Positions
- Associate Professor
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Medicine
Health Services Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Associate Professor
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Psychiatry
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa United States
- Associate Professor
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Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
United States
- Internship Co-Director: Behavioral Medicine and Geropsychology Research Track
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Menninger Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
- Fellowship Associate Program Director
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Health Services Research
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
- Houston Site Leader
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South Center Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
Veterans Health Administration
Houston, TX
Education
- Graduate Certificate at University of Iowa
- 12/2012 - Iowa City, Iowa United States
- Clinical and Translational Investigation
- PhD from University of Iowa
- 08/2008 - Iowa City, Iowa United States
- Clinical Psychology
- BA from American University of Beirut
- 04/1998 - Beirut, Lebanon
- Psychology
Certifications
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist
- #001116
- Iowa Bureau of Psychologists
- Licensed Health Service Provider
- #000537
- Iowa Bureau of Psychology
Professional Interests
- Brief Behavioral Interventions
- Psychiatric and Medical Comorbidity
- Innovative Treatment Delivery Strategies for Patients
Professional Statement
My interests are in 1) developing innovative and pragmatic psychotherapeutic interventions aimed at improving the mental health and functioning of patients with chronic health problems – with a particular focus on acceptance and commitment therapy as the treatment approach; and 2) identifying the psychological mechanisms of action in effective treatments.Websites
Selected Publications
- Dindo, L., Gindes, H., Marchman, J., Fiedorowicz, J. "A brief behavioral intervention targeting mental health risk factors for vascular disease: a pilot study.." Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2015;
- Dindo, L. & Coryell, W. "Comorbid Major Depression and Panic Disorder: Significance of Temporal Sequencing to Familial Transmission." Journal of Affective Disorders. 2004;82:119-123. Pubmed PMID: 15465584
- Dindo, L., Turvey, C., Marchman, J., Recober, A., O’Hara, M. "Depression and Disability in Migraine: The Role of Pain-Acceptance and Values-Based Living." ;
- Dindo, L., Mcdade-Montez, E., Watson, D., Clark, L.A. "Development and initial validation of the Disinhibition Inventory (DIS-I): A multifactoral measure of disinhibition." Assessment. 2009;16:274-291. Pubmed PMID: 19228581
- Dindo. L. & Fowles, D. "Dual Temperamental Risk Factors for Psychopathic Personality: Evidence from Self-Report and Skin Conductance." 2011;100:557-566. Pubmed PMID: 21186933
- Dindo, L., Recober, A., Marchman, J., Turvey, C., O’Hara, M. "One-Day Behavioral Treatment for Patients with Comorbid Depression and Migraine: a pilot study." Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2012;50:537-543. Pubmed PMID: 3408777
- Dindo, L. & Fowles, D.F. "The Skin Conductance Orienting Response to Semantic Stimuli: Significance Can Be Independent of Arousal." Psychophysiology. 2008;(45):111-118. Pubmed PMID: 17910735
- Dindo, L., Recober, A., Marchman, J., O’Hara, M., & Turvey, C. "One-Day Behavioral Intervention in Depressed Migraine Patients: Effects on Headache.." 2014;54:528-538. Pubmed PMID: 24515397
- Dindo, L. "One-Day Acceptance and Commitment Training Workshops in Medical Populations." Current Opinion in Psychology.;
- Dindo L., Zimmerman MR, Handlandsmyth K., StMarie B, Embree, J., Marchman, J., Tripp-Reimer, T., Rakel B "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for prevention of chronic post-surgical pain and opioid use in at-risk Veterans: A pilot randomized controlled trial." Journal of Pain. 2018;19(10):1211-1221.
- Dindo L, Van Liew J, Arch J "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A transdiagnostic behavioral intervention for mental health and medical conditions." Neurotherapeutics. 2017;14(3):546-553.
- Dindo L, Brandt C, Fiedorowicz J "Cross-sectional relations between psychological inflexibility and symptoms of depression and anxiety among adults reporting migraines or risk factors for cardiovascular disease." Journal of Contextual and Behavioral Sciences. 2019;13:106.
- Mellick W, Mills J, Kroska E, Calarge C, Sharp C, Dindo, L "Experiential avoidance predicts persistence of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder in late adolescence." Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2019;80(6):18m12265.
- ndo, LN, Recober A, Calarge C, et al. "One-Day Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Compared to Support for Depressed Migraine Patients: a Randomized Clinical Trial." Neurotherapeutics. 2019;
- Dindo L, Lackner J "The impact of different coping strategies on the physical and mental health of irritable bowel syndrome patients." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2017;15(10):1500-1503.
Funding
- Preventing Persistent Post-Surgical Pain and Dysfunction in At-Risk Veterans: Effect of a Brief Behavioral Intervention - #1 R01 NR017610-01 (02/01/2019 - 01/30/2023) Grant funding from National Institute of Nursing Research
- Combination outreach and wellness intervention for distressed out-of-care rural Veterans (10/01/2019 - 09/30/2022) Grant funding from VA Office of Rural Health
- One-day Life Skills Workshop for Veterans with TBI, pain, and Psychopathology: Evaluating efficacy and mechanism of change. - #1 I01 RX003117-01A1 (02/01/2020 - 12/31/2023) VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service
- Targeting HIV Retention and Improved Viral load through Engagement ('THRIVE') - #R34 MH122294-01A1 (08/01/2020 - 07/30/2023) Grant funding from National Institute of Mental Health
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