Angela Neal-Barnett
Biography
Research Area:
- Clinical - Child and Adolescent/Maternal Mental Health
Does Dr. Neal-Barnett plan to recruit a doctoral student for the next incoming class?
Director PRADAA
(Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans Department of Psychology Kent State University)
Author:
Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman's Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fear
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Research Interests
The Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans is committed to doing high quality publishable anxiety research and disseminating the research results in meaningful ways to African American communities. Current research includes trichotillomania; physical/ emotional well-being of African American female adolescents, and perinantal mental health.
Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans
Courses Frequently Taught
Adolescence (undergraduate)
Developmental Psychopathology (graduate)
Psychology of Black Women (The Quarter-Life Crisis honors)
Recent Publications
Perinatal Mental Health
- Neal-Barnett, A., Stadulis, R., Ayoade E., & *McGhee-Dinvaut, A. (2024). A pilot study exploring the feasibility of virtual Written Exposure therapy in a Black Perinatal populations. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
- *Somerville, K. Rowell, T., Stadulis, R. Bell, D. & Neal-Barnett, A. (2023). An evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of sister circles as an anxiety intervention for pregnant Black women. Women’s Health.
- Somerville, K., Neal-Barnett, A., Stadulis, R. et al. Hair Cortisol Concentration and Perceived Chronic Stress in Low-Income Urban Pregnant and Postpartum Black Women.J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2020). doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00809-4 Winner APA Division 35 Best first-authored paper by graduate student.
- Manns-James, L., & Neal-Barnett, A.M. (2019). Development of a culturally informed protocol for hair cortisol sampling in Black women. Public Health Nursing doi:10.1111/phn.12
- Neal-Barnett,A.M., Farmer, C. & Somerville, K. (2019). Stress and Black pregnant women: A report to the Governor of the State of Ohio.
Complete List of Published Work in Google Scholar h-index=24
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C36&q=angela+neal-barnett&btnG=
Education
Post-Doc, University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Hospital
Expertise
Trichotillomania
Acting White
Racial Identity
Sister Circles
infant mortality
race-related stress
outcomes