College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Psychological Science

Kelly Rohan (Clinical)

Professor, Director of Clinical Training Program

Research and/or Creative Works

My primary research interests are the psychopathology and treatment of adult mood disorders, including:

cognitive-behavioral models of depression onset, maintenance, and recurrence.
cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression.
subtypes of recurrent depression including seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and menstrual distress.
secondary research interests in the role of the menstrual cycle in the onset and maintenance of anxiety in women.
Rohan Laboratory.

The Rohan Laboratory is currently conducting a 5-year randomized clinical trial, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, in which 160 community adults with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) will be treated with either our novel SAD-tailored cognitive-behavioral therapy or with standard light therapy and followed over 2 years.

Publications

Rohan, K. J., Meyerhoff, J., Ho, S., Evans, M., Postolache, T. T., & Vacek, P. M. (2016). Outcomes one and two winters following cognitive-behavioral therapy or light therapy for seasonal affective disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 244-251.
Rohan, K. J., Mahon, J. N., Evans, M., Ho, S., Meyerhoff, J., Postolache, T. T., & Vacek, P. M. (2015). Randomized trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy vs. light therapy for seasonal affective disorder: Acute outcomes. American Journal of Psychiatry, 172, 862-869.
Ho, S. Rohan, K. J., McKinley, P. S., Parent, J., & Tager, F. A. (2015). A longitudinal study of depression, fatigue, and sleep disturbances in women with breast cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 49, 707-715.
Mahon, J. N., Rohan, K. J., Nillni, Y. I., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2015). The role of perceived control over anxiety in prospective symptom reports across the menstrual cycle. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 18, 1435-1102.
Evans, M., Rohan, K. J., Sitnikov, L., Mahon, J., Nillni, Y. I., Tierney Lindsey, K., & Vacek, P. M. (2013). Cognitive change across cognitive-behavioral and light therapy treatments for seasonal affective disorder: What accounts for clinical status the next winter? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 37, 1201-1213.
Sitnikov, L., Rohan, K. J., Evans, M., Mahon, J. N., & Nillni, Y. I. (2013). Cognitive predictors and moderators of winter depression treatment outcomes in cognitive-behavioral therapy vs. light therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51, 872-881.