David H. Barlow, Ph.D. - Founder and Interim Director, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Dr. Barlow received his Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in 1969 and has published over 500 articles and chapters and over 60 books and clinical manuals, mostly in the areas of anxiety and related emotional disorders, sexual problems, and clinical research methodology.
He is formerly Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Brown University, and founded clinical psychology internships in both settings.
He was also Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York and Director of the Phobia and Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the University at Albany, SUNY.
He joined Boston University in 1996.
He is Past-President of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association, Past-President of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and was Chair of the American Psychological Association Task Force on Psychological Intervention Guidelines, as well as a member of the DSM-IV Task Force of the American Psychiatric Association.
His clinical research at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University focuses on understanding the nature of anxiety and depression and developing new treatments for emotional disorders.
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Selected Publications
2007
Ehrenreich, J.T., Buzzella, B., & Barlow, D.H. (2007). General therapeutic principles for the treatment of emotional disorders across the lifespan. In S. Hofmann & J. Weinberger Eds., (pp. 191-210) The Art and Science of Psychotherapy. Brunner-Routledge.
Ehrenreich, J.T., Fairholme, C., Buzzella, B., Ellard, K., & Barlow, D.H.(2007), The role of emotion in psychological therapy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 14, 423-429.
Barlow, D.H. (2007). The case of Hope: “Evidence-Based Practice” (EBT) in action. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy [Online], Vol. 3 (4), Article 3. http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/pcsp_journal.
Campbell-Sills, L. & Barlow, D.H. (2007). Incorporating emotion regulation into conceptualizations and treatments of anxiety and mood disorders. In J.J. Gross (Ed., pp. 542-560) Handbook of emotion regulation. New York: Guilford Press.
Grisham, J., Brown, T., Savage, C., Steketee, G., & Barlow, D.H. (2007). Neuropsychological impairment associated with compulsive hoarding. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1471-1483.
Hofmann, S., Meuret, A., Rosenfield, D., Suvak, M., Barlow, D.H., Gorman, J. et al. (2007). Preliminary evidence for cognitive mediation during cognitive behavioral therapy of panic disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 374-379.
Liverant, G.I., Stoddard, J., Meuret, A., & Barlow, D. H. (2007). Clinical science and the revolution in psychological treatment: The example of anxiety disorders. In T. Treat, R. Bostrin, & T. Baker (Eds), Psychological clinical science: Recent advances in theory and practice (pp. 77-103) Integrative perspectives in honor of Richard M. McFalll. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Wiegel, M., Scepkowski, L., & Barlow, D.H. (2007). Cognitive –affective processes in sexual arousal and sexual dysfunction. In E. Janssen (Ed), The Psychophysiology of Sex (pp.143-165). Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
2008
Allen, L. B., McHugh, R. K., & Barlow, D. H. (2008). Emotional disorders: A unified protocol. In D. H. Barlow (Ed.), Clinical handbook of psychological disorders (4th Ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Craske, M. G. & Barlow, D. H. (2008). Panic disorder and agoraphobia. In D. H. Barlow (Ed.), Clinical handbook of psychological disorders (4th Ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Wincze, J., Bach, A., & Barlow, D.H. (2008). Sexual dysfunction. In D.H. Barlow (Ed.), Clinical handbook of psychological disorders: A step-by-step treatment manual (4th ed., pp. 615-661). New York: Guilford Press.
Bitran, S., Morissette, S., Spiegel, D., & Barlow, D. (2008). A pilot study of sensation focused intensive treatment for panic disorder with moderate to severe agoraphobia: Preliminary outcome and benchmarking data. Behavior Modification, 32, 196-214.
Ramsawh, H. J., Raffa, S. D., White, K. S., & Barlow, D. H. (2008). Risk Factors for Isolated Sleep Paralysis in an African American Sample: A Preliminary Study. Behavior Therapy, 39(4), 386 - 397.
2009
Barlow, D.H., & Nock, M.K. (2009). Why Can’t We Be More Idiographic in Our Research? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(1), 19-21.
Kollman, D.M., Brown, T.A., & Barlow, D.H. (2009). The construct validity of acceptance: A multitrait-multimethod investigation. Behavior Therapy, 40(3), 205 – 218.
Suárez, L., Bennett, S., Goldstein, C., & Barlow, D.H. (2009). Understanding anxiety disorders from a "triple vulnerabilities" framework. In M.M. Antony, & M.B. Stein (Eds.), Oxford handbook of anxiety and related disorders (pp. 153-172). New York: Oxford.
In Press
Allen, L. B., White, K. S., Barlow, D. H., Gorman, J. M., Shear, K. M., & Woods, S. W. (In press). Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for panic disorder with comorbid depression and anxiety. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Barlow, D.H. (Ed.). (In press). Handbook of Clinical Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Barlow, D. H. (in press). Negative effects from psychological treatments: A perspective. American
Psychologist.Barlow, D. H., Allen, L. B., & Basden, S. (In press). Psychological treatments for panic disorders, phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder. To appear in P. E. Nathan & J. M. Gorman (Eds.), A Guide to Treatments That Work (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Barlow, D.H. (In press). The development and evaluation of psychological treatments for panic disorder. In M. Gernsbacher, D. Pew, & L. Hough (Eds), Psychology and the real world: Essays illustrating fundamental contributors to society.
Ehrenreich, J., Goldstein, C., Wright, L., & Barlow, D.H. (in press). Development of a unified protocol for the treatment of emotional disorders in youth. Child and Family Behavior Therapy.
Ellard, K.K., Fairholme, C.P., Boisseau, C.L., Farchione, T.J., & Barlow, D.H. (In press). Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Protocol Development and Initial Outcome Data. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
Hinton, D. E., Chong, R., Pollack, M. H., Barlow, D. H., & McNally, R. J. (In press). Ataque de nervios: Relationship to anxiety sensitivity and dissociation predisposition. Depression = and Anxiety.
Hinton, D., Hofmann, S., Pitman, R., Pollack, M., & Barlow, D. H. (in press). The panic attack-PTSD model: Applicability to orthostatic panic among Cambodian refugees. Depression and Anxiety.
Marcus S, Lewin D, Martinez J, Ray S, Mosovich S, Gorman L, Barlow D, Shear M, Woods S, Gorman J. (In press). A comparison of medication adverse event reports by Panic Disorder patients with and without concomitant cognitive behavioral therapy. The American Journal of Psychiatry.
McHugh, R. K., & Barlow, D. H. (in press).Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments: A Review of Current Efforts. American Psychologist.
McHugh, R.K., Otto, M.W., Barlow, D.H., Gorman, J.M., Shear, M.K., & Woods, S.W. (In press). Cost-efficacy of individual and combined treatments for panic disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Baker-Morissette, S.B., Spiegel, D.A., & Barlow, D.H. (in press). State dependent learning: Combining medications and exposure treatment. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
Contact
dhbarlow@bu.edu
