Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine

Beth Bock, PhD

    Associate Professor,
  Dept. of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
    Brown Medical School

Clinical Psychologist,
The Miriam Hospital

Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine
Coro Building, Suite 500
One Hoppin Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Phone: (401) 793-8020
Email: Beth_Bock@Brown.edu
Fax: (401) 793-8078

Beth Bock, PhD, is an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital. Her primary research interests are in exercise adoption, smoking cessation interventions, and the use of computer-based technologies in behavior change. She is currently principal investigator on two NIH funded studies examining smoking cessation interventions for patients in the emergency department. She collaborates with Bess Marcus, Ph.D. on research studies funded by the NIH and the American Heart Association that examine the efficacy of computer-tailored motivational feedback to promote exercise behavior change through personal computer and internet delivery modalities.

Member, NIH Study Section, Social Sciences and Population Studies, Center for Scientific Review, 2003 - Present.
Associate Editor, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 2001 - Present.

Smoking Cessation in Emergency Respiratory Patients
Beth Bock, PhD (PI)
NIH/NHLBI

This study continues and expands investigation of the "teachable moment" and the factors which motivate smokers to quit. This study also tests the relative efficacy of two smoking cessation interventions among patients with acute respiratory illness being treated in an Emergency Department. Emergency respiratory patients who smoke are recruited and provided with an individually tailored interview or care as usual.

Tailored Exercise Support for Cardiac Patients
Beth Bock, PhD, (PI)
NIH/NHLBI

Uses a computer expert system to tailor interventions for cardiac rehabilitation patients. The goal is to help patients maintain physical activity following completion of rehabilitation.

Internet and Telephone Treatment for Smokers
Beth Bock, PhD (PI, Sub-contract), Amanda Graham, PhD, (PI)
NIH/NCI

This study examines the incremental efficacy Internet with or without supplemental telephone counseling for smokers attempting to quit.

Bock BC, Niaura RS, Carmona-Barros R & Neighbors CJ. (2005). Differences between Latino and Non-Latino White Smokers in Cognitive and Behavioral Characteristics Relevant to Smoking Cessation. Addictive Behaviors. 30, 711-724.

Cobb N, Graham A, Bock BC, Papandonatos G & Abrams DB. (2005). Initial Evaluation of a "Real World" Internet Smoking Cessation System. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 7, 207-216.

Bock, BC, Graham AL, Sciamanna CN, Krishnamoorthy J, Whiteley J, Carmona-Barros R, Niaura RS & Abrams DB (2004). Smoking Cessation Treatment on the Internet: Content, Quality and Usability. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 6(2), 207-219.

Esler JL & Bock BC. (2004). Psychological treatments for non-cardiac chest pain: Recommendations for a new approach. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 56, 263-269.

Esler, JL, Weisberg, RB, Sciamanna CN & Bock, BC. (2004) Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care Settings. In L. J. Haas (Ed.) Handbook of Primary Care Psychology. Oxford University Press. pp 201-214.

Girard DD, Partridge RA, Becker BM & Bock BC. (2004). Alcohol and Tobacco Use in the Elderly Emergency Department Patient: Assessment of Rates and Medical Care Utilization. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11, 370-382.

Sciamanna C, Marcus BH, Goldstein MG, Ahern DK, Swartz S, Bock BC, Graham A, & Lawrence K. (2004). Feasibility of Primary Care Settings as a Dissemination Setting for Tailored Health Behavior Communications. Informatics in Primary Care, 12, 40-48.

Bock BC, Becker BM, Partridge R, Niaura RS & Abrams DB. (2003). A Prospective Study of Coping Styles and Stress Symptoms After the September 11^th, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. Medicine & Health, Rhode Island, 86, 340-341.

Bock BC, Carmona-Barros RE, Esler J & Tilkemeier, PL (2003). Program participation and physical activity maintenance after cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of Behavior Modification, 27, 37-53.

Esler, JL & Bock BC. (2003). A Review of Psychological Treatments for Non-Cardiac Chest Pain and Recommendations for a New Approach. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 1-7.

Marcus, B. H., Lewis, B. A., King, T. K., Albrecht, A. E., Hogan, J., Bock, BC., Parisi, A. F., & Abrams, D. B. (2003). Rationale, design, and baseline data for Commit to Quit II: An evaluation of the efficacy of moderate-intensity physical activity as an aid to smoking cessation in women. Preventive Medicine, 36, 479-492.

Winickoff JP, Glauber JH, Perrin JM, Bock BC & Rigotti NA. (2003). The Process of Improving Tobacco Dependence Medication Use in a Medicaid Managed Care Organization: A Practical Systems-Level Approach. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 10, 535-540.

Bock, B. C. (2002). Editorial: Issues in predicting adherence to cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 22(4), 261-263.

Bock, B. C., & Becker, B. (2002). Smoking cessation: Critical pathways. Critical Pathways in Cardiology, 1(2), 1-13.

Bock, B. C., & Becker, B. (2002). Smoking cessation. In: Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes. 2^nd Edition. Cannon, CP (Ed.). The Humana Press, Inc. Totowa, NJ. pp. 725-743.

Borrelli, B., Hogan, J., Bock, B. C., Pinto, B., Roberts, M., & Marcus, B. (2002). Predictors of quitting and dropout among women in a clinic-based smoking cessation program. In press, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 16(1), 22-27.

Block, P., Bock, B. C., Becker, B., & Everhart, S. (2001). Alcohol and substance use by adolescents and young adults with recent spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries. Disability Studies Quarterly, 21(2) 357-366.

Bock, B. C., & Becker, B. (2001). Smoking cessation. In: C. Cannon & P. O'Gara (Eds.) Critical Pathways in Cardiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. USA.

Bock, B. C., Becker, B., Partridge, R., Fisher, S., Monteiro, R., & Spencer, J. (2001). Physician intervention and patient attitudes among smokers with acute respiratory illness in the emergency department. Preventive Medicine, 32, 175-181.

Bock, B. C., Marcus, B. .H, Pinto, B. & Forsyth, L. (2001). Maintenance of Physical Activity Following an Individualized Motivationally-Tailored Intervention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 23, 79-87.

Marcus, B. H., Bock, B. C., Pinto, B. M., Napolitano, M. A.,. & Clark, M. M. (2001). Exercise initiation, adoption, and maintenance. In J. Van Raalte & B. Brewer (Eds.), A Practitioner's Guide to Sport and Exercise Psychology (2nd Edition). American Psychological Association.

Niaura, R., Bock, B. C., Lloyd, E. E., Brown, R., Lipsitt, L.P., & Buka, S. (2001). Maternal transmission of nicotine dependence: Psychiatric, neurocognitive, and prenatal factors. The American Journal on Addictions, 10, 16-29.