Salome Vanwoerden, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Children & Adolescents
Salome Vanwoerden, PhD

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Developmental psychopathology of PDs; Dyadic relationships as dynamic systems; Social cognitive mechanisms of PDs

Clinical Interests

Parenting and family systems; Borderline personality disorder

Education Interests

Developmental processes; Developmental psychopathology

Selected Publications

  1. Vanwoerden S, Vine V, Byrd AL, Jennings JR & Stepp SD. (2024). The role of youths cardiac autonomic balance and parental responses to youth emotion in vulnerability to borderline personality disorder development. Development & Psychopathology, 36(2): 993-1004.
  2. Vanwoerden S, Silk JS, Forbes EE & Morgan JK. (2024). Current maternal depression affects childrens social outcomes during middle childhood: Exploring the role of positive affect socialization. Journal of Affective Disorders, 345(14): 59-69.
  3. Vanwoerden S, McLaren V, Stepp SD & Sharp C. (2023). Are we thinking about the same disorder? A trifactor model approach to understand parents and their adolescents reports of borderline personality pathology. Journal of Personality Assessment, 105(4): 487-498.
  4. Vanwoerden S, Chandler J, Cano K, Mehta P, Pilkonis PA & Sharp C. (2023). Sampling methods in personality pathology research: Some data and recommendations. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14(1): 1928.
  5. Vanwoerden S & Stepp SD. (2022). The DSM-5 alternative model conceptualization of borderline personality disorder: A review of the evidence. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(4): 402-406.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Houston
Education
MA, Clinical Psychology, University of Houston
Internship
Clinical Psychology, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Postdoctoral
Clinical Research Training for Psychologists, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
  • Board Member, North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders