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John F Curry

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
CCFP Faculty Fellow

Education:

• Ph.D., Clinical Psychology Catholic University of America - 1978
• M.A., Theology Washington Theological Union - 1983
• M.A., Psychology Catholic University of America - 1972
• B.A., summa cum laude, Philosophy Villanova University - 1970
• B.A. Villanova University -

Teaching Fall 2012:

• PSY 510S.01, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Synopsis
  Soc/Psych 319, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM
• PSY 743.01, CLINICAL PRACTICUM Synopsis
  TBA, W 01:25 PM-03:25 PM

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Curry, J.F. (2009). Research psychotherapy: Aspirin or music?. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 16, 318-322.


2. The Pediatric OCD Treatment Study (POTS)Team. (2004).Cognitive behavior therapy, sertraline, and their combination for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of the American Medical Association, 292, 1969-1976..


3. Becker, S.J., Curry, J.F., & Yang, C. (2009). Longitudinal association between frequency of substance use and quality of life among adolescents receiving a brief outpatient intervention. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 482-490.


4. The Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) Team. Fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination for adolescents with depression. Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, 292, 807-820.
   
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5. Stanley, B., Brown, G., Brent, D.A., Wells, K., Poling, K., Curry, J., Kennard, B.D., Wagner, A., Cwik, M.F., Klomek, A.B., Goldstein, T., Vitiello, B., Barnett, S., Daniel, S., & Hughes, J. (2009). Cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (CBT-SP): Treatment model, feasibility, and acceptability. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 48, 1005-1013.


6. JF Curry, KC Wells, JE Lochman, WE Craighead, PD Nagy (2003). Cognitive-behavioral intervention for depressed, substance-abusing adolescents: development and pilot testing.. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, United States, 42(6), 656-65.  [abs]


7. Becker, S.J., & Curry, J.F. (2008). Outpatient interventions for adolescent substance abuse: A quality of evidence review. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 76, 531-543.


8. JF Curry (2001). Specific psychotherapies for childhood and adolescent depression.. Biological psychiatry, United States, 49(12), 1091-100.  [abs]


9. Treatment for Adolescents with Depression (TADS) Team (2007). The Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): Long-term effectiveness and safety outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 1132-1144.


10. Curry, J.F., Wells, K.W., Lochman, J.E., Craighead, W.E., & Nagy, P.D. (2001). Group and family cognitive behavior therapy for adolescent depression and substance abuse: A case study. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 8, 367-376..


11. Curry, J.F., Rohde, P., Simons, A., Silva, S.G., Vitiello, B., Kratochvil, C.J., Reinecke, M.A., Feeny, N., Wells, K.C., Pathak, S., Weller, E., Rosenberg, D., Kennard, B.D., Robins, M., Ginsburg, G.S., March, J.S., & TADS Team (2006). Predictors and moderators of acute outcome in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 1427-1439.


12. JS March, JF Curry (1998). Predicting the outcome of treatment.. Journal of abnormal child psychology, UNITED STATES, 26(1), 39-51.  [abs]


13. Curry, J.F. & Wells, K.C. (2005). Striving for effectiveness in the treatment of adolescent depression. Cognitive & Behavioral Practice, 12, 177-185.


14. JF Curry, WE Craighead (1990). Attributional style in clinically depressed and conduct disordered adolescents.. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, UNITED STATES, 58(1), 109-15.  [abs]


15. Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) Team (2004). Fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination for adolscents with depression. Journal of the American Medical Association, 292, 807-820.


16. Pediatric OCD Treatment Study (POTS) Team (2004). Cognitive-behavior therapy, sertraline, and their combination for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of the American Medical Association, 292, 1969-1976.


17. Curry, J.F., Wells, K.W., Lochman, J.E., Craighead, W.E. & Nagy, P.D. (2003). Cognitive behavioral intervention for depressed, substance abusing adolescents: Development and pilot testing. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 656-665.


18. (2001). Specific psychotherapies for childhood and adolescent depression. Biological Psychiatry, 49, 1091-1100.

1. CBT for Adolesent Depression: A Modular Approach, Banff International Conference on Behavioral Science, Banff, Alberta, Canada, March 20, 2007
2. Challenges in the Treatment of Depressed, Substance Abusing Teens, University of Connecticut, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Farmington, CT, December 15, 2006
3. What is the Place of Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Adolescent Depression?, Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS, October 20, 2006
4. Psychotherapies for Adolescent Depression, Columbia University, Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New York, NY, January 18, 2006
5. How Shall We Treat Adolescent Depression. Developmental Science Colloquium, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, October 14, 2005

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