Kimberly A. Hepner

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Behavioral Scientist
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in clinical psychology, University of Arizona

Overview

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Group cognitive behavioral therapy for depression and substance use disorders
  • Quality of psychotherapy for depression
  • Quality of mental health and substance abuse care

Publications

Treating Depression and Substance Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial - 2012

A Fidelity Coding Guide for a Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression - 2011

An Effectiveness Trial of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Persistent Depressive Symptoms in Substance Abuse Treatment - 2011

Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT): A Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Clients with Co-Occurring Alcohol and Drug Use Problems — Group Leader's Manual - 2011

Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT): A Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Clients with Co-Occurring Alcohol and Drug Use Problems — Group Member's Workbook - 2011

Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT-2): An Integrated Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Co-Occurring Depression and Alcohol and Drug Use Problems — Group Leader's Manual - 2011

Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts (BRIGHT-2): An Integrated Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Co-Occurring Depression and Alcohol and Drug Use Problems — Group Member's Workbook - 2011

Care for Veterans with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: Good Performance, but Room to Improve on Many Measures - 2011

The Cost and Quality of VA Mental Health Services - 2011

Training Addiction Counselors to Implement CBT for Depression - 2011

Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Program Evaluation: Capstone Report - 2011

Development of a Clinician Report Measure to Assess Psychotherapy for Depression in Usual Care Settings - 2010

Development of a Patient-Report Measure of Psychotherapy for Depression - 2010

Future Research on Psychotherapy Practice in Usual Care - 2010

Usual Care Psychotherapy for Depression in a Large Managed Behavioral Health Organization - 2010

A Comparison of Two Depressive Symptomatology Measures in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Clients - 2009

Developing an Integrated Treatment for Substance Use and Depression Using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy - 2009

Training Addiction Counselors in Group CBT for Depression: Preliminary Findings - 2009

Evaluating Differential Item Functioning of the PRIME-MD Mood Module Among Impoverished Black and White Women in Primary Care - 2008

The Effect of Adherence to Practice Guidelines on Depression Outcomes - 2007

Comparison of Mail and Telephone in Assessing Patient Experiences in Receiving Care from Medical Group Practices - 2005

Equivalence of Mail and Telephone Responses to CAHPS Hospital Survey - 2005

Exploratory Factor Analyses of the CAHPS Hospital Pilot Survey Responses Across and Within Medical, Surgical, and Obstetric Services - 2005

Methods Used to Streamline the CAHPS Hospital Survey - 2005

Review of the Literature on Survey Instruments Used to Collect Data on Hospital Patients' Perceptions of Care - 2005