Grant Funds PTSD Study

Dr. Gayle Beck, holder of the Lillian and Morrie Moss chair of excellence in Psychology, is co-PI on a new five-year Veterans Administration grant in the amount of $1,187,129. Researchers will study the efficacy of a group behavioral therapy for veterans who suffer from chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. The project will be conducted at the Boston and Providence VA medical centers and will begin in August. This research builds on Dr. Beck's previous treatment development grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. 

NATO Workshop

Dr. Gayle Beck was one of 25 researchers invited to a recent workshop sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme in Amsterdam. The workshop was titled "Reaching Vulnerable Populations Worldwide: Applying Evidence-based Training and Core Psychological Change Processes to Disseminate Effective Services for Trauma Survivors" and addressed means and methods for dealing with the emotional aftermath of trauma.

2012 Mid-South Psychology Conference Keynote Address

Dr. Art Graesser, a professor of Psychology and co-director of the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the U of M recently gave the keynote address at the 2012 Mid-South Psychology Conference. You can view the video of this address by clicking here.

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The University of Memphis Psychology Department consists of approximately 30 full-time faculty members, 20 adjunct faculty (psychologists in the community who teach and/or supervise our students), 5 postdoctoral fellows, 90 doctoral students, 58 masters students, and over 700 undergraduate majors and minors.

The Department is also the home of the Center for Applied Psychological Research, one of the most successful of the centers created under the State of Tennessee's Centers of Excellence program.