Patricia Resick
Patricia A. Resick is an American researcher in the field of post traumatic stress disorder. She is known for developing cognitive processing therapy.
Biography
After earning her doctorate from the University of Georgia, Resick served as Assistant Associate Professor at the University of South Dakota, and Associate Full Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.[1]
She began developing cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in 1988 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she founded the Center for Trauma Recovery and was an Endowed Professor, and subsequently has worked with Candice M. Monson and Kathleen M. Chard to refine and further test the approach.[2] She was awarded an endowed professorship at the university in 2000.[3]
In 2003 she moved to Boston as director of the Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System, which she held for a decade. Also in 2003, she became a professor of psychiatry at Boston University. . In 2006 she initiated a program to disseminate CPT throughout the VA.[4]
In 2009 she was elected president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and was on the Board of Directors for nine years. In
In 2013, she moved to Duke University in Durham. [5] She is currently the Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center, and a member of the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Resick was an Associate Editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.[6] She was on two sub-workgroups for the DSM-5.[7]
Resnick has published over 300 articles and chapters and 10 books.[8]
Honors
- Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in the field of traumatic stress from the ISTSS
- 2003-2004, she was President of the Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT
- 2009, president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
- 2009 Leadership Award by the Association for VA Psychologist Leaders.
- 2012 Outstanding Contributions by an Individual for Educational/Training Activities presented by the ABCT.[9]
- 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association.[10]
References
- https://www.istss.org/am19/keynote-addresses.aspx
- https://cptforptsd.com/about-us/
- https://scholars.duke.edu/person/patricia.resick
- https://scholars.duke.edu/person/patricia.resick
- https://www.apa.org/about/awards/div-56-lifetime.aspx
- http://mghcme.org/faculty/faculty-detail/patricia_resick
- https://cptforptsd.com/about-us/
- https://www.istss.org/am19/keynote-addresses.aspx
- https://psychiatry.duke.edu/resick-patricia
- https://www.guilford.com/author/Patricia-A-Resick