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School of Nursing Faculty

Reg Williams, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN
Professor

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 4352
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734)647-4927
FAX: (734)936-5525
rawill@umich.edu

Education
PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1980
MN, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1972
BS, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1968

Research Interests
Intervention with Navy Recruits at risk for depression (press release)
Self-Symptom Management of Patients with Recurrent Depression
Stress & Coping in Depressed Patients
Directed Attention and Short Term Memory in Depression (Computer designed to measure concentration and memory)

Current Research
Factors Associated with Belonging in Depression (press release)
Self Monitoring and Clinical Outcomes in Depression

Recent Publications
Bay, E., Hagerty, B. K. Williams, R. A., Kirsch, N., & Gillespie, B. (in press). Chronic stress, salivary cortisol response, interpersonal relatedness, and depression among community dwelling survivors of traumatic brain injury. Biological Nursing Research.

Chen, S-C., Hwu, H-G., & Williams, R. A. (in press). Psychiatric nurses' anxiety and cognition in managing psychiatric patients' aggression. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.

Hagerty, B.K., Williams, R.A., & Liu, D. (in press). The Sense of Belonging Instrument: Evidence for reliability and validity. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology.

Williams, R. A., Hagerty, B. K., Yousha, S., Horrocks, J., Hoyle, K., & Liu, D (2004). Psychosocial effects of the BOOT STRAP Intervention with Navy Recruits. Military Medicine, 169, 814-820.

Williams, R. A., Hagerty, B. K., & Brooks, G. (2004). Trier Social Stress Test (TSST): Using as a nursing research method. Nursing Research, 53, 277-280.

Sethi, S. & Williams, R.A. (2003). The family caregiving experience of outpatient ECT. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 9, 198-194.

Williams, R.A., Hagerty, B.K., Yousha, S., Hoyle, K., & Oe, H. (2002). Factors associated with depression in Navy recruits. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58 (4), 323-337.

Hagerty, B.M., Williams, R.A., & Oe, H. (2002). Childhood predictors of adult sense of belonging. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58 (7), 793-801.

Williams, R.A., Hagerty, B.M., Cimprich, B., Therrien, B., Bay, E., & Oe, H. (2000). Changes in directed attention and short-term memory in depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 34, 227-238.

Williams, R.A. (2000). Depression: Peer exchange. Medical Crossfire, 2(6), 31.

Williams, R.A., & Strausser, P. (1999). Depression in the workplace: Impact on employees. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, 47(11), 526- 539.

Hagerty, B.K., & Williams, R.A. (1999). The effects of sense of belonging, social support, conflict, and loneliness on depression. Nursing Research, 48(4), 215-219.

Last updated April 28, 2005.