Dr. Dean G Cruess PHD
Psychologist | Clinical
207 Storrs Rd Mansfield Center CT, 06250About
Dr. Dean Cruess is a psychologist practicing in Mansfield Center, CT. Dr. Cruess specializes in the treatment of mental health problems, and helps people to cope with their mental illnesses. As a psychologist, Dr. Cruess evaluates and treats patients through a variety of methods, most typically being psychotherapy or talk therapy. Patients usually visit Dr. Cruess 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Changes in self-efficacy and decisional balance for exercise among obese women in a weight management program.
- Cognitive-behavioral stress management buffers decreases in dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and increases in the cortisol/DHEA-S ratio and reduces mood disturbance and perceived stress among HIV-seropositive men.
- Cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention effects on anxiety, 24-hr
- Reductions in salivary cortisol are associated with mood improvement during relaxation training among HIV-seropositive men.
- Cognitive-behavioral stress management reduces distress and 24-hour urinary free cortisol output among symptomatic HIV-infected gay men.
- Motivation to modify lifestyle risk behaviors in women treated for breast cancer.
- A case for establishing complicated grief as a distinct mental disorder in DSM-V.
- Utility of the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic (MBMD) to predict adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) medication regimens among HIV-positive men and women.
- Using the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic (MBMD) to evaluate the need for mental health services in association with biomarkers of disease status among HIV positive men and women.
- Attitudes toward direct-to-consumer advertisements and online genetic testing among high-risk women participating in a hereditary cancer clinic.
- Sex differences in associations between psychosocial factors and aberrant crypt foci among patients at risk for colon cancer.
- Differentiating high-functioning autism and social phobia.
- Benefits of adherence to psychotropic medications on depressive symptoms and antiretroviral medication adherence among men and women living with HIV/AIDS.
- Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic (MBMD) Predicts Health-Related Quality of Life (HrQoL) over time among men treated for localized prostate cancer.
- Symptom distress associated with biopsy in women with suspect breast lesions.
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