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Department of Psychology C. Richard Spates, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology Contact Information: richard.spates@wmich.edu Current Research Investigating the Comparative Efficacy of Three Evidence-Based Practices in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder [Grant Funded] (With Alyssa Kalata) Investigating the Implications of the Backward Masking Paradigm for Exposure Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress and Anxiety Disorders (With Nishani Samaraweera) The Comparative Efficacy of Dosed, Enhanced Dosed, and Prolonged Exposure in the Treatment of Social Phobia. (With Sophie Rubin) Investigating the Comorbidity of PTSD and Substance Abuse Disorders after Treatment Targeting PTSD (with Theresa Souza) An Evaluation of Dosed Exposure in the Treatment of Specific Animal Phobia (with Richard Seim) Recent Publications: Kozak, A., Spates, C.R., McChargue, D., Bailey, K., Schneider, K. & Liepman, M. (2007). Naltrexone renders one-session exposure therapy less effective: A control pilot study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 142-152. Spates, C.R., Koch, E., Cusack, K., Pagoto, S. & Waller, S. (2008). Eye Movement Desensitization & Reproessing, In (Foa, E., Keane, T., Friedman, M. & Cohen, J.) Effective Treatments for PTSD, Guilford Press, In Press. Spates, C. Samaraweera, N., Plaisier, B., Souza, T. & Otsui, K. (2007). Psychological Impact of Trauma on Developing Children and Youth. Primary Care Clinics of North America 34(2), 387-405 Seim, R., Willerick, M., Gaynor, G., Spates, C.R. (2008). Circumventing the vasovagal fainting response: A novel method of in vivo exposure for injection phobia. Clinical Case Studies (In Press) Souza, T. & Spates, C. (2008). Treatment of PTSD and Substance Abuse Co-morbidity. Behavior Analyst Today. In Press. Spates, C.R., Pagoto, S., Nakamura, K. (2007). Initial Trends in Depression Predict Treatment Outcomes, International Journal of Morita Therapy (In Press) Spates, C.R., Waller, S., Koch, E., Rubin, S., Porter, K., Edmonds, K., Frye, L., & Ritter, J. (2007). Dosed versus prolonged exposure in treating fear: Emerging evidence of a less aversive treatment alternative. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41 (Supplement 2), p. A352 Spates, C.R., Pagoto, S., & Nakamura, K. (2007). Effects of initial symptom trends on outcomes of active and non-active treatments for Major Depressive Disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41 (Supplement 2), p. A418 Pagoto, S., Bodenlos, J.S., Schneider, K.L., Olendzki, B.C., Spates, C.R., & Ma, Y. (2008). Initial Investigation of Behavioral Activation Therapy for Co-morbid Major Depressive Disorder and Obesity. Psychotherapy, (In Press)
Recent Published Abstracts Spates, C. R. (2005). Vicarious Traumatization Among Torture Therapists and NGO Workers in Australia.Abstracts - Proceedings (Abstracts) of the Annual Convention of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Toronto Canada (November). Spates, C. & Murray, L. (2005). Cross cultural interventions for trauma: Where do we begin? Online Abstract: Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC (August) Spates, C. & Seim, R. (2005). Dosed versus prolonged exposure in the treatment of fear and traumatic stress. Abstract Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, (May) Recent Professional Presentations: Katherine E. Porter, Ellen I. Koch, Ph.D. , David C.S. Richard, Ph.D., Dean Lauterbach, Ph.D. , & C. Richard Spates, Ph.D. (2007). Symptom Reduction with Prolonged vs. “Dosed” Exposure for PTSD: An Exploratory Study. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Philadelphia PA. Spates, C. R. (2007). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Current Appraisal of the Evidence. Invited Colloquium, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (October). Spates, C. R., Pagoto, S., Nakamura, K. (2007). Initial trends predict outcomes in depression treatments. Paper presentation at the 6th International Congress of Morita Therapy, Vancouver British Columbia. Seim, R. W., Spates, C. R., & Naugle, A. E. (2008, March). Treatment of spasmodic vomiting and lower GI distress related to travel anxiety. Poster to be presented at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA), Savannah, Georgia. Seim, R. W., Willerick, M. S., Gaynor, S. T., & Spates, C. R. (2007, April). The use of exposure therapy in the treatment of injection phobia. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies (KCMS), Kalamazoo, Michigan. Seim, R. W., Frye, L. A., Humy, S. L., & Spates, C. R. (2007, March). The prevalence and comorbidity of specific fears in college students. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Rubin, S., Seim, R. W., Frye, L. A., Ritter, J. D., Edmonds, K. R., & Spates, C. R. (2007, March). The comparative efficacy of dosed, enhanced dosed, and prolonged exposure in the treatment of social anxiety. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Spates, C. & Rubin, S. (2007). Dosed versus Prolonged Exposure in the Treatment of Fear: Emerging Evidence of a Less Aversive Treatment Alternative. Paper presentation at the World Psychiatric Association, Melbourne Australia Ph.D. Graduate Advisees Current [2007]: Nishani Samaraweera, Richard Seim, Alyssa Kalata, Theresa Souza, Lauren Frye, Christina Sheerin Graduates 1. Stacey Waller (2003) 2. Andrea Kozak (2003) 3. Jenifer Lewis (2003) 4. Ellen Koch, (2002) 5. Ted Wright (2002) 6. Jenifer Cullen (2002) 7. Lynn Hall (2001) 8. Dwayne Munneke (2000) 9. Melissa Stevenson (2000) 10. Jeff Porter (2000) 11. Karen Cusack (1999) 12. Anne McGrath (1999) 13. Terri Bellville-Robertson (1999) 14. Terry Foley (1998) 15. Kimberly Wisdorf-Houtkooper (1997) 16. Lisa Largo (1996) 17. Lisa Clemenson (1996) 18. Betty Fisher (1996) 19. Marlin Trulsen (1994) 20. George Renfrey (1993) 21. Asiah Mayang (1992)
Professional Affiliations * American Psychological Association Licensure * Licensed for independent practice in the state of Michigan Course Information: Graduate * Introduction to Professional & Ethical Issues in Psychology Undergraduate * Introduction to Clinical Research Department of Psychology To send feedback via e-mail contact psy_ask@wmich.edu |
