Dr. Bellack received his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in 1970. Following faculty appointments at the University of Pittsburgh and the Medical College of Pennsylvania, he is currently Director of the VA Capital Health Care Network Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center. He has served as President of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT) and President of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP, Section III, Division 12 of APA). In recognition of his research on schizophrenia, he has received numerous awards including an NIMH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award; Ireland Investigator Award from NARSAD; and the APF/Gralnick Foundation Award. He serves on multiple editorial boards and is the Founding Editor of Behavior Modification and Clinical Psychology Review.
Current Research Interests:
Dr. Bellack’s research interests are broadly focused on social functioning in schizophrenia including methods for the reliable and valid assessment of behavioral skills and psychosocial interventions to ameliorate social deficits in this disorder. More recent research has examined co-morbid substance use in severe mental illness and strategies to address neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia. Dr. Bellack does not directly admit students to the clinical program but does mentor research for those clinical graduate students within the Schizophrenia Research Training Program.
Recent Publications:
Bellack, A., Green, M., Cook, J., Fenton, W., Harvey, P., Heaton, R., et al. (2007). Assessment of community functioning in people with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses: A white paper based on an NIMH-sponsored workshop. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33, 805-822.
Dickinson, D., Bellack, A., & Gold, J. (2007). Social/communication skills, cognition, and vocational functioning in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33, 1213-1220.
Bellack, A. (2006). Scientific and consumer models of recovery in schizophrenia: Concordance, contrasts, and implications. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32, 432-442.
Bellack, A.S., Bennett, M.E., Gearon, J.S., Brown, C.H., & Yang, Y. (2006). A randomized clinical trial of a new behavioral treatment for drug abuse in people with severe and persistent mental illness. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 426-432.
Bellack, A., Brown, C., & Thomas-Lohrman, S. (2006). Psychometric characteristics of role-play assessments of social skill in schizophrenia. Behavior Therapy, 37, 339-352.
Kinnaman, J., Slade, E., Bennett, M., & Bellack, A. (2007). Examination of contingency payments to dually-diagnosed patients in a multi-faceted behavioral treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1480-1485.
Rosenfarb, I.S., Bellack, A.S., & Aziz, N. (2006). Family interactions and the course of schizophrenia in African-American and white patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 112-120.
Rosenfarb, S., Bellack, A.S., & Aziz, N. (2006). A sociocultural stress, appraisal, and coping model of subjective burden. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 157-165.
Clinical Psychology Program • Department of Psychology • University
of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-4411 • phone: 301-405-5890 • fax:
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