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debra-kaysen

Debra Kaysen, Ph.D.

Founding Director, Trauma Recovery Innovations (TRI)

Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences


Contact Information

Email: dkaysen@stanford.edu
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Website: https://profiles.stanford.edu/debra-kaysen

Research Topics

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); gender-based violence; sexual assault; women’s health; addictions; alcohol use disorders; cognitive processing therapy (CPT)

Biography

Dr. Kaysen is a clinical psychologist and  is the founding  Director of the Trauma Recovery Innovations Program at the University of Washington. Dr Kaysen moved to the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University in 2o19.

Recent Publications from PubMed

Factor Structure and Factorial Invariance of Scores on the PCL-5, PHQ-8, and GAD-7 Across Veterans by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
(2025 Nov 26)
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Cascalheira CJ, DeFiori K, Kalkbrenner MT, Beaver K, Chang CJ, Upham M, Livingston NA, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Kaysen D, Simpson TL

Anxiety coping motives moderate links between discrimination and alcohol use in immigrant-origin and non-immigrant LGBQ+ college student.
(2025 Nov)
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken) 49(11): 2592-2603
Delbasso CA, Mujica CA, Amaya S, Mullican KN, Salamanca NK, Leone RM, Orchowski LM, Davis KC, Kaysen D, Gilmore AK, López C

The Impact of Skill Utilization on Alcohol Use Outcomes Following Completion of a Brief Web-Based Alcohol Intervention.
(2025 Oct 31)
Subst Use Misuse
Patton EE, Hammett JF, Jaffe AE, Kaysen D, Stappenbeck CA

Alcohol Use, Sexual Assault Severity, and Bystander Opportunities and Behaviors Among College Students.
(2025 Oct 25)
J Interpers Violence
García-Ramírez G, Ellis JR, Salamanca NK, Mullican KN, Leone RM, Orchowski LM, Davis KC, Kaysen DL, Gilmore AK

Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness of Primary Care Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
(2025 Dec 1)
JAMA Psychiatry 82(12): 1203-1215
Fortney JC, Kaysen DL, Engel CC, Cerimele JM, Nolan JP Jr, Chase E, Blanchard BE, Hauge S, Bechtel J, Taylor A, Acierno R, Nagel N, Sripada RK, Painter JT, DeBeer BB, Zimberoff A, Bluett EJ, Teo AR, Morland LA, Grubbs K, Sloan DM, Marx BP, Heagerty PJ

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