Publications

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Jagtap, S., & Best, MW. (2024). Examining the influence of self-referential thinking on aberrant salience and jumping to conclusions bias in individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 83, 101935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101935

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Zedan, S. A., Zahid, A., & Best, MW. (2024). Examining the effects of diagnostic awareness, positive symptoms, and negative symptoms on stigmatizing attitudes and social exclusion towards schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 264, 482–490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2024.01.023

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Best, MW, Romanowska, S., Zhou, Y., Wang, L., Leibovitz, T., Onno, K. A., Jagtap, S., & Bowie, C. R. (2023). Efficacy of Remotely Delivered Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: A Series of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 49(4), 973–986. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac209

 

Jagtap, S., & Best, MW. (2023). Examining the influence of self-referential thinking on aberrant salience and jumping to conclusions bias in individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 83, 101935–101935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101935

 

Romanowska, S., & Best, MW. (2023). Examining the Role of Failure and Success Experiences on Task Persistence and Neurocognition in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 45(3), 255–269. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2023.2227406

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Skiba, R. M., Chinchani, A., Menon, M., Lepage, M., Lavigne, K. M., Malla, A., ... Best, MW … Woodward, T. (2023). Overlap between individual differences in cognition and symptoms of schizophrenia. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/b5kyf

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Zahid, A., & Best, MW. (2023). Examining Cognitive Biases Uniquely Associated with Schizotypy. Psychopathology, 56(6), 462–472. https://doi.org/10.1159/000529742

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Romanowska, S., Best MW, Bowie, C. R., Depp, C. A., Patterson, T. L., Penn, D. L., Pinkham, A. E., & Harvey, P. D. (2022). Examining the association of life course neurocognitive ability with real-world functioning in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 29, 100254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2022.100254

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Best MW, & Bowie, C. R. (2022). Social exclusion in psychotic disorders: An interactional processing model. Schizophrenia Research, 244, 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.05.016

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Jagtap, S., Romanowska, S., Leibovitz, T., Onno, K. A., Burhan, A. M., & Best MW (2022). Can cognitive remediation therapy be delivered remotely? A review examining feasibility and acceptability of remote interventions. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 28, 100238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2022.100238

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Jagtap S, Shamblaw AL, Rumas R, Best MW. (2021). Information seeking and health anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of catastrophic cognitions. Clin Psychol Psychother. (6):1379-1390

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Leibovitz T, Shamblaw AL, Rumas R, & Best MW. (2021). COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: Relations with anxiety, quality. of life, and schemas. Personality and Individual Differences, 175, 1-7. 

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Rumas R., Shamblaw,AL, Jagtap S, & Best MW. (2021). Predictors and consequences of loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychiatry Research, 300, 1-8. 

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Shamblaw, A. L., Rumas, R. L., & Best MW. (2021). Coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relations with mental health and quality of life. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, 62(1), 92–100. 

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Woolridge SM, Harrison GW, Best MW, & Bowie CR. (2021). Attention bias modification in depression: A randomized trial using a novel, reward-based, eye-tracking approach. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 71, 1-10. 

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Zahid A & Best MW. (2021). Stigma towards individuals with schizophrenia: Examining the effects of negative symptoms and diagnosis awareness on preference for social distance. Psychiatry Research, 297, 1-6.

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Best MW. (2020). CIHR KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIS: EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA-SPECTRUM DISORDERS DELIVERED THROUGH VIRTUAL CARE.

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Best MW. (2020). COMPUTERIZED PRACTICE VS. STRATEGY MONITORING IN COGNITIVE TRAINING FOR PSYCHOSIS. 

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Best MW, Law H, Pyle M, & Morrison AP. (2020). Relationships between psychiatric symptoms, functioning and personal recovery in psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 223, 112-118. 

 

Best MW, Milanovic M, Shamblaw AL, Muere A, Lambe LJ, Hong IK, Haque MK, & Bowie CR. (2020). An examination of the moderating effects of neurophysiology on treatment outcomes from cognitive training in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 154, 59-66.

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Best MW, Milanovic M, Tran T, Leung P, Jackowich R, Gauvin S, Leibovitz T, & Bowie CR. (2020). Motivation and engagement during cognitive training for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 19, 1-6.

 

Wood-Ross C., Best MW., Milanovic M, & Bowie CR. (2020). Brain of thrones: Cognitive effort and perceived performance during a cognitive task in major depressive disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research 45, 986–999 (2021). 

 

Best MW. (2019). The BEST Trials: Examining Brief Executive Skills Training for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders.

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Best MW, Gale D, Tran T, Haque MK, & Bowie CR. Brief executive function training for individuals with severe mental illness: Effects on EEG synchronization and executive functioning. Schizophrenia Research, 203, 32-40. 

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Best MW, Milanovic M, Iftene F, & Bowie CR. (2019). A randomized controlled trial of executive functioning training compared with perceptual training for schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Effects on neurophysiology, neurocognition, and functioning. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 176(4), 297-306. 

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Bowie C., Best MW, Grossman M, & Milanovic M. (2019). 31.2 Be outspoken and overcome stigmatizing thoughts (BOOST): A group treatment for internalized stigma in first-episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45(2), S140. 

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Grant PM, Best MW & Beck AT. (2019). The meaning of group differences in cognitive test performance. World Psychiatry, 18(2), 163-164.

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Grossman M., Best MW, Harrison AG, & Bowie CR. (2019). Comparison of the neurocognitive profiles of individuals with elevated psychotic or depressive symptoms. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13(4), 928-934. 

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Ji LJ, Yap S, Best MW, & McGeorge K. (2019). Global processing makes people happier than local processing. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(670), 1-10.

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Shamblaw, A., Reznik, S., Best MW, Rumas, R., & Harkness, K. (2018, December). THE IMPACT OF ACUTE SOCIAL STRESS ON FRONTAL EEG ALPHA ASYMMETRY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER. In PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY (Vol. 55, pp. S82-S82).

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Bowie, C., & Best MW. (2018, October). Training Cognition in Psychosis: Effects of Perceptual Training and Executive Functioning Training Methods as a Function of Age. In EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY (Vol. 12, pp. 33-33).

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Bowie CR, Best MW, Depp C, Mausbach BT, Patterson TL, Pulver AE, & Harvey PD. (2018). Cognitive and functional deficits in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia as a function of the presence and history of psychosis. Bipolar Disorders, 20(7), 604-613.

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Harrison J, Barry H, Baune B, Best MW, Bowie CR, Cha D, Culpepper L, Fossati P, Greer T, Harmer C, Klag E, Lam R, Lee Y, Mansur R, Wittchen H, & McIntyre R. (2018). Stability, reliability and validity of the THINC-it screening tool for cognitive impairment in depression: A psychometric exploration in healthy volunteers. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 27(3), 1736.

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Best MW & Bowie CR. (2017). A review of cognitive remediation approaches for schizophrenia: from top-down to bottom-up, brain training to psychotherapy. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 17(7), 713-723. 

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Best MW, Bowie CR, Naiberg M, & Goldstein BI. (2017). Neurocognition and psychosocial functioning in adolescents with bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 207, 406-412.

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Bowie CR, Grossman MJ, Gupta M, Holshausen K, & Best MW. (2017). Action-based cognitive remediation for individuals with serious mental illnesses: Effects of real- world simulations and goal setting on functional and vocational outcomes. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40(1), 53.

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Cha DS, Best MW, Bowie CR, Gallaugher LA, Woldeyohannes HO, Soczynska JK, Lewis G, MacQueen G, Sahakian BJ, Kennedy SH, Lui JP, Mansur RB, & McIntyre RS. (2017). A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial evaluating the effect of intranasal insulin on cognition and mood in individuals with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 210, 57-65.

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McIntyre RS, Best MW, Bowie CR, Carmona NC, Cha DS, Lee Y, Subramaniapillai M., Mansur RB, Barry H, Baune BT, & Culpepper L. (2017). The THINC-integrated tool (THINC-it) screening assessment for cognitive dysfunction: Validation in patients with major depressive disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 78(7), 873-881.

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Bowie, C., Best MW, & Grossman, M. (2016, October). Cognitive Remediation for Early Psychosis: Neural and Behavioural Changes. In EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY (Vol. 10, pp. 182-182). 

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Milanovic, M., Gupta, M., Holshausen, K., Best MW, Grossman, M., & Bowie, C. R. (2016, October). Behavioural Activation in Early Psychosis: Investigating Relationships With Self-reported and Objective Cognition. In EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY (Vol. 10, pp. 144-144). 

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Best MW, Gale, D., Borsuk-Gudz, M., Harvey, P. D., & Bowie, C. R. (2015, May). EEG Synchronization and Neurocognitive Improvement After Intensive Short-Term Memory Training in Severe Mental Illness. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY (Vol. 77, No. 9). 

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Best MW, Gale, D., Borsuk-Gudz, M., & Bowie, C. (2015, March). EEG ALPHA SUPPRESSION AND THETA BAND SYNCHRONIZATION AFTER SHORT-TERM, INTENSIVE WORKING MEMORY TRAINING IN SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS. In SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN (Vol. 41, pp. S68-S69). 

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Best MW & Bowie CR. (2015). Neurophysiological evidence for a processing bias towards schizophrenia-associated communication abnormalities. Schizophrenia Research, 169(1), 334-339.

 

Best MW, Grossman M, Oyewumi LK, & Bowie CR. (2016). Examination of the positive and negative syndrome scale factor structure and longitudinal relationships with functioning in early psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 10(2), 165-170.

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Xavier S, Best MW, Schorr EM, & Bowie CR. (2015). Neurocognition, functional competence and self-reported functional impairment in psychometrically defined schizotypy. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 20(1), 53-63.

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Best MW, Gupta M, Bowie CR, & Harvey PD. (2014). A longitudinal examination of the moderating effect of symptoms on the relationship between functional competence and real world functional performance in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 1(2), 90-95.

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Gupta M, Grossman M, Best MW, Ayukawa E, & Bowie C. (2014). Poster #M250 The role of gender and symptoms in predicting functioning in early episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 153, S280. 

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Heenan A, Best MW, Ouellette, SJ, Meiklejohn E, Troje NF, & Bowie CR. (2014). Assessing threat responses towards the symptoms and diagnosis of schizophrenia using visual perceptual biases. Schizophrenia Research, 159(1), 238-242.

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Best MW. (2013). Neurophysiological responses and behavioural intentions to schizophrenia-associated communication abnormalities.

 

Best MW & Bowie CR. (2013). Neurophysiological responses to schizophrenia-associated communication abnormalities. Schizophrenia Research, 148(1-3), 157-162.

 

Best MW, Fitzpatrick M, Milev R, Bowie CR, & Jokic R. (2013). Utility of the Berlin questionnaire for predicting obstructive sleep apnea in individuals with treatment-resistant depression. Sleep and Breathing, 17(4), 1221-1227.

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Bowie CR, Gupta M, Holshausen K, Jokic R, Best MW, & Milev R. (2013). Cognitive remediation for treatment resistant depression: Effects on cognition and functioning and the role of online homework. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(8), 680-685.

 

Gupta M, Holshausen K, Best MW, Jokic R, Milev R, Bernard T, Gou L, & Bowie CR. (2013). Relationships among neurocognition, symptoms, and functioning in treatment-resistant depression. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 28(3), 272-281.

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