Adjunct Lecturer
Ph.D. University of North Dakota
Area: Clinical

Contact Information

Email: randyr@umich.edu
Psychology Office: MPB 4100
Psychology Phone: 734-615-1750

Alternate Office: 1269 East Hall

Research and Teaching Interests

My interests concern psychological factors (pain beliefs,I, illness-attributions and other pain congnitions) and treatment outcome associated with chronic pain syndromes with a particular interest in chronic musculoskeletal pain disorders as well as more generally the areas of health and rehabilitation psychology.  Current interests include the evaluation of psychological factors associated with treatment outcomes for women undergoinng breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomy for breast cancer, the effect of coping skills training for patients undergoing spinal cord stimulator surgery for chronic pain, the relation of abuse in chronic pelvic pain syndromes, the role of trauma in explaining psychological distress and pain-related disability in chronic pain patients and the relation of socioeconomic variables and pain disability.

 

Representative Publications

Roth, R.S., Geisser, M.E., & Bates, R.A. (2008).  The relation of posttraumatic stress symptoms to depression and pain in patients with accident-related chronic pain.  Journal of Pain, 9, 588-596.

Roth, R.S., Lowery, J.C., Davis, J., & Wilkins, E.G. (2007).  Psychological factors predict patient satisfaction following postmastectomy breast reconstruction.  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 119(7), 2008-2015.

Roth, R.S., Lowery, J.C., Davis, J., & Wilkins, E.G. (2007).  Persistent pain following postmastectomy breast reconstruction:  The effects of type and timing of surgery.  Annals of Pastic Surgery, 58(4), 371-376.

Roth, R.S., Lowery, J.C., Davis, J., & Wilkins. E.G. (2007).  Preoperative affective distress and somatic complaints predict persistent pain following postmastectomy breat reconstruction.  European Journal of Plastic Surgery, 29, 227-233.

Roth, J.K., Roth, R.S., Weintraub, J.R., & Simons, D.G.  (2007).  Cervicogenic headache caused by myofascial trigger points in the sternocleidomastoid muscle: a case report.  Cephalalgia, 27, 375-380.