Leah M Hecht

Biographic Data

ID1560482
NAMELeah M Hecht
GIVEN NAMESLeah M
FAMILY NAMEHecht
SIGNATUREHECHT L M
AFFILIATIONSHenry Ford Health System
ORCID0000-0002-9343-112X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Psychological factors associated with binge eating among women with infertility

    Open AccessErin N Haley, Alyssa M Vanderziel et al.ARTICLEEating Behaviors2025References: 35

  • Anxiety, depression, and infertility-specific distress among women with female factor infertility

    Open AccessLeah M Hecht, Geneviève Joseph-Mofford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2025Cited by: 1References: 21

    This study aimed to evaluate whether anxiety, depression, and infertility-specific distress differ among women with female infertility who are trying to conceive and/or seeking infertility treatment. Women with diagnosed female factor infertility in the past 2 years ( N = 188) completed demographic questions, and measures of infertility-specific distress, anxiety, and depression. The majority of the sample were actively trying to conceive (78.7%,…

  • Social support among women with infertility

    Open AccessLisa R Miller-Matero, Genevieve Em Joseph-Mofford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2025References: 27

    Though social support in the broader population is related to better psychosocial outcomes, little work has examined the relationship between social support and patient-reported outcomes among women with infertility. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether perceived social support was associated with psychiatric symptoms, disordered eating, and substance use among women with an infertility diagnosis. Individuals who received a diagno…

  • Utilizing Primary Care to Engage Patients on Opioids in a Psychological Intervention for Chronic Pain

    Lisa R Miller-Matero, Sikander Chohan et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2022

    INTRODUCTION: Given the risks of opioids for pain management, we need nonpharmacological interventions that patients will engage in and that can reduce opioid use. The purpose was to examine whether offering a psychological intervention in primary care can engage patients receiving opioids for pain management and to explore whether the intervention influences opioid use. METHODS: This was a secondary analysis of a pilot randomized controlled tria…

  • Eating pathology and depressive symptoms as predictors of excessive weight gain during pregnancy

    Open AccessLeah M Hecht, Natalie Schwartz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2021References: 34

    Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with negative outcomes and the identification of contributing psychosocial factors may be useful in prevention and intervention. Pregnant women ( N = 70) completed self-report measures of eating pathology, depressive symptomatology, and gestational weight gain. Global eating pathology was positively associated with overvaluation of shape and weight, dietary restraint, frequency of binge eating, and …

  • Racial Differences in Psychological Symptoms and Eating Behaviors Among Bariatric Surgery Candidates

    Open AccessShannon M Clark-Sienkiewicz, Leah M Hecht et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2020