Lizabeth Goldstein, PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

The goal of my CDA-2 is to improve the quality of life and functioning of Veterans with PTSD and sleep disturbance through evidence-based, patient-centered behavioral care. Approximately 70% of Veterans with PTSD have sleep apnea, but it is very difficult for these Veterans to tolerate sleep apnea treatment. In response to this clinical gap, I developed a behavioral treatment protocol called Apnea and Insomnia Relief (AIR) for Veterans with insomnia and sleep apnea. We completed a pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating AIR vs. Sleep Education for Veterans with sleep apnea, insomnia, and PTSD. We are currently analyzing the data and preparing the results for publication. I am actively expanding my research program into additional, complementary areas of work, most notably health disparities in the detection and treatment of sleep disorders.

During my clinical time, I am a Staff Psychologist as part of the SFVAHCS Integrated Care Psychology section and provide evaluation and intervention for sleep disorders in partnership with the SFVAHCS Sleep Clinic. I also participate in the VISN 21 Sleep Apnea Multidisciplinary Clinic, providing consultation and clinical evaluation alongside providers in other medical specialties. As faculty for the UCSF Sleep Medicine Fellowship, I provide training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for physician sleep medicine fellows. I also supervise psychology externs, interns, and postdoctoral residents in Behavioral Sleep Medicine and am lead for the Health Psychology track of the SFVAHCS Predoctoral Psychology Internship Program.

• Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia improves psychosocial functioning in veterans: results from a randomized controlled trial.
  Sleep 2021 Maguen S, Gloria R, Huggins J, Goldstein LA, Kanady JC, Straus LD, Metzler TJ, Lujan C, Neylan TC
• Improving Positive Life Event Predictions through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
  Cognitive Therapy and Research 2020 Iony D. Ezawa, Lizabeth A. Goldstein, Daniel R. Strunk
• Outcomes, skill acquisition, and the alliance: Similarities and differences between clinical trial and student therapists.
  Behaviour research and therapy 2020 Goldstein LA, Adler Mandel AD, DeRubeis RJ, Strunk DR
• Measuring Use of Evidence Based Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Large National Healthcare System.
  Administration and policy in mental health 2018 Maguen S, Madden E, Patterson OV, DuVall SL, Goldstein LA, Burkman K, Shiner B
• Recent Advancements in Treating Sleep Disorders in Co-Occurring PTSD.
  Current psychiatry reports 2018 Colvonen PJ, Straus LD, Stepnowsky C, McCarthy MJ, Goldstein LA, Norman SB
• An Open-Label Study of Doxazosin Extended-Release for PTSD: Findings and Recommendations for Future Research on Doxazosin.
  Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) 2018 Richards A, Inslicht S, Ruoff LM, Metzler TJ, Goldstein LA, Chapman CM, Hubachek SQ, Neylan TC
• Veterans Group Exercise: A randomized pilot trial of an Integrative Exercise program for veterans with posttraumatic stress.
  Journal of affective disorders 2017 Goldstein LA, Mehling WE, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE, Barnes DE, Choucroun GJ, Silver A, Talbot LS, Maguen S, Hlavin JA, Chesney MA, Neylan TC
• A 12-week integrative exercise program improves self-reported mindfulness and interoceptive awareness in war veterans with posttraumatic stress symptoms.
  Journal of clinical psychology 2017 Mehling WE, Chesney MA, Metzler TJ, Goldstein LA, Maguen S, Geronimo C, Agcaoili G, Barnes DE, Hlavin JA, Neylan TC
• Advancing Treatment of Comorbid PTSD and OSA.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2017 Goldstein LA, Colvonen PJ, Sarmiento KF
• Military sexual trauma is associated with eating disorders, while combat exposure is not.
  Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy 2017 Breland JY, Donalson R, Li Y, Hebenstreit CL, Goldstein LA, Maguen S
• Impact of military trauma exposures on posttraumatic stress and depression in female veterans.
  Psychiatry research 2017 Goldstein LA, Dinh J, Donalson R, Hebenstreit CL, Maguen S
• Assessing Patients' Cognitive Therapy Skills: Initial Evaluation of the Competencies of Cognitive Therapy Scale.
  Cognitive therapy and research 2014 Strunk DR, Hollars SN, Adler AD, Goldstein LA, Braun JD
• The compensation and capitalization models: a test of two approaches to individualizing the treatment of depression.
  Behaviour research and therapy 2012 Cheavens JS, Strunk DR, Lazarus SA, Goldstein LA
• Outcome assessment via handheld computer in community mental health: consumer satisfaction and reliability.
  The journal of behavioral health services & research 2011 Goldstein LA, Connolly Gibbons MB, Thompson SM, Scott K, Heintz L, Green P, Thompson D, Crits-Christoph P
• Developing Research and Recruitment While Fostering Stakeholder Engagement in a National Institutes of Mental Health-Funded Interventions and Practice Research Infrastructure Programs Grant for Depression.
  Progress in Community Health Partnerships Research Education and Action 2010 Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Lizabeth A. Goldstein, Glenda Wrenn, Marna Barrett, Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons, Delane Casiano, Donald Thompson, Patricia P. Green, Laura Heintz, Jacques P. Barber, Paul Crits…
• Effect of Exposure to an American Indian Mascot on the Tendency to Stereotype a Different Minority Group.
  Journal of Applied Social Psychology 2010 Chu Kim-Prieto, Lizabeth A. Goldstein, Sumie Okazaki, Blake Kirschner
• Developing research and recruitment while fostering stakeholder engagement in a National Institutes of Mental Health-funded Interventions and Practice Research Infrastructure Programs grant for depression.
  Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action 2010 Stirman SW, Goldstein LA, Wrenn G, Barrett M, Gibbons MB, Casiano D, Thompson D, Green PP, Heintz L, Barber JP, Crits-Christoph P
• Unique and common mechanisms of change across cognitive and dynamic psychotherapies.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2009 Gibbons MB, Crits-Christoph P, Barber JP, Wiltsey Stirman S, Gallop R, Goldstein LA, Temes CM, Ring-Kurtz S
• Thinking outside the black box: The relative risk of suicide in antidepressant use
  Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice 2009 Goldstein, L. A. & Ruscio, J.
• Changes in Positive Quality of Life over the Course of Psychotherapy.
  Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) 2008 Crits-Christoph P, Connolly Gibbons MB, Ring-Kurtz S, Gallop R, Stirman S, Present J, Temes C, Goldstein L
• Introversion.
  Encyclopedia of Social Psychology 2007 Mallory Dimler, Lizabeth Goldstein, Brittany Kohlberger, Chu Kim-Prieto