Sneed, Joel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, (Clinical Psychology)
Email: joel.sneed@qc.cuny.edu

Office: NSB A338
Telephone:

Lab: A303 and A325

Undergraduate Courses:

PhD Courses:
PSYC 755 Psychopathology
PSYC 787 Systems of Psychotherapy

Selected Publications:
Sneed, J. R., Balestri, M., & Belfi, B. (2003). The use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy strategies in the psychiatric emergency room. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 40, 265-277.

Sneed, J. R., Johnson, J. G., Cohen, P., Gilligan, C., Chen, H. Crawford, T., & Kasen. S. (2006) Gender differences in the age-changing relationship between family contact and instrumentality in emerging adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 42, 787-797.

Sneed, J. R., & Whitbourne, S. K. (in press). Trust, Identity, and Ego Integrity: Modeling Erikson’s Core Stages over Thirty-Four Years. Journal of Adult Development.

Sneed, J. R., Roose, S. P., & Sackeim, H. A. (2006). Vascular depression: A distinct diagnostic entity? Biological Psychiatry, 60, 1295-1298.

Sneed, J. R., Roose, S. P., Keilp, J. G., Krishnan, K. R. R., Alexopoulos, G., Sackeim, H. A. (in press). Response inhibition predicts poor antidepressant treatment response in the very old depressed. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15, 553-563.

Sneed, J. R., Rutherford, B. R., Rindskopf, D., Lane, D. T., Sackeim, H. A., & Roose, S. P. (in press). Design Makes a Difference: A Meta-Analysis of Antidepressant Response Rates in Placebo-Controlled versus Comparator Trials in Late-Life Depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Research Summary:
The primary research focus of my lab is on understanding and treating late-life depression, with a particular emphasis on a subtype depression called vascular depression. In particular, we have been focusing on developing a psychometric framework for evaluating diagnostic entities in order to develop empirically-based diagnostic criteria for vascular depression. As part of this effort, we are conducting an 8-week clinical trial examining the neurocognitive and neuroimaging (MRI) mediators of antidepressant treatment response (i.e., Lexapro) in patients with and without vascular depression. This study is being conducted in collaboration with the Mid and Late-Life Depression Research Clinic at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, as well as the Geropsychiatry Service at Harlem Hospital. We are particular interested in the application of psychological interventions such as problem-focused psychotherapy and dialectical behavior therapy in the treatment of patients with late-life depression (including but not limited to vascular depression). Other areas of research interest in this lab include using advanced statistical methods to understand personality development across the life span, and understanding and treating severe personality disorders, in particular, borderline personality disorder (BPD). We are also exploring the possibility of bridging two areas of interests, late-life depression and BPD, by using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (a treatment specifically designed to treat BPD) in the treatment of patients with late-life depression.

Lab Members:
Michelle E. Culang
Scott Rose

Undergraduate Students: