COAP Publications
Publications (* = student completed studies in the lab; + = current student in lab or program)
Peer-reviewed journal articles from 2024 up to 2026 (includes ‘in press’) (out of 243 total):
McKay, D., Abramovitch, A., & Abramowitz, J.S. (in press). Introduction to the special section: Issues in conceptualization and assessment of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice.
Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J.S., & McKay, D. (in press). Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: A critical review of the diagnostic class. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice.
McKay, D., White, E.K., & Rom-Rymer, B. (in press). Fundamental epistemic discrimination in the decolonial model: Commentary on Kivell et al. (2025) and the legacy of their predecessors. American Psychologist.
McKay, D., Bar-Halpern, M., Kogan, J., Hess, S., Yudell, A. (in press). Decolonial psychology’s blind spot: From liberation praxis to antisemitism. Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism.
White, E.K., McKay, D., Spence, N., & Feldman, C. (in press). Engaging in ethical activism by healthcare professionals: Ensuring positive impact without alienation. Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism.
Abramowitz, J.S., Abramovitch, A., McKay, D., & Draffin, A. (2026). Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults: State of the art and emerging approaches. British Medical Journal, 392, 083443.
+Ward, H., & McKay, D. (2026). Conjoint trauma and obsessive-compulsive disorder: Assessment and treatment considerations. Current Developmental Disorders Report, 13, 2.
+Kaiser, N., Ward, H., & McKay, D. (2026). Antiquated criticisms of CBT treated as novel with a new twist: The dangerous politicization of psychological interventions. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 44, 8.
McKay, D., Rizvi, S.L., Atkins, M., & Kerr, P. (2026). Suicide risk, psychosocial interventions, and the proper role of psychopharmacological agents: A commentary on Hughes et al. (2023). Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 57, 147-149.
McKay, D., & White, E.K. (2025). Philosophical errors and unintended harms in recrafting the foundation of counseling and psychotherapy: Comment on Sue, Neville & Smith (2024). American Psychologist, 80, 964-965.
McKay, D., Behar, E., White, E.K., Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J.S., Hoffman, D.L., Lippman, B., Friedman, M., & Kaufman, C. (2025). Antiracism, social justice, and antisemitism: Which of these does not belong? the Behavior Therapist, 48, 711-719.
Müller, C. L., Jelinek, L., Fink-Lamotte, J., Scheunemann, J., McKay, D., Abramowitz, J.S., Abramovitch, A., & Cludius, B. (2025). Four questions for clarity: A first investigation of the German version of the OCI-4 as an ultra-brief screening tool for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 45, 100953.
Müller, C. L., Fink-Lamotte, J., Jelinek, L., Lohse, L., Ehring, T., Noll-Hussong, M., Berberich, G., Wahl-Kordon, A., Borgelt, J., McKay, D., Abramowitz, J. S., Abramovitch, A., & Cludius, B. (2025). Translation and validation of the German 12-Item Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (OCI-12) in clinical and non-clinical samples. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 7, e16165.
Spencer, S.D., McKay, D., Mangen, K., & Rabasco, A. (2025). Exposure and stress management therapy for adults with misophonia: A preliminary crossover design trial. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 31, 251-259.
McKay, D. (2025). New anxieties: The fear of being cancelled. Frontiers in Mental Health: Journal of the Open Therapy Institute, 1, 3. https://opentherapyinstitute.substack.com/p/journal-of-the-open-therapy-institute?open=false#%C2%A7new-anxieties-the-fear-of-being-cancelled.
Spencer, S.D., & McKay, D. (2025). Primum non nocere: Toward a greater understanding of potential for harm in psychological treatments for youth. Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology, 53, 597-607.
Trent, E.S., Lanzillo, E.C., Wiese, A.D., Spencer, S.D., McKay, D., & Storch, E.A. (2025). Potential for harm in the treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Pitfalls and best practices. Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology, 53, 729-745.
+Rabasco, A., Jessup, S., Mariaskin, A., & McKay, D. (2025). Client attraction in the therapeutic context – a mixed methods study of therapist experiences. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 81, 595-608
Moran, E., & McKay, D. (2025). Disgust and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Health Service Psychology, 51, 15-21.
Müller, C.L., Jelinek, L., Fink-Lamotte, J., Scheunemann, J., McKay, D., Abramowitz, J.S., Abramovitch, A., Cludius, B. (2025) Four Questions for Clarity: A First Investigation of the German Version of the OCI-4 as an Ultra-Brief Screening Tool for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: 100953.
+Moran, E., & McKay, D. (2025). Disgust and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Health Service Psychology, 15-21.
Şimşek, M.K., Abramovitch, A., McKay, D., Armen, S., & Abramowitz, J.S. (2025). Revised Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version: Adaptation, psychometric properties and norms in Turkish culture. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 89, 70-91.
Kapadia, A., Thornton, L.M., Munn-Chernoff, M.A., Abramovitch, A., McKay, D., Abramowitz, J.S., Yilmaz, Z., Crowley, J.J., Bulik, C.M., & Watson, H.J. (2025). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in individuals with a history of eating disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 375, 496-507.
+Randazzo, M.P., Ham, L.S., & McKay, D. (2024). An analysis of drinking motives in the maintenance of co-occurring obsessive-compulsive symptoms and alcohol misuse. Substance Use and Misuse, 59, 2073-2083.
Silverman, A.L., Werntz, A., Schofield, C., Prinstein, M.J., Jensen-Doss, A., McKay, D., & Teachman, B.A. (2024). Randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a direct-to-consumer marketing video about patients’ right to evidence-based mental health care. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212, 419-429.
White, E.K., & McKay, D. (2025). Building better individuals: Letting science take the lead. American Journal of Bioethics, 25, 46-48.
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.
+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.
Spencer, S.D., Kim, S.K., McKay, D., & Asmundson, G. (2024). Examination of COVID stress syndrome facets and relations to substance abuse using profile analysis via multidimensional scaling (PAMS). Journal of Affective Disorders, 361, 659-663.
Smits, J. A. J., Abramowitz, J. S., Arch, J. J., Papini, S., Anderson, R., Dixon, L., Graham, B. M., Hofmann, S. G., Hoyer, J., Huppert, J. D., Jacquart, J., Johnson, D., McEvoy, P. M., McKay, D., Newby, J., Otto, M. W., Pittig, A., Rief, W., Rosenfield, D., Timpano, K. R., Wannemüller, A., for the Exposure Therapy Consortium (2024). Improving exposure therapy: Rationale and design of a global consortium. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 47, 433-444
+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.
Myers, N. S., Juel, E. K., Friedman, J. B., Ojalehto, H. J., Tadross, M. E., DuBois, C. M., Abramovitch, A., McKay, D., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2024). The Contribution of Inferential Confusion and Fear of Self to Psychological Models of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A Dimensional Approach. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 41, 100875.
+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.
McKay, D., & Coreil, A. (2024). Hypothesis testing of the adoption of pseudoscientific methods. Medical Hypotheses, 182, 111229.
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.
Recent books and book chapters:
Books (out of 29 total):
McKay, D. & Tolin, D.F. (in press). 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.
O’Donahue, W. & McKay, D. (editors, in progress). Handbook of the Varieties of Cognitive Therapy. New York: Springer Nature.
McKay, D., & Olatunji, B. (editors, in press). The Cambridge Handbook of Disgust: Assessment, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Book Chapters (out of 102 total):
Moran, E., Ward, H., & McKay, D. (in press). Atypical phobias. In D. McKay & B.O. Olatunji (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Disgust: Assessment, Clinical Manifestations and Treatment. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Moran, E., Ward, H., & McKay, D. (in press). Disgust associated with contamination. In D. McKay & B.O. Olatunji (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Disgust: Assessment, Clinical Manifestations and Treatment. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Ward, H., Moran, E., & McKay, D. (in press). Emotions associated with disgust. In D. McKay & B.O. Olatunji (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Disgust: Assessment, Clinical Manifestations and Treatment. New York: Cambridge University Press.
McKay, D., & Olatunji, B.O. (in press). The future of disgust in psychopathology and its treatment. In D. McKay & B.O. Olatunji (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Disgust: Assessment, Clinical Manifestations and Treatment. New York: Cambridge University Press
McKay, D. & Moran, E. (in press). Obsessions and compulsions. In S. Hupp (Ed.), Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy: Components of Evidence-Based Treatments for Youth and Their Parents (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
+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. (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.