Dr. Derek Richard Hopko PHD
Psychologist | Clinical
2018 Western Ave Knoxville TN, 37921About
Dr. Derek Hopko is a psychologist practicing in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Hopko specializes in the treatment of mental health problems, and helps people to cope with their mental illnesses. As a psychologist, Dr. Hopko evaluates and treats patients through a variety of methods, most typically being psychotherapy or talk therapy. Patients usually visit Dr. Hopko because they have been experiencing depression, anxiety, stress or anger for a significant period of time and are seeking help. Psychologists may perform a variety of exams and assessments to diagnose a mental condition.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effects of time pressure on arithmetic performance.
- Use of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale to facilitate differential diagnosis at acute inpatient admission.
- The role of psychometric data in predicting inpatient mental health service utilization.
- Assessing the perceived predictability of anxiety-related events: a report on the perceived predictability index.
- Cognitive-behavioral treatment of late-life generalized anxiety disorder.
- The use of daily diaries to assess the relations among mood state, overt behavior, and reward value of activities.
- The effects of anxious responding on mental arithmetic and lexical decision task performance.
- Cognitive behavioral treatment for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder. A therapist manual for primary care settings.
- Psychometric properties of the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale.
- Effects of emotion on pain reports, tolerance and physiology.
- Construct validity of the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART): associations with psychopathy and impulsivity.
- Assessing worry in older and younger adults: Psychometric properties of an abbreviated Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ-A).
- The Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS): development, validity, and reliability.
- Psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for depressed adults in primary care: a critical review.
- Effectiveness of a brief behavioral treatment for inner-city illicit drug users with elevated depressive symptoms: the life enhancement treatment for substance use (LETS Act!).
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