Overview
| Specialty |
Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
, Psychology-PhD
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| Clinical Interests |
Anxiety |
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Cognitive Disorders |
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Depression |
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Emotional Regulation |
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Executive Dysfunction |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Languages |
English |
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Greek |
| Gender |
Male |
| E-mail |
theodore.tsaousides@mountsinai.org |
| Education and Training |
PHD, S.U.N.Y., Albany |
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Internship, Psychology, Rockland Psychiatric Center |
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Fellowship, Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital |
Dr. Tsaousides is an instructor at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and a licensed psychologist in the state of New York. He specializes in neuropsychological assessments, cognitive remediation, and psychotherapy for a range of cognitive and emotional difficulties. Dr. Tsaousides employs evidence-based, innovative goal-oriented treatment approaches to enhance cognitive and emotional functioning, and to improve self-awareness and interpersonal skills.
Dr. Tsaousides is a co-investigator in the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Traumatic Brain Injury Interventions, the Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center, and the Disability Rehabilitation Research Project on Classification of Rehabilitation Interventions.
Dr. Tsaousides received his doctorate in counseling psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Research
Dr. Tsaousides is involved in research focused on improving cognitive and psychosocial functioning following traumatic brain injury (TBI). He is currently involved in a variety of clinical trials, among which are:
- A psychotherapy study for post-TBI depression
- Day treatment cognitive rehabilitation program following TBI
- Validating a brain injury screening instrument
- Developing a measure to assess the needs of individuals with TBI
- A study on the effects of exercise on mood, cognitive, and fatigue following TBI
- Vocational outcomes after TBI
Publications
Tsaousides T, Ashman TA, Seter C. The psychological effects of employment after traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology;-in press.
Ginsberg AA, Tsaousides T, Filanosky CA. The Role of Sleep-efficiency in Post-TBI Fatigue: A Comparison between Individuals with TBI and non-TBI Controls. Poster session presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, HI. 2008, February;.
Tsaousides T, Filanosky CA, Ginsberg AA. Reliability and Validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster session presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, HI. 2008, February;.
Tsaousides T, Ashman T, Seter C. The effects of employment on depression following Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster session presented at the 9th Annual Conference in Rehabilitation Psychology, Charlotte, NC. 2007, March;.
Tsaousides T, Filanosky C. Using the URICA to assess rehabilitation readiness for individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster session presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland, OR. 2007, February;.