
Brent T. Mausbach, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry (0680)
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0680
Phone #: 858-822-5925
FAX #: 858-534-7723
E-mail:
bmausbach@ucsd.edu
Biography
Dr Mausbach obtained his bachelor’s degree from
Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and his PhD in Clinical
Psychology from the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in
Palo Alto, CA. He completed his clinical psychology
internship at the VA Black Hills Healthcare System, after
which he received post-doctoral training at both Stanford
University and UCSD with a specialization in Geropsychiatry.
Dr Mausbach has been a faculty member at UCSD since July,
2007. Research Focus
Dr Mausbach's research focuses on bridging basic
scientific research with clinical services in two domains. The
first examines the links between stress/coping and health
outcomes, with an emphasis on positive psychological states
(e.g., mastery, self-efficacy) and their association with health
outcomes and well-being. This research has led Dr Mausbach to
test psychosocial interventions designed to improve emotional
and physical well-being in chronically stressed populations
(e.g., Alzheimer’s caregivers).
Dr Mausbach’s second research domain is the assessment and
treatment of middle-aged and older adults with schizophrenia. He
has sought novel methods of assessing functional capacity in
this population, with coinciding development of treatments to
improve functioning.
Clinical Focus
Dr Mausbach is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing
in behavioral treatments for a) caregiver stress and b)
improving functioning in patients with schizophrenia. Selected Publications
- Mausbach, B.T., Patterson, T.L., & Grant, I. (In Press).
Is depression in Alzheimer’s caregivers really due to
activity restriction? A preliminary mediational test of the
activity restriction model. Journal of Behavior Therapy and
Experimental Psychiatry.
- Mausbach, B.T., Coon, D.W., Patterson, T.L., & Grant, I.
(In Press). Engagement in activities is associated with
affective arousal in Alzheimer’s caregivers: A preliminary
examination of the temporal relations between activity and
affect. Behavior Therapy.
- Mausbach, B.T., von Känel, R., Patterson, T.L., Dimsdale,
J.E., Depp, C.A., Aschbacher, K., Mills, P.J., Ancoli-Israel,
S., & Grant, I. (In Press). The moderating effect of
personal mastery on the relations between stress and
plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) antigen. Health
Psychology.
- Mausbach, B.T., Harvey, P.D., Goldman, S.R., Jeste, D.V.,
& Patterson, T.L. (2007). Development of a brief scale of
everyday functioning in persons with serious mental illness.
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33(6), 1364-1372.
- Mausbach, B.T., von Känel, R., Aschbacher, K., Roepke,
S.K., Dimsdale, J.E., Ziegler, M.G., Mills, P.J., Patterson,
T.L., Ancoli-Israel, S., & Grant, I. (2007). Spousal
caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients show longitudinal
increases in plasma level of tissue-type Plasminogen
Activator (t-PA) antigen. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69,
816-822.
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