Stephen Scott Ilardi
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - PsychologyRoom 426
Dr. Ilardi plans to recruit one graduate student for the upcoming 2018-19 academic year. His research focuses on the etiology and treatment of depression. Over the past decade his clinical research team has worked to develop the Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC) treatment protocol based on several modifiable lifestyle factors (e.g., physical activity, omega-3 intake, light exposure, social connection) with demonstrated antidepressent benefit.
Teaching Interests
- Abnormal Psychology
- Psychopathology
- Personality
- Psychotherapy
- Evolutionary Psychology
Research Interests
- Depression
- Mood Disorders
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychotherapy
- Therapeutic Lifestyle Change
- Exercise
- Omega-3
- Sleep
- Social Support
- Rumination
- Vitamin D
- Inflammation
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Treatment Outcomes
- Basketball Analytics
Selected Publications
Ilardi, S. S., & Casteen, E. (in press). The Psychological Toxicity of Modern Adolescence. Counselor.
Botanov, Y. & Ilardi, S. S. (2013). The Acute Side Effects of Bright Light Therapy: A Placebo Controlled Investigation. PLoS One, 8(9), e75893.