Elissa Kolva, PhD

Publications

• Melton L, Brewer B, Kolva E, Joshi T, Bunch M. Increasing access to care for young adults with cancer: Results of a quality-improvement project using a novel telemedicine approach to supportive group psychotherapy. Palliat Support Care. 2016 Jul 26;:1-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27457109
• Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Liu Y, Pessin H, Breitbart W. Using Item Response Theory (IRT) to Reduce Patient Burden When Assessing Desire for Hastened Death. Psychol Assess. 2016 Jun 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27280743
• Kolva E & Etter, D. Psychological issues in late life rational suicide. In: McCue R & Balasubramaniam M ed. by. Rational suicide in the Elderly. New York, NY: Springer US; 2016.
• Etter D. & Kolva E. Impact of psychotherapy on rational suicide. In: McCue R & Balasubramaniam M ed. by. Rational suicide in the Elderly. New York, NY: Springer US; 2016.
• Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Liu Y, Pessin H, Breitbart W. Using item response theory (IRT) to reduce patient burden when assessing desire for hastened death. Psychol Assess. 2017 Mar;29(3):349-353. PubMed PMID: 27280743
• Melton L, Brewer B, Kolva E, Joshi T, Bunch M. Increasing access to care for young adults with cancer: Results of a quality-improvement project using a novel telemedicine approach to supportive group psychotherapy. Palliat Support Care. 2017 Apr;15(2):176-180. PubMed PMID: 27457109
• Saracino R, Kolva E, & Rosenfeld B. Legal aspects of healthcare decision-making. In: Diefenbach MA, Miller-Halegoua S & Bowen DJ ed. by. Handbook of health decision science. New York, NY: Springer Verlag; 2016
• Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Liu Y, Pessin H & Breitbart W. Using IRT to reduce patient burden when assessing desire for hastened death (2016, October). In B. Rosenfeld (Chair), International developments in the study of hastened death. Symposium planned for at the 18th International Psycho Oncology Society Congress, Dublin, Ireland
• Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Saracino R. Assessing the Decision-Making Capacity of Terminally Ill Patients with Cancer. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 May;26(5):523-531. PubMed PMID: 29398351
• Carr, A., Jones, J., K. Milkulich-Gilbertson, S., Laudenslager, M., S. Kutner, J., Kilbourn, K., Sannes, T., Brewer, B., Kolva, E., Joshi, T., Amoyal Pensak, N. (2018). Improvements on a Mobilized Stress Management Program (Pep-Pal) for Caregivers of Oncology Patients (Preprint).
• Kolva E, Bonnell L, Cox-Martin E. Innovations in online assessment of suicidality in patients with cancer: Optimizing safety and feasibility. Psychooncology. 2020 Jan;29(1):224-226. PubMed PMID: 31652365
• Kolva E, Hoffecker L, Cox-Martin E. Suicidal ideation in patients with cancer: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, intervention and assessment. Palliat Support Care. 2019 Sep 26;:1-14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31554521
• Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Saracino RM. Neuropsychological Predictors of Decision-Making Capacity in Terminally Ill Patients with Advanced Cancer. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2019 Jan 24;35(1):1-9. PubMed PMID: 31328219
• Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich Gilbertson S, Laudenslager ML, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BW, Kolva E, Joshi T, Amoyal Pensak N. Impact of a Mobilized Stress Management Program (Pep-Pal) for Caregivers of Oncology Patients: Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Cancer. 2019 May 3;5(1):e11406. PubMed PMID: 31066678
• Pensak NA, Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BB, Kolva E, Joshi T, Laudenslager ML. A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress. Psychooncology. 2020 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33217070
• Kolva E, Bonnell L, Cox-Martin E. Innovations in online assessment of suicidality in patients with cancer: Optimizing safety and feasibility. Psychooncology. 2020 Jan;29(1):224-226. PubMed PMID: 31652365
• Kolva E, Hoffecker L, Cox-Martin E. Suicidal ideation in patients with cancer: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, intervention and assessment. Palliat Support Care. 2020 Apr;18(2):206-219. PubMed PMID: 31554521
• Kolva, E., Rosenfeld, B., & Saracino, R. (2020). Neuropsychological predictors of decision-making capacity in patients with advanced cancer. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 35 (1). doi: 10.1093/arclin/acz027

Practice Locations

University of Colorado Cancer Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0300

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Center Affiliations

• University of Colorado Cancer Center

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Psychiatry