Tasha Nienow, PhD, LP - Minneapolis VA Health Care System
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Tasha Nienow, PhD, LP

Dr. Tasha Nienow

Clinician Investigator, Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Psychologist, Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

Telephone: 612-467-1004

Email: Tasha.Nienow@va.gov

Education

  • BA, University of Minnesota
  • MS, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
  • PhD, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Research Interests

  • Understanding the underpinnings (cognitive, emotional, motivational) of poor social functioning in schizophrenia
  • Evaluating the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for serious mental illness with a recent focus on family psychoeducation and cognitive remediation
  • Elucidating the mechanisms by which psychosocial interventions exert an impact on symptoms, cognition, and functional status in patients with schizophrenia
  • Development of novel therapeutic interventions with a recent focus on neuromodulation

Selected Publications

  • Ramsay, I., Nienow, T. MacDonald, A. W. (In press). Overview of cognitive remediation in schizophrenia. In C. S. Shultz, M. F. Green, & K. J. Nelson (Eds.), Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Primer, Oxford University Press.
  • Harris, J. I., Nienow, T., Choi, A., Engdahl, B., Nguyen, X.V., & Thuras, P. (in press). Client report of spirituality in recovery from serious mental illness. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
  • Van Meerten, N., Harris, J. I., Nienow, T. M., Hegeman, B. M., Sherburne, A., Winskowski, A., Schumacher, M., & Sponheim, S. (2013). Inpatient utilization before and after implementation of psychosocial rehabilitation programs: Analysis of cost reductions, Psychological Services, 1-8.
  • Nienow, T. M., Docherty, N. M., Cohen, A. S., & Dinzeo, T. J. (2006). Attentional dysfunction, social perception, and social competence: What is the nature of the relationship? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 408-417.
  • Subotnik, K. L., Nuechterlein, K. H., Green, M. F., Horan, W. P., Nienow, T. M., Ventura, J., & Nguyen, A. T. (2006). Neurocognitive and social cognitive correlates of formal thought disorder in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 85, 84-95.
  • Nienow, T. M., & Docherty, N. M. (2005). Internal source monitoring and communication disturbance in patients with schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine, 35, 1717-1726.
  • Dinzeo, T. J., Cohen, A. S., Nienow, T. M., & Docherty, N. M. (2004). Stress and arousability in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 71, 127-135.
  • Nienow, T. M., & Docherty, N. M. (2004). Internal source monitoring and thought disorder in schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192, 696-700.

 

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