JOSH MERVIS, Ph.D., R.Y.T.
josh.mervis@temple.edu
Josh is a post-doctoral fellow who received his Ph.D. in Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research at the University of Minnesota and completed a pre-doctoral clinical internship in Serious Mental Illness and Recovery at the Indianapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received a B.A. with honors in Theater Arts from Brandeis University and worked in the performing arts for several years before completing Columbia University’s post-baccalaureate psychology program. Josh’s research interests are self-assessment of social, cognitive, and metacognitive functioning in persons with psychosis across the lifespan. His clinical interests include Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy, and cognitive training using video games. Josh’s teaching interests focus on mindfulness and meditation.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Mervis, J. E., Vohs, J. L., & Lysaker, P. H. (2022). An update on clinical insight, cognitive insight, and introspective accuracy in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: symptoms, cognition, and treatment. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 22(3), 245-255.
Mervis, J.E., Bonfils, K.A., Cooper, S.E., Weisepape, C., & Lysaker, P.H. (2021). Co-occurring deficits in clinical and cognitive insight in prolonged schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: relationship to metacognitive deficits. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open. 2(1). Doi: https://academic.oup.com/schizbullopen/article/2/1/sgab034/6324608
Mervis, J.E., Fischer, J., Cooper, S.E., Deckert, A.C., Lysaker, P.H., MacDonald III,A. W., & Meyer-Kalos, P. (2021). Introspective accuracy for substance use across a year of treatment for first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 26. Doi: 10.1016/j.scog.2021.100200
Mervis, J.E., Xuan, L., & MacDonald, A.W., III (2020). Strengthening Cognitive Training and Neuromodulation Studies with Blinded Designs. SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health. Doi: 10.4135/9781529733297
Mervis, J.E., Capizzi, R.*, Boroda, E., & MacDonald, A.W., III. (2017). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Psychosis: A Quantitative Review of Cognitive Outcomes. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 44.
Mervis, J.E., Fiszdon, J.M., Lysaker, P.H., Nienow, T.M., Mathews, L., Wardwell, P., Petrik, T., Thime, W., & Choi., J. (2017). Effects of the Indianapolis Vocational Intervention Program (IVIP) on Defeatist Beliefs, Work Motivation, and Work Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness. Schizophrenia research, 182, 129–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2016.10.036
Mervis, J. E., Lysaker, P. H., Fiszdon, J. M., Bell, M. D., Chue, A. E., Pauls, C., Bisoglio, J., & Choi, J. (2016). Addressing defeatist beliefs in work rehabilitation. Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), 25(4), 366–371. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2016.1139069
Bisoglio, J., Michaels, T.I., Mervis, J.E., & Ashinoff, B.K. (2014). Cognitive enhancement through action video game training: great expectations require greater evidence. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 136. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00136
Wannan, C. M. J., Nelson, B., Addington, J., Allott, K., Anticevic, A., Arango, C., Baker, J. T., Bearden, C. E., Billah, T., Bouix, S., Broome, M. R., Buccilli, K., Cadenhead, K. S., Calkins, M. E., Cannon, T. D., Cecci, G., Chen, E. Y. H., Cho, K. I. K., Choi, J., … Mervis, J., … Shenton, M. E. (2024). Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ): Rationale and Study Design of the Largest Global Prospective Cohort Study of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, sbae011. Doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae011
Wolny, J., Moussa-Tooks, A.B., Bailey, A.J., MacDonald, A.W., Mervis, J.E., Hetrick, W.P. (2024). Measurement Invariance of the Revised-Green Paranoid Thought Scale Across Black and White Americans. Schizophrenia Research. 226, 227-233. Doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.024
BOOK CHAPTERS
Mervis, J.E. (2020). A Study Guide to Accompany Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker’s Fight for Her Son by Mindy Greiling. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
Goldberg, E., Akhutina, T.V., Melikyan, Z.A., Mikadze, Y.V., Mervis, J.E., & Bisoglio, J. (2016). History of Neuropsychology in Russia. In W.B. Barr & L. Bieliauskas (Eds). Oxford Handbook on the History of Clinical Neuropsychology. New York: Oxford University Press. Doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199765683.013.10
Michaels, T., Mervis, J., Gontkovsky, S., & Goldberg, E. (2014). Understanding dementia and its causes. In S. Gontkovsky (Ed.), The Cognitive Therapeutics Method: Non-pharmacological approaches to slowing the cognitive and functional decline associated with Dementia. Palo Alto, CA: Home Care Press.