Recent Publications

Long, L. J., Fitzgerald, H. E., Parsons, E. M., McSpadden, B., Cobb, A., Shumake, J., Monfils, M.-H., Telch, M., Smits, J. A. J., & Otto, M. W. (2026). The role of hope in recovery during transdiagnostic exposure-based therapy for anxiety-, obsessive–compulsive and trauma- and stressor-related disorders. Behavior Therapy, 57(4), 746–758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2025.12.003

Ovalles, A., Parsons, E. M., Steinberg, M., Ball, T. M., Edwards, R. R., Checko, E. R., Carl, J. R., Smits, J. A. J., & Otto, M. W. (2026). Preference for the modality of psychosocial treatment for anxiety in adults with comorbid anxiety and chronic musculoskeletal pain. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 55(4), 581–590. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2564817

Parsons, E. M., Ball, T., Carl, J., Henry, A. L., Emsley, R., Miller, C. B., Wong, E. Y., Coombs, E., Collins, D., Long, L. J., Ster, A. C., Smits, J. A. J., & Otto, M. W. (2025). Digital Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 8(12), e2548884. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.48884

Otto, M. W., Long, L. J., Papini, S., Culver, T., Taylor, C. T., Rubin, M., Fitzgerald, H. E., Liu, Q., Smits, J. A. J., Anderson, R. A., Aslanidou, A., Benke, C., Cox, W. R., Engelhard, I. M., Friedman, S. E., Goodman, R. R., Graham, B. M., Hearon, B. A., Howard, H. W., Jacquart, J., … Zhang, Z. (2025). Moderating Role of State and Trait Positive Affect in Virtual Reality Exposure for Public Speaking Anxiety: Protocol for a Multisite Experimental Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e80010. https://doi.org/10.2196/80010

Long, L. J., Samora, J., Indriolo, T., Huber, E. G., Geng, Y., Ouyang, L., Papini, S., Smits, J. A. J., & Otto, M. W. (2025). Examining the individual and combined influence of negative affect and nicotine cue provocation on craving to vape nicotine among e-cigarette users. Addictive Behaviors, 169, 108378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108378

Taghian, N. R., Parsons, E. M., & Otto, M. W. (2025). Development and validation of the Compulsive Substance Use Questionnaire: Attending to substance use automaticity, craving, and continued use despite negative consequences. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 172, 209638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2025.209638

Long, L. J., Parsons, E. M., & Otto, M. W. (2024). Cognitive-behavioral therapy targeted to the successful discontinuation of benzodiazepine medication. In K. Wolitzky-Taylor (Ed.), Treating comorbid substance use and emotional disorders(pp. 211–235). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62971-6_10

Smits, J. A. J., & Otto, M. W. (2024). Enhancing treatment benefits with exercise: Workbook: Component interventions for mood, anxiety, cognition, and resilience (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190948993.001.0001

Parsons, E. M., Hiserodt, M., & Otto, M. W. (2023). Initial assessment of the feasibility and efficacy of a scalable digital CBT for generalized anxiety and associated health behaviors in a cardiovascular disease population. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 124, 107018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2022.107018