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Residency Program

Behavioral Medicine Research

Selected Publications

Bullock, D., & Thompson, B. “Guidelines for family therapy for the family physician.” Family Practice, November, 1979.

Trevino, F., Trevino, D., Stroup, C., & Ray, L. The Feminization of Poverty among Hispanic households. 2 nd printing, The Tomas Rivera Center, San Antonio, Texas. January 1990. 1 st Printing, 1989.

Trevino, D., Young, E., Groff, J. & Jono, R. The association between marital adjustment and compliance with anti-hypertension regimens. The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, 1990 (3) pp. 17-25.

Stroup-Benham, C., Trevino, F., & Trevino, D. Alcohol consumption patterns among Mexican American mothers and children from single and dual-headed households. American Journal of Public Health, HHANES Supplement, Fall.

Trevino, F. M., Stroup-Benham, C., & Trevino, D. B. The impact of the feminization of poverty on Hispanic households. In New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research, 1991.

O’Donnell, A. A., Trevino, D.B. Behavioral problems in children and adolescents. Chapter in Textbook of Family Practice. Rakel W. B., Ed. Saunders Co., 1995.

Edward, T. Hope and Michael Hayes (Eds.) Saunders review of family medicine, 3 rd ed; chapter, “Somatization”. Trevino, Dorothy, contributor, 2002.

Olson, M. M., & Russell, C. R. (2004). Understanding Change in Conjoint Psychotherapy: Inviting Clients to Comment Upon The Validity of Standardized Change Scores. Journal of Contemporary Family Therapy, 26 (3), 261-278.

Olson, M. M., Dollahite, D. C., & White, M. B. (2002). Involved fathering of children with special needs: Relationships and religion as resources. Journal of Religion, Health, and Disabilities 6 (1), 47-73.

Olson, M. M., Russell, C. R., Higgins-Kessler, M., & Miller, R. B. (2002). Emotional processes following disclosure of an extramarital affair. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 28 (4), 423-434.

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Olson, M. M. (2002). Fathering, Faith, and Family Therapy: Generative Narrative Therapy with Religious Fathers. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 13 (3/4), 259-290.

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Olson, M. M. (1998). Faithful fathering in trying times: Religious beliefs and practices of Latter-Day Saint fathers of children with special needs. Journal of Men's Studies, 7 (1).

Olson, M. M. (In Press). The Nueroscience of Psychotherapy. Book review. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Olson, M. M., Trevino, D. B., Theonnes, K. R., & Yorgason, J. B. (Under Review). Trauma and gender differences in reported psychological sequelae.

Olson, M. M., Sandor, M. K., Sierpina, V., Vanderpool, H. & Dayao, P. (Under Review). Mind, body, and spirit: Family physicians’ beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding the integration of patient spirituality into medical care.

Selected Presentations

Olson, M., Trevino, D. B., Triana, A. C., & Sierpina, V. Integrating spirituality and medicine into a behavioral medicine curriculum. Presentation made at the Spirituality, Culture, and End-of life Conference (Sponsered by GWish, AAMC, & Harvard Medical School, Dpt. Of Continuing Education), Kansas City; MO. 2002

Trevino, D. B., & Nash, L. A collaborative approach in the management of PTSD in pregnancy. 22 nd Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine. Chicago, IL. 2001

Trevino, D.B., et al. Teaching family systems to third year family practice: A working model. 21 st annual STFM conference on Families and Health. Kiawah Island, SC. 2001.

Trevino, D.B. Treating complicated traumatic stress patients in a family medicine clinic setting. International Conference in Family Medicine: Improving Family Health. Reggio Emilia, Italy. 1998.

Arcenaeux, C., & Olson, M., & Carlson, C. (2004). Adolescent sex education practices among faith-based organizations. Paper presented at the Annual North American Primary Care Research Group Meeting (NAPCRG), Orlando, FL.

Olson, M. (2004). Publishing, research, and grant writing: Progress in academia. Presentation/workshop moderator at NCFR, Orlando, FL.

Puchalski, C., Ford, D. E., Olson, M., & Sulmasy, D. P. (2004). Spirituality and Medicine: Medical Humanities and Ethics Special Interest Group. Presentation made at the 27 th Society of General Internal Medicine Conference, Chicago, IL.

Olson, M., Trevino, D., & Nash, L., (2003). Family Support Services Clinic: Serving the mental health needs of an underserved, indigent population. Presentation made to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin, TX.

Olson, M., & Russell, C. (2003). Understanding Change in Conjoint Psychotherapy: Inviting Clients to Comment Upon The Validity of Standardized Change Scores. Presentation made at the AAMFT national conference, Long Beach, CA.

Olson, M. (2002). Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health: Understanding the Connection. Presentation made at the International Wellness Conference, Galveston, TX.

Current Research Interests/Projects

Family and Health Outcomes.

Spirituality in Medicine

Evaluation of The Family Support Services Clinic pilot study: A collaborative biopsychosocial approach to providing healthcare services.

Funding

Olson, M. (2004-2005). Expressed Emotion and Glycemic Control in Adult Patients with Type 2 DM. Mind/Body Research Fellow funded: NIH R21. PI: Vic Sierpina, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Olson, M., Triana, A. C., & Trevino, D.B. (2002-2003). Integrating spirituality and medicine into a Behavioral Medicine curriculum. Funded: John Templeton Spirituality and Medicine Award for Primary Care, Family Practice and Internal Medicine, Residency Training Program.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Grant # 518060). PI Dr. Angela Shepard (Director of Residency Training). Title: Establishment of the Family Support Services Clinic: A collaborative biopsychosocial approach to integrated care. Personal role on this grant included designing and implementing an outcomes research protocol to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention being provided. (2001-2003).