Anna Van Meter

{{Short description|American clinical psychologist}}

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Anna Van Meter is an American clinical psychologist. She is on the faculty of New York University Grossman School of Medicine in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She leads the Investigating Mood Pathology: Assessment, Course, Treatment (IMPACT) Lab. Van Meter and her team conduct research on mood disorders and associated clinical phenomena, including suicide. They focus on innovative, technology-based approaches to improve the rapid identification of symptoms in youth and to facilitate access to evidence-based care.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.impactlabpsych.com/about |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=impactlab |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301021445/https://www.impactlabpsych.com/about |url-status=live }}

Education and degrees

Anna Van Meter, Ph.D. graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College. She majored in Psychology and minored in Women's Studies. She earned her Master of Arts in clinical psychology and her doctorate in clinical psychology with an emphasis in quantitative psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her clinical internship at the University of Illinois at Chicago.{{Cite web |title=Anna Van Meter CV |url=https://sccap53.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Van-Meter-CV-01152018.pdf |access-date=2022-07-25 |archive-date=2022-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102011414/https://sccap53.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Van-Meter-CV-01152018.pdf |url-status=live }}

Positions and roles

Van Meter is currently on the faculty of NYU Grossman School of Medicine in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She was on the faculty of Yeshiva University in the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology from 2013 to 2017. In 2018, she joined the faculty at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research of Northwell Health and Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Although she joined NYU in 2022, she remains affiliated with Northwell Health and the Zucker School of Medicine.{{Cite web |title=Anna-Van Meter |url=https://www.yu.edu/faculty/pages/van-meter-anna |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Yeshiva University |language=en}}

Research

Van Meter has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications and has given more than 50 national and international talks on topics including bipolar spectrum disorders, evidence-based assessment, and digital psychiatry. She is an author on more than 100 conference abstracts.{{Cite web |title=Anna Van Meter, PhD |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=de-67vYAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=scholar.google.com |archive-date=2022-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211042125/https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=de-67vYAAAAJ&hl=en |url-status=live }} Her most cited work is a 2011 meta-analysis of the prevalence of bipolar disorder in youth (updated in 2019), which helped to establish that bipolar disorder affects youth and that its prevalence has been consistent over time around the world.{{Cite journal |last1=Meter |first1=Anna R. Van |last2=Moreira |first2=Ana Lúcia R. |last3=Youngstrom |first3=Eric A. |date=2011-05-31 |title=Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder |url=https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/meta-analysis-epidemiologic-studies-pediatric-bipolar/ |journal=The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry |language=English |volume=72 |issue=9 |pages=1250–1256 |doi=10.4088/JCP.10m06290 |pmid=21672501 |issn=0160-6689 |access-date=2024-06-21 |archive-date=2024-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410181653/https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/meta-analysis-epidemiologic-studies-pediatric-bipolar/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }} She is also the lead author on a meta-analysis of the symptoms of the prodrome to bipolar disorder, which provided a foundation for work by her and others aiming to predict the risk of onset of bipolar disorder.{{Cite journal |last1=Van Meter |first1=Anna R. |last2=Burke |first2=Coty |last3=Youngstrom |first3=Eric A. |last4=Faedda |first4=Gianni L. |last5=Correll |first5=Christoph U. |date=2016 |title=The Bipolar Prodrome: Meta-Analysis of Symptom Prevalence Prior to Initial or Recurrent Mood Episodes |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.04.017 |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=55 |issue=7 |pages=543–555 |doi=10.1016/j.jaac.2016.04.017 |pmid=27343882 |issn=0890-8567|url-access=subscription }} Van Meter is the recipient of a K23 career development award from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the digital phenotype of bipolar disorder in youth. The aims of this study include determining whether data collected from adolescents' smartphone sensors can help to predict relapse in those with bipolar disorder and identifying differences in the digital phenotypes of typically developing adolescents and those with bipolar disorder.{{Cite web |title=Anna Van Meter, PhD, MA |url=https://faculty.medicine.hofstra.edu/9816-anna-van-meter/publications |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=faculty.medicine.hofstra.edu}}

Van Meter also has several publications related to suicide, including an international meta-analysis of the prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth, and a paper describing how Google search data may have potential as a way by which to identify suicide risk. She has a NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation to study the digital phenotype of proximal risk for suicide in youth. This study aims to evaluate whether keyboard metadata, along with other smartphone sensor data, can help identify youth at imminent risk for suicidal behaviors.{{Cite journal |last1=Moon |first1=Khatiya C. |last2=Meter |first2=Anna R. Van |last3=Kirschenbaum |first3=Michael A. |last4=Ali |first4=Asra |last5=Kane |first5=John M. |last6=Birnbaum |first6=Michael L. |date=2021-10-22 |title=Internet Search Activity of Young People With Mood Disorders Who Are Hospitalized for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: Qualitative Study of Google Search Activity |journal=JMIR Mental Health |language=EN |volume=8 |issue=10 |pages=e28262 |doi=10.2196/28262 |doi-access=free |pmc=8571684 |pmid=34677139}}{{Cite journal |last1=Borge |first1=Olivia |last2=Cosgrove |first2=Victoria |last3=Cryst |first3=Elena |last4=Grossman |first4=Shelby |last5=Perkins |first5=Shelby |last6=Meter |first6=Anna Van |date=2021-10-28 |title=How Search Engines Handle Suicide Queries |url=https://tsjournal.org/index.php/jots/article/view/16 |journal=Journal of Online Trust and Safety |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |doi=10.54501/jots.v1i1.16 |issn=2770-3142 |access-date=2024-06-21 |archive-date=2024-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226113740/https://tsjournal.org/index.php/jots/article/view/16 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}

Van Meter is interested in how technology can help facilitate access to evidence-based care for youth, especially those in under-served communities. She has led multiple RCTs of technology-based interventions.{{Cite journal |last1=Van Meter |first1=Anna |last2=Cosgrove |first2=Victoria E. |date=2019 |title=Overhauling technology-based interventions for young people with bipolar disorder: Lessons learned from adults |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.12716 |journal=Bipolar Disorders |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=86–87 |doi=10.1111/bdi.12716 |pmid=30387928 |issn=1398-5647|url-access=subscription }} She demonstrated preliminary efficacy for computer-based interpretation bias training as a way by which to improve social functioning and mood in young people with bipolar disorder.{{Cite journal |last1=Van Meter |first1=Anna |last2=Stoddard |first2=Joel |last3=Penton-Voak |first3=Ian |last4=Munafò |first4=Marcus R |date=2021 |title=Interpretation bias training for bipolar disorder: A randomized controlled trial |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.162 |journal=Journal of Affective Disorders |volume=282 |pages=876–884 |doi=10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.162 |pmid=33601731 |issn=0165-0327|hdl=1983/e71fbca8-5c9e-4206-b2f5-b05f81580785 |hdl-access=free }} Additionally, she recently completed a trial of an online peer support community for adolescents to test the feasibility and safety of such a community.{{Cite journal |last1=Van Meter |first1=Anna R. |last2=Birnbaum |first2=Michael L. |last3=Rizvi |first3=Asra |last4=Kane |first4=John M. |date=2019 |title=Online help-seeking prior to diagnosis: Can web-based resources reduce the duration of untreated mood disorders in young people? |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.019 |journal=Journal of Affective Disorders |volume=252 |pages=130–134 |doi=10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.019 |issn=0165-0327 |pmc=6529208 |pmid=30981056}} She also conducted a study using blue-light blocking glasses to improve sleep quality and mental health outcomes among college students.{{Cite journal |last1=Perez Algorta |first1=Guillermo |last2=Van Meter |first2=Anna |last3=Dubicka |first3=Bernadka |last4=Jones |first4=Steven |last5=Youngstrom |first5=Eric |last6=Lobban |first6=Fiona |date=2018-11-01 |title=Blue blocking glasses worn at night in first year higher education students with sleep complaints: a feasibility study |journal=Pilot and Feasibility Studies |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=166 |doi=10.1186/s40814-018-0360-y |doi-access=free |issn=2055-5784 |pmc=6211454 |pmid=30410784}}

Van Meter has published multiple papers on the process of evidence-based assessment and on the diagnostic efficiency of commonly used assessment tools.{{Cite journal |last1=Van Meter |first1=Anna |last2=Youngstrom |first2=Eric |last3=Youngstrom |first3=Jennifer Kogos |last4=Ollendick |first4=Thomas |last5=Demeter |first5=Christine |last6=Findling |first6=Robert L. |date=2014 |title=Clinical Decision Making About Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Using the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment |journal=Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology |language=en |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=552–565 |doi=10.1080/15374416.2014.883930 |issn=1537-4416 |pmc=4101065 |pmid=24697608}} These papers guide readers through the process of evidence-based assessment and are intended to facilitate early identification and appropriate treatment for youth with mental health problems. She is active in Helping Give Away Psychological Science (HGAPS), a 501(c)3, focused on disseminating information to promote well-being in the community. Much of her work with HGAPS has involved updating Wikipedia pages for symptom measures to make these tools easily accessible.{{Cite web |title=Helping Give Away Psychological Science |url=https://www.hgaps.org/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Helping Give Away Psychological Science |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620102122/https://www.hgaps.org/ |url-status=live }}

Service

Van Meter serves as the President of HGAPS, a non-profit service organization.{{Cite web |date= |title=Executive Team |url=https://www.hgaps.org/executive-team.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412202258/https://www.hgaps.org/executive-team.html |archive-date=2020-04-12 |access-date= |website=hgaps.org}} She is also on the Council for the American Psychopathological Association.{{Cite web |date= |title=APPA 2022-2023 Council {{!}} APPA |url=https://appassn.org/about-us/appa-council/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902161710/https://appassn.org/about-us/appa-council/ |archive-date=2022-09-02 |access-date= |website=appassn.org}} Van Meter conducts pro bono psychological evaluations for people seeking asylum through the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights. She previously served as Secretary on the board of directors for the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and as co-president for the Bipolar Disorders Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.{{Cite web |date=2015-09-24 |title=Anna Van Meter, PhD {{!}} Society of Clinical Psychology |url=https://div12.org/clinician/anna-van-meter-phd/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228203223/https://div12.org/clinician/anna-van-meter-phd/ |url-status=live }}

Clinical work

Van Meter is trained in cognitive behavior therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy. In her clinical work, she specializes in evidence-based assessment and diagnosis and in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. She sees patients through the Faculty Group Practice at New York University Langone Health.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.annavanmeter.com/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=annavanmeter.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420004920/https://www.annavanmeter.com/ |url-status=live }}

Honors and awards

Van Meter is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the following.

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Award TitleOrganizationYear
[https://med.nyu.edu/departments-institutes/clinical-translational-science/education/career-development-programs/k-to-independence-program Clinical and Translational Science Institute K to Independence Program]NYU Langone Health2022
[https://give.northwell.edu/advancing-women-science-and-medicine-awsm Advancing Women in Science and Medicine Educational Advancement Award]The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research2021
[https://www.grantsformedical.com/narsad-young-investigator-award-2022.html NARSAD Young Investigator Award]Brain and Behavior Research Foundation2021
[https://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/process/apply/funding-mechanisms/k-awards/k23 K23 Career Development Award K23MH120505]National Institute of Mental Health2019
Barbara Zucker Early Faculty Career AwardThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research2019
[https://acnp.org/annual-meeting/travel-awards/ Travel Award]American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2018
[https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Awards/Award%20Home.aspx Travel Award]American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2018
[https://sccap53.org/abidin-early-career-award-and-grant/ Abidin Early Career Award]Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology2018
[https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/aps-rising-stars Rising Star]Association for Psychological Science2018
[https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/sparks-early-career John and Polly Sparks Foundation Early Career Grant]American Psychological Foundation2017
[https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/visionary Visionary Grant]American Psychological Foundation2016
Hollander Seed GrantThe Hollander Foundation2016
[https://sicn.cmb.ucdavis.edu/ Kavli Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience]The National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Kalvi Foundation2016
[https://www.cdi.pitt.edu/ Career Development Institute for Bipolar Disorder]The National Institute of Mental Health and the University of Pittsburgh2015
[http://www.sscpweb.org/page-18088 Clinical Scientist Training Initiative Grant]Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology2014
[https://einsteinmed.edu/centers/ictr/ Institute of Clinical and Translational Research Grant]Einstein-Montefiore Institute of Clinical and Translational Research2014
[http://chipsfellows.com/ Child Intervention, Prevention and Services (CHIPS) Fellowship]National Institute of Mental Health2014
[https://tracs.unc.edu/index.php/services/pilot-program/cts Translational Research Pilot Grant]North Carolina Translational and Clinical Services Institute2011
[http://%5Bhttps://cfe.unc.edu/2017/07/the-cfe-will-kick-off-the-future-faculty-fellowship-program-fffp-in-august/ Future Faculty Fellowship]University of North Carolina Center for Faculty Excellence]2011
Travel AwardInternational Review of Bipolar Disorders2011

Selected publications

Below are Van Meter's most cited publications out of more than 80 papers and chapters.

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[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21672501/ Meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies of pediatric bipolar disorder]The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry2011
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22459786/ Cyclothymic disorder: a critical review]Clinical Psychology Review2012
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24697608/ Clinical decision making about child and adolescent anxiety disorders using the Achenbach system of empirically based assessment]Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology2014
[https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2015-51688-001.html Multivariate meta-analysis of the discriminative validity of caregiver, youth, and teacher rating scales for pediatric bipolar disorder: Mother knows base about mania.]Archives of Scientific Psychology2015
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26748678/ Ten-year updated meta-analysis of the clinical characteristics of pediatric mania and hypomania]Bipolar Disorders2016
[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cpsp.12172 Empirically supported assessment of children and adolescents]Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice2016
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27343882/ The bipolar prodrome: meta-analysis of symptom prevalence prior to initial or recurrent mood episodes]Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry2016
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109127/ Examining the validity of cyclothymic disorder in a youth sample]Journal of Affective Disorders2011
[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118625392.wbecp105 Cyclothymic Disorder]The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology2015
T [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28944987/ he International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force report on pediatric bipolar disorder: Knowledge to date and directions for future research]Bipolar Disorders2017
[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cpsp.12207 Evidence-based assessment as an integrative model for applying psychological science to guide the voyage of treatment]Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice2017
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29188905/ Review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies of adult bipolar disorder]The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry2019
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30946542/ Updated meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies of pediatric bipolar disorder]The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry2019
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31591400/ Detecting relapse in youth with psychotic disorders utilizing patient-generated and patient-contributed digital data from Facebook]npj Schizophrenia2019
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31479581/ An International Society of Bipolar Disorders task force report: Precursors and prodromes of bipolar disorder]Bipolar Disorders2019

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