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Annamarie Defayette, Ph.D.

Annamarie Defayette, Ph.D.

Contact

Call Center (585) 276-3000

About Me

Faculty Appointments

Senior Instructor - Department of Psychiatry, Psychology (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

NIMH National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow in Suicide Prevention Research (T32MH20061; Van Orden, PI), University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry 2022 - 2024

Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, Child & Adolescent Track, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry 2021 - 2022

Education

PhD | George Mason University. Clinical Psychology. 2022

MA | George Mason University. Psychology. 2018

BA | Nazareth Coll of Rochester. Psychology. 2013

Awards

KL2 Career Development Award. 2024 - 2026

NIMH Loan Repayment Award. 2023 - 2025

UR Postdoctoral Association Career Enhancement Award. 2022

Psychology Research Award, URMC Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology Training Program. 2022

American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award. 2020

Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant, Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant. 2020

American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology Graduate Student Research Scholarship. 2019

Publications

Journal Articles

Implementation of Measurement-Based Care in Mental Health Service Settings for Youth: A Systematic Review.

Whitmyre ED, Esposito-Smythers C, López R, Goldberg DG, Liu F, Defayette AB

Clinical child and family psychology review.. 2024 December 27 (4):909-942. Epub 10/30/2024.

Social network structure as a biopsychosocial suicide prevention target for young people at clinical high-risk for psychosis.

Defayette AB, Silverstein SM, Pisani AR

Schizophrenia research.. 2024 August 270 :63-67. Epub 06/11/2024.

Relations between discrimination, rejection sensitivity, negative affect, and decrements in problem-solving ability following social rejection: An experimental investigation.

López R, Esposito-Smythers C, Defayette AB, Harris KM, Seibel L, Whitmyre ED

Suicide & life-threatening behavior.. 2024 April 54 (2):233-249. Epub 01/05/2024.

Impact of a Virtual Suicide Safety Planning Training on Clinician Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Use of Safety Plans in Community Mental Health Clinics.

Whitmyre ED, Esposito-Smythers C, Goldberg DG, Scalzo G, Defayette AB, López R

Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research.. 2024 28 (1):428-437. Epub 03/10/2023.

Examination of proinflammatory activity as a moderator of the relation between momentary interpersonal stress and suicidal ideation.

Defayette AB, Esposito-Smythers C, Cero I, Kleiman EM, López R, Harris KM, Whitmyre ED

Suicide & life-threatening behavior.. 2023 December 53 (6):922-939. Epub 08/14/2023.

Facets of social problem-solving as moderators of the real-time relation between social rejection and negative affect in an at-risk sample.

López R, Esposito-Smythers C, Defayette AB, Harris KM, Seibel LF, Whitmyre ED

Behaviour research and therapy.. 2023 October 169 :104398. Epub 09/02/2023.

Interpersonal stress and proinflammatory activity in emerging adults with a history of suicide risk: A pilot study.

Defayette AB, Esposito-Smythers C, Cero I, Harris KM, Whitmyre ED, López R

Journal of mood and anxiety disorders.. 2023 August 2 Epub 07/28/2023.

A prospective investigation of the relation between dysfunctional family communication and suicidal ideation severity in a clinical adolescent sample: A serial mediation model.

López R, Maultsby K, Defayette AB, Whitmyre ED, Wolff J, Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C

Journal of affective disorders.. 2022 August 1310 :241-248. Epub 05/10/2022.

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters, suicidal ideation, and social support in a clinical adolescent sample.

López R, Defayette AB, Whitmyre ED, Williams CA, Esposito-Smythers C

Death studies.. 2022 46 (8):1814-1822. Epub 11/27/2020.

Depression-related emotional problems mediate the relation between hopelessness and suicidal ideation severity.

López R, Follet L, Defayette AB, Whitmyre ED, Wolff J, Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C

Journal of clinical psychology.. 2021 December 77 (12):2978-2993. Epub 08/10/2021.

Adolescent depressed mood and difficulties with emotion regulation: Concurrent trajectories of change.

Defayette AB, Whitmyre ED, López R, Brown B, Wolff JC, Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C

Journal of adolescence.. 2021 August 91 :1-14. Epub 07/09/2021.

Depressive symptom severity mediates the association between avoidant problem-solving style and suicidal ideation.

López R, Brick LA, Defayette AB, Whitmyre ED, Wolff J, Frazier E, Spirito A, Esposito-Smythers C

Journal of affective disorders.. 2020 September 1274 :662-670. Epub 05/23/2020.