11/16/09 - Announcement
Congratulations to ADC alumnus, Dr. Christi Washington, who was awarded First Prize in the Spiritual & Religious Issues in Behavior Change (Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies) new research poster competition.
07/23/09 - Announcement
Congratulations to Dr. Esther Price, who formally received her Ph.D. from the University of Houston. Dr. Price is currently on the faculty at the University of Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
07/08/09 - New research publication by an ADC graduate student
Barrera, T. L. & Norton, P. J. (in press). Quality of life across panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
06/24/09 - New research publication by an ADC graduate student
Norton, P. J. & Robinson, C. M. (in press). Development and evaluation of the Anxiety Disorder Diagnostic Questionnaire. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy .
05/19/09 - Announcement
Congratulations to Dr. Christi Washington, who formally received her Ph.D. from the University of Houston. Dr. Washington will continue her training during a post-doctoral year at the Greater Hartford Clinical Psychology Consortium.
05/18/09 - Announcement
Congratulations to Natasha Lachner, B.A., who will be leaving the ADC for a position at Baylor College of Medicine.
02/02/09 - New research publication by a former ADC research assistant
Norton, P. J. & Weiss, B. J. (2007). The role of courageousness on behavioral approach in a fear-eliciting situation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 212-217.
01/22/09 - Announcement
Dr. Peter Norton, director of the UH Anxiety Disorder Clinic, was awarded the Theodore Blau Early Career Award by the American Psychological Association (Division 12) for "promoting the practice of clinical psychology through professional service; innovation in service delivery; novel application of applied research methodologies to professional practice; positive impact on health delivery systems; development of creative educational programs for practice; or other novel or creative activities advancing the service of the profession."
01/10/09 - New research publications by current and former ADC therapists and research assistants
Norton, P. J. , Hayes, S. A., & Springer, J. R. (2008). Transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral group therapy for anxiety: Outcome and process. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 1 , 266-279.
Norton, P. J. , Temple , S. R., & Pettit, J. W. (2008). Suicidal ideation and anxiety disorders: Elevated risk or artifact of negative affect and comorbid depression? Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 39 , 515-525.
Philipp, L. M., Washington , C., Raouf, M., & Norton, P. J. (2008). Cross-cultural examination of the Tripartite Model in adults. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 37 , 221-232.
07/03/2008 - Announcement
ADC alumnus, Katie Sears, has accepted a post-doctoral position at the Palo Alto VA system, and will begin in the fall of 2008.
06/27/2008 - New research publication by an ADC graduate student
Norton, P. J. & Philipp, L. M. (2008). Transdiagnostic approaches to the treatment of anxiety disorders: A meta-analytic review. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, and Training, 45, 214-226 .
06/16/2008 - New research publication by an ADC graduate student and a former undergraduate research assistant
Washington, C. S., Norton, P. J., & Temple, S. R. (2008). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and obsessive compulsive disorder: A multi-racial analysis of a student population . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196 , 456-461.
05/26/2008 - Staff change
ADC Assistant Director Christi Washington, M.A., has departed for her clinical residency at the Greater Hartford Consortium. Ms. Washington's duties as the Assistant Director will now be capably handled Suzanne Klenck, B.A.
ADC Therapist Leslie Schart, M.A., will be departing this summer for her clinical residency at the St. Louis VA Medical Center.
ADC Therapist Laura Philipp, M.A., will be departing this summer for her clinical residency at the Palo Alto VA
05/20/2008 - Announcement
ADC Director Peter Norton, Ph.D., was promoted to Associate Professor and awarded tenure (effective September 1, 2008) by the University of Houston.