Jessica A Wojtalik

Biographic Data

ID6756669
NAMEJessica A Wojtalik
GIVEN NAMESJessica A
FAMILY NAMEWojtalik
SIGNATUREWOJTALIK J A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pittsburgh
ORCID0000-0001-6079-4496
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Latent profile analysis of resilience among people with serious mental illness

    Open AccessDeyu Pan, Sang Qin et al.ARTICLEPsychology and Psychotherapy:…2026

  • A Transdiagnostic Comparison of Emotion Dysregulation in Schizophrenia and Cluster B Personality Disorders

    Open AccessChristina E Newhill, Yan Yuan et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Society for Social…2021References: 2

    Objective: Emotion regulation is central to mental health and may be a transdiagnostic target for promoting functional recovery. Using a brief measure of emotion dysregulation, this study compared individuals with schizophrenia and Cluster B personality disorders with student volunteers on individual items and overall scores. We hypothesized that both clinical groups would evidence significant impairments relative to the student control group, wi…

  • Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Improves Social Relationships Quality of Life among Individuals with Schizophrenia Misusing Substances

    Open AccessJessica A Wojtalik, Shaun M EackARTICLESocial Work Research2019References: 3

    Journal Article Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Improves Social Relationships Quality of Life among Individuals with Schizophrenia Misusing Substances Get access Jessica A Wojtalik, Jessica A Wojtalik Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Shaun M Eack Shaun M Eack Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 59–64, https://doi.…

  • Using Cognitive Neuroscience to Improve Mental Health Treatment

    Open AccessJessica A Wojtalik, Shaun M Eack et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Society for Social…2018

    Mental health interventions do not yet offer complete, client-defined functional recovery, and novel directions in treatment research are needed to improve the efficacy of available interventions. One promising direction is the integration of social work and cognitive neuroscience methods, which provides new opportunities for clinical intervention research that will guide development of more effective mental health treatments that holistically at…

  • Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Improves Frontolimbic Regulation of Emotion in Alcohol and/or Cannabis Misusing Schizophrenia

    Open AccessJessica A Wojtalik, Susan S Hogarty et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2016

    Individuals with schizophrenia who misuse substances are burdened with impairments in emotion regulation. Cognitive enhancement therapy (CET) may address these problems by enhancing prefrontal brain function. A small sample of outpatients with schizophrenia and alcohol and/or cannabis substance use problems participating in an 18-month randomized trial of CET (n = 10) or usual care (n = 4) completed posttreatment functional neuroimaging using an …

  • An fMRI Study of the Influence of a History of Substance Abuse on Working Memory-Related Brain Activation in Schizophrenia

    Open AccessJessica A Wojtalik, Deanna M BarchARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2014

    There has been little investigation of the effects of past substance abuse (SA) on working memory (WM) impairments in schizophrenia. This study examined the behavioral and neurobiological impact of past SA (6 months or longer abstinence period) on WM in schizophrenia. Thirty-seven schizophrenia patients (17 with past SA and 20 without) and 32 controls (12 with past SA and 20 without) completed two versions of a two-back WM task during fMRI scanni…