Department of Psychiatry

Mark B Powers

Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Psychiatry

Contact information

Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
3535 Market Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: (215) 746-3327
Fax: (215) 746-3311

Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
University of California at Santa Barbara, 1996.
M.A. (Psychology)
Pepperdine University, 1997.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
University of Texas at Austin, 2006.

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Selected Publications

Powers, M.B., Smits, J., Whitley, D., Bystritsky, A., & Telch, M. : The Effect of Attributional Processes Concerning Medication Taking on Return of Fear. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 76: 478-490, 2008.

Powers, M., Smits, J., & Telch, M. : Disentangling the effects of safety behavior utilization and availability during exposure-based treatment: A placebo-controlled study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology` 72: 448-454, 2004.

Powers, M.B., Vedel, E., & Emmelkamp, P. : Behavioral couples therapy (BCT) for alcohol and drug use disorders: A Meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review 28: 952-962, 2008.

Powers, M.B., & Emmelkamp, P.: Virtual reality therapy for anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 22: 561-569, 2008.

Smits, J., Powers, M., Cho, Y., & Telch, M. : Mechanism of change in cognitive-behavioral treatment of panic disorder: Evidence for the anxiety sensitivity mediational hypothesis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 72: 646-652, 2004.

Powers, M., Sigmarsson, S.R., & Emmelkamp, P. : A meta-analytic review of social phobia treatments. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy 1, 2008.

Dutra, L., Stathopoulou, G., Basden, S., Leyro, T.M., Powers, M.B., & Otto, M.W. : A meta-analytic review of psychosocial interventions for substance use disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry 165: 179-187, 2008.

Telch, M., Lucas, R., Smits, J., Powers, M., Heimberg, R., & Hart, T. : Appraisal of social concerns (ASC): A cognitive assessment instrument for social phobia. Depression and Anxiety 19: 217-224, 2004.

Powers, M., Zum Vörde Sive Vörding, M. B., & Emmelkamp, P. : Acceptance and commitment therapy: A meta-analytic review. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics in press.

Otto, M. W., Simon, N., Powers, M. B., Hinton, D., Zalta, A. K., & Pollack, M. H. : Rates of isolated sleep paralysis in individuals with anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 20: 687-693, 2006.