and Elliott, CA. "Interoceptive awareness in eating disorders: Distinguishing lack of clarity from non-acceptance of internal experience." Cognition & Emotion 24, no. 5 (August 2010): 892-902. Full Text
  - Adcock, AC, Merwin, RM, Wilson, KG, Drake, CE, Tucker, CI, and Elliott, C. "The problem is not learning: Facilitated acquisition of stimulus equivalence classes among low-achieving college students." Psychological Record 60, no. 1 (2010): 43-56.
  - Georgiades, A, Lane, JD, Boyle, SH, Brummett, BH, Barefoot, JC, Kuhn, CM, Feinglos, MN, Williams, RB, Merwin, R, Minda, S, Siegler, IC, and Surwit, RS. "Hostility and fasting glucose in African American women." Psychosomatic Medicine 71, no. 6 (July 2009): 642-645. Full Text
  - Surwit, RS, Lane, JD, Millington, DS, Zhang, H, Feinglos, MN, Minda, S, Merwin, R, Kuhn, CM, Boston, RC, and Georgiades, A. "Hostility and minimal model of glucose kinetics in African American women." Psychosomatic Medicine 71, no. 6 (July 2009): 646-651. Full Text
  - Merwin, RM, Rosenthal, MZ, and Coffey, KA. "Experiential avoidance mediates the relationship between sexual victimization and psychological symptoms: Replicating findings with an ethnically diverse sample." Cognitive Therapy and Research 33, no. 5 (2009): 537-542. Full Text
  - Zucker, N, Merwin, R, Elliott, C, Lacy, J, and Eichen, D. "Assessment of eating disorder symptoms in children and adolescents." Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities (2009): 401-443. Full Text
  - Cuper, P, Lynch, T, and Merwin, R. "Personality disorders." Functional Analysis in Clinical Treatment (2007): 403-428. Full Text
  - Rogers, LJ, Wilson, KG, Gohm, CL, and Merwin, RM. "Revisiting written disclosure: The effects of warm versus cold experimenters." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 26, no. 5 (2007): 556-574. Full Text
  - Merwin, RM, and Wilson, KG. "Preliminary findings on the effects of self-referring and evaluative stimuli on stimulus equivalence class formation." Psychological Record 55, no. 4 (2005): 561-575.
  - Merwin, RM, and Ellis, JB. "Children's reasons for living, self-esteem, and violence." Archives of Suicide Research 8, no. 3 (2004): 251-261. Full Text

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Journal Articles