Caterina Mosti, PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Caterina Mosti is a psychologist who specializes in sleep psychology and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), as well as neuropsychology. She performs cognitive assessment of a variety of neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders, and has particular interests in caring for older adults experiencing sleep disruptions and patients with symptoms of early neurodegenerative disease.

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Mosti earned her doctorate in clinical psychology at Drexel University. She then completed an internship at the University of Chicago and went on to complete a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Education & Training

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• General Teaching Teach for UCSF Certificate 06/2022
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training UCSF 2021
• Fellowship Neuropsychology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2019
• PhD Clinical Psychology Drexel University 2017
• Clinical Internship Neuropsychology University of Chicago 2016

Publications (9)

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Sleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersPrimary Health CareDisruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct DisordersReferral and ConsultationHealth Care CostsPrevalenceAggressionComorbiditySelf-Injurious BehaviorBrain Injuries, TraumaticMilitary PersonnelOutpatientsBrain ConcussionInpatientsImpulsive Behavior

• Neurocognitive change over the course of a multiday external lumbar drain trial in patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus.
  The Clinical neuropsychologist 2024 Brook M, Reilly J, Korutz A, Tate MC, Finley JA, Pollner E, Yerneni K, Mosti C, Karras C, Trybula SJ, Stratton J, Martinovich Z
• Association Between Insomnia and Mental Health and Neurocognitive Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury.
  Journal of neurotrauma 2023 Wickwire EM, Albrecht JS, Capaldi VF, Jain S, Gardner RC, Smith MT, Williams SG, Collen J, Schnyer DM, Giacino JT, Nelson LD, Mukherjee P, Sun X, Werner JK, Mosti CB, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Krystal …
• Insomnia prevalence among U.S. Army soldiers with history of TBI.
  Rehabilitation psychology 2019 Mosti CB, Klingaman EA, Brownlow JA, Gehrman PR
• The utility of neuropsychological consultation in identifying medical inpatients with suspected cognitive impairment at risk for greater hospital utilization.
  The Clinical neuropsychologist 2018 Sieg E, Mai Q, Mosti C, Brook M
• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Aggression, Impulsivity, and History of Other- and Self-Directed Aggression.
  The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2018 Mosti C, Coccaro EF

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• Prevalence, predictors and correlates of insomnia in US army soldiers.
  Journal of sleep research 2017 Klingaman EA, Brownlow JA, Boland EM, Mosti C, Gehrman PR
• A practical guide to evaluating sleep disturbance in concussion patients.
  Neurology. Clinical practice 2016 Mosti C, Spiers MV, Kloss JD
• Impact of brief cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia on health care utilization and costs.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2014 McCrae CS, Bramoweth AD, Williams J, Roth A, Mosti C
• Cognitively-based methods of enhancing and maintaining functioning in those at risk of Alzheimer's disease.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2014 Hampstead BM, Mosti CB, Swirsky-Sacchetti T