Pollyanna Casmar

Title(s)	Clinical Professor, Psychiatry
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Biography

Education and Training

Washington State University, Pullman	PhD	08/2002	Counseling Psychology
UCSD/VASDHS, Mission Valley, San Diego	Postdoctoral Clinical Fellowship	11/2004	Behavioral Medicine
UCSD, Psychological and Counseling Services	Internship	08/2002	Counseling Psychology
Washington State University, Career Services	Clinical Assistantship	05/2001	Vocational Counseling
Casey Family Foundation, Pullman, WA	Teaching Assistantship	12/1998	At-Risk youth

Awards and Honors

VASDHS	2003		Excellence in Karis (compassion)
UCSD Dept. of Psychiatry	2008 -	2009	Teaching Excellence in Residency Training
UCSD	2014 -	2015	Teaching Excellence in Psychology Internship Program

Overview

Dr. Casmar is a clinician providing care for veterans across the spectrum of mental health disorders. She has targeted interests in trauma, meditation/mindfulness, and mood disorders. She enjoys teaching IPT (Interpersonal Therapy), evidence based approaches to trauma and integrated therapy approaches using CBCT (cognitively based compassion training) and other meditatively focused interventions. She is considered the LGBT specialist at the Oceanside VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

Interests

Meditation, Trauma, Compassion

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Publications

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Compassion Meditation for Distressed Older Veterans: A Feasibility Study. Clin Gerontol. 2024 Feb 26; 1-12. Malaktaris A, McLean CL, Casmar P, Kangas J, Myers H, Chu G, Phillips RC, Maglione JE, Palmer BW, Lang AJ. PMID: 38409790.

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Ger Geriatrics
An integrated mindfulness meditation and acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for chronic pain: Rationale, design, and methodology of a pilot randomized controlled trial of Acting with Mindfulness for Pain (AMP). Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 08; 119:106809. Herbert MS, Tynan M, Lang AJ, Backhaus A, Casmar P, Golshan S, Afari N. PMID: 35636734.

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Med Medicine (General)The Therapeutics
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Pilot Study of Compassion Meditation Training to Improve Well-being Among Older Adults. Clin Gerontol. 2022 Mar-Apr; 45(2):287-300. Malaktaris A, Lang AJ, Casmar P, Baca S, Hurst S, Jeste DV, Palmer BW. PMID: 33179572; PMCID: PMC8113346.

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Ger Geriatrics
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Compassion Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans: A Randomized Proof of Concept Study. J Trauma Stress. 2019 04; 32(2):299-309. Lang AJ, Malaktaris AL, Casmar P, Baca SA, Golshan S, Harrison T, Negi L. PMID: 30929283.

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Mil Military Medicine Psy Psychology
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Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study. Mindfulness (N Y). 2020; 11(1):63-74. Lang AJ, Casmar P, Hurst S, Harrison T, Golshan S, Good R, Essex M, Negi L. PMID: 32435316; PMCID: PMC7223870.

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A randomized trial of a brief mental health intervention for primary care patients. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2006 Dec; 74(6):1173-9. Lang AJ, Norman GJ, Casmar PV. PMID: 17154746.

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Psy Psychology
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