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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

From innovation to implementation: Artificial intelligence in cognitive behaviour therapy training and supervision.
(2025 Dec 31)
Behav Res Ther 197(): 104945
Shafran R, Bond L, Carlbring P, Cohen ZD, Creed TA, Davey E, Egan SJ, Freeman D, Hollon SD, Jacobson NC, Johnson C, Kaysen D, McGuinness DL, Patel V, Pozuelo JR, Santos H, Singla DR, Wiltsey Stirman S, Taylor DJ, Wade TD

Daily state distress tolerance and alcohol use motivation among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms who endorse hazardous alcohol use.
(2026 Jan 5)
Psychol Addict Behav
Zegel M, Derrick JL, Gallagher MW, Kaysen DL, Zvolensky MJ, Vujanovic AA

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)
Assessment
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

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