Tommy Chou

Doctoral Student

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Contact Info

Email: pchou006@fiu.edu

Education

  • Clinical Science Doctoral Student, 2013-Present, Florida International University, Miami, FL
  • M.A. Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA
  • B.A. Psychology & Sociology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Research Interests

My research interests include (1) the innovative use of technology to increase accessibility of evidence-based psychological interventions to children and families; (2) advancing the understanding of youth psychopathology, assessment, and treatment of childhood internalizing and externalizing disorders; and (3) the use of direct-to-consumer marketing strategies in advancing the understanding of mental health in the general public.

Recent Projects

Publications

Chou, T., Comer, J.S., Turvey, C.L., Karr, A., & Spargo, G. (2016). Technical considerations for the delivery of real-time child telemental health care. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.

Cornacchio, D., Chou, T., Sacks, H., Pincus, D.B., & Comer, J.S. (2015). Clinical consequences of the revised DSM-5 definition of agoraphobia in treatment-seeking anxious youth. Depression and Anxiety.

Chou, T., Cornacchio, D., Cooper-Vince, C., Crum, K., & Comer, J. S. (2015) DSM-5 and the assessment of childhood anxiety disorders: Meaningful progress or persistent diagnostic quagmires? Psychopathology Review.

Comer, J. S., Dantowitz, A., Chou, T., Edson, A. L., Elkins, R. M., Kerns, C., Brown, B., & Green, J. G. (2014). Psychological adjustment among area youth after the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent manhunt. Pediatrics, 134, 7-14.

Comer, J.S., Kerns, C., Elkins, R.M., Edson, A.L., Chou, T., Dantowitz, A., Miguel, E., Brown, B., Coxe, S., & Green, J.G. (2014). Adjustment among children with relatives who participated in the manhunt following the Boston Marathon attack. Depression and Anxiety, 31, 542-550.

Kerns, C.E., Elkins, R.M., Carpenter, A.L., Chou, T., Green, J.G., & Comer, J.S. (2014). Caregiver distress, shared traumatic exposure, and child adjustment among area youth following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Journal of Affective Disorders, 167, 50-55.

Ganea, P. A., Canfield, C. F., Ghafari, K. S., & Chou, T. (2014). Do cavies talk? The effect of anthropomorphic books on children’s knowledge about animals. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 5, 283.

Presentations

Chou, T., Carpenter, A. L., Elkins, R. M., Kerns, C. E., Dantowitz, A., & Comer, J. S. (2014, November). Was Type of Traumatic Exposure Associated with Differential Child Outcomes Following the Boston Marathon Bombing? In A.L. Carpenter (Chair), Psychological Adjustment among Area Youth after the Boston Marathon Bombing and Subsequent Manhunt. Paper presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Philadelphia, PA.

Chou, T., Kerns, C., Pincus, D., Hofmann, S., & Comer, J. S. (2014, May). Evaluation of subtype revisions for social anxiety disorder in DSM-5. In T. Chou (Chair), Square Pegs and Round Slots: Evaluating key DSM-5 definitional changes for the assessment of anxiety disorders. Symposium conducted at the 26th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

Chou, T., Edson, A. E., Albano, A., Barlow, D. H., Becker, C. B., Gallo, K. P., Khanna, M., & Tolin, D. (2013, November). Giving the People What They Want: Recent innovations and future directions in direct-to-consumer marketing of evidence-based psychological treatments. Discussion panel presented at the 2013 Annual Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Nashville, TN.