Olga Santesteban-Echarri

I have 10+ years of experience working with adolescents, young adults, and their families in multiple roles (researcher, therapist, and leader). My work has focused on early intervention for psychosis. I currently work with individuals diagnosed with psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, recurrent depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and personality disorders. I am an author of +40 scientific research publications and 10+ book chapters. My research has focused on understanding risk factors for the transition to psychosis in individuals at clinical high risk for developing psychosis. I have been interested in social functioning, cannabis use, and monitoring symptoms with mobile applications.

• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Liu, L., Miller, M., Bearden, C. E., Cadenhead, K. S., Cornblatt, B. A., Keshavan, M., Mathalon, D. H., McGlashan, T. H., Perkins, D. O., Seidman, L. J., Stone, W., Tsuang, M. T., Walker, E. F., Woods, S. W., Cannon, T. D., and Addington, J. (2022). Cannabis use and attenuated positive and negative symptoms in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research.248, 114-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.08.005.
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Sandel, D., Liu, L., Bearden, C. E., Cadenhead, K. S., Cornblatt, B. A., Keshavan, M., Mathalon, D. H., McGlashan, T. H., Perkins, D. O., Seidman, L. J., Stone, W., Tsuang, M. T., Walker, E. F., Woods, S. W., Cannon, T. D., and Addington, J. (2022). Family High Risk of Psychosis in Youth at Clinical High Risk of Developing Psychosis: A Replication Study. Psychiatry Research. 311:114480. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114480
• Luther Peters, W., Rice, S., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Hetrick, S.E., Halpin, E., Kamitsis, I., Santesteban-Echarri, O., and Bendall, S. (2022). Relative Efficacy of Psychological Interventions Following Interpersonal Trauma on Anxiety, Depression, Substance Use, and PTSD Symptoms in Young People: A Meta-analysis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2022, 1-10. DOI: 10.1111/eip.13265
• Kelsven, S., Brummitt, K., Devoe, D., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Auther, A., Cornblatt, B., Cadenhead, K., Granholm, E. Holden, J., Kelly, M., and Addington, J. (2022). Cognitive-Behavioral Social Skills Training Adapted for Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. 36 (3) 1-15. DOI: 10.1891/JCP-2021-0029
• Gwyther, K., Rice, S., Purcell, R., Pilkington, V., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Bailey, A., and Walton, C. C. (2021). Sleep interventions for performance, mood, and sleep outcomes in athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. 58, 102094. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102094
• Beneria, A., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Daigree, C., Tremain, H., Ramos-Quiroga, J. A., McGorry, P., and Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2021). Online interventions for cannabis use among adolescents and young adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2021, 1-24. DOI: 10.1111/eip.13226
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Liu, L., Cadenhead, K. S., Tsuang, M. T., Cannon, T. D., Cornblatt, B.A., McGlashan, T. H., Woods, S. W., Perkins, D. O., Seidman, L. J., Walker, E. F., Bearden, C. E., Mathalon, D. H., Addington, J. (2021). Anxiety in Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis: A Two-Year Follow-Up. Schizophrenia Research. 236, 87-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.08.014
• Braun, A., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Cadenhead, K. S., Cornblatt, B. A., Granholm, E., and Addington, J. (2021). Psychological Bullying and Social Functioning, Schemas, and Beliefs among Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1111/eip.13157
• Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Pérez Álvarez, M., Al-Halabí, S., Inchausti, F., López Navarro, E., Espada, J. P., Baños Rivera, R., Muñiz, J., Cano-Vindel, A., Gimeno-Peón, A., Prado-Abril, J., González Menéndez, A., Priede Díaz, A., González-Blanch Bosch, C., Ruiz Rodríguez, P., Moriana, J. A., Gómez Sánchez, L. E., Navas Macho, P., Saldaña Sage, D., Murphy, C. A., Ortiz Gómez, M., Rivero Contreras, M., Valdés Coronel, M., Martos, J., Ayuda, R., Freire, S., González, A., Llorente, M., Rodríguez, C., Areces, D., Cueli, M., García, T., González-Castro, P., Izquierdo Elizo, A., Cuéllar Flores, I., Padilla Torres, D., Cerezo, R., Fernández Alba, E., Tuero, E., Suárez Fernández, N., Núñez, J. C., Caballero-Peláez, C., Sánchez-Reales, S., Alonso Fernández, I., Gutiérrez López, M. I., Rodríguez Pereira, C. M., Bobes Bascarán, T., Roncero, M., Carrasco, A., García Soriano, G., Quiles, M. J., Quiles Marcos, Y., López Núñez, C., Fernández Artamendi, S., Senín Calderón, C., Santesteban Echarri, O., Bellido Zanin, G., Perona Garcelán, S., Rodríguez Testal, J. F., Postigo Claros, M., Colmenero Navarrete, L., Gavino Lázaro, A., Pastor Morales, J. M., Barros Albarrán, M. D., Rufo Benavente, S., García Haro, J. M., Gutiérrez López, B., Lucas-Molina, B., Pérez-Albéniz, A., Martín Babarro, J., Coloma Carmona, A., Carballo, J. L., Fumero, A., Marrero, R., J., de Miguel, A., Peñate, W., Debbané, M., Valero-Moreno, S., de la Barrera, U., Postigo-Zegarra, S., and Montoya-Castilla, I. (2021). Tratamientos psicológicos empíricamente apoyados para la infancia y adolescencia: estado de la cuestión [Empirically supported psychological therapies in childhood and adolescence: State of the art]. Psicothema. 33(3) 386-398. DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2021.56
• Addington, J., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Braun, A., and Lecomte, T. (2021). Assessing Social and Role Functioning in Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis. Psychiatry Research. 228, 188-189. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.12.017
• Addington, J., Liu, L., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Brummitt, K., Braun, A., Kristin S. Cadenhead, K. S., Cornblatt, B. A., Holden, J., and Grandholm, E. (2021). Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training: Methods of a Randomized Controlled Trial for Youth at Risk for Psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1111/eip.13102
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Kim, G., Haffey, P., Tang, J., and Addington, J. (2020). LooseLeaf, a Mobile-Based Application to Monitor Cannabis Use and Cannabis-Related Experiences for Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis: Development and User Acceptance Testing. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. In Press. DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2020.1832744
• Gleeson, J.F., Eleftheriadis, D., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Koval, P., Bastian, B., Penn, D. L., Lim, M. H., Ryar, R., Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2020). Positive and meaningful lives: Systematic review and meta-analysis of eudemonic well-being in first-episode psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 1-20. DOI: 10.1111/eip.13049
• Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Rice, S., D’Alfonso, S., Leicester, S., Bendall, S., Pryor, I., Russon, P., McEnery, C., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Da Costa, G., Beng, Meng, Gilbertson, T., Valentine, L., Solves, L., Ratheesh, A., McGorry, P. D., and Gleeson, J. A novel multi-modal online service (MOST+) for help-seeking young people experiencing mental ill-health: A pilot evaluation within a national youth e-mental health service. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(8) e17155 DOI: jmir.org/2020/8/e17155/
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Haffey, P., Kim, G., Tang, J., and Addington, J. A. (2020). Mobile-Based App to Monitor Cannabis Use Among Youth at Clinical High-Risk (CHR) for Psychosis: Feasibility and Acceptability of LooseLeaf. Schizophrenia Research. 222, 505-506. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.031
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Tang, J., Shakeel, M.K., Fernandes, J., and Addington, J. (2020). A Mobile-Based App to Monitor Social Functioning Among Youth At-Risk for Psychosis: Single-Arm Feasibility and Acceptability Study. General Hospital Psychiatry. 67(10-11), 148-149. DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.04.003
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Tang, J., Fernandes J., and J. Addington, J. (2020). Development of SOMO, a mobile- based application to monitoring social functioning for youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Digital Psychology. 1(1):4-12. DOI: 10.24989/dp.v1i1.1806
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., MacQueen, G., Goldstein, B. I., Wang, J. L., Kennedy, S. H., Bray, S., Lebel, C., and Addington, J. (2020). Personality and risk for serious mental illness. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 1-7. DOI: 10.1111/eip.12921
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Piskulic, D., Nyman, K. R., and Addington, J. Telehealth interventions for youth at risk for psychosis, first episode psychosis and psychosis-spectrum disorders: A scoping review (2020). Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 26(1-2) 14-20. DOI: 10.1177/1357633X18794100
• Sard-Peck, T. E., Martín-Asuero, A., Oller, M. T., Calvo, A., and Santesteban-Echarri, O. Estudio comparativo entre un programa de reducción del estrés basado en mindfulness presencial y online en población general española (2019). Psiquiatría Biológica. 26(2):73-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.psiq.2019.03.001
• Rice, S. M., Gwyther, K., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Baron, D., Gorczynski, P., Gouttebarge, V., Reardon, C. L., Hitchcock, M., Hainline, B., and Purcell, R. (2019). Determinants of anxiety in elite athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(11), 722-730. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100620
• Addington, J., Farris, M., Stowkowy, J. Santesteban-Echarri, O., Metzak, P., and Shakeel, M. K. (2019). Predictors of transition to psychosis in individuals at clinical high risk. Precision Medicine in Psychiatry. 21(6):39. DOI: 10.1007/s11920-019-1027-y
• Addington, J., Devoe, D., and Santesteban-Echarri, O. (2019). Multi-disciplinary treatment for individuals at clinical high-risk of developing psychosis. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry. 6:1-16. DOI: 10.1007/s40501-019-0164-6
• Lederman, R., Gleeson, J., Wadley G., D’Alfonso, S., Rice, S., Santesteban-Echarri, O., and Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2019). Support for Carers of Young People with Mental Illness: Design and Trial of a Technology-Mediated Therapy. Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions. 26(1)4:32. DOI: 10.1145/3301421
• Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Bendall, S. Koval P., Rice, S., Cagliarini, D., Valentine, L., D’Alfonso, S. Miles, C., Russon, P., Lederman, R., Wadley, G., Killackey, E., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Mihalopoulos, C., Herrman, H, Gonzalez-Blanch, C., Gilbertson, T., Lal, S., Chambers, R., Daglas-Georgiou, R., Cotton, SM., McGorry, PD., and Gleeson, JF. (2018). The Horyzons trial: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a moderated online social therapy to maintain treatment effects from first-episode psychosis services. BMJ Open. In Press. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018- 024104
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., MacQueen, G., Goldstein, B. I., Wang, J. L., Kennedy, S. H., Bray, S., Lebel, C., and Addington, J. Family functioning in youth at-risk for serious mental illness (2018). Comprehensive Psychiatry. 87, 17-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.08.010; ISSN: 0010- 440X
• Addington, J., Stowkowy, J., Liu, L., Cadenhead, K. S., Cannon, T. D., Cornblatt, B. A., McGlashan, T. H., Perkins, D. O., Seidman, L. J., Tsuang, M. T., Walker, E. F., Bearden, C. E., Mathalon, D. H., Santesteban-Echarri, O., and Woods, S. W. (2018). Clinical and functional characteristics of youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis who do not transition to psychosis. Psychological Medicine, 49(10):1670-1677. DOI: 10.1017/S0033291718002258
• Sevilla-Llewellyn-Jones, J., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Pryor, I., McGorry, P., and Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2018). Web-based mindfulness interventions for mental health treatment: Systematic review and meta-analysis. JMIR Mental Health. 5(3)e10278, 1-16. DOI: 10.2196/10278
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Hernandez-Arroyo, L., Rice, M. S., Güerre-Lobera, M. J., Serrano-Villar, M., Espin- Jaime, J. C. and Jiménez-Arriero, M. A. (2018). Adapting the Brief Coping Cat to a group setting in the Spanish public mental health system: A hybrid effectiveness-implementation pilot study. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 27(10)3300-3315. DOI: 0.1007/s10826-018-1154-9
• Rice, S., Gleeson, J., Leicester, S., Bendall, S., Gilbertson, T., Killackey, E., Parker, A., Lederman, R., Wadley, G., D’Alfonso, S., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Pryor, I., Mawren, D., and Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2017). Implementation of the enhanced moderated online social therapy (MOST) model within a national youth e-mental health service (eheadspace): A single group pilot study of the MOST+ project. JMIR Research Protocols.7(2)e48. DOI: 10.2196/resprot.8813.
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Paino, M., Rice, S., González-Blanch, C., McGorry P., Gleeson, J., and Álvarez- Jiménez M. (2017). Predictors of functional recovery in first-episode psychosis. A systematic review and meta- analysis of longitudinal studies. Clinical Psychology Review. 58, 59-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.09.007
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Rice, S. Wadley, G. Lederman, R., D’Alfonso, S. Russon, P. Chambers, R., Miles, C. J., Gilbertson, T. Gleeson, J. F., McGorry, P. D., and Álvarez-Jiménez, M. (2017). A next- generation social media-based relapse prevention intervention for youth depression: Qualitative data on user experience outcomes for social networking, safety, and clinical benefit. Internet Interventions. 9, 65-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2017.06.002
• Nuñez-Morales, N. I. and Santesteban-Echarri, O. (2017). Cómo iniciarse en investigación durante la residencia: recomendaciones para la elección de tema, universidad y mentor. Psiquiatría Biológica. 24(3), 118-124 DOI: 10.1016/j.psiq.2017.10.001
• D’Alfonso, S., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Rice, S., Wadley G., Lederman, R., Gleeson, J., and Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2017). Intelligent automated online social therapy for youth mental health. Frontiers in Psychology. 8:1-13. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00796
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., and Nuñez-Morales, N. I. (2017). Cómo escribir un artículo científico por primera vez [How to write a scientific article for the first time]. Psiquiatría Biológica. 24(1), 3-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.psiq.2017.01.004
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Ramos-Olazagasti, M., Eisenberg, R. E., Wei, C., Canino, G. J., Bird, H. R., and Duarte, C.S. (2017). Parental warmth and psychiatric disorders among Puerto Rican children in two different socio-cultural contexts. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 87; 30-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.12.008
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Eisenberg, R. E., Canino, G. J., Bird, H. R. and Duarte, C.S. (2016). Family structure, transitions, and child psychiatric disorders among Puerto Rican children. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25:3417–3429. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-016-0498-2
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Rentero Martín, D., Güerre Lobera, M. J., Espín Jaime, J. C., Jiménez-Arriero, MA. (2016). Tratamiento cognitivo conductual de fobia específica en la infancia: estudio de caso [Cognitive-behavioral treatment of specific phobia in childhood: A case study]. Ansiedad y Estrés. 22; 80-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.anyes.2016.06.001
• Hetrick, S., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Bailey, E., Robinson, J. (2016). The Good Cycles Project: A literature review. Melbourne: Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health. [Report]
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Hernández Arroyo, L., Rentero Martín, D., and Güerre Lobera, M. J. (2015). Programa de terapia grupal para niños con ansiedad [Group therapy program for children with anxiety]. Cuadernos de Salud Mental del 12. Num. 11. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4752.1765
• Franco, J. G., Santesteban, O., Trzepacz, P. T., Bernal, C., Valencia, C., Ocampo, M. V., de Pablo, J. and Vilella, E. (2014). MMSE items that predict incident delirium and hypoactive subtype in older medical inpatients. Psychiatry Research, 220(3), 975-981. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.09.003

• Santesteban-Echarri, O. and Shakeel, M. What we know about effects of cannabis use and other substances on psychosis risk and how to talk about it (Chapter 13). In Horton, L. E. (Ed.) Talking About Risk for Psychosis: A Guide for Practice and Research. Oxford University Press. [Accepted]
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Jalil, S., and Addington, J. (2023). Cannabis and clinical high risk for psychosis: Monitoring and smartphones. (Chapter 38). In Martin, C. R., Patel, V. B., and Preedy V. R. (Eds.) Cannabis Use, Neurobiology, Psychology, and Treatment. Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89862-1.00011-8
• Santesteban-Echarri, O. (2021). Prevención e intervención temprana de los primeros episodios psicóticos. (Chapter 58). In Izquierdo Elizo, A., Cuñellar Flores, I., and Padilla Torres, D. (Eds.). Manual de psicología clínica de la infancia y la adolescencia. Bases para una nueva especialidad. Madrid: España. McGraw Hill. ISBN: 8448625722 · 9788448625726
• Serrano Villar, M., and Santesteban-Echarri, O. (2021). Investigación en psicología clínica de la infancia y la adolescencia. (Chapter 63). In Izquierdo Elizo, A., Cuñellar Flores, I., and Padilla Torres, D. (Eds.). Manual de psicología clínica de la infancia y la adolescencia. Bases para una nueva especialidad. Madrid: España. McGraw Hill. ISBN: 8448625722 · 9788448625726
• Senín-Calderón, M. C., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Bellido, G., Perona Garcelán, S., and Rodríguez Testal, J. F. (2021). Trastornos de ansiedad (Chapter 14). In Fonseca-Pedrero, E. (Ed.). Tratamientos Psicológicos Eficaces en la Infancia y la Adolescencia. Madrid: España. Eds. Pirámide. ISBN: 978-84-368-4470-2
• Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Santesteban-Echarri, O., López-Navarro, E., and Debbané, M. (2021). Tratamientos psicológicos para los síntomas psicóticos en adolescentes (Chapter 24). In Fonseca-Pedrero, E. (Ed.). Tratamientos Psicológicos Eficaces en la Infancia y la Adolescencia. Madrid: España. Eds. Pirámide. ISBN: 978-84-368-4470-2
• González-Blanch, C., Santesteban-Echarri, O., and Álvarez-Jiménez, M. (2019). Las nuevas tecnologías para la recuperación funcional de las personas con trastornos psicóticos (Chapter 17). In Fonseca-Pedrero, E. (Ed.) Tratamientos psicológicos para la psicosis. Ediciones Pirámide. ISBN: 978-84-368-4133-6
• Santesteban-Echarri, O. (2919). La curiosidad (Chapter 18). In Fundación Alicia Koplowitz (Eds.). Sentimientos que cuentan. ISBN: 978-84-09-12213-4
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Rice, S., Gonzalez-Blanch, C., and Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2019). Promoting psychosocial functioning and recovery in schizophrenia spectrum and psychosis disorders (Chapter 18). In Badcock, J. and Paulik, G. (Eds.). Clinical Introduction to Psychosis: Foundations for Clinical and Neuropsychologists. (Chapter 18). Academic Press. Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-815012-2.00018-3; ISBN: 9780128150122
• Addington, J., Piskulic, D., Devoe, D., Santesteban-Echarri, O., and Stokowy, J. (2019). Indicated prevention in psychosis risk – Psychological approaches. Eds. Thomson, A. and Broome, M. R. (Eds). Risk Factors for Psychosis: Paradigms, Mechanisms, and Prevention. (Chapter 18). Elsevier. Oxfordshire, UK. ISBN: 9780128132012
• Padilla-Torres, D., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Everts, F., and Mateu, A. (2018). Estrategias terapéuticas contextuales sobre el yo en adolescentes con trastornos mentales graves (Chapter 12). In Ruiz-Sánchez, J. J. (Ed.) Conductismo. La psicología del verbo. Lulu Press, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-244-96398-9
• Santesteban-Echarri, O., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Gleeson, J., and Rice, S. M. (2018). Social media, adolescents and young people with depression and psychosis (Chapter 14). In Moreno, M. A. and Radovic, A. (Eds.) Technology and Adolescent Mental Health. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69638-6_14
• Radovic, A., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Gleeson, J., Rice, S. M. and Moreno, M. (2018). Social media use and display of depressive symptoms online by adolescents and young adults (Chapter 8). In Moreno, M. A. and Radovic, A. (Eds.) Technology and Adolescent Mental Health. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69638-6_6

Clinical practice and evidence-based research in a collaborative, supportive, and highly interactive learning community is critical to high-quality education. I aspire to share my research, counselling, and assessment knowledge with students in the Master of Counseling. As a clinical researcher, I am up to date with practices in Canadian counselling and psychology. My qualifications and experience in dealing with a diverse population undergoing mental illness evidence the interaction between research, clinical practice, and teaching. Thus, I feel competent in delivering both clinical and non-clinical courses. I have supervised several undergraduates, graduates, and summer students, receiving great feedback about the care and involvement I demonstrate toward their learning experience. I can confidently work to address student academic-related issues and support their success. Each student brings experiences, skills, and interests to the classroom enriching other students’ learning experiences. I aspire to serve as a learning facilitator by sharing their project with the rest of the students. I consider myself an approachable instructor who hopes the students enjoy the translation between clinical practice and research.

CPC695, Research Project – Master’s in Counselling Psychology (Calgary).