Rachel E. Bender, M.A.

E-mail: rachel.bender@temple.edu

Bio: Rachel is currently completing her clinical internship at Pennsylvania Hospital/University of Pennsylvania Health System. She received her B.A. in psychology from Harvard University, and her M.A. in clinical psychology from Temple University. Rachel works with Dr. Lauren Alloy and is broadly interested in factors related to the etiology, course, and treatment of mood disorders. Her current research focuses on the dynamic interaction between psychosocial stress and affective symptoms, as well as in the comorbidity between mood and substance use disorders.

Representative publications:

Bender, R.E., & Alloy, L.B. (2011). Kindling of life stress effects in bipolar disorder: Review of the evidence and integration with emerging biopsychosocial theories. Clinical Psychology Review, 31, 383-398.

Bender, R.E., Alloy, L.B., Sylvia, L.G., Urosevic, S., & Abramson, L.Y. (2010). Generation of life events in bipolar spectrum disorders: Re-examination and extension of the stress generation theory. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66, 1-20.

Bender, R.E., Griffin, M.L., Gallop, B. G., & Weiss, R.D. (2007). Assessing negative consequences in patients with substance use and bipolar disorders: Psychometric properties of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP). American Journal on Addictions, 16(6), 503-509.