Srividya Iyer, PhD

Vidya is a postdoctoral fellow at Douglas Hospital which is affiliated with McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Prior to coming to UNL, Vidya received her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Mumbai, India in 1999. In Mumbai she taught several undergraduate psychology courses and worked as the clinical psychologist at a public hospital in India.

Email Vidya: vid_quest@yahoo.com

Hunt, J. S., McGorty, E. K., Iyer, S. N., & Rothman, A. J. (2004). The influence of patient sex, race, and socioeconomic status on clinical judgments about symptoms related to anorexia nervosa. American Journal of Public Health.

Manuscripts in Preparation
Iyer, S. N., Hunt, J. S., McGorty, E. K., & Rothman, A. J. (2004). Race, sex, and class bias in medical decision making: Testing the model of illness schemas. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE.

McGorty, E. K., Iyer, S. N., Hunt, J. S., & Rothman, A. J. (2004). The effects of expertise on race, sex and class bias in decision making. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE.

Presentations & Posters
Iyer, S. N., McGorty, E. K., Hunt, J. S., & Rothman, A. J. (2004). The influence of clinical expertise and patient characteristics on judgments about alcohol abuse and anorexia. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

Iyer, S. N., Browne, M., Peer, J. E., Sim, A. H., Ritchie, A. J., & Spaulding, W. D. (2004). The impact of trauma on rehabilitation outcome: Relationships between trauma history, neurocognitive functioning and sociocognitive functioning over the course of rehabilitation in severe mental illness. International Conference on Schizophrenia, Chennai, India.

Iyer, S. N., & Spaulding, W. D. (2004). Do work attitudes change with rehabilitation? Relationships between work attitudes and neurocognitive functioning over the course of rehabilitation in severe mental illness. International Conference on Schizophrenia, Chennai, India.

Iyer, S. N., Vogler, J. E., Peer, J. E., Rothmann, T. L., Browne, M., Sim, A. H., Ritchie, A. J., & Spaulding, W. D. (2003). The impact of hopelessness on rehabilitation outcome: Relationships between hopelessness, insight, and neurocognitive functioning over the course of rehabilitation in severe mental illness. Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Iyer, S. N., Peer, J. E., Penrod, R., & Spaulding, W. D. (2003). Do control beliefs change with rehabilitation? Relationships between health locus of control beliefs and neurocognitive functioning over the course of rehabilitation in severe mental illness. Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Iyer, S. N., Hunt, J. S., McGorty, E. K., Lefler, E., & Rothman, A. J. (2003). Examining the role of illness schemas in clinical decision-making: The effects of sex, race and socioeconomic status on diagnostic and treatment judgments for anorexia nervosa. Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Vogler, J. E., Peer, J. E., Iyer, S. N., Rothmann, T. L., Browne, M., Ritchie, A. J., & Spaulding, W. D. (2003). Factors affecting psychosocial functioning in serious mental illness and implications for treatment. Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Rothmann, T. L., Peer, J. E., Iyer, S. N., Browne, M., Sim, A. H., Ritchie, A. J., & Spaulding, W. D. (2003). The role of symptomatology in rehabilitation outcomes. Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Peer, J. E., Iyer, S. N., Rothmann, T. L., Sim, A. H., Browne, M., Ritchie, A. J., & Spaulding, W. D. (2003). Relationships between neurocognition, social cognition, and behavior during the course of treatment. In symposium, Identifying Mechanisms of Recovery in Rehabilitation of Severe Mental Illness: Longitudinal Analytic Methods. Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Iyer, S. N. (2003). A look at Asian Indians: Sociocultural and acculturative experiences of Asian Indians in the United States. Nebraska International Multicultural Exchange Conference, Lincoln, NE.

Iyer, S. N. (Sep. 2003). Role of psychology in rehabilitation in severe mental illness. In symposium, Multidisciplinary teams in Rehabilitation in SMI. Presented at Aurora Conference on Rehabilitation in Severe Mental Illness, Aurora, NE.

Iyer, S. N., McGorty, K. E., & Hunt, J. S. (2003). Examining the role of illness stereotypes in health care disparities across race groups: A meta-analysis. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

McGorty, K. E., Iyer, S. N., & Hunt, J. S. (2003). Examining the role of illness stereotypes in health care disparities across gender groups: A meta-analysis. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

Iyer, S. N., Rothmann, T. L., Peer, J. E., Sim, A. H., Ritchie, A. J., & Spaulding, W. D. (2002). Do coping strategies and control beliefs change with rehabilitation? The role of neurocognition in the relationship between psychosocial and sociocognitive functioning in severe mental illness. Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.

Panel member, Bringing Diversity to Graduate Training in Behavior Therapy, (November 2002), panel discussion at the meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.

Iyer, S. N., Goodvin, R., Hayes, S., & Zolnikov, B. (November 2002). Minor Concerns: An exploration of the objectives and issues of minority research. Organizer and lead discussant of this panel presentation at the meeting of the People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions, Lincoln, NE.

Iyer, S. N., Hydri, R., & Shanker, S. (1999). Content analysis of jokes, with a sexual connotation and their attributions to a particular gender of attributor, along gender-related issues. Paper won 1^st prize in Student Award session, National Conference of the Indian Association of Mental Health, Mumbai, India.

Iyer, S. N. (1998). Gandhian thought and counseling: An exploration. Paper won 2^nd prize in Student Award Session, National Seminar on Human Resource Management for the 21^st Century, Mumbai, India.