# Biography Jill M. Hooley is a professor of psychology at Harvard University. She is also the head of the experimental psychopathology and clinical psychology program at Harvard. Dr. Hooley was born in England and received a B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Liverpool. This was followed by research work at Cambridge University. She then attended Magdalen College, Oxford, where she completed her D.Phil. After a move to the United States and additional training in clinical psychology at SUNY Stony Brook, Dr. Hooley took a position at Harvard, where she has been a faculty member since 1985. Dr. Hooley has a long-standing interest in psychosocial predictors of psychiatric relapse in patients with severe psychopathology such as schizophrenia and depression. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and by the Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation. She is currently using fMRI to study emotion regulation in people who are vulnerable to depression and in people who are suffering from borderline personality disorder. Another area of research interest is non-suicidal self-harming behaviors such as skin cutting or burning. In 2000, Dr Hooley received the Aaron T. Beck Award for Excellence in Psychopathology Research. In 2009 she was elected president of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. The author of many scholarly publications, Dr. Hooley is an Associate Editor for Applied and Preventive Psychology. She also serves on the editorial boards of several journals including the Journal of Family Psychology, Family Process, and Personality Disorders: Theory, Research and Treatment. At Harvard, Dr Hooley has taught graduate and undergraduate classes in introductory psychology, abnormal psychology, schizophrenia, mood disorders, psychiatric diagnosis, and psychological treatment. Reflecting her commitment to the scientist-practitioner model, she also does clinical work specializing in the treatment of people with depression, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders. ## Recent Publications Download 6 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=ris) ### In Press Hooley, Gruber, Parker, Guillaumot, Rogowska, Yurgelun-Todd. [Neural processing of emotional overinvolvement in borderline personality disorder](/publications/neural-processing-emotional-over-involvement-borderline-personality-disorder). Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Hooley, Gruber, Parker, Guillaumot, Rogowska, Yurgelun-Todd. [Neural processing of emotional overinvolvement in borderline personality disorder](/publications/neural-processing-emotional-over-involvement-borderline-personality-disorder). Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract OBJECTIVE: Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) fare better clinically if their families are rated as being high in emotional overinvolvement, which is characterized by marked emotionality, anxious concern, and protective behavior. This is... ### 2010 Hooley, Butcher, Mineka. [Abnormal Psychology (14th Edn.)](/publications/abnormal-psychology-14th-edn). Boston: Allyn & Bacon; 2010. Hooley, Butcher, Mineka. [Abnormal Psychology (14th Edn.)](/publications/abnormal-psychology-14th-edn). Boston: Allyn & Bacon; 2010. ### 2009 Hooley, Gruber, Parker, Rogowska, Yurgelun-Todd, Guillaumot. [Cortico-limbic response to personally-challenging emotional stimuli after complete recovery from major depression](/publications/cortico-limbic-response-personally-challenging-emotional-stimuli-after-compl). Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 2009. Hooley, Gruber, Parker, Rogowska, Yurgelun-Todd, Guillaumot. [Cortico-limbic response to personally-challenging emotional stimuli after complete recovery from major depression](/publications/cortico-limbic-response-personally-challenging-emotional-stimuli-after-compl). Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 2009. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract People vulnerable to depression are at increased risk of relapse if they live in highly critical family environments. To explore this link, we used neuroimaging methods to examine cortico-limbic responding to personal criticisms in healthy participants... ### 2008 Hooley. [Self-harming behavior: Introduction to the special series on non-suicidal self injury and suicide](/publications/self-harming-behavior-introduction-special-series-non-suicidal-self-injury-a). Applied and Preventive Psychology. 2008;12:155–158. Hooley. [Self-harming behavior: Introduction to the special series on non-suicidal self injury and suicide](/publications/self-harming-behavior-introduction-special-series-non-suicidal-self-injury-a). Applied and Preventive Psychology. 2008;12:155–158. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Suicide and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) lie along a continuum of self-harming behaviors. Highly prevalent, NSSI is a serious public health concern. It also increases risk for suicide. The present article reviews recent research on NSSI and provides an... Hooley, Mineka, Butcher. [Abnormal Psychology: Core Concepts](/publications/abnormal-psychology-core-concepts). Boston: Allyn & Bacon; 2008. Hooley, Mineka, Butcher. [Abnormal Psychology: Core Concepts](/publications/abnormal-psychology-core-concepts). Boston: Allyn & Bacon; 2008. Hooley, Germain S. [ Borderline Personality Disorder ](/publications/borderline-personality-disorder). In: Psychopathology: History, Theory and Diagnosis. New York: John Wiley and Sons; 2008. pp. 598–630. Hooley, Germain S. [ Borderline Personality Disorder ](/publications/borderline-personality-disorder). In: Psychopathology: History, Theory and Diagnosis. New York: John Wiley and Sons; 2008. pp. 598–630. [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications)