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Alyssa A. Rheingold, Ph.D.   
[Community Outreach Program-Domestic Violence (COPE-DV) and NCVC rotations]

Dr. Rheingold is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the National Crime Victim's Research and Treatment Center (NCVC) at the Medical University of South Carolina. She completed her undergraduate coursework in 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Cum Laude and with Honors in Psychology. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from MCP Hahnemann University (currently known as Drexel University). Dr. Rheingold completed a Pre-Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology at the Charleston Consortium Psychology Internship Program and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the NCVC, Medical University of South Carolina. She is a member of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy and the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (a section within the Clinical Psychology division of the American Psychological Association), as well as other national psychological organizations. Her clinical expertise includes the treatment of anxiety disorders and trauma related mental health issues.  Her main research interests include child sexual abuse prevention, etiological factors and treatment outcome research of trauma related psychopathology. She currently is the PI on a CDC-funded grant examining the effectiveness of a child sexual abuse prevention program with child care professionals. In addition, Dr. Rheingold is the Principal Investigator on a federally funded VOCA service grant to improve resources for survivors of homicide and the Co- Principal Investigator on a federally funded VOCA service grant aimed to improve service utilization for child sexual abuse victims and their families. 

Research Interests: child sexual abuse prevention, etiology of trauma-related anxiety pathology, treatment outcome, early intervention for child sexual abuse problems

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Select Publications:

• Bridges, A.J., de Arellano, M.A., Rheingold, A.A., Danielson C.K., & Silcott, L.  (In Press).Trauma Exposure, Mental Health, and Service Utilization Rates among Immigrant and US-Born Hispanic Youth: Results from the Hispanic Family Study.
• Amstadter, A.B., Resnick, H.S., Acierno, R., Rheingold, A.A., Minhinnett, R., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (In Press). Evaluation of or Predictors of Cigarette Smoking in a Sample of Recent Rape Victims. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Zinzow, H., Rheingold, A.A., Hawkins, A., & Saunders & Kilpatrick, D.,. (In Press). Losing a loved one to homicide: Prevalence and mental health correlates in a national representative sample of young adults.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 20-27.
• Herbert, J.D., Gaudiano, B.G., Rheingold, A.A., Moitra, E., Myers, V.H., Darlrymple, K., & Brandsma, L. (2009). Cognitive behavior  therapy for generalized social anxiety disorder in adolescents: A randomized controlled trial.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 167-177.
• SJournal of Interpersonal Violence, 23, 278-243.
• Rheingold, A.A., Campbell, C., Self-Brown, S., de Arellano, M.A., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D.G (2007).  Prevention of child sexual abuse: Evaluation of a community media campaign. Child Maltreatment, 12, 352-363.
• Acierno, R., Lawyer, S.R., Rheingold, A., Kilpatrick, D.G., Resnick, H., & Saunders, B. (2007). Current Psychopathology in previously assaulted older adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22, 250-258.
• Ruggiero, K. J., Rheingold, A. A., Resnick, H. S., Kilpatrick, D. G., & Galea, S. (2006). Comparison of two widely used PTSD-screening instruments: Implications for public mental health planning. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19, 699-707.
• Herbert, J.D., Gaudiano, B.G., Rheingold, A.A., Harwell, V., Darlrymple, K., & Nolan, E.M.  (2005). Social Skills Training Augments the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder. Behavior Therapy, 36, 125-138.
• Acierno, R., Rheingold, A., Resnick, H.S., and Stark-Riemer, W. (2004). Preliminary evaluation of a video-based intervention for older adult victims of violence. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 17, 535-541.

Select Presentations:

• Barr, S. C.,  Hanson, R. F, de Arellano, M. A., Rheingold, A. A., Kilpatrick, D. G., Saunders, B., Smith, D., Ruggiero, K. & Resnick, H. (2009, November). Demographic correlates in the reporting of child sexual assault – Findings from the National Survey of Adolescents Replication (NSA-R). Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, New York, NY.
• White, D., Lopez. C. M., Danielson, C., Rheingold, A., & de Arellano, M. (2009, November). Does acculturation account for substance use and externalizing behavior differences between US born and Immigrant Hispanic youth? Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 43rd Annual Convention, New York City. 
• Lopez. C. M., White, D., Rheingold, A., Danielson, C.& de Arellano, M. (2009, November). Are sex and age pattern differences present in depressive and PTSD symptoms among US born and Immigrant Hispanic youth? Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 43rd Annual Convention, New York City.
• Zinzow, H., Hawkins, A., Rheingold, A. A., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick. (Nov, 2008). Losing a Loved One to Homicide: Prevalence and Mental Health Correlates in a National Sample of Young Adults. Symposium Paper presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA.
• Hawkins, A., Rheingold, A. A., Zinzow, H., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick. (Nov, 2009). Ethnic/Racial Differences in Reports of Homicide Survivorship in a National Survey of Adolescents. Symposium Paper presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA.
• Rheingold, A.A., Patton, M., Hessinger, J.D., Rholoer, C. (November, 2009) Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: Preliminary results of a radomized control trial. Poster submitted at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA.
• Rheingold, A.A.  (January, 2009). Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: A First Look. Paper presented at San Diego International Conference of Child Abuse, San Diego, CA.
• Zinzow, H., Hawkins, A., Rheingold, A. A., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick. (Nov, 2008). Losing a Loved One to Homicide: Prevalence and Mental Health Correlates in a National Sample of Young Adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, Florida.
• Hawkins, A., Zinzow, H., Rheingold, A. A., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick. (Nov, 2008). Ethnic/Racial Differences in Reports of Homicide Survivorship in a National Survey of Adolescents. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, Florida.
• Herbert, J. D., Gaudiano, B. A., Rheingold, A. A., Moitra, E., Myers, V. H., Dalrymple, K. L., & Brandsma, L. L.  (2008, November).  Cognitive behavior therapy for generalized social anxiety disorder in adolescents:  A randomized controlled trial.  In Y. Bohr (Chair), Cognitive Behavior Approaches with Children and Youths: From Research Trials to Community Based Adaptations.  Symposium to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, Florida.

Curriculum Vitae  (2010) 

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