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
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.
