PUBLICATIONS

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2021

Perlis, M.L., Morales, K.H., Vargas, I., Muench, A., Seewald, M., Gooneratne, N., Grandner, M., Thase, M., Kaptchuk, T.J. (In Press). Durability of Treatment Response to Zolpidem using a Partial Reinforcement Regimen: Does this strategy require priming? Sleep Medicine.

Perlis, M.L., Morales, K.H., Vargas, I., Posner, D., Grandner, M., Muench, A., Seewald, M., Gooneratne, N., Kloss, J., Gencarelli, A., Khader, W., Thase, M., & Ellis, J. (In Press). The Natural History of Insomnia: Does Sleep Extention Differentiate Between Those That Do and Do Not Develop Chronic Insomnia? Journal of Sleep Research.

Boyle, J.T., Vargas, I., Rosenfield, B., Grandner, M., & Perlis, M.L. (In Press). Illness Severity And Degree Dysfunction: What Is To Be Learned When These Domains Are Discordant? Behavioral Sleep Medicine.

Haeffel, G.J., Jeronimus, B.F., Kaiser, B.N., Weaver, L.J., Soyster, P.D., Fisher, A.J., Vargas, I., Goodson, J.T., & Lu, W. (In Press). Folk Classification and Factor Rotations: Whales, Sharks, and the Problems with HiTOP. Clinical Psychological Science. 

Kuhlman, K.R., Mayer, S.E., Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N.L., (In Press). Early life stress sensitizes youth to the influence of stress-induced cortisol on memory for affective words. Developmental Psychobiology. 

2020

Vargas, I., Nguyen, A., Haeffel G.J., & Drake, C.L. (In Press). A Negative Cognitive Style Is Associated with Greater Insomnia and Depression Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Sleep Reactivity. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. [CLICK HERE TO READ]

Gorman, E.L., Burke, H.H., Rubino, L.G., Vargas, I., & Haeffel, G.J. (2020). Anxiety Specific Symptoms, But Not Depression Specific Symptoms, Predict Poor Academic Outcomes. Clinical Psychology and Special Education. [CLICK HERE TO READ]

Vargas, I., Haeffel, G.J., Jacobucci, R., Boyle, J., Mayer, S., & Lopez-Duran, N.L., (In Press). Negative Cognitive Style And Cortisol Reactivity To A Laboratory Stressor: A Preliminary Study. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. [CLICK HERE TO READ]

Vargas, I., Nguyen, A.M., Muench, A., Bastien, C., Ellis, J., & Perlis, M.L. (2020). Acute and Chronic Insomnia: What’s time and/or hyperarousal got to do with it? Brain Sciences. [CLICK HERE TO READ]

Garland, S., Vargas I., Grandner M., & Perlis, M.L. (2020). Insomnia – Behavioral Treatments. In Chopra, Das, & Doghramji (Eds.), Management of Sleep Disorders in Psychiatry. New York, NY: Oxford University Press USA.

2019

Perlis, M.L., Vargas, I., Ellis, J., Morales, K., Gencarelli, A., Khader, W., Kloss, J.D., & Grandner, M.A. (2019). The Natural History of Insomnia: The Incidence of Acute Insomnia and Subsequent Progression to Chronic Insomnia or Recovery in Good Sleeper Subjects. Sleep.

Vargas, I., Perlis, M.L., Gencarelli, A., Khader, W., Zandberg, L., Klingaman, E.,  Goldschmied, J., Gehrman, P., Brown, G., & Thase, M. (2019). Insomnia Symptoms and Suicide-Related Ideation in U.S. Army Service Members. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2019.1693373

Vargas, I., & Perlis, M.L. (2019). Insomnia and depression: clinical associations and possible mechanistic links. Current Opinion in Psychology. 

Vargas I., Garland, S., Kloss, J.D. & Perlis, M.L. (2019). Insomnia and Psychiatric Disorders. In Grandner (Ed.), Sleep and Health. Elsevier.

Vargas, I., Payne, J., Kuhlman, K.R., Muench, A., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2019). Sleep Deprivation and the Selective Consolidation of Emotional Memories. Learning & Memory, 26, 176-181. [CLICK HERE TO READ]

2018

Vargas, I., Vgontzas, A., Abelson, J.L., Faghih, R., Morales, K.H. & Perlis, M.L. (2018). Altered ultradian cortisol rhythmicity as a potential neurobiologic substrate for chronic insomnia. Sleep Medicine Reviews41, 234-243. [CLICK HERE TO READ]

Garland, S., Vargas I., Grandner M., & Perlis, M.L. (2018). Treating Insomnia in Patients with Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders: A Focused Review. Canadian Psychology, 59(2), 176-186.

2017

Vargas, I. & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2017). The cortisol awakening response (CAR) after sleep deprivation: is CAR a “response” to awakening or a circadian process? Journal of Health Psychology, 1-13doi.org/10.1177/1359105317738323

Vargas, I., Drake, C.L., & Lopez-Duran, N.L.  (2017). Insomnia symptom severity modulates the impact of sleep deprivation on attentional biases to emotional information. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1-11.  doi.org/10.1007/s10608-017-9859-4

Kuhlman, K.R., Geiss, E.G., Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2017). HPA-axis activation as a key moderator of childhood trauma exposure and adolescent mental health. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1-9. doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0282-9

Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2017). Investigating the effect of acute sleep deprivation on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis response to a psychosocial stressor. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 79, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.01.030

2016

Shull, A., Mayer, S., McGinnis, E.G., Geiss, E.G., Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2016). Trait and State Rumination Interact to Prolonged Cortisol Activation to Psychosocial Stress in Females. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 74, 324-332. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.09.004

Vargas, I., Mayer, S., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2016). The cortisol awakening response and depressive symptomatology: The moderating role of sleep and gender. Stress and Health. doi: 10.1002/smi.2691.

2015

Kuhlman, K.R., Vargas, I., Geiss, E.G., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2015). Age of trauma onset and HPA-axis dysregulation among trauma-exposed youth. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28(6), 572-579. doi: 10.1002/jts.22054

Lopez-Duran, N.L., McGinnis, E., Kuhlman, K.R., Geiss, E.G., Vargas, I., & Mayer, S. (2015). HPA-axis stress reactivity in youth depression: Evidence of impaired regulatory processes in depressed boys. Stress, 18(5), 545-553. doi: 10.3109/10253890.2015.1053455

Kuhlman, K.R., Geiss, E.G., Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2015). Differential associations between childhood trauma subtypes and adolescent HPA-axis functioning. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 54(1), 103-114. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.020

Vargas, I., Friedman, N.P., & Drake, C.L. (2015). Vulnerability to Stress-Related Sleep Disturbance and Insomnia: Investigating the Link with Comorbid Depressive Symptoms. Translational Issues in Psychological Sciences, 1(1), 57-66. [CLICK HERE TO READ]

2014

Simoncic T.E., Kuhlman K.R., Vargas, I., Houchins S.C., & Lopez-Duran N.L. (2014). Facebook use and depressive symptomatology: Investigating the role of neuroticism and extraversion among young adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 40, 1-5doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.039

Drake, C.L., Vargas, I., Roth, T., & Friedman, N.P. (2014). Quantitative measures of nocturnal insomnia symptoms predict greater deficits across multiple daytime impairment domains. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 12, 1-15. [CLICK HERE TO READ]

Vargas, I., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2014). Dissecting the impact of sleep and stress on the cortisol awakening response among healthy young adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 40(1), 10-16. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.009 

2011

Haeffel, G.J. & Vargas, I. (2011). Resilience to Depressive Symptoms: The Buffering Effects of Enhancing Cognitive Style and Positive Life Events. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42(1), 13-18. doi 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.09.003