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Tara M. Augenstein, Ph.D.

Tara M. Augenstein, Ph.D.

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About Me

Tara M. Augenstein, PhD is Director of Therapeutic Services and Lead Psychologist for Adult and Geriatric Inpatient Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A licensed clinical psychologist and healthcare leader, she specializes in designing and advancing psychologically informed sy...
Tara M. Augenstein, PhD is Director of Therapeutic Services and Lead Psychologist for Adult and Geriatric Inpatient Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A licensed clinical psychologist and healthcare leader, she specializes in designing and advancing psychologically informed systems of inpatient psychiatric care. Her work integrates clinical excellence, workforce development, quality improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration to improve outcomes for patients and healthcare teams. An award-winning educator and mentor, Dr. Augenstein has developed innovative training and care models across academic medicine and acute psychiatry. Her leadership focuses on creating recovery-oriented environments where patients, staff, and learners can thrive.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Behav/Psychosoc Med (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Post-doctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY 2018 - 2019

APA Accredited Internship in Clinical Psychology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 2017 - 2018

Education

PhD | University of Maryland College Park. Clinical Psychology. 2018

MS | University of Maryland, College Park. Clinical Psychology. 2014

BA | Wellesley College. Psychology. 2008

Awards

The Rita P. Underberg Award for Excellence in Faculty Teaching in the Psychology Training Program. 2020

Research

My research sits at the intersection of clinical innovation, psychiatric assessment, and psychological mechanisms of vulnerability, with an emphasis on high-risk, underserved, or difficult-to-assess populations. Through my research, I seek to explore how we can more accurately understand and reduce ...
My research sits at the intersection of clinical innovation, psychiatric assessment, and psychological mechanisms of vulnerability, with an emphasis on high-risk, underserved, or difficult-to-assess populations. Through my research, I seek to explore how we can more accurately understand and reduce risk in vulnerable populations, particularly when our tools for doing so are imperfect or biased.

Publications

Journal Articles

The Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder - Parent (PSCD-P): Convergent Validity, Incremental Validity, and Reactions to Unfamiliar Peer Confederates.

Bellamy NA, Salekin RT, Makol BA, Augenstein TM, De Los Reyes A

Research on child and adolescent psychopathology.. 2023 August 51 (8):1097-1113. Epub 04/25/2023.

Editorial Statement About 's 2023 Special Issue on Informant Discrepancies in Youth Mental Health Assessments: Observations, Guidelines, and Future Directions Grounded in 60 Years of Research.

De Los Reyes A, Epkins CC, Asmundson GJG, Augenstein TM, Becker KD, Becker SP, Bonadio FT, Borelli JL, Boyd RC, Bradshaw CP, Burns GL, Casale G, Causadias JM, Cha CB, Chorpita BF, Cohen JR, Comer JS, Crowell SE, Dirks MA, Drabick DAG, DuPaul GJ, Ehrlich KB, Evans SC, Evans SW, Felton JW, Fite PJ, Gadow KD, Galán CA, Garbacz SA, Gaylord-Harden N, Humphreys KL, Gerber AH, Hogue A, Ivanova MY, Jarrett MA, Jensen-Doss A, Kang E, Kendall PC, Laird RD, Langberg JM, Langer DA, Lee SS, Lerner MD, Lippold MA, Luebbe AM, Makol BA, McLeod BD, McMahon RJ, Miller M, Ohannessian CM, Ollendick TH, Piña A, Prinstein MJ, Rabinowitz J, Reynolds EK, Salekin RT, Schleider JL, Scott JC, Tackett JL, Talbott E, Silverman WK, Spears AP, von der Embse N, Wakschlag LS, Wang M, Watts AL, Weisz JR, White BA, White SW, Youngstrom EA

Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53.. 2023 52 (1):147-158. Epub 01/18/2023.

The first wave of COVID-19: The logistics of off-site pharmacy management for a relocated acute psychiatric unit.

Webster SM, Peters CJ, Schild LE, DeNault A, Sherman G, Augenstein TM

American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.. 2022 November 2279 (23):2090-2093. Epub 1900 01 01.

Multi-informant reports of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among adolescent inpatients.

Augenstein TM, Visser KF, Gallagher K, De Los Reyes A, D'Angelo EJ, Nock MK

Suicide & life-threatening behavior.. 2022 February 52 (1):99-109. Epub 10/05/2021.

Creating a novel inpatient psychiatric unit with integrated medical support for patients with Covid-19

Augenstein, T. M.; Pigeon, W. R.; DiGiovanni, S. K.; Brazill, K. P.; Olivares, T. E.; Farley-Toombs, C.; Lee, H. B.; & Wittink, M. N.

NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery. 2020; .

Multi-informant assessments of individual differences in adolescents' socio-evaluative fears: Clinical correlates and links to arousal within social interactions

Szollos, S.; Keeley, L. M.; Makol, B. A.; Weeks, J. W.; Racz, S. J.; Lipton, M. F.; Augenstein, T. M.; Beale, A. M.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2019; 28: 3360-3373.

Publication Link

Millner, A. J.; Augenstein, T. M.; Frost, K. H.; Gallagher, K.; Vergara, G. A.; D'Angelo, E.J.; Nock, M. K.

Implicit cognitions as a behavioral marker of suicide attempts in

Efficient screening for impairments in peer functioning among mid-to-late adolescents receiving clinical assessments for social anxiety

Beale, A.; Keeley, L. M.; Okuno, H.; Szollos, S.; Rausch, E.; Makol, B. A.; Augenstein, T. M.; Lipton, M. F.; Racz, S.J.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Child and Youth Care Forum. 2018; 47(5): 613-631.

Trained observers' ratings of adolescents' social anxiety and social skills within controlled, cross-contextual social interactions with unfamiliar peer confederates

Glenn, L. E.; Keeley, L. M.; Szollos, S.; Okuno, H.; Wang, X.; Rausch, E.; Deros, D. E.; Karp, J. N.; Qasmieh, N.; Makol, B. A.; Augenstein, T. M.; Lipton, M. F.; Racz, S. J.; Scharfstein, L.; Beidel, D. C.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 2018; : 1-15.

A multi-informant approach to assessing safety seeking behaviors among adolescents: Psychometric properties of the Subtle Avoidance Frequency Examination

Qasmieh, N.; Deros, D. E.; Karp, J.; Keeley, L. M.; Grewe, B.; Augenstein, T. M.; Lipton, M. F.; Racz, S. J.; Aldao, A.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2018; 27(1).

Cross-contextual assessments of adolescent social anxiety: The added value of leveraging reports from peer confederates

Deros, D. E.; Racz, S. J.; Karp, J.; Keeley, L. M.; Qasmieh, N.; Grewe, B.; Lipton, M. F.; Augenstein, T. M.; Aldao, A.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Behavior Therapy. 2018; .

Convergent, incremental, and criterion-related validity of multi-informant assessments of adolescents' fears of negative and positive evaluation

Karp, J.; Makol, B. A.; Keeley, L. M.; Qasmieh, N.; Deros, D. E.; Racz, S. J.; Weeks, J. W.; Lipton, M. F.; Augenstein, T. M.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. 2018; 25(2): 217-230.

Validity of adolescent and parent reports on the six-item ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-6) in clinical assessments of adolescent social anxiety

Keeley, L. M.; Racz, S. J.; Lipton, M. F.; Augenstein, T. M.; Qasmieh, N.; Deros, D.; Karp, J.; Grewe, B.; Aldao, A.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2018; 27(4): 1041-1053.

A multi-informant approach to measuring depressive symptoms in clinical assessments of adolescent social anxiety using the Beck Depression Inventory-II: Convergent, incremental, and criterion-related validity

Rausch, E.; Racz, S. J.; Augenstein, T. M.; Keeley, L.; Lipton, M. F.; Szollos, S.; Riffle, J.; Moriarity, D.; Kromash, R.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Child and Youth Care Forum. 2017; 46(5): 661-983.

Using implicit and explicit measures to predict nonsuicidal self-injury among adolescent inpatients

Cha, C. B.; Augenstein, T. M.; Frost, K. H.; Gallagher, K.; D'Angelo, E. J.; & Nock, M. K.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2016; 55: 62-68.

Comparing multi-informant assessment measures of parental monitoring and their links with adolescent delinquent behavior

Augenstein, T. M.; Thomas, S. A.; Ehrlich, K. B.; Daruwala, S.; Reyes, S. M.; Chrabaszcz, J. S.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Parenting: Science and Practice. 2016; 16(3): 164-186.

Can we use convergence between caregiver reports of adolescent mental health to index severity of adolescent mental health concerns?

De Los Reyes, A.; Alfano, C. A.; Lau, S.; Augenstein, T. M.; & Borelli, J. L.

Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2016; 25(1): 109-123.

The validity of the multi-informant approach to assessing child and adolescent mental health

De Los Reyes A; Augenstein TM,; Wang M; Thomas SA; Drabick DAG; Burgers DE; Rabinowitz J.

Psychological Bulletin. 2015; 141(4): 858-900.

Implementing psychophysiology in clinical assessments of adolescent social anxiety: Use of rater judgments based on graphical representations of psychophysiology

De Los Reyes, A.; Augenstein, T. M.; Aldao, A.; Thomas, S. A.; Daruwala, S. E.; Kline, K.; & Regan, T.

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2015; 44: 264-279.

A multi-informant approach to assessing fear of positive evaluation in socially anxious adolescents

Lipton, M. F.; Augenstein, T. M.; Weeks, J. W.; & De Los Reyes, A.

Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2013; 23(7): 1247-1257.

Developmentally informed evaluation of depression: Evidence-based instruments

D'Angelo, E. J.; & Augenstein, T. M.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2012; 21(2): 279-298.

Evidence-based treatment of autism spectrum disorders

Munshi, K; Gonzalez-Heydrich, J.; Augenstein, T.; D'Angelo, E. J.

Pediatric Annals. 2011; 40(11): 569-574.

Books

The Oxford handbook of clinical child and adolescent psychology (2018)

Chapter: Developmental issues in assessment and treatment

Authors: De Los Reyes, A., Augenstein, T. M., & Lipton, M. F.

Publisher: Oxford, New York 2018

Evidence-based psychotherapies for children and adolescents (3rd ed.) (2017)

Chapter: Assessment issues in child and adolescent psychotherapy

Authors: De Los Reyes, A., Augenstein, T. M., Aldao, A.

Publisher: Guilford, New York 2017