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Monica Ramirez Basco, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Room 407, Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone: (817) 272-7559
Email: basco@uta.edu

Downloads: Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety Disorders Criteria, Mood Disorders, Schizophrenia

Description of Research

Dr. Basco's research interests are dissemination of evidenced based psychotherapies, methods to enhance treatment compliance, psychotherapist training, and assessment of psychopathology.

Representative Publications

Books

Basco, M.R. & Rush, A.J. (1996). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.

Basco, M.R. (1999). Never Good Enough: Freeing Yourself from the Chains of Perfectionism. New York: Free Press/Simon & Schuster.

Basco, M.R. (2000). Never Good Enough: How to use perfectionism to your advantage without it ruining your life (paperback edition). New York: Touchstone Books.

Wright, J.H. & Basco, M.R. (2001). Getting Your Life Back: The complete guide to recovery from depression. New York: Free Press/Simon & Schuster.

Wright, J.H. & Basco, M.R. (2002). Getting Your Life Back: The complete guide to recovery from depression (paperback edition). New York: Touchstone Books.

Basco, M.R. & Rush, A.J. (2005). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder. 2 nd Edition. New York: Guilford Press.

Basco, M.R. (2006). The Bipolar Workbook: Tools for Controlling your Mood Swings. New York: Guilford Publications.

Wright, J.H., Basco, M.R., Thase, M., (2005). Learning Cognitive Therapy: An Illustrated Guide. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Book Chapters

Basco, M.R., Krebaum, S. & Rush, A.J. (1997). Outcome Measures for Depression. in Strupp, Hans (Ed.), Measuring Change in Treatment for Depression, Anxiety and Personality Disorders: Toward a Core Battery. American Psychological Association Press.

Basco, M.R. & Thase, M.E. (1997). Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Bipolar Disorder. In Vincent E. Caballo & Ralph M. Turner (Eds.), International Handbook of Cognitive/Behavioral Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders - Madrid, Spain: Siglo.

Basco, M.R. & Thase, M.E. (1998). Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Bipolar Disorder. In Vincent E. Caballo & Ralph M. Turner (Eds.), International Handbook of Cognitive/Behavioral Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders – New York: Plenum Press.

Basco, M.R. (2001). Bipolar I Disorder. In W.J. Lyddon & J.V. Jones (Eds.) Empirically Supported Cognitive Therapies: Currently and Future Applications. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Basco, M.R. (2003). Is there a place for research diagnostic methods in clinic settings? Annual Review of Psychiatry. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press.

Basco, M.R., McDonald, N., Merlock, M. & Rush, A.J. (2004). Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Bipolar Disorder. Annual Review of Psychiatry. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press.

Basco, M.R., Merlock, M, & McDonald, N. (2004). Improving treatment adherence. In S.L. Johnson and R. L. Leahy (Eds.) Psychosocial Approaches to Bipolar Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.

Articles

Basco, M. R., Birchler, G. R., Kalal, B., Talbott, R., & Slater, M. A. (1991). The Clinician Rating of Adult Communication (CRAC): A clinician's guide to the assessment of interpersonal communication skill. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 47, 368-380.

Arauz-Pacheco, C., Basco, M. R., Ramirez, L. C., Pita, J. M., Pruneda, L. & Raskin, P. (1992). Treatment of diabetic impotence with a vacuum device: Efficacy and effects on psychological status. American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 303, 281-284.

Basco, M. R., Prager, K. J., Pita, J. M., Tamir, L. M., & Stephens, J. J. (1992). Communication and intimacy in the marriages of depressed patients. Journal of Family Psychology, 6, 1-11.

Basco, M. R. (1993). The cognitive behavioral therapist's role in diabetes management. Behavior Therapist. 16:180, 182.

Biggs, M. M., Basco, M. R., Patterson, G. & Raskin, P. (1994) Insulin withholding for weight control: an eating disorder in women with diabetes. Diabetes Care, 17, 1186-1189.

Strowig, S., Basco, M.R., & Cercone (1994). Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Diabetes Management. Diabetes Spectrum.

Basco, M.R. & Rush, A.J. (1995). Compliance with Pharmacotherapy in Mood Disorders. Psychiatric Annals, 25, 269-279.

Rush, A.J. Gullion, C.M., Basco, M.R., Jarrett, R.B. and Trivedi M.H. (1996). The inventory of depressive symptomatology (IDS): Psychometric properties. Psychological Medicine, 26, 477-486.

Basco, M.R. (1998). Perfectionism and Diabetes Care. Diabetes Spectrum, 11, (1), 43-48.

Jarrrett, R.B., Basco, M.R., Risser, R; Ramanan, J.; Marwill, M.; Draft, D., & Rush, A.J. (1998). Is there a role for continuation phase cognitive therapy for depressed outpatients? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, (6), 1036-1040.

Battaglia, J., Wolff, T.K., Wagner-Johnson, D.S., Carmody, T.J., Basco, M.R. and Rush, A.J. (1999) Does Fluphenazine Reduce Self-Harm Behaviors? International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14, (6), 361-372.

Basco, M. R. (2000). Cognitive-behavior therapy for bipolar disorder. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 14 (3), 287-304.

Basco, M.R. (2000). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: Why and how it works. The Menninger Bulletin, 64 (3), Suppl. A, 52-70.

Basco, M.R., Bostic, J.Q., Davies, D., Rush, A.J., Witte, B., Hendrickse, W., & Barnett, V. (2000). Methods to improve diagnostic accuracy in a community mental health setting. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157, (10), 1599-1605.

Claassen, C.A.; Hughes, C.; Gilfillin, S., McInture, D.; Roose, A.; and Basco, M.R. (2000). The nature of help-seeking during accompanied adult visists to a psychiatric emergency room. Psychiatric Services, 51, (7), 924-927.

Basco, M.R., Merlock, M, & McDonald, N. (2003). Cognitive behavioral strategies for the management of bipolar disorder. Primary Psychiatry, 10, (5), 65-71.

Wright, J.H., Wright, A.S., Albano, A.M., Basco, M.R., Goldsmith, L.J., Raffield, T., & Otto, M.W. (2005) Computer-assisted cognitive therapy for depression: Maintaining efficacy while reducing therapist time. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162 (6), 1158-1164.

Basco, M.R., Ladd, G., Myers, D, & Tyler, D. (in press) Combining Medication Treatment and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Bipolar Disorder. J ournal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.

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