Dr. Dyl's current clinical and research interests focus on assessment and treatment of adolescent severe psychopathology. Currently, she is involved in research projects examining the prevalence and clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder in adolescents. She is also collecting data on body dysmorphic disorder and related body image disturbances in hospitalized adolescents, examining relationships between these features and co-morbid disorders, self-harming behaviors, posttraumatic symptomotology, and functional impairment.

Research Description

Dr. Dyl's current clinical and research interests focus on assessment and treatment of adolescent severe psychopathology. Currently, she is involved in research projects examining the prevalence and clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder in adolescents. She is also collecting data on body dysmorphic disorder and related body image disturbances in hospitalized adolescents, examining relationships between these features and co-morbid disorders, self-harming behaviors, posttraumatic symptomotology, and functional impairment.

She is a clinical supervisor for the Brown Psychology Intern and Postdoctoral Fellowship programs and the Bradley Hospital Predoctoral Fellowship Program. Clinical interests include assessment of Axis I disorders and personality features in adolescents, as well as integration of cognitive behavioral and interpersonal/psychodynamic techniques in short-term inpatient individual and group therapies.

Funded Research

NIMH R01 MH59691-03 2001-present
Course and Outcome of Adolescent Bipolar Illness/Principal Investigator: Martin Keller, M.D. The purpose of this study is to identify characteristics and variables that affect the diagnosis, course, and outcome of bipolar illness in children and adolescents who are identified as having symptoms of bipolar disorder and followed every six months over a five-year period. Role: staff psychologist

NIMH MH #61835-02 2000-2002
Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents /Principal Investigator: Martin Keller,M.D. The purpose of this study is to study depression in adolescents who do not respond to common treatments for depression. The study aims to establish useful clinical guidelines for treatment of adolescent depression. Role: staff psychologist

Selected Publications

• Dyl, J., Kittler, J., Phillips, K., & Hunt. J. Body dysmorphic disorder and other clinically significant body image concerns in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Submitted to Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, August, 2004.(2004)
• Hunt, J., & Dyl, J. et.al, Prevalence and clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder in hospitalized adolescents. Submitted to Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, September, 2004(2004)
• Hollenbeck, J., Dyl, J., & Spirito, A. (2002). Family Factors. In A. Spirito & J. Overholser (Eds.), Assessment and treatment of adolescent suicide attempters: From research to practice. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.Dyl, J., Hunt, J., & Spirito, A. (2003). Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Mania in Hospitalized Adolescents. Bipolar Disorders: An International Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Supplement 1, (5) 55.(2002)