Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research

A Message from Director of Clinical Training, Dr. Robert Krueger

Greetings! We really appreciate your interest in our graduate training program in Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research. Our internationally recognized clinical psychology program has been accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1948. For many years, the program has been regarded as one of the best in the world, training clinical scientists who have become leaders in the field. Our program combines rigorous training in assessment and intervention techniques with a solid grounding in psychopathology research. Although graduates from our program will find themselves prepared for various applied and research careers, the program is designed to train students who wish to become academic clinical psychologists or research scientists.

We welcome inquiries from prospective students and post-doctoral scholars interested in joining us as we work to unravel the underlying causes of psychopathology, and seek to reduce the burden these problems place on modern societies.

Overview

Our ties to psychologists in affiliated departments, area hospitals, and mental health centers make it possible for us to offer students a broad array of research and clinical experiences. This allows us to accommodate almost any research interest or clinical training need that our students may have. However, we are especially strong in the psychopathology and personality research areas listed below. These areas of emphasis collectively represent the research interests of the clinical faculty members listed at the end of this section.

Our program provides for specialty training in child clinical psychology through the Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Science track, described below.

Accreditation

Our clinical program is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association through the year 2014.

The Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research program at the University of Minnesota is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science, which is a coalition of doctoral training programs that share a common goal of producing and applying scientific knowledge to the assessment, understanding, and amelioration of human problems. Membership in the Academy is granted only after a thorough peer review process. Membership in the Academy indicates that the Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research program at the University of Minnesota is committed to excellence in scientific training, and to using clinical science as the foundation for designing, implementing, and evaluating assessment and intervention procedures. The program was one of those involved in starting the Academy.

Clinical Training

Practicum

Clinical students are required to take a minimum of 450 hours of practicum training. Over a dozen different community agencies participate in the practicum training and supervision of clinical students, offering a wide variety of opportunities to develop applied assessment and treatment skills with different clinical populations. Participating practicum sites include various clinics in the University and affiliated community hospitals, the VA Medical Center, a walk-in counseling center, court services, community mental health centers, child guidance clinics, and clinicians in private practice.

Internship

In order to receive a Ph.D. with specialization in Clinical Psychology, students are required to complete a one-year, full time, APA-approved clinical internship. Students are encouraged to apply to internship sites that are members of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science. These internship sites are especially interested in having as interns students from clinical programs with a strong research emphasis.

Training in both Adult and Child Clinical Psychology

We have an integrated program offering training in both adult and child clinical psychology that is jointly operated by the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Child Development. Although the Psychology Department currently includes faculty who study developmental processes and problems, students with primary interests in developmental psychopathology who are seeking specialty training in child psychology should seek admission to the Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Science track of the program through the Institute of Child Development. Child Track

Students who are interested in adult psychopathology (or childhood psychopathology but who do not necessarily aim to develop specialized expertise in child development) should seek admission to the general Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research program through the Department of Psychology. Adult Track

Research Facilities and Resources

The University of Minnesota provides a rich context for graduate level training in Clinical Psychology because of the extensive array of facilities and resources for research that are available. Some examples include

• Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
• Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research
• Translational Research in Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms Laboratory (TRiCAM)
• Luciana Lab

Training Grant

We are fortunate to have an NIMH-supported training grant that provides specific slots for both pre- and post-doctoral trainees. This training program focuses on biological factors underlying psychopathology and personality, and aims to provide training in areas such as psychophysiology, molecular genetics, neuroimaging, and psychopharmacology combined with quantitatively rigorous characterizations of human behavior. Many Ph.D. students in clinical psychology are not adequately trained to apply neurobehavioral concepts and methods to their work; most clinical psychology graduate programs are primarily oriented toward cognitive and psychosocial aspects of behavior. Our unique training program, funded for the past 29 years, integrates behavioral neurobiology and behavior genetics in the scientific study of personality and psychopathology, taking advantage of the unique perspectives on emotional/motivational systems offered by psychology. Building upon this perspective, we incorporate a dimensional approach to the study of behavior, conceptualizing psychopathology as an extension of the continuum of normal behavior. Our goal, realized over the history of the program, is to train biologically informed clinical scientists who will assume academic leadership positions in the field.

There are seven components of the training program, 1) coursework in behavioral neurobiology, behavioral genetics, personality, psychopathology and quantitative methods; 2) laboratory research in association with a faculty mentor; each trainee is involved in proposal development, study design, study execution, and manuscript preparation; 3) training program seminars, allowing for in-depth discussion and exchange of ideas related to neurobehavioral themes; 4) ongoing evaluation of coursework and research progress; 5) lecture series delivered by invited scholars and an annual research conference featuring trainee presentations; 6) for predoctoral trainees, involvement in practicum activities focused on neuropsychology as a regular part of their clinical training; and 7) travel to national conferences to present their work and establish a professional identity. Our faculty are an exceptional group with strong records of research productivity, grant support and student mentorship. We have incorporated strategies deemed important to NIMH in training subsequent generations of researchers to become productive neurobehaviorally-informed clinical scientists.

Questions regarding the training grant can be directed to the Principal Investigator, Dr. Luciana, at:

Monica Luciana, Ph.D.
Clinical Science & Psychopathology Research
Department of Psychology
N218 Elliott Hall
University of Minnesota
75 East River Road
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55455
lucia003@umn.edu

Curriculum

Current clinical course offerings cover: descriptive, developmental, psychosocial, and biological psychopathology; neuropsychological, intellectual, objective, and interviewing assessment; taxometrics; cognitive and behavioral therapy courses for adults and children, crisis and short-term therapy; clinical psychophysiology; ethics and social responsibility, ethical issues in applied developmental psychology; personality and personality disorders.

Required Core Courses for all Clinical Students

Please note that summers are not listed in this table. In addition to required courses listed below, clinical students are expected spend at least 20 hours each week doing research during each year they are in the program. Other milestones such as specials paper deadlines etc. are described in detail in the program handbook, which is distributed to students when they begin the program.

	Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Year 1	Assessment I (Theory and practice in clinical application of assessment techniques and interviewing) Psychopathology I (Descriptions of major mental disorders and their classification) Analysis of Psychological Data Research Lab	Assessment II (Theory and practice in clinical application of assessment techniques and interviewing) Analysis of Psychological Data Research Lab
Year 2	Treatment I (adult focus) or Intervention with Children (Theory and practice of applied clinical intervention) Ethics Practicum (Clinical training in applied settings) Research Lab Other courses (e.g., master's credits)	Practicum (Clinical training in applied settings) Research Lab Other courses (e.g., master's credits)
Year 3	Crisis Intervention and Community Psychology (course and practicum) Research Credits Other courses (including master's or dissertation credits)	Research Credits Other courses (including master's or dissertation credits)
Year 4	Apply for Internship or defer Other courses (including dissertation credits)	Other courses (including dissertation credits)
Year 5	Internship	Internship

Information for Applicants

Application Deadline:
The application deadline is December 1 of each year. The application materials are revised each summer and are available from mid-August through December 1.

For Information about the admissions process please go to: http://www.psych.umn.edu/graduate/application.htm

Information about Admitted Students

Contact Robin Perterson (pete5716@umn.edu or 612/ 626-7762) if you have questions about the departmental application materials or if you wish to verify the status of your application. We will work with you throughout the application process to ensure timely processing and review of your application.

Faculty

Core Faculty
	William M. Grove, Associate Professor
	Classification and behavior genetics of psychoses, numerical taxonomy, personality disorders, clinical vs. statistical prediction, assessment and forensic psychology.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N438a EltH	612-625-1599	grove001@umn.edu
	William G. Iacono, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Regents Professor
	Clinical, psychophysiology, behavior genetics, biological makers of psychopathology, drug abuse, alcoholism, the course and development of psychopathology, lie detection.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N444 EltH	612-625-6078	wiacono@tfs.psych.umn.edu
	Bonnie Klimes-Dougan, Visiting Professor
	The neurobiological stress system functioning associated with adolescent depression.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N414 EltH	612-626-4347	klimes@umn.edu
	Robert Krueger, Hathaway Distinguished Professor and Director of Clinical Training
	Classification and etiology of psychopathology and substance use disorders, personality disorders, personality psychology, quantitative and molecular genetics, quantitative models of individual differences.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N414 EltH	612-626-8541	krueg038@umn.edu
	Shmuel Lissek, Assistant Professor
	The neurobiology and psychophysiology of human anxiety, classical and operant conditioning markers of clinical anxiety, generalization of conditioned fear, the neural antecedents of avoidance and other fear-related decisions.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N416 EltH	612-626-9918	smlissek@umn.edu
	Monica Luciana, Professor
	Neurochemical (dopaminergic and serotonergic) modulation of functions of the human prefrontal cortex; neurodevelopment of executive functions in adolescence using behavioral, molecular genetic and neuroimaging techniques.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N419 EltH	612-626-0757	lucia003@umn.edu
	Angus MacDonald III, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Practicum and Internship Placement
	Basic cognitive and affective neuroscience using fMRI, the neural and genetic bases of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, and the psychometrics of measuring group differences. http://www.psych.umn.edu/research/tricam
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N426 EltH	612-624-3813	angus@umn.edu

Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Science Faculty
	Dante Cicchetti, McKnight Presidential Chair, William Harris Professor
	Developmental psychopathology, developmental neuroscience, molecular genetics, child maltreatment, mood disorders, personality disorders.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	186 ChDev	n/a	cicchett@umn.edu
	Nicki Crick, Professor & Department Chair
	Relational and overt aggression, peer victimization, social information processing, gender.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	134C Ch Dev	612-625-8879	crick001@umn.edu
	Byron Egeland, Professor Emeritus
	Developmental psychopathology, resilience, child maltreatment, high risk families.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	230 Ch Dev	612-624-5273	egela001@umn.edu
	Megan Gunnar, Regents Professor
	Social and biological aspects of development.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	226D Ch Dev	612-624-2846	gunnar@umn.edu
	Canan Karatekin, Associate Professor
	Clinical child neuropsychology and child welfare.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	206C Ch Dev	612-626-9891	karat004@umn.edu
	Ann Masten, Professor
	Competence, risk, and resilience in development.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	205 Ch Dev		amasten@umn.edu
	Katie Thomas, Assoc. Professor of Child Psychology
	Cognitive development, implicit learning, pediatric neuroimaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	168 ChDev	612-625-3389	thoma114@umn.edu

Affiliated Advising Faculty (who have served or are serving as research advisers for clinical students)
	Marilyn E. Carroll, Professor of Psychiatry
	Experimental animal laboratory studies in behavioral pharmacology in which animal models of drug abuse are established for all phases of the addiction process: acquisition, steady-state (or maintenance), withdrawal and relapse (craving). Using these models, current pharmacological and behavioral techniques for prevention and reduction of drug abuse are tested.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	n/a	n/a	mcarroll@umn.edu
	Scott Crow, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
	Eating disorders, including studies on the physiologic effects of bulimic behavior; and the description, treatment and outcome of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
			crowx002@umn.edu
	Colin DeYoung, Assistant Professor of Psychology
	Personality structure, biological basis of personality traits, cognitive abilities, impulsivity and antisocial behavior.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N422 EltH	612-624-1619	cdeyoung@umn.edu
	Michael Georgieff, Professor of Pediatrics
	The effects of iron deficiency on the anatomy, metabolism, and behavioral function of the developing brain, long-term studies of newborn infants with nutrient deficiencies.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	MMC 39, D-136 Mayo	612-626-2971	georg001@umn.edu
	Dorothy Hatsukami, Professor of Psychiatry
	Tobacco research Nicotine addiction Drug abuse.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	n/a	n/a	hatsu001@umn.edu
	Matt Kushner, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
	Anxiety Disorders Substance Abuse Comorbidity Pathological Gambling.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	n/a	n/a	kushn001@umn.edu
	Kelvin Lim, Professor of Psychiatry
	Quantification of white matter abnormalities in neuropsychiatric disorders; diffusion tensor imaging; schizophrenia; drug use disorders; role of brain abnormalities in impulsivity and addiction.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	n/a	n/a	kolim@umn.edu
	Matt McGue, Professor of Psychology
	The development of substance use disorders from adolescence to adulthood and genetic contributions to normative aging processes and mortality.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N241a EltH	612-625-8305	mcgue001@umn.edu
	Michael Miner, Assoc. Professor of Family Medicine
	Sexual abuse, sexual aggression, forensic assessment, instrument development, attachment theory, research design, statistics, behavioral medicine.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	180 WBOB	612-625-1500	miner001@umn.edu
	Bruce Overmier, Professor of Cognitive Sciences
	Cognitive and biological: stress, conditioning, learning, and memory in animals and humans, and their biological mechanisms.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N258 EltH	612-625-1835	psyjbo@umn.edu
	Elsa Shapiro, Professor of Pediatrics & Neurology
	Childhood dementia in chronic diseases affecting the central nervous system.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	n/a	612-625-7466	shapi004@umn.edu
	Scott Sponheim, Adjunct Asst. Professor, VAMC
	Cognitive and sensory processing in schizophrenic patients and control subjects, psychophysiological research, cognitive neuroscience and schizophrenia.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	n/a	612-625-7466	sponh001@umn.edu
	Niels Waller, Professor of Psychology
	Quantitative Models of Individual Differences Scale Development and Evaluation.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N657 EltH	612-626-8729	nwaller@umn.edu
	Ken Winters, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
	The assessment, prevention and treatment of adolescent drug abuse. Other research interests include the root causes of addiction and problem gambling.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	F262/2A West	612-273-9815	winte001@umn.edu

Emeritus Faculty
	James Butcher
	Personality assessment, cross-cultural psychology.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	S353 EltH	612-625-9880	butch001@umn.edu
	Irving Gottesman
	Genetics of psychopathology and schizophrenia.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	n/a	612-624-8331	gotte003@umn.edu
	Gloria Leon
	Personality, stress and coping in extreme environments, psychosocial aspects in disaster response and management, psychosocial factors in space missions, thermal control of astronaut status.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N420 EltH	612-625-9324	leonx003@umn.edu
	Auke Tellegen
	Personality research and assessment, clinical.
	Office:	Phone:	email:
	N252 EltH	612-625-1351	telle001@umn.edu