Dr. James E. Aikens

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University of Michigan
Medical School
Family Medicine
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Medical School
Psychiatry
Depression Center
Director of Adherence ResearchAppointed: 2002
University of Michigan
Medical School
Psychiatry
Assistant Professor
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Mailing Address

Department of Family Medicine
1018 Fuller Street
Campus Box 0708
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0708
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (734) 998-7120
Fax: (734) 998-7335
aikensj@umich.edu

Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1994.
Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Medical (Clinical) Psychology, 1992.
M.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Medical (Clinical) Psychology, 1990.
B.A., Alfred University, Scientific/Experimental Psychology, 1987.

Expertise and Research Interests

Dr. Aikens studies psychological and behavioral influences upon medical and mental health outcomes. His clinical interests are brief psychotherapy, anxiety disorders, and health psychology.

Other Expertise

Member, Division of Health Psychology (Division 38) of the APA

Future Research

Depression in primary care
Co-morbid depression and chronic illness

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Behavioral Medicine, Behavioral Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Depression, Family Medicine, Health and Medicine, Health Behavior, Psychiatry, Social Sciences.

Memberships

American Diabetes Association
American Psychological Association
Behavioral Researchers in Diabetes Group Exchange
North American Primary Care Research Group
Society of Behavioral Medicine

Honors and Awards

1994-1994, Best Residency Course Evaluation (PSY 180-465-01), University of Chicago
1991-1991, Merit Fellowship, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1987-1987, High Honors in Psychology, Alfred University
1987-1987, Summa Cum Laude, Alfred University
1987-1987, Psi Chi Award for Excellence in Research, Alfred University

Previous Positions

1994-1999, Director, University of Chicago, Behavioral Medicine
1993-2000, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Clinical Psychology

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Evaluation of a Long-Term Self-Management Support System, 2006 to 2011.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Characterization of Pain Processing in Vulvodynia, 2005 to 2007.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation: Testing a Clinical Tool to Promote Adherence to Antidepressants, 2005 to 2007.
  • Eli Lilly Foundation: Development and Validation of Remission Tool, 2005 to 2006.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Efficacy of a Lifelong Diabetes Self-Management Intervention, 2005 to 2010.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation: The Value of 'Quality Indicators' in Primary Care Practice: A Survey of Michigan Primary Physicians, 2004 to 2006.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation: Clinical Significance of Antidepressant Side Effects, 2004 to 2006.
  • Association of American Medical Colleges, DHHS-CDC: Family Assessment of Risk Evaluation (FARE) Trial, 2003 to 2006.
  • NCI/NIH: Prompting and Reminding at Encounters for Prevention (PREP), 2003 to 2006.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Midcareer Vulvodynia Research and Mentoring Project, 2003 to 2008.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan: Assessment of Depression in Deaf Persons, 2003 to 2003.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Adherence to Antivirals in People Living with HIV, 2003 to 2003.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Evaluation of Diabetes Self-Management Consultant Care, 2002 to 2006.
  • Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan: Depression Representations and Antidepressant Adherence, 2002 to 2003.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: Office-Based Patient Prompting for Cancer Screening, 2002 to 2003.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation: St. John's Wort for Treatment of Depression: Motivations and Adequacy, 2002 to 2003.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan: Depression Representations and Antidepressant Adherence, 2002 to 2003.
  • Michigan Consortium for Family Practice Research: Techniques to Improve Treatment Adherence in Sleep Apnea, 2001 to 2003.
  • Michigan Consortium for Family Practice Research: Insomnia Care, Daytime Distress, and Sleep Beliefs among Subjectively Poor Sleepers, 2001 to 2002.
  • United States Department of Energy / Argonne National Laboratory: Development and Validation of a Virtual Reality Tool for Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Electrical Trauma Victims, 1999 to 2000.
  • The University of Chicago Nursing Research Committee: Effects of Music Listening and Guided Imagery on Anxiety and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Electrophysiology Study, 1998 to 1999.
  • Home Health Care Foundation: Community-Based Brief Screening for Psychological Distress in Type II Diabetes, 1995 to 1997.
  • National Institutes of Health / University of Chicago Clinical Research Center: Screening for Distress in Diabetes, 1995 to 1997.
  • National Institutes of Health / Chicago Diabetes Research and Training Center: Etiology of Brittle Diabetes, 1994 to 2005.
  • National Institutes of Health / Chicago Diabetes Research and Training Center: Glycemic Effects of Stress Reduction in African Americans with Type II Diabetes Mellitus, 1994 to 1996.
  • National Institutes of Health / University of Chicago Clinical Research Center: Glycemic Effects of Stress Reduction in NIDDM, 1994 to 1996.
  • National Institutes of Health / Chicago Diabetes Research and Training Center: Demonstration and Education Unit, 1994 to 1996.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes (NIDDM) Primary Prevention Program, 1994 to 1999.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Racial Differences in Diabetes-Depression Comorbidity, 03/01/2004 to 02/28/2007.

Publications

  • Nease DE, Klinkman MS, Aikens JE (2006) Depression case finding in primary care: A method for the mandates, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 36 (2), 137-47
  • Zazove P, Meador HE, Aikens JE, Nease DE, Gorenflo DW (2006) Assessment of depressive symptoms in deaf persons, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 19 (2), 141-47
  • Chao JD, Nau DP, Aikens JE, Taylor SD (2005) The mediating role of health beliefs in the relationship between depressive symptoms and medication adherence in persons with diabetes, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 1, 508-25
  • Nau P, Chao J, Aikens JE (2005) The relationship between guideline-concordant depression treatment and patient adherence to oral antihyperglycemic medications, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 1, 378-88
  • Nease DE, Aikens JE, Schwenk TL (2005) Mental health disorders and their descriptive criteria in primary care: Clarifying or Confounding?, Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 7 (3), 889-90
  • Nease DE Jr, Klinkman MS, Aikens JE (2005) Severity and criteria based prompting for treatment of depressed patients, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 35 (2), 149-59
  • Aikens JE, Nease DE Jr, Nau DP, Klinkman MS, Schwenk TL (Jan-Feb 2005) Adherence to maintenance-phase antidepressant medication as a function of patient beliefs about medication, Annals of Family Medicine, 3 (1), 23-30
  • Nease DE Jr, Klinkman MS, Aikens JE (2005) Severity and criteria based prompting for treatment of depressed patients, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 35 (2), 149-59
  • Aikens JE, Bingham R, Piette JD (2005) Patient-provider communication and self-care behavior among type 2 diabetes patients, The Diabetes Educator, 31 (5), 681-90
  • Aikens JE, Rouse ME (2005) Help-seeking for insomnia among adult patients in primary care, The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice / American Board of Family Practice, 18 (4), 257-61
  • Aikens JE, Kroenke K, Swindle RW, Eckert GJ (2005) Nine-month predictors and outcomes of SSRI antidepressant continuation in primary care, General Hospital Psychiatry, 27 (4), 229-36
  • Garber MC, Nau DP, Erickson SR, Aikens JE, Lawrence JB (Jul 2004) The concordance of self-report with other measures of medication adherence: a summary of the literature, Medical Care, 42 (7), 649-52
  • Papp KK, Stoller EP, Sage P, Aikens JE, Owens J, Avidan A, Phillips B, Rosen R, Strohl KP (May 2004) The effects of sleep loss and fatigue on resident-physicians: a multi-institutional, mixed-method study, Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 79 (5), 394-406
  • Martin SA, Aikens JE, Chervin RD (Feb 2004) Toward cost-effectiveness analysis in the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia, Sleep Medicine Reviews, 8 (1), 63-72
  • Aikens, J.E., Wagner, L.I. (2004) Diabetes mellitus and other endocrine disorders In Knight, S.J., Camic, P.M. (eds), Clinical Handbook of Health Psychology: A Practical Guide to Effective Interventions, Second, Revised and, Cambridge, Hofgrefe and Huber (bookchapter)
  • Nease DE Jr, Aikens JE (Nov 2003) DSM depression and anxiety criteria and severity of symptoms in primary care: cross sectional study, British Medical Journal (clinical Research Ed.), 327 (7422), 1030-1
  • Aikens JE, Reed BD, Gorenflo DW, Haefner HK (Aug 2003) Depressive symptoms among women with vulvar dysesthesia, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 189 (2), 462-6
  • Cox DJ, Penberthy JK, Zrebiec J, Weinger K, Aikens JE, Frier B, Stetson B, DeGroot M, Trief P, Schaechinger H, Hermanns N, Gonder-Frederick L, Clarke W (Aug 2003) Diabetes and driving mishaps: frequency and correlations from a multinational survey, Diabetes Care, 26 (8), 2329-34
  • Kane S, Huo D, Aikens J, Hanauer S (Jan 2003) Medication nonadherence and the outcomes of patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis, The American Journal of Medicine, 114 (1), 39-43
  • Aikens JE, Wagner LI (2002) A review of empirically-based psychological assessment and intervention procedures for adults with diabetes mellitus, Advances in Medical Psychotherapy and Psychodiagnostics, 11, 59-74
  • Kane SV, Cohen RD, Aikens JE, Hanauer SB (Oct 2001) Prevalence of nonadherence with maintenance mesalamine in quiescent ulcerative colitis, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 96 (10), 2929-33
  • Aikens JE, Zvolensky MJ, Eifert GH (April 2001) Differential fear of cardiopulmonary sensations in emergency room noncardiac chest pain patients, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 24 (2), 155-67
  • Matthews AK, Aikens JE, Helmrich SP (2001) Sexual functioning and mood among long-term survivors of clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) of the vagina or cervix, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 17, 27-46
  • Cook S, Aikens JE, Berry CA, McNabb WL (Nov-Dec 2001) Development of the diabetes problem-solving measure for adolescents, The Diabetes Educator, 27 (6), 865-74
  • Aikens, J.E., Wagner, L.I. (2001) Diabetes mellitus and other endocrine disorders In Knight, S.J., Camic, P.M. (eds), Clinical Handbook of Health Psychology (Reprint): A Guide to Practical Interventions, Seattle, Hofgrefe and Huber (bookchapter)
  • Vanable PA, Aikens JE, Tadimeti L, Caruana-Montaldo B, Mendelson WB (Feb 2000) Sleep latency and duration estimates among sleep disorder patients: variability as a function of sleep disorder diagnosis, sleep history, and psychological characteristics, Sleep, 23 (1), 71-9
  • Aikens JE, Mendelson WB, Baehr EK (2000) Replicability of psychometric differences between obstructive sleep apnea, primary snoring, and periodic limb movement disorder, Sleep and Hypnosis, 4, 211-15
  • Aikens, J.E., Lustman, P.J. (2000) Psychosocial and psychological aspects of diabetic foot problems In Bowker, J.H., Pfeifer, M.A. (eds), Levin and O'Neal's The Diabetic Foot, 6th Edition, St. Louis, MO, Mosby (bookchapter)
  • Aikens JE, Michael E, Levin T, Myers TC, Lowry E, McCracken LM (Dec 1999) Cardiac exposure history as a determinant of symptoms and emergency department utilization in noncardiac chest pain patients, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22 (6), 605-17
  • Aikens JE, Vanable PA, Tadimeti L, Caruana-Montaldo B, Mendelson WB (Sep 1999) Differential rates of psychopathology symptoms in periodic limb movement disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, psychophysiological insomnia, and insomnia with psychiatric disorder, Sleep, 22 (6), 775-80
  • Aikens JE, Mendelson WB (May 1999) A matched comparison of MMPI responses in patients with primary snoring or obstructive sleep apnea, Sleep, 22 (3), 355-9
  • Aikens JE, Caruana-Montaldo B, Vanable PA, Tadimeti L, Mendelson WB (May 1999) MMPI correlates of sleep and respiratory disturbance in obstructive sleep apnea, Sleep, 22 (3), 362-9
  • Aikens JE, Reinecke MA, Pliskin NH, Fischer JS, Wiebe JS, McCracken LM, Taylor JL (Apr 1999) Assessing depressive symptoms in multiple sclerosis: is it necessary to omit items from the original Beck Depression Inventory?, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22 (2), 127-42
  • Aikens JE (Apr 1999) Thermal biofeedback for claudication in diabetes: a literature review and case study, Alternative Medicine Review : a Journal of Clinical Therapeutic, 4 (2), 104-10
  • Aikens JE, Michael E, Levin T, Lowry E (1999) The role of cardioprotective avoidance beliefs in noncardiac chest pain and associated Emergency Department utilization, Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 6, 317-32
  • Aikens JE, Wagner LI, Saelinger LJ (1999) Reduced medical utilization and costs in anxious and depressed primary care patients receiving behavioral intervention, Adv Med Psychother Psychodiagn, 10, 169-78
  • Aikens J.E., Wagner L.I. (1999) The cost offset of primary care behavioral services In Stout, C.E. (eds), The Complete Guide to Managed Behavioral Healthcare, New York, NY, John Wiley and Sons (bookchapter)
  • Aikens JE, Wagner LI, Lickerman AJ, Chin MH, Smith A (1998) Primary care physician responses to a panic disorder vignette: diagnostic suspicion and clinical management, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 28 (2), 179-88
  • Aikens JE (1998) Prevalence of somatic indicators of distress in diabetes patients: comparison to psychiatric patients and community nonpatients, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 28 (3), 265-72
  • Aikens JE (1998) Prevalence of somatic indicators of distress in diabetes patients: comparison to psychiatric patients and community nonpatients, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 28 (3), 265-72
  • Aikens, J.E., Wagner L.I. (1998) Diabetes and other endocrinological disorders In Knight, S.J., Camic, P.M. (eds), Clinical Handbook of Health Psychology: A Guide to Practical Interventions, Seattle, Hofgrefe and Huber (bookchapter)
  • Aikens JE, Mayes R (Jul 1997) Elevated glycosylated albumin in NIDDM is a function of recent everyday environmental stress, Diabetes Care, 20 (7), 1111-3
  • Aikens JE, Aikens KS, Wallander JL, Hunt S (1997) Daily activity level buffers stress-glycemia associations in older sedentary NIDDM patients, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 20 (4), 379-90
  • Aikens JE, Kiolbasa TA, Sobel RS (1997) Psychological predictors of glycemic change with relaxation training in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 66 (6), 302-6
  • McCracken LM, Gross RT, Aikens J, Carnrike CL Jr (Nov-Dec 1996) The assessment of anxiety and fear in persons with chronic pain: a comparison of instruments, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34 (11-12), 927-33
  • Aikens JE, Wallander JL, Bell DS, McNorton A (Dec 1994) A nomothetic-idiographic study of daily psychological stress and blood glucose in women with type I diabetes mellitus, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17 (6), 535-48
  • Aikens JE, Wallander JL, Bell DS, Cole JA (Feb 1992) Daily stress variability, learned resourcefulness, regimen adherence, and metabolic control in type I diabetes mellitus: evaluation of a path model, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60 (1), 113-8
  • Aikens, JE, Chao JD, Nau DP, Self-reported medication side effects and adherence among persons with diabetes, Clinical Therapeutics, In Press
  • Nease DE Jr, Klinkman MS, Aikens JE, Depression-case finding in primary care a method for the mandates, Journal of Women's Health, In Press

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