Education

Ph.D., Auburn University
M.A., Auburn University
B.A., Rutgers University

Research Interests

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Substance Abuse
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Recent Publications

Please see my google scholar page for a comprehensive list of publications.

Zakarian*, R. J. & McDevitt-Murphy, M.E. (in press). Posttraumatic stress disorder and aggression among post-9/11 veterans: The role of shame. Personality and Individual Differences.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111267  [available here]

Bowen*, M.E., McDevitt-Murphy, M.E., Olin*, C.C, & Buckley*, B.E. (2023). The utility of assessing alexithymia, in addition to coping, in the context of posttraumatic stress. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 211(1), 17-22. DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001561

Derefinko, K.D., Salgado Garcia, F., Johnson, K. C., Hand, S., Murphy, J.G., McDevitt-Murphy M. E., Suda, K., Andrasik, F., Bursac, Z., Chiu, C-Y., Talley, K., & Brooks, J. (in press). A randomized pilot program to reduce opioid use following dental surgery and increase safe medication return. Addictive Behaviors, 102, 10690. Doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106190

Olin*, C.C., McDevitt-Murphy, M.E., Leonard*, S.J., & Acuff*, S.F. (2022). Wanting, liking, and missing out: exploring the role of reward functioning in the overlap between PTSD and depression. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 210 (7) 497-503.  doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001456

Olin*, C. C., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G., Zakarian*, R. J., Roache, J. D., Young-McCaughan, S., Litz, B. T., Keane, T. M., & Peterson, A. L., for the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. (2022). The association between PTSD and delay discounting, future orientation, and reward availability: A behavioral economic model of PTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35, 1252-1262. DOI: 10.1002/jts.22820

Luciano*, M. T., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Zakarian*, R. J., Olin*, C. C., & Murphy, J. G. (2022). Open trial of a two-session personalized feedback intervention for veterans with PTSD and patterns of hazardous drinking. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 32, 136-144.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2022.02.004

* Denotes student author