My work with diverse communities, families, and individuals began in San Francisco in the late 1980’s. I worked with immigrant, and refugee adolescents and their families in the Tenderloin district, focusing on preventing gang involvement, violence, and delinquent behaviors. During this time, I studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where I had the privilege of learning from some of the world's leading psychologists, including Nobel Laureate and Professor Daniel Kahneman, widely known as the author of the bestselling book Thinking, Fast and Slow.

 

I then pursued my Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Clinical Psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, one of the leading programs in the country. There, I broadened my experience by working with youth and families in the Denver Metropolitan area, ranging from diverse urban neighborhoods and rural mountain communities in Northern Colorado to the predominantly White, more homogeneous communities in Boulder. My clinical training was intensive: professors observed my sessions from behind one-way mirrors and through video recordings, offering feedback not only on my skills and techniques but also on my thoughts and emotions during the therapeutic process. I remain deeply grateful for this formative training experience.

 

I completed my pre-doctoral internship in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University, where the legacy of giants in clinical psychology remains palpable. Well-known figures such as Anna Freud and Erik Erikson helped shape the institution's history. At Yale, I expanded my repertoire beyond individuals and family work to include providing training and consultation for schools, mental health hospitals, and correctional and financial institutions.

 

Following Yale, I completed a three-year post-doctoral fellowship and remained on as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University in New York City. The Department of Psychiatry at Columbia is among the most rigorous and cutting-edge psychiatric training and research institutions in the world.  There, I worked with and learned from leading clinicians and researchers, including Nobel Laureate Professor Eric Kandel. During this period, I also provided therapy for refugees and immigrants from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle-East, many of whom had endured severe trauma and life-threatening experiences.

 

I have conducted research to advance evidence-based treatments and the science of clinical psychology. For more than 15 years, I engaged in research at the VA Palo Alto and Stanford University School of Medicine, where I served first as a Consultant Assistant Professor and later as a Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliate). I also served as a research faculty at the National Center for PTSD, Dissemination and Training Division at the Palo Alto VA, Menlo Park Division, for 20 years. 

 

Currently, I am a Distinguished Professor in the Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Program at the California School of Professional Psychology in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of the few APA-accredited training programs in the region. I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist in California and New York, and I hold Fellow status in the Clinical Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association—an honor bestowed upon about 5% of APA members in recognition of outstanding contributions to psychology at the national or international level. My work has been published in professional and scientific journals for an audience of professors, researchers, and clinicians (see selected publications below).

 

Below is a list of my selected publications. You can use Google Scholar to look up my other publications:

 

• Vu, U, Farias, S. T., Hinton, L., Park, V. T., Tiet, Q. Q., Whitmer, R., Heuer, S., Nguyen, B., & Meyer, O. (in press). War trauma and strength: A qualitative study of participants in the Vietnamese Insights into Cognitive Aging Program (VIP). The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.

• Gavett, B., Farias, S. T., Tiet, Q. Q., Park, V. T., Harvey, D., Vuong, Q., Hinton, L., Kanaya, A. M., Whitmer, R., Mai, L., and Meyer, O. L. (in press). Harmonized cognitive performance in an older adult cohort of Vietnamese American immigrants: The VIP study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

• Tiet, Q. Q., & Brooks, J. (2025). Protective Factors for depression, anxiety, quality of life, and physical pain in psychology doctoral students during the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Journal of American College Health. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2530481

• Tiet, Q. Q., Farias, S. T., Tran, D., Park, V. T., Gavett, B., Hinton, L., Mai, L., Nguyen, C., Whitmer, R. A., Vuong, Q., Harvey, D., Meyer, O. L. (2025). The Translation with Ongoing Adaptation and Improvement (ToAI) framework: A community-informed, structured, iterative approach to culturally adapting cognitive assessment tools. Azheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Intervention. DOI: 10.1002/trc2.70105.

• Grill, J. D., Tsoh, J. Y., Nam, B., Tzuang, M., Huang, D., Fara-on, G., Johnson, C. B.,Hoffmann, T. J., Meyer, O. L., Mukherjea, A., Nishita, C., Gallagher-Thompson,D., Hinton, L., Tofaeono, V.,Balaz, P., Tavana, J. P., Javier, J. R., Vuong, Q., & Park, V. T. (2025). Increasing representation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in aging, dementia, and caregiving research: An update from the CARE registry. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70144

• Meyer, O. L., Farias, S. T., Whitmer, R., Kanaya, A. M., Harvey, D., Hinton, L., Tiet, Q. Q., Vuong, Q., Gavett, B., & A., Park, V. T. (2024). Vietnamese Insights into Cognitive Aging Program (VIP): Objectives, study design and cohort description. Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12494 

• Tiet, Q. Q., Brooks, J., Patton, C., Brownstein, B., & Mixon, T. (2024). Specific stressors linked to functional outcomes in psychology doctoral students. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000481.

• Tiet, Q. Q., Davis, L., Rosen, C. S., Norman, S. B., Leyva, Y., E., & Duong, H. (2024). Factors associated with increased substance use disorder care in VA PTSD specialty outpatient treatment. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 20(3), 223-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2024.2348105

• Tiet, Q. Q., & Tiet, T. (2024). Diagnostic Accuracy of the Primary Care PTSD for DSM-5 Screen (PC-PTSD-5) in Demographic and Diagnostic Subgroups of Patients. Journal of Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08719-5.

• Meyer, O. L., Park, V. T., Kanaya, A. M., Farias, S. T., Hinton, L., Tiet, Q. Q., Vuong, Q., Nguyen, S., Harvey, D., & Whitmer, R. A. (2023). Inclusion of Vietnamese Americans: Opportunities to understand dementia disparities. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 2023 Apr-Jun;9(2):e12392. doi: 10.1002/trc2.12392

• Browne, K. C., Levya, Y., Malte, C. A, Lapham, G. T, & Tiet, Q. Q. (2022). Prevalence of medical and non-medical cannabis use among veterans enrolled in primary care, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 36(2), 121 - 130. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000725

• Tiet, Q. Q. & Moos, R. H. (2021). Strong associations among PTSD, pain, and alcohol and drug use disorders in VA primary care patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 223, 108699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108699

• Tiet, Q. Q., & Moos, R. H. (2021). Screen of Drug Use: Diagnostic Accuracy for Stimulant Use Disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 112, 106614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106614

• McCue, M. L., Fisher, A. N., Johnson, K. R., Bariani, A., Cabral, M. M., Allard, C. B., & Edmonds, S. (2021). Exposure to civilian casualties is related to guilt and suicidality in Post 9/11 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. , 9, 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2021.1904065

• Hinton, L, Nguyen, H, Pham, T., Nguyen, H. T., Danielle, H. J., Nichols, L., Martindale-Adams, J., Nguyen, B. T., Nguyen, B. T. T., Nguyen, A. N., Nguyen, C. H., Nguyen, T. T. H., Nguyen, T. L., Nguyen, A. T. P., Nguyen, N. T. B.., ., Nguyen, T. A., Nguyen, T. A., & Nguyen, P. Q. (2020). Advancing family dementia caregiver interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A pilot cluster randomized controlled trial of Resources for Advancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health in Vietnam (REACH VN). Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 6, e12063. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12063

• Ruzek, J. I., Landes, S. J., McGee-Vincent, P., Rosen, C. S., Crowley, J., Calhoun, P. S., McGraw, K., Walser, R., Smith, J. L., Barry, D. S., Schmidt, J. A., Simon, E., Runnals, J.,. Liu, N. H., Shaw, R. K., Zimmerman, L., Nottis, D., Juhasz, K. M., & Kirchner, J. E. (2020). Creating a Practice-Based Implementation Network: Facilitating Practice Change across Health Care Systems. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-020-09696-3

• Ordonez, C., Tiet, Q. Q., Scott, S., Lopez, C., Kixmiller, J., & Collins, W. (2019). Social skills training for verbal aggression in conserved adults with traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder. Achives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 34(6), P1026. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acz034.161

• Hinton, L., Nguyen, H., Pham, T., Trong, H. N., Harvey, D. J., Thanh, B. N., Thanh, B. N. T., Ngoc, A. N., Hong, C. N., Hoai, T. N. T., Le, T. N., Phuong, A. N. T., Bich, N. N. T., Nguyen, T. A., Quy, P. N. (2019). A pilot cluster RCT to test the preliminary efficacy of an Alzheimer’s family caregiver intervention in Hanoi, Vietnam. (7), P924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4705

• Tiet, Q. Q., Leyva, Y., & Moos, R. H. (2019). Screen of Drug Use: Diagnostic accuracy for opioid use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 198, 176-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.044

• Tiet, Q. Q., Leyva, Y., Browne, K., & Moos, R. H. (2019). Screen of Drug Use: Diagnostic accuracy for cannabis use disorder, Addictive Behaviors, 95, 184-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.02.010

• Park, V. T., Vuong, Q., Ton, V., Tiet, Q., Yeo, G., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2019). Our family journey program: An evidence-based, skills-building mental health program for Vietnamese American dementia caregivers. (7), P924–P925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4706

• Park, V. M. T., Ton, V., Vuong, Q., Yeo, G., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2019). Promising results from a pilot study to reduce distress in Vietnamese American dementia and memory loss caregivers. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 5, 319-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2019.05.006

• Tiet, Q. Q., Duong, H., Davis, L., French, R., Smith, C., Leyva, Y., & Rosen, C. (2019). PTSD Coach mobile application (app) with brief telephone support and Pre- and Post-intervention outcomes on PTSD, depressive symptoms and quality of life, Psychological Services, 16 (2), 227-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ser0000245

• Jordan, J., Samuelson, K., & Tiet, Q. Q. (2018). Impulsivity, painful and provocative events, and suicide intent: Testing the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 10.1111/sltb.12518

• Park, V. T., Nguyen, K., Tran, Y., Yeo, G., , Suen, J., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2018). Perspectives and Insights from Vietnamese American Mental Health Professionals on How to Culturally Tailor a Vietnamese Dementia Caregiving Program. Clinical Gerotologist, 41(3), 184-100. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2018.143273.

• Park, V. T., Nguyen, K., Tran, Y., Yeo, G., , Suen, J., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2018). Perspectives and Insights from Vietnamese American Mental Health Professionals on How to Culturally Tailor a Vietnamese Dementia Caregiving Program. Clinical Gerotologist, 41(3), 184-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2018.1432734

• Tiet, Q. Q., Leyva, Y., Moos, R., & Smith, B. (2017). Diagnostic Accuracy of a Two-item Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-2). Addictive Behaviors, 74, 112-117. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.06.008.

• Rosen, C., Azevedo, K., Greene, C. J., Wood, A. E., Calhoun, P., Bowe, T., Capehart, B., Crawford, E., Greenbaum, M. A., Harris, A. H., Hertzberg, M., Lindley, S., Smith, B., & Schnurr, P. P. (2017). An RCT of Effects of Telephone Care Management on Treatment Adherence and Clinical Outcomes Among Veterans With PTSD, , 151-158 doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600069.

• Tiet, Q. Q., Leyva, Y., Moos, R., & Smith, B. (2016). Diagnostic Accuracy of a Two-item Screen for Drug Use Developed from the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-Drug), Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 164(1), 22 - 27. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.03.029

• Prins, A., Bovin, M. J., Smolenski, D. J., Marx, B. P., Kimerling, R., Jenkins-Guarnieri, M. A., Kaloupek, D. G., Schnurr, P. P., Kaiser, A. P., Leyva, Y. E., (2016). The Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5): Development and evaluation within a Veteran primary care sample, (10), 1206-11 doi.10.1007/s11606-016-3703-5

• Koo, K., Tiet, Q. Q., & Rosen, C. S. (2016). Relationships between racial/ethnic minority status, therapeutic alliance and treatment expectancies among veterans with PTSD, Psychological Services. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ser0000029.

• Kornblith, E. S., Green, R., Casey, S. L., Tiet, Q. Q. (2016). Marital Status, Social Support and Depressive Symptoms in Lesbians and Heterosexual Women, Journal of Lesbian Studies, 20(1), 157-173.

• Tiet, Q. Q., Moos, R. H., & Frayne, S. M. (2015). Appropriate screening for substance use vs Disorder—Reply, JAMA Internal Medicine.

• Tiet, Q. Q., Leyva, Y., Moos, R., Frayne, S., Osterberg, L., & Smith, B. (2015). Diagnostic accuracy of the Screen of Drug Use (SoDU) in primary care, JAMA Internal Medicine, 175(8), 1371-1377. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2438

• Tiet, Q. Q., Leyva, Y., Blau, K., Turchik, J., Rosen, C. S. (2015). Military Sexual Assault, Gender, and PTSD Treatment Outcomes of Veterans, Journal of traumatic stress, 28, 92-101. doi: 10.1002/jts.21992.

• Tiet, Q. Q., Schutte, K., & Leyva, Y. (2013). Diagnostic Accuracy of Brief PTSD Screening Instruments in Military Veterans. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 45, 134-142. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.01.010.

• Rosen, C. S., Adler, E., & Tiet, Q. Q. (2013). Presenting concerns of Veterans entering treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. 640-643. doi: 10.1002/jts.21841.

• Tiet, Q. Q., & Schutte, K. (2012). Treatment setting and outcomes of patients with co-occurring disorders. Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery, 7, 53-76. doi: 10.1080/1556035X.2012.632330

• Tiet, Q. Q., Huizinga, D., & Byrnes, H. (2010). Predictors of resilience among inner city youths.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 19(3), 360-378. doi:10.1007/s10826-009-9307-5

• Tiet, Q. Q., Finney, J, & Moos, R. (2008).  Screening psychiatric patients for illicit drug use disorders and problems. Clinical Psychology Review, 28 (4), 578-591. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2007.08.002

• Tiet, Q. Q., & Mausbach, B (2007). Treatments of patients with dual diagnosis: A review.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(4), 513-536.  doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00336.x

• Tiet, Q. Q., Rosen, C., Cavella, S., Moos, R., Finney, J., & Yesavage, J. (2006). Coping, symptoms, and functioning outcomes of patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19(6), 799-811. doi:10.1002/jts.20185

• Tiet, Q. Q., Finney, J., & Moos, R. (2006). Recent sexual abuse, physical abuse, and suicide attempt among male patients seeking psychiatric treatment.  Psychiatric Services, 57(1), 107-113.

• Rosen, C., Tiet, Q., Cavella, S., Finney, J., & Lee, T. (2005). Chronic PTSD patients’ functioning before and after the September 11 attacks, Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18(6), 781-784. doi.org/10.1002/jts.20086.

• Tiet, Q. Q., & Huizinga, D. (2002). Dimensions of the construct of resilience and adaptation among inner city youth, Journal of Adolescent Research, 17(3), 260-276. doi:10.1177/0743558402173003

• Wu, P., Hoven, C., Tiet, Q., Kovalenco, P., Wicks, J. (2002). Factors associated with adolescent utilization of alcohol treatment services. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 28, 353-369. doi:10.1081/ada-120002978

• Tiet, Q. Q., Bird, H. R, Hoven, C., Wu, P., Moore, R., & Davies, M. (2001). Resilience in the face of maternal psychopathology and adverse life events, Journal of Child and Family Studies, 10, 347-365. doi:10.1023/a:1012528910206

• Tiet, Q. Q., Wasserman, G. A., Loeber, R., McReynolds, L. S., & Miller, L. S. (2001). Developmental and sex differences in types of conduct problems. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 10, 181-197. doi:10.1023/a:1016637702525

• Tiet, Q. Q., Bird, H. R., Hoven, C., Moore, R., Wu, P., Wicks, J., Jensen, P., Goodman, S., & Cohen, P. (2001). Relationship Between Specific Adverse Life Events and Psychiatric Disorders, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 29, 153-164. doi:10.1023/a:1005288130494

• Wu, P., Hoven, C., Cohen, P., Liu, X., Moore, R., Tiet, Q., Okezie, N., Wicks, J., & Bird, H. (2001).  Factors associated with use of mental health services for depression by children and adolescents.  Psychiatric Services, 52, 189-195. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.189

• Wu, P., Hoven, C., Cohen, P., Fan, B., Tiet, Q., Fuller, C., & Musa, G. (2001). Tobacco use and depression in children and adolescents in the USA. Challenges for Public Health at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Selected Proceedings for the Ninth International Congress World Federation of Public Health Associations, 94-95.

• Tiet, Q. Q., Bird, H., Davies, M., Hoven, C., Cohen, P., Jensen, P., & Goodman, S. (1998). Adverse life events and resilience, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37, 1191-1200. doi:10.1097/00004583-199811000-00020

• Hinton, L., Tiet, Q. Q., Tran, C. G., & Chesney, M. (1997). A prospective study of depression in newly arrived refugees from Vietnam. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 185, 39-45. doi:10.1097/00005053-199701000-00007