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Dean Cruess

Dean Cruess

Title: Associate Professor


Departmental Program: Clinical

E-mail: dean.cruess@uconn.edu

Office: BOUS 140

Office Phone: (860) 486-5818

Department of Psychology
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1020

Preferred Means of Contact: Email

Research Interests:

  • Anxiety and Mood Disorders
  • Stress and Health
  • Psychoneuroimmunology
  • Psycho-oncology

Undergraduate courses:

  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Health Psychology

Graduate courses:

  • Adult Psychopathology

Representative Publications:

  • Cruess, D.G., Douglas, S.D., Petitto, J.M., Ten Have, T., Gettes, D., Dubé, B., Cary, M., & Evans, D.L. (2005). Association of resolution of major depression with increased natural killer cell activity among HIV-seropositive women. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 2125-2130.
  • Cruess, D.G., Antoni, M.H., Gonzalez, J., Fletcher, M.A., Klimas, N., Duran, R., Ironson, G., & Schneiderman, N. (2003). Sleep disturbance mediates the association between psychological distress and immune status among HIV-positive men and women on combination antiretroviral therapy. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 54, 185-189.
  • Antoni, M.H., Cruess, D.G., Klimas, N., Maher, K., Cruess, S.E., Kumar, M., Lutgendorf, S., Ironson, G., Schneiderman, N., & Fletcher, M.A. (2002). Stress management and immune system reconstitution in symptomatic HIV-infected gay men over time: Effects on transitional naive T-cells (CD4+CD45RA+CD29+). American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 143-145.
  • Cruess, D.G., Antoni, M.H., Schneiderman, N., Ironson, G., McCabe, P., Fernandez, J.B., Cruess, S.E., Klimas, N., & Kumar, M. (2000). Cognitive-behavioral stress management increases free testosterone and decreases psychological distress in HIV-seropositive men. Health Psychology, 19, 12-20.
  • Cruess, D.G., Antoni, M.H., McGregor, B.A., Kilbourn, K.M., Boyers, A.E., Alferi, S.M., Carver, C.S. & Kumar, M. (2000). Cognitive-behavioral stress management reduces serum cortisol by enhancing benefit finding among women being treated for early-stage breast cancer. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 304-308.