Julian D. Ford, Ph.D.

Biographical Summary

Clinical Psychologist (Licensed: Vermont, New Hampshire, Oregon, California).

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1977.

Currently the Deputy Executive Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs
National Center for PTSD, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth
Medical School.

Past positions include: 
Director, Department of Veterans Affairs Portland, OR PTSD Residential Rehabilitation 
Program and Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Psychology, Oregon Sciences University.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Clinical Director of
the Center for Health Enhancement, University of California Los Angeles.

Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Delaware.


Authorships include: 
Two Clinical Psychology textbooks (In Press, Houghton-Mifflin; 1982, John Wiley & Sons).

Twenty-five research reviews and reports and several Clinical Guidebooks.

Editorial Board memberships include: 
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1996-2000; 1985-1989), and 
Behavior Therapy (1981-1984).

Selected Recent Publications:

Ford, J.D. & Kidd, P. (in press). Early childhood trauma and disorders of
extreme stress as predictors of treatment outcome with chronic PTSD. Journal
of Traumatic Stress.

Ford, J.D. & Stewart, J. (in press). Group psychotherapy for war-related PTSD
with military veterans. In B. Young & D. Blake (Ed.) Approaches to group psycho-
therapy with PTSD. San Francisco: Taylor & Francis.

Ford, J.D., Shaw, D., Chandler, P. Thacker, B., Greaves, D., Sennhauser, S., &
Schwartz, L. (1998). Family systems therapy after Operation Desert Storm: European
Theater veterans. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21, 143-151.

Ford, J.D., Greaves, D., Chandler, P., Thacker, B., Shaw, D., Sennhauser, S., &
Schwartz, L. (1997). Time-limited psychotherapy with Operation Desert Storm
Veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 10, 655-664.

Ford, J.D., Fisher, P. & Larson, L. (1997). Object relations as a predictor of
treatment outcome with chronic PTSD. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
65, 547-559.

Young, B.H., Ford, J.D., Gusman, F., & Friedman, M.J. (1997). Disaster Mental Health 
Services: A Guidebook for Clinicians and Administrators. Salt Lake City, UT:
National Media Development Center.

Research projects emphasize outcome studies, including:
(a) preventive screening and acute psychological intervention with children 
    and parents in pediatric and psychiatric healthcare (funded); 

(b) primary care psychiatric screening, health promotion and disease prevention
    with adults (funded);

(c) family systems assessment and treatment of acute military trauma survivors
    (funded);

(d) risk factors and psychosocial impairment associated with delayed recognition 
    of exposure in World War II and in the Persian Gulf War to toxic chemicals
    (funded);

(e) psychophysiological assessment and psychological treatment of adult survivors
    of childhood sexual abuse (funded);

(f) psychophysiological assessment and biopsychological treatment of chronic
    adult posttraumatic stress disorder.

Teaching over the past 20 years includes:

(a) clinical supervision of more than 100 doctoral and masters candidates in
    psychology, psychiatry, social work, and counseling;

(b) research thesis or dissertation committee for more than 20 trainees;

(c) development and teaching of continuing professional education in the
    areas of evaluation research, advanced clinical skills, clinical supervision
    skills, and disaster mental health services; and,

(d) development and teaching of graduate and undergraduate curricula in clinical
    psychology and psychiatry.

Clinical work includes psychological and forensic evaluations, and psychotherapy
on an individual, group, and family basis, with children and adults.

Presentation To Be Made: Major Lecture

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