Kimberly Roaten, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Kimberly Roaten, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in clinical psychology with a focus on caring for patients recovering from significant illness and traumatic injuries.

Dr. Roaten earned her doctorate in clinical psychology at UT Southwestern, where she also completed a fellowship in clinical health psychology. Licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychology, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2010.

Dr. Roaten is a supervisor in the American Psychological Association-accredited clinical psychology internship program and teaches graduate students, medical students, and residents. She is also the Director of Quality for Safety, Education, and Implementation in the Department of Psychiatry at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Roaten’s research focuses on developing strategies for improving suicide risk detection in health care systems, and she has published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts on the subject. She leads the Universal Suicide Screening Program at Parkland Health & Hospital System (PHHS) – work that has been recognized by The Joint Commission and was included as a case use example resulting in the 2017 HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence for PHHS.

Her additional research interests include psychological recovery after traumatic injury, particularly among survivors of major burn injuries. She serves as an ad hoc reviewer for Psychiatry Research, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, and Burns: Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

Dr. Roaten is a Senior Fellow at The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Psychological Association. She is also a member of the American Association of Suicidology, the American Burn Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychopathological Association, the Dallas Psychological Association, and the Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology.

Undergraduate School

University of Texas at Austin (2001)

Graduate School

UT Southwestern Medical School (2005), Rehabilitation Counseling

Other Post Graduate Training

UT Southwestern Medical School (2005)

Internship

Southern Methodist University (2008)

Other Post Graduate Training

UT Southwestern Medical School (2008)

Graduate School

UT Southwestern Medical School (2008), Psychology

Internship

UT Southwestern Medical School (2009), Clinical Psychology

Featured Publications

An inflammatory profile linked to increased suicide risk.

Keaton SA, Madaj ZB, Heilman P, Smart L, Grit J, Gibbons R, Postolache TT, Roaten K, Achtyes ED, Brundin L J Affect Disord 2019 Mar 247 57-65

Suicide prevention in medical settings: The case for universal screening.

Horowitz LM, Roaten K, Pao M, Bridge JA Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2018 Dec

Development and Implementation of a Universal Suicide Risk Screening Program in a Safety-Net Hospital System

Roaten, K., Johnson, C., Genzel, R., Khan, F., & North, C.S. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 2018

Determining Suicide Risk in Trauma Patients Using a Universal Screening Program.

Imran JB, Richmond RE, Madni TD, Roaten K, Clark AT, Huang E, Mokdad AA, Taveras LR, Abdelfattah KR, Cripps MW, Eastman AL J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2018 Mar

Reasons for Distress Among Burn Survivors at 6, 12 and 24 Months Post-Discharge: A Burn Injury Model System Investigation.

Wiechman SA, McMullen K, Carrougher GJ, Fauerbach JA, Ryan C, Herndon DN, Holavanahalli R, Gibran NS, Roaten K Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2017 Dec

Posttraumatic growth in a heterogeneous sample of traumatically injured patients 1 year postinjury.

Roden-Foreman K, Robinson R, Bennett M, Roaten K, Petrey L, Powers MB, Warren AM J Clin Psychol 2017 Nov

Suicide Risk Assessment and Management: Real-World Experience and Perceptions of Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Roy W, Roaten K, Downs D, Khan F, Pollio DE, North CS Arch Suicide Res 2016 Jun

Development and testing of procedures for violence screening and suicide risk stratification on a psychiatric emergency service.

Roaten K, Khan F, Brown K, North CS Am J Emerg Med 2015 Dec

 Featured Books

Burns. In Practical Psychology in Medical Rehabilitation

Roaten, K. (2016). New York, NY, Springer

• Outstanding Faculty Award - UT Southwestern School of Health Professions
  (2018)
• Outstanding Educator Award - UT Southwestern School of Health Professions
  (2017)
• Outstanding Educator Award - UT Southwestern School of Health Professions
  (2014)
• Chief Resident - Clinical Psychology
  (2008)
• Carmen Miller Michael Award
  (2007)

• American Association of Suicidology
• American Burn Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychopathological Association
• Dallas Psychological Association
• Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
• Texas Psychological Association