Yan Leykin, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Division University of California, San Francisco

Websites

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• Profile at healthpsych.ucsf.edu (healthpsych.ucsf.edu)
• Internet World Health Research Center (health.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• Does depression affect quality of decisions to participate in clinical trials?, NIH, 2010-2015

Publications (71)

Top publication keywords:
JudgmentInternetSuicide, AttemptedPatient Acceptance of Health CareHomosexualityDepressive DisorderDepressionDepressive Disorder, MajorSuicidal IdeationChronic PainStereotypingSuicideArab WorldResearch SubjectsBehavioral Symptoms

• Initial Examination of DAHLIA: A Fully-automated Internet Intervention for Women Survivors of Sexual Assault.
  Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 2023 Danielle R. Goodmann, Lisa M. Brown, Eduardo L. Bunge, Yan Leykin
• LungCARE: Encouraging Shared Decision-Making in Lung Cancer Screening-a Randomized Trial.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Walsh JME, Karliner L, Smith A, Leykin Y, Gregorich SE, Livaudais-Toman J, Velazquez AI, Lowenstein M, Kaplan CP
• Self-harm behaviors and their intentions: a cross-cultural analysis.
  Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) 2023 Freedland AS, Sundaram K, Liu NH, Barakat S, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Is it worth it? Greater risk aversion with lower life satisfaction among depressed individuals.
  Psychology, health & medicine 2023 Young BE, Goodmann DR, Hamlin E, Tabaczyk O, Dunn LB, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Suicidality in the Arab World: Results from an Online Screener.
  Community mental health journal 2023 Daouk S, Dailami M, Barakat S, Awaad R, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y

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• The Impact of a Behavioral Activation Online Micro Intervention on Mood and Activity Level.
  Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 2023 E. L. Bunge, H. Walker, G. Hunt, Y. Leykin, E. Kim
• Predicting non-initiation of care and dropout in a blended care CBT intervention: Impact of early digital engagement, sociodemographic, and clinical factors.
  Digital health 2022 Wu MS, Chen SY, Wickham RE, Leykin Y, Varra A, Chen C, Lungu A
• Discrepancies in suicide screenings: Results from an international study.
  Journal of affective disorders 2022 Uhl E, Raybin HB, Liu NH, Garza M, Barakat S, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• I'm judging you! Influence of depression on moral judgments of COVID-19 infection control behaviors and policies.
  Psychology, health & medicine 2022 McCorkle C, Barrera AZ, Leykin Y
• Component analysis of a synchronous and asynchronous blended care CBT intervention for symptoms of depression and anxiety: Pragmatic retrospective study.
  Internet interventions 2022 Lungu A, Wickham RE, Chen SY, Jun JJ, Leykin Y, Chen CE
• The Effects of Engagement with an Online Depression Prevention Program for Adolescents on Suicide Risk Factors.
  Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 2022 Erin E. Soares, Brenna L. Giordano, Julia Rogers, Yan Leykin, Matthew Cordova, Benjamin Van Voorhees, Tracy G. Gladstone, Eduardo E. Bunge
• Facilitator Contact, Discussion Boards, and Virtual Badges as Adherence Enhancements to a Web-Based, Self-guided, Positive Psychological Intervention for Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2021 Moskowitz JT, Addington EL, Shiu E, Bassett SM, Schuette S, Kwok I, Freedman ME, Leykin Y, Saslow LR, Cohn MA, Cheung EO
• Intolerance of Uncertainty and Health-Related Anxiety in Youth amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding and Weathering the Continuing Storm.
  Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings 2021 Korte C, Friedberg RD, Wilgenbusch T, Paternostro JK, Brown K, Kakolu A, Tiller-Ormord J, Baweja R, Cassar M, Barnowski A, Movahedi Y, Kohl K, Martinez W, Trafalis S, Leykin Y
• Development and usability of a Spanish/English smoking cessation website: lessons learned.
  mHealth 2021 Bond MH, Bunge EL, Leykin Y, Barrera AZ, Wickham RE, Barlow MR, Reyes S, Pineda B, Ceja AM, Cano M, Muñoz RF
• Digital Tools for Prevention and Treatment of Depression: Lessons from the Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health.
  Clínica y Salud 2021 Ricardo F. Muñoz, Blanca S. Pineda, Alinne Z. Barrera, Eduardo Bunge, Yan Leykin
• Factor analysis of depression symptoms across five broad cultural groups.
  Journal of affective disorders 2020 Goodmann DR, Daouk S, Sullivan M, Cabrera J, Liu NH, Barakat S, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Who comes to a self-help depression prevention website? Characteristics of Spanish- and English-speaking visitors.
  Internet interventions 2020 Muñoz RF, Leykin Y, Barrera AZ, Dunn LB, Gutierrez R, Curland RA, Pineda BS
• Common and Country-Specific Characteristics Associated With Suicidality in the Arab Region.
  The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2020 Daouk S, Awaad R, Ahmed B, Barakat S, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Original Research Article_Mental Well-Being of Information Technology Professionals Working in India.
  Indian Journal of Mental Health(IJMH) 2020 Vidya Bharat, Eduardo L. Bunge, Alinne Z. Barrera, Yan Leykin
• Blended Care-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Real-World Settings: Pragmatic Retrospective Study.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2020 Lungu A, Jun JJ, Azarmanesh O, Leykin Y, Chen CE
• Depressed individuals' reasons for and against trying to get better.
  Clinical Psychologist 2020 Robert A. Curland, Michelle M. Tran, Felipe Barba, Yan Leykin
• Children and adolescents attempting to participate in a worldwide online depression screener.
  Psychiatry research 2020 Stephens TN, Tran MM, Bunge EL, Liu NH, Barakat S, Garza M, Leykin Y
• Utilization of an Automated Internet-Based Safety Plan.
  Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 2020 Danielle A. Spangler, Ricardo F. Muñoz, Joyce Chu, Yan Leykin
• Association between subjective social status and facets of depression self-stigma.
  Journal of community psychology 2019 Bharat V, Habarth J, Keledjian N, Leykin Y
• Association Between Treatment Seeking and Personal Knowledge of Others With Emotional or Mental Problems.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2019 Tran MM, Curland RA, Leykin Y
• Perceived decision-making styles among individuals with obsessive-compulsive and hoarding disorders.
  Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 2019 Jedidiah Siev, Keith Lit, Yan Leykin
• The MARIGOLD study: Feasibility and enhancement of an online intervention to improve emotion regulation in people with elevated depressive symptoms.
  Journal of affective disorders 2019 Addington EL, Cheung EO, Bassett SM, Kwok I, Schuette SA, Shiu E, Yang D, Cohn MA, Leykin Y, Saslow LR, Moskowitz JT
• Perceived Utility of the Internet-Based Safety Plan in a Sample of Internet Users Screening Positive for Suicidality.
  Crisis 2019 Spangler DA, Muñoz RF, Chu J, Leykin Y
• Impact of an online depression prevention intervention on suicide risk factors for adolescents and young adults.
  mHealth 2019 Dickter B, Bunge EL, Brown LM, Leykin Y, Soares EE, Van Voorhees B, Marko-Holguin M, Gladstone TRG
• A bilingual, Internet-based, targeted advertising campaign for prostate cancer clinical trials: Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a novel recruitment strategy.
  Contemporary clinical trials communications 2018 Kaplan CP, Siegel A, Leykin Y, Palmer NR, Borno H, Bielenberg J, Livaudais-Toman J, Ryan C, Small EJ
• A Self-Paced, Web-Based, Positive Emotion Skills Intervention for Reducing Symptoms of Depression: Protocol for Development and Pilot Testing of MARIGOLD.
  JMIR research protocols 2018 Cheung EO, Addington EL, Bassett SM, Schuette SA, Shiu EW, Cohn MA, Leykin Y, Saslow LR, Moskowitz JT
• Comparing Amazon Mechanical Turk with unpaid internet resources in online clinical trials.
  Internet interventions 2018 Bunge E, Cook HM, Bond M, Williamson RE, Cano M, Barrera AZ, Leykin Y, Muñoz RF
• Depression increases subjective stigma of chronic pain.
  Journal of affective disorders 2018 Naushad N, Dunn LB, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• The Influence of Perceived Stress and Depression on Suicide-Related Beliefs in Caucasian and Indian Adults.
  Crisis 2017 Gill SK, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Mood Management Effects of a Brief Behavioral Activation Internet Intervention.
  Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 2017 Eduardo L. Bunge, Charlotte L. Beard, Taylor N. Stephens, Yan Leykin, Ricardo F. Muñoz
• Microinterventions produce immediate but not lasting benefits in mood and distress.
  Internet interventions 2017 Elefant AB, Contreras O, Muñoz RF, Bunge EL, Leykin Y
• The effect of depression on the decision to join a clinical trial.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2017 Leykin Y, Dunn LB, Muñoz RF
• Sexual orientation and treatment-seeking for depression in a multilingual worldwide sample.
  Journal of affective disorders 2016 Rutter TM, Flentje A, Dilley JW, Barakat S, Liu NH, Gross MS, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Mood management effects of brief unsupported internet interventions.
  Internet interventions 2016 Bunge EL, Williamson RE, Cano M, Leykin Y, Muñoz RF
• Abstract P1-10-22: Evaluating the incidence of supportive care referrals generated using patient reported data from the Athena health questionnaire system.
  Poster Session Abstracts 2016 EC Wong, CP Kaplan, DM Shumay, Y Leykin, KA Etzel, A Stover Fiscalini, LJ van't Veer, LJ Esserman, ME Melisko
• Patient utilization of supportive care services identified through the Athena Breast Health Questionnaire System.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2016 Emily Claire Wong, Celia Kaplan, Dianne Shumay, Yan Leykin, Laura Van't Veer, Allison Stover-Fiscalini, Laura Esserman, Michelle Melisko
• Depression prevention and treatment interventions: Evolution of the San Francisco Latino Mental Health Research Program.
  Evidence-based psychological practice with ethnic minorities: Culturally informed research and clinical strategies. 2016 Adrián Aguilera, Jeanne Miranda, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Kurt C. Organista, Gerardo M. González, John McQuaid, Laura P. Kohn-Wood, Huynh-Nhu Le, Chandra Ghosh-Ippen, Guido G. Urizar, José Soto, Tamar …
• Knowledge and attitudes regarding clinical trials and willingness to participate among prostate cancer patients.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2015 Kaplan CP, Nápoles AM, Narine S, Gregorich S, Livaudais-Toman J, Nguyen T, Leykin Y, Roach M, Small EJ
• Scientist–Practitioner Training at the Internship and Postdoctoral Level: Reflections Over Three Decades.
  Training and Education in Professional Psychology 2015 Ricardo F. Muñoz, James L. Sorensen, Patricia A. Areán, Alicia F. Lieberman, Laurie Fields, Valerie A. Gruber, Sharon M. Hall, Joel H. Kramer, Yan Leykin, Keith McBurnett, John R. McQuaid, Linda J. …
• Daily mood ratings via text message as a proxy for clinic based depression assessment.
  Journal of affective disorders 2015 Aguilera A, Schueller SM, Leykin Y
• Results from a trial of an unsupported internet intervention for depressive symptoms.
  Internet interventions 2014 Leykin Y, Muñoz RF, Contreras O, Latham MD
• Participant retention in an automated online monthly depression rescreening program: patterns and predictors.
  Internet interventions 2014 Gill S, Contreras O, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Using Google AdWords for international multilingual recruitment to health research websites.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2014 Gross MS, Liu NH, Contreras O, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Assessing suicide attempts and depression among Chinese speakers over the Internet.
  Crisis 2014 Liu NH, Contreras O, Muñoz RF, Leykin Y
• Prompting Depression Treatment Seeking among Smokers: A Comparison of Participants from Six Countries in an Internet Stop Smoking RCT.
  Journal of technology in human services 2013 Leykin Y, Aguilera A, Pérez-Stable EJ, Muñoz RF
• Selection of intervention components in an internet stop smoking participant preference trial: beyond randomized controlled trials.
  Psychiatry research 2012 Schueller SM, Leykin Y, Pérez-Stable EJ, Muñoz RF
• Assessing the impact of relative social position and absolute community resources on depression and obesity among smokers.
  American journal of community psychology 2012 Aguilera A, Leykin Y, Adler N, Muñoz RF
• The ethics of research on deep brain stimulation for depression: decisional capacity and therapeutic misconception.
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2012 Fisher CE, Dunn LB, Christopher PP, Holtzheimer PE, Leykin Y, Mayberg HS, Lisanby SH, Appelbaum PS
• Understanding attrition from international Internet health interventions: a step towards global eHealth.
  Health promotion international 2012 Geraghty AW, Torres LD, Leykin Y, Pérez-Stable EJ, Muñoz RF
• From online randomized controlled trials to participant preference studies: morphing the San Francisco Stop Smoking site into a worldwide smoking cessation resource.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2012 Muñoz RF, Aguilera A, Schueller SM, Leykin Y, Pérez-Stable EJ
• Major depression can be prevented.
  The American psychologist 2012 Muñoz RF, Beardslee WR, Leykin Y
• A cross-sectional study of barriers to personal health record use among patients attending a safety-net clinic.
  PloS one 2012 Hilton JF, Barkoff L, Chang O, Halperin L, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Leykin Y, Muñoz RF, Thom DH, Kahn JS
• Interpreting the outcomes of automated internet-based randomized trials: example of an International Smoking Cessation Study.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2012 Leykin Y, Aguilera A, Torres LD, Pérez-Stable EJ, Muñoz RF
• Enrolling in deep brain stimulation research for depression: influences on potential subjects' decision making.
  Depression and anxiety 2011 Christopher PP, Leykin Y, Appelbaum PS, Holtzheimer PE, Mayberg HS, Dunn LB
• Participants' Perceptions of Deep Brain Stimulation Research for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Risks, Benefits, and Therapeutic Misconception.
  AJOB primary research 2011 Leykin Y, Christopher PP, Holtzheimer PE, Appelbaum PS, Mayberg HS, Lisanby SH, Dunn LB
• Are consumers of Internet health information "cyberchondriacs"? Characteristics of 24,965 users of a depression screening site.
  Depression and anxiety 2011 Leykin Y, Muñoz RF, Contreras O
• Internet interventions for improving psychological well-being in psycho-oncology: review and recommendations.
  Psycho-oncology 2011 Leykin Y, Thekdi SM, Shumay DM, Muñoz RF, Riba M, Dunn LB
• Differential effects of online training on job-related burnout among substance abuse counsellors.
  Journal of Substance Use 2010 Yan Leykin, Michael A. Cucciare, Kenneth R. Weingardt
• Factor structure of the CES-D in a sample of Spanish- and English-speaking smokers on the Internet.
  Psychiatry research 2010 Leykin Y, Torres LD, Aguilera A, Muñoz RF
• Decision-Making and Depressive Symptomatology.
  Cognitive therapy and research 2010 Leykin Y, Roberts CS, Derubeis RJ
• Prevention of major depression.
  Annual review of clinical psychology 2010 Muñoz RF, Cuijpers P, Smit F, Barrera AZ, Leykin Y
• Allegiance in Psychotherapy Outcome Research: Separating Association From Bias.
  Clinical Psychology Science and Practice 2009 Yan Leykin, Robert J. DeRubeis
• Changes in Patients’ Beliefs About the Causes of their Depression Following Successful Treatment.
  Cognitive Therapy and Research 2007 Yan Leykin, Robert J. DeRubeis, Richard C. Shelton, Jay D. Amsterdam
• The relation of patients' treatment preferences to outcome in a randomized clinical trial.
  Behavior therapy 2007 Leykin Y, Derubeis RJ, Gallop R, Amsterdam JD, Shelton RC, Hollon SD
• Progressive resistance to a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor but not to cognitive therapy in the treatment of major depression.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2007 Leykin Y, Amsterdam JD, DeRubeis RJ, Gallop R, Shelton RC, Hollon SD
• The effect of nefazodone on subjective and objective sleep quality in posttraumatic stress disorder.
  The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2003 Neylan TC, Lenoci M, Maglione ML, Rosenlicht NZ, Leykin Y, Metzler TJ, Schoenfeld FB, Marmar CR