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MIRECC / CoE

VISN 2 Center for Integrated Healthcare (CIH)

Katie Buckheit, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Biography

Publications

Presentations

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Biography

Biography: Dr. Buckheit is a first-year psychology fellow with the VA Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment program at the VISN 2 Center for Integrated Healthcare (CIH). Dr. Buckheit earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Syracuse University and completed an APA-accredited predoctoral psychology internship at the Syracuse VA.

Research Interests: Dr. Buckheit’s research interests are focused on the integration of evidence-based interventions for substance use into primary care settings, and in increasing access to evidence-based substance use treatment for underserved populations. Currently, she is interested in developing brief cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based interventions for problematic alcohol use appropriate for delivery in primary care settings.

Publications

Recent Publications:

Buckheit K.A., De Vita M, Maisto S.A. A multimethod investigation of distress tolerance and problematic alcohol use. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2020 Apr;28(2):137-142. doi: 10.1037/pha0000307. Epub 2019 Jul 1. PMID: 31259594.

Buckheit, K. A., Mitzel, L. D., Maisto, S. A., Palfai, T., & Vanable, P. (2018). Moderated mediation of perceived intoxication and sexual arousal on determinants of sexual risk behavior in men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2343-7

Buckheit, K., Moskal, D., Spinola, S., Maisto, S. A., & Chung, T. (2018). Alcohol treatment goal choice predicts longitudinal drinking outcomes in adolescent substance users. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 27(1), 1-10.

Presentations

Recent Presentations:

Buckheit, K.A., & Maisto, S.A. (2018, June). Motivation mediates the association between alcohol treatment goal choice and longitudinal alcohol outcomes in adolescent substance users. Poster presented at the 41^st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, California.

De Vita, M., Buckheit, K.A., Moskal, D. & Maisto, S.A. (2018, June). High pain tolerance associated with greater alcohol consumption and problems related to alcohol use. Poster presented at the 41^st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, California.

Buckheit, K.A. & Maisto, S.A. (2017, June). Measurement of distress tolerance related to alcohol consumption and problems: The importance of incentives. Poster presented at the 40^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Denver, Colorado.

Buckheit, K.A., Hutchison, D., Spinola, S., Maisto, S.A., & Chung, T.A. (2015, June). Predictors of alcohol treatment goal choice in adolescent substance users. Poster presented at the 38^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, Texas.

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