Joanna Fiszdon, PhD
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Dr. Fiszdon is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and the Director of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Psychology Services at VA Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS). Dr. Fiszdon obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from University of Minnesota in 2000, and completed a Clinical Psychology post-doctoral fellowship at Weill Medical College of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital in 2002. Her research focuses on clinical trials developing, tailoring, and evaluating social cognitive, cognitive, and vocational interventions for individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use. She has received grant funding from VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service as well as NIMH. She is the coordinator for the VACHS General Mental Health-Serious Mental Illness (GMH-SMI) predoctoral internship track. She is also an active member of the VACHS Institutional Review Board and the Chair of the VACHS Research and Development Committee.
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- Division of Mental Health Services
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- VA-CMHC-Yale Learning Based Recovery Center
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- PhD
- University of Minnesota (2000)
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Godfrey Pearlson, MA, MBBS
Morris Bell, PhD, ABPP
Ashley Schnakenberg Martin, PhD
Cenk Tek, MD
Meaghan Stacy, PhD
Steve Martino, PhD
26Publications
78Citations
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2024
Understanding social situations: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating a novel social cognitive training versus modified problem-solving training for people with psychosis
Fiszdon J, Bell M, Fulford D, Roberts D, Dziura J, Parente L, Nasse A, Choi J. Understanding social situations: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating a novel social cognitive training versus modified problem-solving training for people with psychosis. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2024, 15: 1440476. PMID: 39238934, PMCID: PMC11374757, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1440476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychotic spectrum disordersSpectrum disorderAssociated with poorer social functioningSocial functioningSocial cognition trainingPoor social functioningProblem-solving trainingSocial cognitionTreatment midpointCognitive trainingOne-on-one sessionsSocial situationsEveryday problemsTraining sessionsResearch staff membersSessionsDisordersRandomized controlled trialsDay-to-day interactionsMultiple timepointsEveryday activitiesQuality of lifeParticipantsPsychosisStaff membersGroup-Based Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy (MERITg) and Its Relationship to Recovery-Oriented Beliefs in Serious Mental Illness
Musket C, Bullock J, Fiszdon J, Stacy M, Martino S, James A, Lysaker P, Martin A. Group-Based Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy (MERITg) and Its Relationship to Recovery-Oriented Beliefs in Serious Mental Illness. Behavioral Sciences 2024, 14: 520. PMID: 39062343, PMCID: PMC11273885, DOI: 10.3390/bs14070520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsSerious mental illnessMental illnessMaryland Assessment of RecoveryRecovery-oriented interventionsInsight TherapyThirty-one participantsAssessment of recoveryGroup participantsShort formEvidence-basedInpatient groupTreatment settingsMetacognitive reflectionTreatment programsParticipantsIllnessTherapeutic interactionSMIThirty-oneBeliefsAdjunctive treatmentInterventionGroupMarylandTherapyEfficacy of cognitive training on cognition, symptoms and functioning: Impact of motivation and attendance
Fiszdon J, Wang K, Lê K, Parente L, Choi J. Efficacy of cognitive training on cognition, symptoms and functioning: Impact of motivation and attendance. Schizophrenia Research Cognition 2024, 37: 100313. PMID: 38680994, PMCID: PMC11046296, DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2024.100313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsCognitive remediation therapyMotivational interviewingCognitive trainingControl interviewSession attendanceEfficacy of cognitive trainingSelf-reported depressive symptomsTraining tasksPsychotic spectrum disordersTask-specific motivationSelf-reported cognitionCompensatory strategy trainingImpact of motivational interviewingEfficacy of CTSelf-reported depressionPredictors of training successAssociated with greater reductionsMotivation levelsRemediation therapyPsychiatric symptomsTreatment ingredientsCourse of trainingCognitive performanceDepressive symptomsPromote generalization
2023
Efficacy of social cognition and interaction training in outpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: randomized controlled trial
Fiszdon J, Dixon H, Davidson C, Roberts D, Penn D, Bell M. Efficacy of social cognition and interaction training in outpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: randomized controlled trial. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2023, 14: 1217735. PMID: 37599886, PMCID: PMC10436290, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1217735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsSocial cognitionInteraction trainingSocial cognitive interventionsPotential treatment moderatorsSchizophrenia spectrum disordersCognitive interventionsBaseline neurocognitionManualized interventionSpectrum disorderTreatment moderatorsPotential moderatorsSocial functioningNeurocognitionCognitionModeratorFunctioningCurrent trialMedium effectsTrainingRole functionInterventionTreatment effectsMeasure selectionSymptomsWLC
2022
A Guide for the Implementation of Group-Based Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy (MERITg)
Martin A, Bullock J, Fiszdon J, Stacy M, Martino S, James A, Lysaker P. A Guide for the Implementation of Group-Based Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy (MERITg). Journal Of Contemporary Psychotherapy 2022, 53: 91-98. DOI: 10.1007/s10879-022-09560-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2020
The Impact of Cognitive Reserve on Symptom Severity and Illness Onset Across the Psychosis Spectrum
Kaplan D, Fiszdon J, Graham P, Donovan A, Shagan D, Haber L, Pearlson G, Choi J. The Impact of Cognitive Reserve on Symptom Severity and Illness Onset Across the Psychosis Spectrum. Biological Psychiatry 2020, 87: s450. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.02.1145.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
11.2 PUPILLOMETER-BASED NEUROFEEDBACK COGNITIVE TRAINING: OPTIMIZING TASK ENGAGEMENT TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN PRODROME, FIRST EPISODE, AND ESTABLISHED PSYCHOSIS
Choi J, Fiszdon J, Stevens M, Haber L, Pearlson G. 11.2 PUPILLOMETER-BASED NEUROFEEDBACK COGNITIVE TRAINING: OPTIMIZING TASK ENGAGEMENT TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN PRODROME, FIRST EPISODE, AND ESTABLISHED PSYCHOSIS. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2019, 45: s104-s105. PMCID: PMC6455325, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbz022.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchF121. METACOGNITIVE TRAINING (MCT) TO IMPROVE INSIGHT AND WORK OUTCOME IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Zalzala A, Wardwell P, Petrik T, Mathews L, Moritz S, Fiszdon J, Haber L, Shagan D, Bracken D, Choi J. F121. METACOGNITIVE TRAINING (MCT) TO IMPROVE INSIGHT AND WORK OUTCOME IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2019, 45: s299-s300. PMCID: PMC6455423, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbz018.533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsO9.1. PROSPECTIVE MEMORY AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO SOCIAL FUNCTION AND NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS IN CLINICAL HIGH RISK, FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS, AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
Teti A, Graham P, Fergione M, Haber L, Fiszdon J, Pearlson G, Choi J. O9.1. PROSPECTIVE MEMORY AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO SOCIAL FUNCTION AND NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS IN CLINICAL HIGH RISK, FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS, AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2019, 45: s186-s187. PMCID: PMC6455356, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbz021.241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations11. PERSONALIZING COGNITIVE REMEDIATION INTERVENTIONS: WHAT WORKS AND FOR WHOM?
Fiszdon J. 11. PERSONALIZING COGNITIVE REMEDIATION INTERVENTIONS: WHAT WORKS AND FOR WHOM? Schizophrenia Bulletin 2019, 45: s104-s104. PMCID: PMC6455551, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbz022.038.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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