David H. Rosmarin Explained

David H. Rosmarin is an American psychologist who specializes in anxiety. He is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and the founder of Center for Anxiety, which he directs.^[1] Rosmarin is also an author, and has worked as McLean Hospital's director of spirituality and mental health.^[2]

In 2011, Rosmarin led a study that found a correlation between spirituality and a person's anxiety-level and tolerance of uncertainty.^[3]

Select academic works

• Handbook of spirituality/religion and mental health, 2nd edition. New York: Elsevier Press.^[4]
• Spiritual psychotherapy for inpatient, residential, and intensive treatment (SPIRIT).^[5]
• Religious vs. conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy for major depression in persons with chronic medical illness.^[6]
• Interest in spiritually-integrated psychotherapy among acute psychiatric patients.^[7]
• Spiritual struggle and affective symptoms among geriatric mood disordered patients.^[8]
• Do religious patients need religious psychotherapists?^[9]
• Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and depression among Orthodox Jews.^[10]

Notes and References

1. News: Combat Your Anxiety, One Step at a Time . Doll . Jen . The New York Times . December 21, 2017 . March 31, 2022.
2. News: Religious leaders may have the answer to tackling mental health issues . Price . Wayne . Florida Today . November 5, 2021 . March 31, 2022.
3. Web site: Closing the Gap between Psychology and God . Estes Graham . Sarah . Graham . Jesse . Scientific American . October 25, 2011 . March 31, 2022.
4. Book: Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and Mental Health ScienceDirect. 2021-01-19. 9780128167663 . Rosmarin . David H. . Koenig . Harold G. . 24 April 2020 .
5. Rosmarin. David H.. Salcone. Sarah. Harper. David. Forester. Brent P.. 2019-09-01. Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential, and Intensive Treatment. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 72. 3. 75–83. 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180046. 0002-9564. 31533453. free.
6. Koenig. Harold G.. Pearce. Michelle J.. Nelson. Bruce. Shaw. Sally F.. Robins. Clive J.. Daher. Noha S.. Cohen. Harvey Jay. Berk. Lee S.. Bellinger. Denise L.. Pargament. Kenneth I.. Rosmarin. David H.. April 2015. Religious vs. conventional cognitive behavioral therapy for major depression in persons with chronic medical illness: a pilot randomized trial. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 203. 4. 243–251. 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000273. 1539-736X. 25816046. 1209714 .
7. APA PsycNet. 2015 . 10.1037/ccp0000046. 4658247. 26280491. Rosmarin . D. H. . Forester . B. P. . Shassian . D. M. . Webb . C. A. . Björgvinsson . T. . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology . 83 . 6 . 1149–1153 .
8. Rosmarin. David H.. Malloy. Mary C.. Forester. Brent P.. 2014. Spiritual struggle and affective symptoms among geriatric mood disordered patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. en. 29. 6. 653–660. 10.1002/gps.4052. 1099-1166. 4013257. 24311360.
9. Rosmarin. David H.. Pirutinsky. Steven. 2020-01-01. Do religious patients need religious psychotherapists? A naturalistic treatment matching study among orthodox Jews. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. en. 69. 102170. 10.1016/j.janxdis.2019.102170. 31838362 . 209384521 . 0887-6185.
10. Rosmarin. David H.. Bocanegra. Elizabeth S.. Hoffnung. Gabriel. Appel. Moses. 2019-11-01. Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression Among Orthodox Jews. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. en. 26. 4. 676–687. 10.1016/j.cbpra.2019.07.005. 201381200 . 1077-7229.