PsyD Systematic Reviews

List of Independent Text / APA Editors

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Barbara Fisher, M.A., M.F.A. (Text and APA editing)
Phone: (510) 697-1690
Email: bafish@sbcglobal.net

Rebekka Helford, M.A., M.F.T. (Text and APA editing)
Phone: (310) 927-3957
Email: editor@rhedits.com

Sarah Kaip, M.A. (Text and APA editing)
Phone: (360) 970-0939
Email: sarahkaip@gmail.com

Sara Mack, Psy.D. (Text and APA editing)
Phone:  610-996-8316
Email: dr.saramack@gmail.com

Annette Gilzene, Ed.D. (APA editing)
Phone: (310) 559-2675
Email: amgilzene@ca.rr.com

Christina Mosher, Ed.D. (APA editing)
Phone: (310) 927-9575
Email: drcmosher@gmail.com

Joe Velazquez (APA editing)
Phone: (310) 446-1142
Email: jvontheroad@ca.rr.com

Recommended Readings:

Conducting Systematic Reviews:

• Egger, M., Higgins, J. P. T., & Davey Smith, G. (2022). Systematic reviews in health research : meta-analysis in context (Third edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119099369
• Gurusamy, K. (2025). A guide to performing systematic reviews of health and disease. UCL Press.
• Gunnell, K., Poitras, V. J., & Tod, D. (2020). Questions and answers about conducting systematic reviews in sport and exercise psychology. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 13(1), 297–318. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2019.1695141
• Kolaski, K., Logan, L. R., & Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2023). Guidance to best tools and practices for systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews, 12(1), 96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02255-9
• Uman, L. S. (2011). Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 20(1), 57–59.

Protocols:

• Booth, A., Clarke, M., Dooley, G., Ghersi, D., Moher, D., Petticrew, M., & Stewart, L. (2012). The nuts and bolts of PROSPERO: an international prospective register of systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews, 1(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-1-2
• PLoS Medicine Editors. (2011). Best practice in systematic reviews: the importance of protocols and registration. PLoS Medicine, 8(2), e1001009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001009
• Pieper, D., & Rombey, T. (2022). Where to prospectively register a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 11(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01877-1

Frameworks:

• Methley, A. M., Campbell, S., Chew-Graham, C., McNally, R., & Cheraghi-Sohi, S. (2014). PICO, PICOS and SPIDER: a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews. BMC Health Services Research, 14, 579. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0579-0
• Cooke, A., Smith, D., & Booth, A. (2012). Beyond PICO: the SPIDER tool for qualitative evidence synthesis. Qualitative Health Research, 22(10), 1435–1443. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732312452938