Donna Giles

Donna Giles, Ph.D.

Professor

Department: MD-PSYCHIATRY
Business Phone: (352) 392-3681
Business Email: dgiles@ufl.edu

Accomplishments

Faculty Mentoring Award
2003 · University of Rochester Medical Center
Graduate Research Award
1976 · Medical Research Council
Teaching Assistantship (merit-based)
1974-1977 · University of Western Ontario
Graduate Scholarship
1974-1976 · Province of Ontario
Teaching Assistantship (merit-based)
1973-1974 · University of Guelph

Publications

2014
Randomized Controlled Trial of Interpersonal Psychotherapy versus Enhanced Treatment as Usual for Women with Co-Occurring Depression and Pelvic Pain
Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 77(4):264-272
2010
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Co-occurring Depression and Chronic Pain.
Professional psychology, research and practice. 41(4):312-318 [PMID] 21191470.
2010
Interpersonal psychotherapy for women with comorbid depression and chronic pain.
The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 198(8):597-600 [DOI] 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ea4d3d. [PMID] 20699727.
2010
Musculoskeletal pain and measures of depression: response to comment on the article by Poleshuck et al.
General hospital psychiatry. 32(1):114-5 [PMID] 20672020.
2009
Pain and depression in gynecology patients.
Psychosomatics. 50(3):270-6 [DOI] 10.1176/appi.psy.50.3.270. [PMID] 19567767.
2009
Pain as a predictor of depression treatment outcomes in women with childhood sexual abuse.
Comprehensive psychiatry. 50(3):215-20 [DOI] 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.08.001. [PMID] 19374964.
2009
Psychosocial stress and anxiety in musculoskeletal pain patients with and without depression.
General hospital psychiatry. 31(2):116-22 [DOI] 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.10.003. [PMID] 19269531.
2006
Chronic pain and depressive symptoms among financially disadvantaged women’s health patients
Journal of Womens Health. 15(2):182-193
2006
Pain and depressive symptoms among financially disadvantaged women’s health patients.
Journal of women's health (2002). 15(2):182-93 [PMID] 16536682.
2005
Contributions of physical and sexual abuse to women’s experiences with chronic pelvic pain.
The Journal of reproductive medicine. 50(2):91-100 [PMID] 15755045.
2005
Multidimensional assessment of the roles of physical and sexual abuse in women with chronic pelvic pain
Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 50(2):91-100
2003
Personality traits and symptom reduction in a group treatment for women with histories of childhood sexual abuse.
Comprehensive psychiatry. 44(6):448-53 [PMID] 14610721.
2002
Behavioral treatment vs pharmacotherapy for Insomnia – A comparative meta-analyses
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 159:5-11
2002
Behavioral treatment vs pharmacotherapy for Insomnia – A comparative meta-analyses
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 159:5-11
2002
Behavioral treatment vs pharmacotherapy for Insomnia: A comparative meta-analyses
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 159:5-11
2002
Genetic segregation analysis of recurrent, early-onset major depression: Evidence for Single Major Locus Transmission
American Journal of Medical Genetics. 114(2):214-221
2002
The effects of an orally administered cholinergic agonist on REM sleep in major depression.
Biological psychiatry. 51(6):457-62 [PMID] 11922879.
2001
Behavioral treatment of insomnia: Treatment outcome and the relevance of medical and psychiatric morbidity
Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 24(3):281-296
2001
Beta EEG in Insomnia
Sleep Medicine Reviews. 5(5):364-375
2001
Beta/Gamma EEG activity in patients with primary and secondary insomnia and in good sleeper controls
Sleep. 24(1):110-117
2001
Improving compliance with nasal CPAP and vigilance in older adults with OSAHS
Sleep & Breathing. 5(1):13-21
2001
Neuropsychological changes with CPAP in older adults with sleep apnea
Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 1:1-6
2001
Pre-sleep cognitions in insomnia secondary to chronic pain
Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 24(1):93-114
2001
Temporal and stagewise distribution of high frequency EEG activity in patients with primary insomnia and secondary insomnia and in good sleep controls
Journal of Sleep Research. 10(2):93-104
2001
The malignancy of recurrent, early-onset Major Depression: A family study
American Journal of Medical Genetics. 105(8):690-699
2001
The mesograde amnesia of sleep may be attenuated in subjects with primary insomnia
Physiology & Behavior. 74:71-76
2000
Behavioral treatment of insomnia: A clinical case series study
Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 9(34):149-161
2000
Personality traits of women with histories of childhood sexual abuse
Psychiatric Services. 50:686-695
2000
Sleep quality and pre-sleep arousal in chronic pain
Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 23:1-13
2000
The relationship between traumatic events and dissociation among women with histories of childhood sexual abuse
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 188:547-549
1999
Effects of group treatment in women reporting histories of childhood sexual abuse
Psychiatric Services. 50:686-695
1998
A controlled comparison of electroencephalographic sleep in families of probands with unipolar depression
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 155(2):192-199
1998
EEG sleep in African-American patients with major depression: a historical case control study
Depression and Anxiety. 8(2):58-64
1998
Linkage and association analysis in recurrent unipolar depression of chromosomal regions containing genes related to neuroendocrine or serotonin function
American Journal of Medical Genetics. 81:443-444
1997
Alpha sleep and information processing, perception of sleep, pain, and arousability in fibromyalgia
International Journal of Neuroscience. 89:265-280
1997
Dexamethasone response, Thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation, rapid eye movement latency, and subtypes of depression
Biological Psychiatry. 40(9):915-928
1997
Genetic segregation analysis of early-onset recurrent unipolar depression
. 61:1370-1378
1997
Self-reported sleep disturbance in recurrent depression: preliminary evidence that insomnia may be a prodromal symptom of depression
Journal of Affective Disorders. 42:209-212
1997
Sleep complaints in minor head-injury patients
. 84:595-599
1997
Subjective – objective discrepancies in psychophysiologic insomnia: A neurocognitive perspective
Journal of Sleep Research. 6:179-188
1997
Which depressive symptoms relate to which sleep EEG variables
Biological Psychiatry. 42(10):904-913
1996
The dexamethasone suppression test in patients with mood disorders
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 57:470-484
1996
The relationship between longitudinal clinical course and sleep and cortisol changes in adolescent depression
Biological Psychiatry. 40(6):474-484
1995
Clinical characteristics of outpatients with chronic major depression
Journal of Affective Disorders. 34(1):25-32
1995
Depression spectrum disease with and without depression in first-degree relatives
Journal of Affective Disorders. 35(4):131-138
1995
Sustained facial muscle activity during REM sleep in depressed subjects and its correlation with self-reported depression
Journal of Affective Disorders. 35(4):163-171
1994
Childbearing in women with and without a history of affective disorder
Comprehensive Psychiatry. 35(3):215-224
1994
Childbearing in women with and without a history of affective disorder
Comprehensive Psychiatry. 35(3):215-224
1994
Childbearing in women with and without a history of affective disorder. Part 1: Psychiatric symptomatology
Comprehensive Psychiatry. 35(3):205-214
1994
Familial influence in unipolar depression: Effects of parental cognitions and social adjustment on adult offspring
Comprehensive Psychiatry. 35(4):290-295
1994
Familial influence in unipolar depression: Effects of parental cognitions and social adjustment on adult offspring
Comprehensive Psychiatry. 35(4):290-295
1993
Cognitive and psychiatric correlates of functional hypothalamic amenorrhea: a controlled comparison
Psychiatry Research. 60(3):486-492
1993
Prospective assessment of EEG sleep in remitted major depression
Psychiatry Research. 46:269-284
1992
Concordance between habitual sleep times and laboratory recording schedules
Sleep. 15(6):571-575
1992
Digital period analysis of sleep EEG in depression
Biological Psychiatry. 31(1):52-68
1992
EEG sleep abnormalities in depressed children: a hypothesis
Psychiatry Research. 41:53-63
1992
Personality traits as predictors of good diabetic control
Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 6(2):101-104
1991
Does learned resourcefulness predict response to cognitive therapy in depressed outpatients?
Journal of Affective Disorders. 23(4):223-229
1990
A cross-sectional study of the effects of depression on REM latency
Biological Psychiatry. 28:697-704
1990
Risk factors in unipolar depression: II. Relation between proband REM latency and cognitions of relatives
Psychiatry Research. 33:39-49
1989
Long-term effects of unipolar depression on cognitions
Comprehensive Psychiatry. 30(3):225-230
1989
Polysomnographic parameters in first-degree relatives of unipolar probands
Psychiatry Research. 27:127-136
1989
Reduced REM latency predicts response to tricyclic medication in depressed outpatients
Biological Psychiatry. 26(1):61-72
1989
Secular trend in unipolar depression: A hypothesis
Journal of Affective Disorders. 16(1):71-75
1989
Sleep EEG in bulimic, depressed, and normal subjects
Biological Psychiatry. 25(5):661-664
1989
Stability of polysomnographic parameters in unipolar depression: A cross-sectional report
Biological Psychiatry. 25(5):807-810
1988
Risk factors in families of unipolar depression. I – Psychiatric illness and reduced REM latency
Journal of Affective Disorders. 14(1):51-59
1987
A comparison of self-reported versus clinician-rated symptoms in depression
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 48:246-248
1987
Beck’s cognitive theory of depression: convergence of constructs
Comprehensive Psychiatry. 28:416-427
1987
Polysomnographic findings and dexamethasone nonsuppression in depression: A replication and extension
Biological Psychiatry. 22(7):872-882
1987
Reduced REM latency: A predictor of recurrence in depression
Neuropsychopharmacology. 1(1):33-39
1987
REM latency concordance in depressed family members
Biological Psychiatry. 22(7):910-914
1987
Secondary depression: A comparison among subtypes
Journal of Affective Disorders. 12:251-258
1986
Polysomnographic findings in recently drug-free and clinically remitted depressed patients
Archives of General Psychiatry. 43(9):878-884
1986
Sleep parameters in bipolar I, bipolar II, and unipolar depression
Biological Psychiatry. 21(13):1340-1343
1986
The Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology (IDS): Preliminary findings
Psychiatry Research. 18(1):65-87
1986
The Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (IDS): Preliminary findings
. 22(3):985-990
1986
Weight change in depression
Psychiatry Research. 17(4):275-283
1986
Which depressions respond to placebo?
Psychiatry Research. 18(3):217-226
1986
Which endogenous depressive symptoms relate to REM latency reduction?
Biological Psychiatry. 21(5-6):473-482
1985
Alprazolam versus amitriptyline in depressions with reduced REM latencies
Archives of General Psychiatry. 42(12):1154-1159
1985
Free triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxin (T4) in a group of unipolar depressed patients and normal subjects
Biological Psychiatry. 20(10):1047-1054
1985
Nocturnal prolactin secretion in depression
. 147(9):314-317
1984
TRH-induced prolactin release is blunted in females with endogenous unipolar major depression
Psychiatry Research. 12(24):321-331
1984
TRH-induced prolactin release is blunted in females with endogenous unipolar major depression
Psychiatry Research. 12(24):321-331
1984
TRH-induced prolactin release is blunted in females with endogenous unipolar major depression
Psychiatry Research. 12(24):321-331
1983
Neuropsychological dysfunctions in unipolar nonpsychotic major depression
Journal of Affective Disorders. 5(4):281-287
1983
Psychobiological predictors of antidepressant drug response
. 16(6):192-194
1983
Relationships among the TRH, REM latency, and dexamethasone suppression tests: Preliminary findings
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 44(8):23-29
1982
Relationship of dysfunctional attitudes and dexamethasone response in endogenous and nonendogenous depression
Biological Psychiatry. 17(11):1303-1314
1982
Sleep EEG and dexamethasone suppression test findings in outpatients with unipolar major depressive disorders
Biological Psychiatry. 17(3):327-341
1982
The effect of dosage on the dexamethasone suppression test in normal controls
Psychiatry Research. 7(3):277-285
1981
Sleep EEG and dexamethasone suppression testing findings in unipolar depressions
Psychopharmacology Bulletin. 17(3):22-23
1978
Behaviorism in the twentieth century: What we have here is a failure to communicate
Behavior Therapy. 9(1):15-27
1977
Nocturnal growth hormone (HGH) secretion in depressed and control subjects
. 5:568-568

Education

PhD, Psychology
1982 · University of Western Ontario
Research Fellowship, Affective Disorders
1978-1982 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
MA, Psychology
1976 · University of Western Ontario
BA, English and Psychology
1970 · University of Western Ontario

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 392-3681
Emails:
Business:
dgiles@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100256
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
Gainesville Fl 32605
2515 NW 21st Street
GAINESVILLE FL 32605