Michael J. Telch (born March 28, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts)[1] is an American psychologist who has taught at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) since 1986. At UT-Austin, he is a professor of clinical psychology, the founding director of the Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders (which he founded in 1988),[2] and the former Director of Clinical Training. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology.[3] He is known for his research on posttraumatic stress disorder among American soldiers, and the extent to which it can be predicted before the soldiers serve in combat.[4][5][6][7]
Michael Telch | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Joseph Telch March 28, 1953 |
| Education | University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.S., 1975); University of the Pacific (M.A., 1978); Stanford University (Ph.D., 1983) |
| Awards | University of Texas Dean's Fellowship (2005), Revesz Professor at the University of Amsterdam (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Clinical psychology |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
| Thesis | A comparison of behavioral and pharmacological approaches to the treatment of agoraphobia (1983) |
| Academic advisors | William Stewart Agras |
| Doctoral students | Jesse Cougle |
References
edit- ^ "Michael Telch CV". Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders". Labs. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Michael J. Telch". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Brandeis, Amanda (8 March 2017). "UT study finds PTSD risk can be predicted before deployment". KXAN. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Munsey, C. (May 2008). "Which service members are most at risk for PTSD?". Monitor on Psychology. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Chang, Alicia (20 November 2009). "Military Experiment Seeks to Predict PTSD". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Miller, Greg (29 July 2011). "Predicting the Psychological Risks of War". Science. 333 (6042): 520–1. doi:10.1126/science.333.6042.520. PMID 21798911. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
External links
edit- Telch's faculty page
- Michael Telch publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Fear Less, an article in Texas Monthly about Telch's research on posttraumatic stress disorder
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