Publications & Scholarly Works

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Williams, M. T., Domanico, J., Marques, L., Leblanc, N., Turkheimer, E. (2012). Barriers to Treatment of African Americans with OCD, Journal of Anxiety Disorders - Special Issue. In press.


• Mendoza, D.B., Williams, M. T., Chapman, L. K., Powers, M. (in press). Minority Inclusion and Ethnic Differences in Randomized Controlled Trials of Panic Disorder, Journal of Anxiety Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.02.011


• Williams, M. T., Beckmann-Mendez, D., Turkheimer, E. (April, 2012). Cultural Barriers to African American Participation in Anxiety Disorders Research, Journal of the National Medical Association. In press.


• Wetterneck, C., Little, T., Rinehart, K., Cervantes, M. E., Hyde, E., Williams, M. T. (2012). Latinos with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Mental Healthcare Utilization and Inclusion in Clinical Trials, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders. In press.


• Williams, M. T., Proetto, D., Casiano, D., Franklin, M. E. (2012). Recruitment of a Hidden Population: African Americans with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Contemporary Clinical Trials, 33(1), 67-75.


• Jayawickreme, N., Yasinski, C., Williams, M., Foa, E. B. (2012). Gender-Specific Associations Between Trauma Cognitions, Alcohol Cravings, and Alcohol-Related Consequences in Individuals with Comorbid PTSD and Alcohol Dependence, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. In press.


• Williams, M., Jayawickreme, N., Sposato, R., Foa, E. B. (2012). Race-Specific Associations Between Trauma Cognitions and Symptoms of Alcohol Dependence in Individuals with Comorbid PTSD and Alcohol Dependence, Addictive Behaviors, 37(1), 47-52, doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.08.008.


• Williams, M. T., Abramowitz, J. S., Olatunji, B. O. (2012). The Relationship between Contamination Cognitions, Anxiety, and Disgust in Two Ethnic Groups, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43, 632-637, doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.09.003.


• Williams, M. T., Farris, S. G., Turkheimer, E., Pinto, A., Ozanick, K., Franklin, M. E., Simpson, H. B., Liebowitz, M., Foa, E. B. (2011). The Myth of the Pure Obsessional Type in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Depression & Anxiety, 28, 6, 495-500.


• Williams, M. T., Crozier, M., Powers, M. B. (2011). Treatment of Sexual Orientation Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder using Exposure and Ritual Prevention, Clinical Case Studies, 10, 53-66.


• Williams, M. T., Farris, S.G. (2011). Sexual Orientation Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Prevalence and Correlates, Psychiatry Research, 187, 156-159.


• Williams, M., Powers, M., Yun, Y. G., Foa, E. B. (2010). Minority Representation in Clinical Trials for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 171-177.


• Foa, E., Williams, M. T. (2010). Methodology of a Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial for Comorbid Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Dependence, Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Dual Diagnosis, 3(2), 131-147.


• Williams, M. T., Turkheimer, E., Magee, E., Guterbock, T. (2008). The Effects of Race and Racial Priming on Self-Report of Contamination Anxiety, Personality and Individual Differences, 44(3), 744-755.


• Williams, M. T., Turkheimer, E. (2007). Identification and Explanation of Racial Differences in Contamination Anxiety, Behavior Research and Therapy, 45, 3041-3050.


• Williams, M. T., Bonner, L. (2006). Sex Education Attitudes and Outcomes Among North American Women, Adolescence, 41(161), 1-14.


• Williams, M. T., Turkheimer, E., Schmidt, K., Oltmanns, T. (2005). Ethnic Identification Biases Responses to the Padua Inventory for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Assessment, 12 (2), 174-185.

Selected Book Chapters & Reports

• Williams, M., Powers, M., Foa, E. (2012). Psychological Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Chapter 16. In Handbook of Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Psychology, Vol. 2, P. Sturmey, M. Hersen, eds. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


• Williams, M., Cahill, S., Foa, E. (2010). Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In Textbook of Anxiety Disorders, Second Edition, D. Stein, E. Hollander, B. Rothbaum, eds. American Psychiatric Publishing.


• Williams, M. (2008). Homosexuality Anxiety: A Misunderstood Form of OCD. In L. V. Sebeki (ed), Leading-Edge Health Education Issues, Nova Publishers.


• Williams, M., Saathoff, G.B., Guterbock, T., MacIntosh A., Bebel, R. (2005). Community Shielding in the National Capital Region: A Survey of Citizen Response to Potential Critical Incidents, Prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, at the Center for Survey Research, University of Virginia.

Selected Popular Press

• Williams, M.: OCD Underground Pure Obsessionals & Covert Compulsions, web article, Psychology Today, August 2011.


• Williams, M.: Top Mistakes Made by Therapists Treating OCD: Common causes for OCD treatment failure, web article, OCD Types, June 2011.


• Williams, M.: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: When Everything has to be Just Right, web article, OCD Resource Center of Florida, February 2009.


• Williams, M.: Beating OCD: When Your Medication Isn't Doing Enough: Augmentation Strategies for People taking SRIs, The G.O.A.L. Post Newsletter, OC Foundation of Philadelphia, Vol. 10, Issue 1, Spring 2008.