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Brook A. Marcks

Research Area:
Clinical

Specializations:
Intervention Design and Outcome Evaluation

Contact Information:

Office: 209 Porter Hall

Phone: (740) 593-1064

E-mail: marcks@ohio.edu

Research Interests:

Dr. Marcks’ research interests are broadly in the area of anxiety disorders. Her research focuses on cognitive and behavioral factors involved in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders, and how results from such research can enhance treatment. Related to this work, Dr. Marcks conducts experimental psychopathology studies to further our understanding of anxiety disorders, with a special emphasis obsessive-compulsive disorder. Her research in this area focuses on the role of beliefs and avoidant coping strategies, such as thought suppression, in the escalation of intrusive thoughts.

In addition to this area of research, Dr. Marcks has an interest in core processes that cut across anxiety disorders, acceptance-based approaches, the efficacy of unified treatments, and treatment dissemination. Dr. Marcks collaborates with anxiety disorder researchers from other institutions, and is involved in two prospective, naturalistic longitudinal studies of anxiety disorders: the Harvard/Brown Anxiety Research Project and the Primary Care Anxiety Project. Her work on these studies focuses on identifying predictors of symptomatic course in anxiety disorders, such as medical comorbidity, as well as treatment characteristics and barriers for those with anxiety disorders. Dr. Marcks has also published on phenomenology and treatment issues related to Tourette Syndrome and trichotillomania.

Recent Publications:

	Marcks, B. A., Weisberg, R. B., Edelen, M. O., & Keller, M. B. (in press). The relationship between sleep disturbance and the course of anxiety disorders in primary care patients. Psychiatry Research.
	Marcks, B. A., & Weisberg, R. B. (2009). Co-occurrence of insomnia and anxiety disorders: A review of the literature. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 3, 300-309.
	Marcks, B. A., Weisberg, R. B., & Keller, M. B. (2009). Psychiatric treatment received by primary care patients with panic disorder with and without agoraphobia. Psychiatric Services, 60, 823-830.
	Marcks, B. A., & Woods, D. W. (2007). Role of beliefs and coping strategies in the escalation of intrusive thoughts: An analog to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2640-2651.
	Marcks, B. A., Berlin, K. S., Woods, D. W., & Davies, W. H. (2007). Impact of Tourette Syndrome: A preliminary investigation of the effects of disclosure on peer perceptions and social functioning. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 70, 59-67.
	Marcks, B. A., Wetterneck, C. T., & Woods, D. W. (2006). Investigating health care providers’ knowledge about trichotillomania and its treatment. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 35, 19-27.
	Marcks, B. A., & Woods, D. W. (2005). A comparison of thought suppression to an acceptance-based technique in the management of personal intrusive thoughts: A controlled evaluation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 433-445.
	Woods, D. W., & Marcks, B. A. (2005). Controlled evaluation of an educational intervention used to modify peer attitudes and behavior toward persons with Tourette's syndrome. Behavior Modification, 29, 900-912.
	Marcks, B. A., Woods, D. W., & Ridosko, J. L. (2005). The effects of trichotillomania disclosure on peer perceptions and social acceptability. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 2, 299-306.
	Teng, E. J., Woods, D. W., Marcks, B. A., & Twohig, M. P. (2004). Body focused repetitive behavior problems: The proximal and distal effects of affective variables on behavioral expression. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 26, 55-64.
	Marcks, B. A., Woods, D. W., Teng, E. J., & Twohig, M. P. (2004). What do those who know, know?  Investigating providers’ knowledge about Tourette Syndrome and its treatment. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 11, 298-305.
	Twohig, M. P., Woods, D. W., Marcks, B. A., & Teng, E. J. (2003). Evaluating the efficacy of habit reversal: Comparison to a placebo control. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 64, 40-48.
	Teng, E. J., Woods, D. W., Twohig, M. P., & Marcks, B. A. (2002). Body focused repetitive behavior problems: Prevalence in a nonreferred population and differences in perceived somatic activity. Behavior Modification, 26, 340-360.

Courses Taught:

Graduate:
Clinical Practicum

Affiliations:

• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• American Psychological Association