Director of Advanced Practice Providers - Department of Psychiatry
Director of Behavioral Health Infectious Disease Group Practice
Co-Director of PMHNP Training - Department of Psychiatry
Publications
Lopez A, Schwenk S, Schneck CD, Griffin RJ, Mishkind MC. Technology-Based Mental Health Treatment and the Impact on the Therapeutic Alliance. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2019 Jul 8;21(8):76. PubMed PMID: 31286280
Lopez, Rothberg, Reaser, Schwenk, Griffin (2020). Therapeutic groups via video teleconferencing and the impact on group cohesion. mHealth. Volume 6.
Calderone, Lopez, Schwenk, Yager, Shore. (2019). Telepsychiatry and integrated primary care: setting expectations and creating an effective process for success. mHealth.
Calderone J, Lopez A, Schwenk S, Yager J, Shore JH. Telepsychiatry and integrated primary care: setting expectations and creating an effective process for success. Mhealth. 2020;6:29. PubMed PMID: 32632367
Mishkind MC, Schwenk S, Shoemaker B. (2020). Practical guidance on reaching remote patients through telemental health. Technology and Mental Health: A Clinician’s Guide to Improving Outcomes. (Reger, GM, ed).
Lopez A, Schwenk S. Technology-Based Mental Health Treatment and the Impact on the Therapeutic Alliance Update and Commentary: How COVID-19 changed how we think about telemental health. Current Research in Psychiatry. 2021; 1(3):34-36.
Hilty, et. al. Virtual Mental Health Care for the Rural and Underserved Settings. Chapter 12. Springer Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11984-2
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Board Certification
(2018)
Clinical Interests
My many clinical interests include working with those who have experienced trauma, the LGBTQ community and those with chronic medical/neurological conditions.