Section: Publications

James Carmody, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Medicine
   Preventive and Behavioral Medicine

Other Affiliation(s):
   Center for Mindfulness

Selected Publications

Hoelzel B K., Carmody J, Evans K C, Hoge E, Dusek J A, Morgan L, Lazar S W.Stress Reduction Correlates with Structural Changes in the Amygdala. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, In Press.

Carmody J. Invited Commentary: Emerging Conceptions of Mindfulness in Clinical Settings, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23 (3), 270-280, 2009.

Carmody J, Baer R. Empirical Study of Mechanisms of Mindfulness in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65 (6), 613-626, 2009.

Carmody J, Baer R. How long does an MBSR program need to be? How Long Does a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program Need to be? A brief review of class contact hours and effect sizes for psychological distress. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65 (6), 627-638, 2009.

Carmody J, Olendzki B, Reed G, Andersen V, Rosenzweig P. A dietary intervention for recurrent prostate cancer after definitive primary treatment: Results of a randomized pilot trial. Urology, 72 (6), 1324-1328, 2008.

Carmody J, Baer R. Relationships between Mindfulness Practice and Levels of Mindfulness, Medical and Psychological Symptoms and Well-being in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31 (1), 23-33, 2008.

Carmody J, Reed G, Merriam P, Kristeller J. Mindfulness, Spirituality and Health-Related Symptoms, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64 (4), 393-403, 2008.

Patel S, Carmody J, Simpson B. Adapting Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: a case report. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14 (4), 375-380, 2007.

Samuelson M, Carmody J, Kabat-Zinn J, Bratt M. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in Massachusetts Correctional Facilities. The Prison Journal, 87 (2), 254-268, 2007.

Lau M, Bishop S, Segal Z, Buis M, Anderson N, Carlson L, Shapiro S, Carmody J, Abbey S, Devins G. The Toronto Mindfulness Scale: Development and Validation. Journal of Clinical Psychology 62 (12), 1445-1467, 2006.

Carmody J, Crawford S. A Pilot Study of the Feasibility of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Hot Flashes. Menopause 13 (5) 760–769, 2006.

Ying Wai Lam, James A. Mobley, James E. Evans, James F. Carmody, Shuk-Mei Ho. Mass Profiling-Directed Isolation and Identification of a Stage-Specific Serologic Protein Biomarker of Advanced Prostate Cancer. Proteomics  5 (11), 2927-2938, 2005.

Bishop SR. Lau M. Shapiro S. Carlson L. Anderson N. Carmody J. Segal Z. Abbey S. Speca M. Velting D. Devins G. Mindfulness: A Proposed Operational Definition. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 11 (3), 230-241, 2004.

Saxe G, Hebert J, Carmody J, Kabat-Zinn J, Rosenzweig P, Jarzobski D, Reed G, Blute R. Can diet, in conjunction with mindfulness-based stress reduction, affect the rate of increase in prostate-specific antigen after biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer?  J of Urology 166 (6), 2202-2207, 2001.

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E-mail: James.Carmody@umassmed.edu

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