Liz Cook , BA.

Liz possesses a range of research interests within the serious mental illness field. These include the neurocognitive and social cognitive deficits associated with psychotic disorders, the relationship between cognition, psychotic symptoms, and psychosocial functioning, treatment for psychotic disorders, and program evaluation.

Prior to coming to UNL, Liz received her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006. While there, she worked on projects investigating the prodromal stage of psychosis, and psychosocial treatment for first episode psychosis.

During her first year at UNL, Liz worked as a psychology extern at the Community Mental Health Center as part of the Decision Science in Rehabilitation (DSR) grant project.

Currently, she is a Project Manager for the Decision Science in Rehabilitation grant project.

Email Liz:psych.cook@gmail.com

Publications

Waldheter, E.J., Penn, D.L., Perkins, D.O., Mueser, K.T., Owens, L.W., Cook, E.A. (2008). The Graduated Recovery Intervention Program for First Episode Psychosis: Treatment Development and Preliminary Data. Community Mental Health Journal.

Presentations & Posters

Davidson, C. A., Cook, E. A., Nolting, J., & Spaulding, W. (2008, November). Observed Ward Behavior Strongly Associated with Real World Living Skills: An Analysis of Concurrent Validity between NOSIE and ILSI. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Orlando, FL.

Tarasenko, M., Kleinlein, P., Choi, K., Cook, E., Davidson, C. A., & Spaulding, W. D. (2008, November). Differential Processing of Emotional Cues in Inpatients and Outpatients with Serious Mental Illness. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Orlando, FL.

Choi, K., Reddy, L. F., Wynne, A., Tarasenko, M., Davidson, C. A., Cook, E. & Spaulding, W.D. (2008, November). Memory Functioning Trajectories as a Level of Severity of Child Abuse during Inpatient Psychiatric Rehabilitation: An 18-Month Longitudinal Study Using Multilevel Modeling (MLM). Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Orlando, FL.