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Enhancing Treatment Benefits with Exercise: Workbook

Smits, J. A.J., & Otto, M. W. (2024). Enhancing Treatment Benefits with Exercise: Workbook (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

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Enhancing Treatment Benefits with Exercise: Therapist Guide

Smits, J. A.J., & Otto, M. W. (2024). Enhancing Treatment Benefits with Exercise: Therapist Guide (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

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Clinical Guide to Exposure Therapy: Beyond Phobias

Smits, J. A.J., Jacquert, J., Abramowitz, J. S., Arch, J. J., Margraf, J. (2022). Clinical Guide to Exposure Therapy: Beyond Phobias. New York: Springer.

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Personalized Exposure Therapy

Smits, J. A.J., Powers, M. B., Otto, M. W. (2019). Personalized Exposure Therapy. New York: Oxford University Press.

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The Clinician's Guide to Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment and Assessment

Smits, J. A.J., Otto, M. W., Powers, M. B., Baird, S. O. (2018). The Clinician’s Guide to Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment and Assessment. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press.

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The Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Hofmann, S. G., Dozois, D. J. A., Rief, W., Smits, J. A.J. (Eds.). (2014). The Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Wiley Blackwell.

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Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health

Smits, J. A.J. (Ed). (2013). Anxiety disorders. Section in: Ekkekakis, P. (Ed). Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health. London: Routledge.

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Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Otto, M. W., & Smits, J. A.J. (2011). Exercise for Mood and Anxiety: Proven Strategies for Overcoming Depression and Enhancing Well-Being (1st ed.). Oxford University Press.

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Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Workbook

Smits, J. A.J., & Otto, M. W. (2009). Exercise for mood and anxiety disorders: Workbook (1st ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

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Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Therapist Guide

Smits, J. A.J., & Otto, M. W. (2009). Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Therapist Guide (1st ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

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Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness

Zvolensky, M. J., & Smits, J. A.J. (Eds.) (2007). Anxiety in Health Behaviors and Physical Illness. New York: Springer.

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Selected Articles

2025

Otto, M. W., Long, L. J., Papini, S., Culver, T., Taylor, C. T., Rubin, M., Fitzgerald, H. E., Liu, Q., Smits, J. A.J., Anderson, R. A., Aslanidou, A., Benke, C., Cox, W. R., Engelhard, I. M., Friendman, S. E., Goodman, R. R., Graham, B. M., Hearon, B. A., Howard, H. W., Jacquart, J., Johnson, H. M., Kredlow, M. A., Lam, C. L. M., Lee, E. B., Vogelzang McClure, G., McEvoy, P. M., Melzig, C. A., Moore, T. M., Moses, K., Nagy, S. M., Newby, J. M., Pfaff, P. F. R., Regan, A., Rief, W., Rudaizky, D., Smith, L. H., Sung, S. C., Wieser, M. J., Wong, A. H. K., Wong, Q. J. J., Zainal N. H., Zhang, Z., for the Exposure Therapy Consortium. (2025). Moderating role of state and trait positive affect in virtual reality exposure for public speaking anxiety: Protocol for a multisite experimental study. JMIR Research Protocols, 14(1). doi.org/10.2196/80010

Papini, S., Young, C. C., Brown, R. A., Minami, H., Morikawa, H., Otto, M. W., Roache, J.D., Smits, J. A.J. (2025). Isradipine enhancement of virtual reality cue exposure therapy is effective for individuals with higher baseline cue-induced craving. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 17. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100378

Smits, J. A.J., Kredlow, X., Monfils, M-H., Otto, M. W., for the Exposure Therapy Consortium. (2025). Enhancing the efficacy of exposure therapy: Translation of pharmacological augmentation of fear extinction. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 22. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-061324-071811

Powers, M. B., Hays, S. A., Rosenfield, D., Porter, A. L., Gallaway, H., Chauvette, G., Smits, J. A.J., Warren, A. M., Douglas, M., Naftalis, R., Wigginton, J. G., Foreman, M., Kilgard, M. P., Rennaker, R. L. (2025). Vagus nerve stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant PTSD. Brain Stimulation, 18(3), 665-675. doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2025.03.007

Garey, L., Rinck, M., Rosenfield, D., Nizio, P., Beevers, C. G., Brown, R. A., Conroy Busch, H. E., Dutcher, C. D., McSpadden, B., Zvolensky, M. J., Smits, J. A.J. (2025). Approach bias and tobacco craving as mechanisms of the effect of approach bias retraining on smoking cessation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27(5), 830-838. doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae218

Brown, R. A., Winskowicz, A., Johnson, D. H., Hecht, J., Shumake, J., Carpenter, K. M., Farrington, J., Smits, J. A.J. (2025). Brief computer MI to motivate sustained tobacco cessation following psychiatric hospital discharge: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 151. doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2025.107841

Smits, J. A.J., Abramowitz, J. S., Papini, S., Anderson, R., Arch, J. J., Badeja, D., Barzilay, S., Belanger, A. N., Borchert, T., Bryant, E., Burger, A. S., Dixon, L. J., Dutcher, C. D., Fitzgerald, H. E., Graham, B. M., Haberkamp, A., Hofmann, S. G., Hoyer, J., Huppert, J. D., Johnson, D., Kabha, B. Q., Weise, C. (2025). Exposure therapy consortium: Outcomes of the proof-of-principle study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 109. doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102962

2024

Young, C. C., Papini, S., Minami, H., Morikawa, H., Otto, M. W., Roache, J.D., Smits, J. A.J. (2024). Isradipine augmentation of virtual reality cue exposure therapy for tobacco craving: a triple-blind randomized controlled trial. Neuropsychopharmacology, 49(11), 1711-1718. doi.org/10.1038/s41386-024-01872-9

Garey, L., Thai, J.M., Zvolensky, M.J., Smits, J.A.J. (2024). Exercise and Smoking Cessation. In: Cisler, J.M., Crombie, K.M., Adams, T.G. (Eds.), Exercise and Mental Health (pp. 177-198). Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (Vol. 67). Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/7854_2024_497

Smits, J. A.J., Zvolensky, M. J., Cheney, M. K., Rosenfield, D., Brown, R. A., Manser, S. S., Otto, M. W., Freeman, S. Z., Sarmiento, M. I., Thureen, S. E. (2024). Efficacy and implementation of exercise-based smoking cessation treatment for adults with high anxiety sensitivity (STEP): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 141. doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2024.107521

Smits, J. A.J., Abramowitz, J. S., Arch, J. J., Papini, S., Anderson, R., Dixon, L., Graham, B. M., Hofmann, S. G., Hoyer, J., Huppert, J. D., Jacquart, J., Johnson, D., McEvoy, P. M., McKay, D., Newby, J., Otto, M. W., Pittig, A., Rief, W., Rosenfield, D., Timpano, K. R., Wannemüller, A., for the Exposure Therapy Consortium. (2024). Improving exposure therapy: Rationale for and design of a global consortium. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 47(2), 433-444.

doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2024.02.008

Benito, K., Pittig, A., Abramowitz, J., Arch, J. J., Chavira, D., de Kleine, R., De Nadai, A., Hermans, D., Hofmann, S. G., Hoyer, J., Huppert, J. D., Kircanski, K., McEvoy, P. M., Meyer, H., Monfils, M-R., Papini, S., Rief, W., Rosenfield, D., Storch, E. A., Telch, M. J., Otto, M. W., Smits, J. A.J., for the Exposure Therapy Consortium. (2024). Mechanisms of change in exposure therapy for anxiety and related disorders: a research agenda. Clinical Psychological Science, 13(4), 687-719. doi.org/10.1177/21677026241240727

Abrantes, A.M., Browne, J., Uebelacker, L. A., Anderson, B. J., Barter, S., Shah, Z., Kunicki, Z. J., Caviness, C., Price, L. H., Desaulniers, J., Brown, R. A. (2024) Randomized controlled trial of aerobic exercise for smoking cessation among individuals with elevated depressive symptoms. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 26(5), 634–638.

doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad201