COAP Publications

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Publications (* = student completed studies in the lab; + = current student in lab or program)

 

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

White, E.K., & McKay, D. (in press). Building Better Individuals: Letting Science Take The Lead. American Journal of Bioethics.

McKay, D., & White, E.K. (in press). Philosophical errors and unintended harms in recrafting the foundation of counseling and psychotherapy: Comment on Sue, Neville & Smith (2024). American Psychologist.

Trent, E.S., Lanzillo, E.C., Wiese, A.D., Spencer, S.D., McKay, D., & Storch, E.A. (in press). Potential for harm in the treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Pitfalls and best practices. Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology.

McKay, D., Rizvi, S.L., Atkins, M., & Kerr, P. (in press). Suicide risk, psychosocial interventions, and the proper role of psychopharmacological agents: A commentary on Hughes et al. (2023). Professional Psychology: Research & Practice.

+Moran, E., & McKay, D. (in press). Disgust and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Health Service Psychology.

McKay, D., White, E.K., Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J.S., & Behar, E. (2024). Social justice and ABCT: The specter of unintended consequences. the Behavior Therapist, 47, 382-387.

White, E.K., McKay, D., & McNally, R.J. (2024). REDI, set, caution. American Journal of Bioethics, 24, 37-40.

McKay, D., & Coreil, A. (2024). Hypothesis testing of the adoption of pseudoscientific methods. Medical Hypotheses, 182, 111229.

McKay, D., & Coreil, A. (2024). A reply to “Comment on: Hypothesis testing of the adoption of pseudoscientific methods.” Medical Hypotheses, 187, 111339.

Trent, E.S., Lanzillo, E.C., Wiese, A.D., Spencer, S.D., McKay, D., & Storch, E.A. (in press). Potential for harm in the treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Pitfalls and best practices. Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology.

*Rabasco, A., Neimeyer, G., Macura, Z., McKay, D., & Washburn, J. (2024). Aligning values with standards: A comparison of professional values in continuing education standards. Ethics & Behavior, 34, 697-710.

+Wilkerson, S., & McKay, D. (2024). “Should I Keep Washing My Groceries?”: Predictors of Differential Patterns of Contamination-Related Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Since the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 41, 100878

+Bezahler, A., Kuckertz, J.M., McKay, D., Falkenstein, M.J., & Feinstein, B.A. (2024). Emotion regulation and OCD among sexual minority people: Identifying treatment targets. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 101, 102807.

Tolin, D.F., McKay, D., Olatunji, B.O., Abramowitz, J.S., & Otto, M.W. (2023). On the importance of identifying mechanisms and active ingredients of psychological treatments. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 170, 104425.

*Garner, L., McKay, D., Cepeda, S.L., & Storch, E.A. (2021). The impact of conservatism and elected party representation on mental health outcomes during major elections. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 40, 221-248.

McKay, D., Abramowitz, J.S., & Storch, E.A. (2021). Mechanisms of harmful treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 28, 52-59.

*Rabasco, A., McKay, D., Washburn, J., Teachman, B., Gaudiano, B., & Davison, G. (2021). Standards for professional psychology continuing education sponsors: A comparative analysis of health service professions. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 52, 21-27.

*Mancusi, L., & McKay, D. (2021). Behavioral avoidance tasks for eliciting disgust and anxiety in contamination fear: An Examination of a test for a combined disgust and fear reaction. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 78, 102366.


Recent books and book chapters:

Books:

McKay, D.  & Tolin, D.F. (in progress). The Science and Treatment of Anxiety. New York: Guilford.

Abramowitz, J.S., Abramovitch, A., & McKay, D. (in progress). The Science and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders. In The Guilford Series on the Science and Treatment of Anxiety (Editors: McKay & Tolin). New York: Guilford. 

McKay, D., & O’Donahue, W. (editors, in progress). Handbook of the Varieties of Cognitive Therapy. New York: Springer Nature.

McKay, D., & Olatunji, B. (editors, in progress). The Cambridge Handbook of Disgust: Assessment, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters:

+Ward, H., & McKay, D. (in press). Obsessive-compulsive disorder with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder. In D. Derby, A. Cohen, & T. Padoly (Eds.), The Art of Maybe: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. New York: 6th Floor Press.

McKay, D. (in press). Disgust, disgust sensitivity, and contamination-related obsessive-compulsive disorder. In E.A. Storch & A. Guzick (Eds.), Childhood obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.

McKay, D. (2025). Anxiety disorders. In S. Hupp & D. Tolin (Eds.), Science-based psychotherapy: Components of evidence-based treatment (pp. 47-63). New York: Cambridge University Press.

McKay, D. (2025). Obsessive-compulsive disorder. In S. Hupp & D. Tolin (Eds.), Science-based psychotherapy: Components of evidence-based treatment (pp. 64-80). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Taylor, S., Abramowitz, J.S., McKay, D., & *Minaya, C. (2023). Cognitive approaches to understanding obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. In D. Tolin (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (2nd ed.)(pp. 279-306). New York: Oxford University Press.

McKay, D. (2023). Anxiety. In S. Hupp & C.S. Maria (Eds.), Pseudoscience in psychotherapy (pp. 36-52). New York: Oxford University Press.

McKay, D. (2023). Obsessions and compulsions. In S. Hupp & C.S. Maria (Eds.), Pseudoscience in psychotherapy (pp. 53-68). New York: Oxford University Press.