Shannon M. Couture, Ph.D.

Background Information:

Dr. Shannon Couture received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007. She completed an APA-accredited internship at the University of California at San Diego/San Diego VA Hospital before joining the faculty at the University of Manchester in England. Dr. Couture joined the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Maryland in 2008 as a Research Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Clinical Training.

Research Interests:

Dr. Couture's research interests focus on understanding psychological factors that may contribute to the development and maintenance of symptoms, and to poor functioning in individuals with psychosis. Currently, she is conducting a pilot study at the Baltimore VA to investigate how psychological factors such as dysfunctional beliefs, persistence, and neurocognition relate to the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. This study is related to her current research interests investigating the cognitive model of negative symptoms (Beck et al., 2009). Dr. Couture has also continued her work in social cognition by collaborating with graduate students and Dr. Blanchard to examine emotion perception, theory of mind, social skill, and emotional responses to social stimuli social anhedonia.

Courses Taught:

• Adult Psychopathology
  
• Adult Interventions
  
• Clinical Supervision (Assessment and Intervention)
  

Selected Publications:

Couture, S.M., Granholm, E., & Fish, S.C. (in pres). A path model investigation of neurocognition, theory of mind, social competence, negative symptoms and real-world functioning in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research.

Leung, W., Couture, S.M., Blanchard, J.J., Lin, S., & Llerena, K. (in press). Is social anhedonia related to emotional responsitivity and expressivity? A laboratory study in women. Schizophrenia Research .

Couture, S.M., Penn, D.L., Losh, M., Adolphs, R., Hurley, R., & Piven, J. (2010). Comparison of social cognitive functioning in schizophrenia and high functioning autism: More convergence than divergence. Psychological Medicine, 40(4), 569-579.

Couture, S.M., Penn, D.L., Addington, J., Woods, S.W., & Perkins, D.O. (2008). Assessment of social judgments and complex mental states in the early phases of psychosis. Schizophrenia Research , 100 , 237-241.

Couture, S.M., Penn, D.L., & Roberts, D.L. (2006). The functional significance of social cognition in schizophrenia: A Review. Schizophrenia Bulletin , 32 , S44-S63.


Link to Schizophrenia Research Training Program website