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Linda M Isbell PhD

TitleAdjunct Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentEmergency Medicine
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
135 Hicks Way
Amherst MA 01003-9271
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentEmergency Medicine


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    State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, United StatesBAPolitical Science
    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United StatesMAPsychology
    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United StatesPHDPsychology

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    1. Isbell LM, Huff NR, Liu G, Bessen H, Kan V, Levesque I, Bird M, Smulowitz P. When emergency physicians meet patients displaying irritable behaviours: a randomised vignette-based experiment investigating physicians' emotions and clinical reasoning. BMJ Qual Saf. 2026 Jul 12. PMID: 42437698.
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    2. Smulowitz PB, Ostrovsky D, Burke RC, Novack V, Isbell L, Kan V, Zaborski L, Landon BE. Clinician Risk Tolerance and Rates of Admission From the Emergency Department for Medicare Patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2026 01; 87(1):29-38. PMID: 40728454.
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    3. Isbell LM, Le V, Huff NR, Beals K, Tager JB, Kimball E, Whillock S, Boudreaux ED. Medical Care for Patients With Mental Health and/or Substance-Use Disorders: A Qualitative Investigation of Emergency Department Patient Experiences and Recommendations. Health Serv Res. 2025 Aug; 60(4):e14617. PMID: 40135388.
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    4. Huff NR, Arnold DH, Isbell LM. The Community Attitudes Towards Mental Illness (CAMI) Scale 40 Years Later: An Investigation Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Free-Response Data. J Community Psychol. 2025 02; 53(2):e70005. PMID: 40084599.
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    5. Huff NR, Dunderdale L, Kellogg AJ, Isbell LM. Factors related to help-seeking and service utilization for professional mental healthcare among young people: An umbrella review. Clin Psychol Rev. 2024 12; 114:102504. PMID: 39395209.
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    6. Smulowitz PB, Burke RC, Ostrovsky D, Novack V, Isbell L, Kan V, Landon BE. Clinician Risk Tolerance and Rates of Admission From the Emergency Department. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 02 05; 7(2):e2356189. PMID: 38363570.
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    7. Isbell LM, Graber ML, Rovenpor DR, Liu G. Influence of comorbid depression and diagnostic workup on diagnosis of physical illness: a?randomized experiment. Diagnosis (Berl). 2023 08 01; 10(3):257-266. PMID: 37185165.
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    8. Huff NR, Chimowitz H, DelPico MA, Gleason KT, Nanavati JD, Smulowitz P, Isbell LM. The consequences of emotionally evocative patient behaviors on emergency nurses' patient assessments and handoffs: An experimental study using simulated patient cases. Int J Nurs Stud. 2023 Jul; 143:104507. PMID: 37196607.
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    9. Isbell LM, Chimowitz H, Huff NR, Liu G, Kimball E, Boudreaux E. A Qualitative Study of Emergency Physicians' and Nurses' Experiences Caring for Patients With Psychiatric Conditions and/or Substance Use Disorders. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 06; 81(6):715-727. PMID: 36669922.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Huff NR, Liu G, Chimowitz H, Gleason KT, Isbell LM. COVID-19 related negative emotions and emotional suppression are associated with greater risk perceptions among emergency nurses: A cross-sectional study. Int J Nurs Stud Adv. 2023 Dec; 5:100111. PMID: 36467310.
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    11. Ostrovsky D, Novack V, Smulowitz PB, Burke RC, Landon BE, Isbell LM. Perspectives of Emergency Clinicians About Medical Errors Resulting in Patient Harm or Malpractice Litigation. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 11 01; 5(11):e2241461. PMID: 36355376.
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    12. Isbell LM, Kang S, Barysky G, Quinn G. Stigmatizing attitudes toward Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) in parents vs. non-parents: Effects of medication and genetic etiology. PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0274185. PMID: 36084061.
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    13. Liu G, Isbell LM, Constantino MJ, Leidner B. Quiet Ego Intervention Enhances Flourishing by Increasing Quiet Ego Characteristics and Trait Emotional Intelligence: A Randomized Experiment. J Happiness Stud. 2022; 23(7):3605-3623. PMID: 36059574.
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    14. Liu G, Chimowitz H, Isbell LM. Affective influences on clinical reasoning and diagnosis: insights from social psychology and new research opportunities. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022 08 01; 9(3):295-305. PMID: 34981701.
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    15. Welsh M, Chimowitz H, Nanavati JD, Huff NR, Isbell LM. A qualitative investigation of the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on emergency physicians' emotional experiences and coping strategies. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2021 Oct; 2(5):e12578. PMID: 34746921.
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    16. Smulowitz PB, Burke RC, Ostrovsky D, Novack V, Isbell L, Landon BE. Attitudes toward risk among emergency physicians and advanced practice clinicians in Massachusetts. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2021 Oct; 2(5):e12573. PMID: 34693400.
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    17. Hagerty SF, Burke RC, Isbell LM, Barasz K, Smulowitz P. Patient perceptions of diagnostic certainty at discharge and patient satisfaction in the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 11; 28(11):1318-1320. PMID: 33830597.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Isbell LM, Tager J, Beals K, Liu G. Emotionally evocative patients in the emergency department: a mixed methods investigation of providers' reported emotions and implications for patient safety. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 10; 29(10):1-2. PMID: 31988259.
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    19. Isbell LM, Boudreaux ED, Chimowitz H, Liu G, Cyr E, Kimball E. What do emergency department physicians and nurses feel? A qualitative study of emotions, triggers, regulation strategies, and effects on patient care. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 10; 29(10):1-2. PMID: 31941799.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Rovenpor DR, Isbell LM. Do emotional control beliefs lead people to approach positive or negative situations? Two competing effects of control beliefs on emotional situation selection. Emotion. 2018 04; 18(3):313-331. PMID: 28872335.
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    21. Isbell LM, Rovenpor DR, Lair EC. The impact of negative emotions on self-concept abstraction depends on accessible information processing styles. Emotion. 2016 10; 16(7):1040-1049. PMID: 27685154.
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    22. Isbell LM, Lair EC, Rovenpor DR. The Impact of Affect on Out-Group Judgments Depends on Dominant Information-Processing Styles: Evidence From Incidental and Integral Affect Paradigms. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2016 Apr; 42(4):485-97. PMID: 26984013.
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    23. Huntsinger JR, Isbell LM, Clore GL. The affective control of thought: malleable, not fixed. Psychol Rev. 2014 Oct; 121(4):600-18. PMID: 25347310.
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    24. Isbell LM, McCabe J, Burns KC, Lair EC. Who am I?: The influence of affect on the working self-concept. Cogn Emot. 2013; 27(6):1073-90. PMID: 23414062.
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    25. Hunsinger M, Isbell LM, Clore GL. Sometimes happy people focus on the trees and sad people focus on the forest: context-dependent effects of mood in impression formation. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2012 Feb; 38(2):220-32. PMID: 21957087.
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    26. Parker MT, Isbell LM. How I vote depends on how I feel: the differential impact of anger and fear on political information processing. Psychol Sci. 2010 Apr; 21(4):548-50. PMID: 20424100.
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