Research Interests for John F. Curry

My major research interest is in effective treatment for adolescent disorders, especially depression and substance abuse. CBT and combined CBT+ medication are interventions that I investigate. The role of the parents, the timing of treatments, the pace of intervention, and process factors contributing to positive outcome are some additional interests. I am also interested in personality development during adolescence and adulthood, and in personality assessment, integrating several paradigms (personological, empirical, and social cognitive models).

Keywords:

Achievement, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent, Hospitalized, Adult, African Americans, Alcoholism, Algorithms, Ambulatory Care, Anger, Anorexia Nervosa, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Appetite, Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Attitude, Behavior Therapy, CBT, Child, Child Behavior, Child Behavior Disorders, Child Development, Clinical Competence, Clinical Protocols, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, Cognitive Therapy, Combined Modality Therapy, Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic, Counseling, Cross-Sectional Studies, Culture, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Depressive Disorder, Major, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnosis, Differential, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Double-Blind Method, Drug Resistance, Drug Therapy, Combination, Drug Toxicity, Eating Disorders, Ethnic Groups, Evidence-Based Medicine, Family, Feasibility Studies, Female, Fluoxetine, Follow-Up Studies, Forecasting, Goals, Helplessness, Learned, Hospitalization, Hostility, Humans, Impulse Control Disorders, Inhibition (Psychology), Inpatients, Internal-External Control, Interview, Psychological, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Learning Disorders, Long-Term Care, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Marijuana Abuse, Memory, Short-Term, Mental Disorders, Models, Statistical, Motivation, Neuropsychological Tests, Neurotic Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care), Personality, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Personality Disorders, Placebos, Predictive Value of Tests, Prejudice, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological Tests, Psychological Theory, Psychometrics, Psychomotor Performance, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy, Brief, Psychotherapy, Group, Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Reaction Time, Reproducibility of Results, Research, Research Design, Risk, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Sensitivity and Specificity, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors, Severity of Illness Index, Social Behavior, Social Environment, Social Perception, Socialization, Statistics as Topic, Street Drugs, Students, Substance abuse, Substance-Related Disorders, Suicide, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, United States, Universities, Veterans, Weight, Women veterans, Young Adult

Current projects:

Treatment for Teens with Alcohol Abuse and Depression (T-TAAD)

Representative Publications   (search)

1. Curry, JF, Future directions in research on psychotherapy for adolescent depression., J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol, vol. 43 no. 3 (2014), pp. 510-526 [doi] [abs].
2. Curry, J; Silva, S; Rohde, P; Ginsburg, G; Kennard, B; Kratochvil, C; Simons, A; Kirchner, J; May, D; Mayes, T; Feeny, N; Albano, AM; Lavanier, S; Reinecke, M; Jacobs, R; Becker-Weidman, E; Weller, E; Emslie, G; Walkup, J; Kastelic, E; Burns, B; Wells, K; March, J, Onset of alcohol or substance use disorders following treatment for adolescent depression., J Consult Clin Psychol, vol. 80 no. 2 (April, 2012), pp. 299-312 [doi] [abs].
3. Curry, J; Silva, S; Rohde, P; Ginsburg, G; Kratochvil, C; Simons, A; Kirchner, J; May, D; Kennard, B; Mayes, T; Feeny, N; Albano, AM; Lavanier, S; Reinecke, M; Jacobs, R; Becker-Weidman, E; Weller, E; Emslie, G; Walkup, J; Kastelic, E; Burns, B; Wells, K; March, J, Recovery and recurrence following treatment for adolescent major depression., Arch Gen Psychiatry, vol. 68 no. 3 (March, 2011), pp. 263-269 [doi] [abs].
4. Becker, SJ; Curry, JF, Outpatient interventions for adolescent substance abuse: a quality of evidence review., J Consult Clin Psychol, vol. 76 no. 4 (August, 2008), pp. 531-543 [18665683], [doi] [abs].
5. March, JS; Silva, S; Petrycki, S; Curry, J; Wells, K; Fairbank, J; Burns, B; Domino, M; McNulty, S; Vitiello, B; Severe, J, The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS): long-term effectiveness and safety outcomes., Archives of General Psychiatry, vol. 64 no. 10 (October, 2007), pp. 1132-1143 [17909125], [doi] [abs].
6. Curry, J; Rohde, P; Simons, A; Silva, S; Vitiello, B; Kratochvil, C; Reinecke, M; Feeny, N; Wells, K; Pathak, S; Weller, E; Rosenberg, D; Kennard, B; Robins, M; Ginsburg, G; March, J; TADS Team,, Predictors and moderators of acute outcome in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS)., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 45 no. 12 (December, 2006), pp. 1427-1439 [doi] [abs].
7. J. Hersh, J.F. Curry, & S.J. Becker, The influence of comorbid depression and conduct disorder on MET/CBT outcome for adolescent substance use disorders, Journal of Cognitive Therapy, vol. 6 (2013), pp. 325-341.
8. Becker, SJ; Stein, GL; Curry, JF; Hersh, J, Ethnic differences among substance-abusing adolescents in a treatment dissemination project., J Subst Abuse Treat, vol. 42 no. 3 (April, 2012), pp. 328-336 [doi] [abs].
9. Barnard, LK; Curry, JF, Self-Compassion: Conceptualizations, Correlates, & Interventions, Review of General Psychology, vol. 15 no. 4 (December, 2011), pp. 289-303, American Psychological Association (APA) [doi] [abs].
10. Barnard, LK; Curry, JF, The Relationship of Clergy Burnout to Self-Compassion and Other Personality Dimensions, Pastoral Psychology, vol. 61 no. 2 (April, 2012), pp. 149-163, Springer Nature [doi] [abs].
11. Becker, SJ; Curry, JF; Yang, C, Longitudinal association between frequency of substance use and quality of life among adolescents receiving a brief outpatient intervention., Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, vol. 23 no. 3 (September, 2009), pp. 482-490 [19769432], [doi] [abs].
12. Curry, JF; Aubuchon-Endsley, N; Brancu, M; Runnals, JJ; VA Mid-Atlantic Mirecc Women Veterans Research Workgroup, ; VA Mid-Atlantic Mirecc Registry Workgroup, ; Fairbank, JA, Lifetime major depression and comorbid disorders among current-era women veterans., J Affect Disord, vol. 152-154 no. 1 (January, 2014), pp. 434-440 [24210623], [doi] [abs].