Areas of Expertise

Clinical Psychology, Mindfulness, Meditation, Psychosis, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Teaching Interests

Mindfulness and Meditation, Psychopathology, Statistics, Cognitive Neuroscience

Research

Clinical Insight, Cognitive Insight, Self-Assessment, Metacognition, Neuropsychology

Representative Publications

Mervis, J. E., Kuhney, F. S., Russell, M. T., Kinney, K., Kuhney, Olino, T. M., Mittal, V. A., Schiffman, J., & Ellman, L. M. (in press). Persons at risk for psychosis overestimate social functioning compared to persons with major depressive disorder and community controls. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.02.004

Wannan, C. M. J., Nelson, B., Addington, J., Allott, K., Anticevic, A., Arango, C., Baker, J. T., Bearden, C. E., Billah, T., Bouix, S., Broome, M. R., Buccilli, K., Cadenhead, K. S., Calkins, M. E., Cannon, T. D., Cecci, G., Chen, E. Y. H., Cho, K. I. K., Choi, J., … Mervis, J., … Shenton, M. E. (2024). Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ): Rationale and Study Design of the Largest Global Prospective Cohort Study of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, sbae011. Doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae011

Mervis, J.E., Vohs, J.L, & Lysaker, P.H. (2022). An Update on Clinical Insight, Cognitive Insight, and Introspective Accuracy in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: Symptoms, Cognition, and Treatment. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 22, 3, 245-255. Doi: 10.1080/14737175.2022.2049757

Mervis, J.E., Bonfils, K.A., Cooper, S.E., Weisepape, C., & Lysaker, P.H. (2021). Co-occurring deficits in clinical and cognition insight in prolonged schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: relationship to metacognitive deficits. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open. 2, 1, sgab034. Doi: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgab034

Mervis, J.E., Fischer, J., Cooper, S.E., Deckert, A.C., Lysaker, P.H., MacDonald, A.W., Meyer-Kalos, P. (2021). Introspective accuracy for substance use across a year of treatment for first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition. 26. Doi: 10.1016/j.scog.2021.100200

Mervis, J.E., Capizzi, R.*, Boroda, E., & MacDonald, A.W. (2017). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Psychosis: A Quantitative Review of Cognitive Outcomes.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11:44. Doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00044

Mervis, J.E., Fiszdon, J.M., Lysaker, P.H., Nienow, T.M., Mathews, L., Wardwell, P., Petrik, T., Thime, W., & Choi., J. (2017). Effects of the Indianapolis Vocational Intervention Program (IVIP) on Defeatist Beliefs, Work Motivation, and Work Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness. Schizophrenia Research. 182, 129-134. Doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.10.036

Mervis, J.E., Lysaker, P.H., Fiszdon, J.M., Bell, M.D., Chue, A.E., Pauls, C., Bisoglio, J., & Choi, J. (2016). Addressing defeatist beliefs in work rehabilitation. Journal of Mental Health. 1-6. Doi: 10.3109/09638237.2016.1139069

Bisoglio J, Michaels T.I., Mervis J.E., & Ashinoff B.K. (2014). Cognitive Enhancement Through Action Video Game Training: Great Expectations Require Greater Evidence. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition. 5:136. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00136

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship – Temple University

PhD – Clinical Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Columbia University

BA – Theater Arts (Honors), Brandeis University

Previous Appointments

Assistant Professor – Instructional, Temple University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Visiting Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College, Department of Psychology

Professional Associations

Schizophrenia International Research Society, Full Member

Society for Psychopathology Research, Full Member