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Joseph Flaherty, M.D.
Dean of the College of Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry
Faculty of ICORC
 Phone: (312) 996-7383
Fax: (312) 996-7658
E-mail: Flaherty@uic.edu

Biosketch

Dr. Joseph Flaherty received his medical training at University of Illinois at Chicago where he also did his internship in pediatrics and a residency in psychiatry. He had additional research training in social psychiatry at UIC and in sociology at London University. He is currently Dean of the College of Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry. Over the last 15 years, Dr. Flaherty has examined the effects of gender on the development of symptoms and illness as well as health-seeking behavior and treatments in alcoholism and depression. He also has been involved in psychometric testing of new instruments and their cross-cultural adaptation through research conducted in Peru, Panama, Israel and the USSR. For more than 20 years, his research has been continuously funded by branches of NIH, including NIAAA and NIMH, as well as the MacArthur Foundation, the Reynolds Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust and other governmental and private agencies. He is currently involved in a large-sample longitudinal study on the effects of occupational stressors on heavy drinking. Working with the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services, he is also developing models of health care delivery for high-risk children in state care with the aim of early intervention and prevention. He is a consultant on three NIMH grants testing intervention models to decrease preteen use of illicit substances and early sexual encounters to prevent HIV. He has been the PI on a large NIH Research Infrastructure Support grant to promote mental health service research on campus. Dr. Flaherty has published more than 200 professional papers, books and chapters. He is an editorial member or reviewer for a variety of professional journals and consults with a number of agencies including the World Health Organization and the Falk Institute in Jerusalem.

Education

  • University of London, George Brown, Ph.D., 1981, Research Training
  • University of Illinois, Theodore Million, Ph.D., 1974-76, Research Training
  • University of Illinois, Chicago, Residency, 1972-75, Psychiatry (1971, Pediatrics)
  • University of Illinois, Chicago, MD, 1971, Psychiatry

Positions held

  • Dean of the College of Medicine 10/2004 to Present
  • Head of Psychiatry 2/1998 - 10/2004
  • Deputy Head of Psychiatry 1991 – 2/1998
  • NIMH Ad Hoc Committee on Culture and DSM-IV 1995-98
  • Professor of Community Health Science, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, 1988
  • Professor of Psychiatry 1987 – present
  • Task Force on Psychiatric Treatment to Ethnic Minorities, NIMH, Psychiatric Services and Liaison Division 1986 – 90
  • President, Advocate Behavioral Health Partners
  • Member, MacArthur Research Network/Psychobiology of Depression 1985 –92; Chair, Professional and Technical Advisory Committee on Mental Hospitals, JCAHO, 1997-99; Committee on Long-range Planning, American College of Psychiatrists; Committee on Psychiatric Standards and Surveys, American Psychiatric Association
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine 1981 – 87
  • Senior Examiner, American board of Psychiatry and Neurology 1980
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine 1975 - 81
  • Consultant, NIMH – Peru
  • Consultant, WHO-PAN American Health Organization
  • Consultant, Falk Institute, Jerusalem
  • Journal Reviewer, Am J Psychiatry, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, J Nerv Mental Disorders, Arch of Int Med, Gastroenterology, Am J Psychotherapy, Am J Cardiology, Academic Psychiatry, Arch Gen Psychiatry, Am J Ophthalmology;
  • Associate editor, PsychLine

Selected Publications (from 200)

Hoge MA, Flaherty JA: Re-engineering clincial psychiatry in academic medical centers: Processes and models of change. Psych Serv 52(1):63-67, 2001

Flaherty, JA, Astrachan BA, "Social Psychiatry in the New Millenium, edited by Weissman S, Sabshin M and Eist H, American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC, 2000, pp 39-55.

Miller NS, Flaherty JA. Effectiveness of coerced addiction treatment (alternative consequences): a review of the clinical research. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2000 Jan;18(1):9-16. Review.

Rospenda KM, Richman JA, Wislar JS, Flaherty JA: Chronicity of sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse: Effects on drinking. Addiction 95(12):1805-1820, 2000.

Richman J, Rospenda K, Nawyn SJ, Flaherty JA, Fendrich M, Drum ML, Johnson TP (1999). Sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse among university employees: prevalence and mental health correlates. Am J Public Health. Mar;89(3):358-63.

Richman JA, Rospenda KM, Nawyn SJ, Flaherty JA, Fendrich M, Drum ML, Johnson TP (1999). Sexual harassment and generalized workplace abuse among university employees: prevalence and mental health correlates. Am J Pub Health 89(3):358-363.

Richman J, Rospenda K, Flaherty JA (1999). Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual and Non-sexual harrasment in a University sample. Am J Public Health, April.

Stovall J, Flaherty JA (1997). Use of Psychiatric Services by Homeless Veterans. J Mental Health Admin, winter;24(1):98-102.

Flaherty JA, Kim K. (1997). Integrating Psychiatric Services into Primary Care Settings: A Systems Approach. Psychiatric Annals Jun;27(6):430-35.

Astrachan BM, Flaherty JA, and Astrachan JH (1997). Psychiatry, primary care, and managed care: an executive perspective. Psychiatric Annals 27(6)440-443.

Richman J, Flaherty JA (1996). Perceived Workplace Harassment Experiences and Problem Drinking among Physicians: Broadening the Stress/alienation Paradigm. Addictions, Mar;91(3):391-403.

Richman J, Flaherty JA, Rospenda K, (1994). Risk Factors for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Flawed Assumptions Derived from Treatment-based Studies? Am J Public Health.

Flaherty JA., and Richman JA. "Medical Students, Residents and Physicians; Prevalence of Alcohol Use and Dependence," Psychiatric Clinics of N Am, 1994.

Richman JA, Flaherty, JA, and Rospenda, KM: Risk Factors for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Flawed Assumptions Derived from Treatment-based Studies? Am J Public Health, 1994.

Flaherty JA.: The Use of Social Support in Psychiatric Illness and Services, WHO Publications, 1994.

Flaherty JA, Richman J. (1993). Substance Use and Addiction among Medical Students, Residents and Physicians. Psychiatric Clinics of N Am 16(1):189-197.

Richman J, Flaherty JA (1992). Shifts in Problem Drinking during a Life Transition: Adaptation to Medical School Training. J Stud Alcohol.. Jan;53(1):17-24.

Flaherty JA and Fichtner CG. (1992). Impact of Emergency Psychiatry Training on Residents’ Decisions to Hospitalize Patients. Academic Medicine. 67(9), 585-87.

Flaherty JA, and Fichtner CG. (1992). Psychiatric decision-making in the emergency room: Impact of Emergency Psychiatry Training on Residents’ decisions to hospitalize patients. Academic Psychiatry, 67:585b-586b.

Richman J, Flaherty JA, Rospenda KM, Christensen ML (1992). Mental health consequences and correlates of reported medical student abuse. JAMA. Feb 5;267(5):692-4.

Schwartz LS, Coulson LR, Toovy D, Lyons JS, Flaherty JA. (1991) A biopsychosocial treatment approach t the management of diabetes mellitus. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. Jan;13(1):19-26.

Flaherty, JA, and Greiner CA. (1991). Social Skills Training and Social Functioning in Schizophrenia. Current Qpinion in Psychiatry, (4): 23-27.

Monk TH, Flaherty, JA, Frank F, et al.: The Social Rhythm Metric: An Instrument to Quantify the Daily Rhythms of Life. J of Nerv Mental Disease 178(2) 120-126, 1990.

Flaherty JA, Richman J. (1990). Alcohol-related problems of future physicians prior to medical training. J Stud alcohol Jul;51(4):296-300.

Pyskoty CE, Flaherty JA. (1990). Psychosocial assets and mental health of minority medical students. Acad Med. Sep;65(9):581-5.

Flaherty J, and Richman J. (1990) Gender Differences in Medical Student Distress: Contributions of Prior Socialization and current Role-Related Stress. Soc. Sci. Ed 30(7):777-87.

Flaherty JA and Jobe TH (1990). Gender, Expressed Emotion and Outcome in Schizophrenia. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, (3)pp. 23-28. (Royal College of Psychiatrists).

Kohn R, Flaherty JA, Levav I (1989). Somatic symptoms among older Soviet immigrants: an exploratory study. Int J Soc Psychiatry. Winter;35(4):350-60.

Flaherty J, Richman J. Gender Differences in Social Support: A Theory and an Empirical Test. Social Science and Medicine, 28(12):1221-27, 1989.

Flaherty JA, Hoskinson K. (1989) Emotional distress during magnetic resonance imaging. N Engl J Med. Feb 16;320(7):467-8.

Frances A, Flaherty JA. (1989) Elderly widow develops panic attacks, followed by depression. Hosp Community Psychiatry. Jan;40(1):19-20, 23.

Flaherty JA, Gaviria F, Pathak D, et al. (1988). Developing Instruments for Cross-cultural research. J Nerv & Mental Disease 176(5):257-263.

Flaherty J, Kohn R, Levav I (1988). Differences in Depression in Soviet Immigrants to the U.S. and Israel. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 29(6): 588-97.

Flaherty JA, Kohn R, Levav I, Birz S. (1988). Demoralization in Soviet-Jewish immigrants to the United States and Israel. Compr Psychiatry. Nov-Dec;29(6):588-97.

Flaherty JA. (1988) A new golden standard for residency training. Arch Intern Med. No;148(11):2341-3.

Richman J, Flaherty JA. (1988). "Tragic man" and "tragic woman": gender differences in narcissistic styles. Psychiatry, Nov;51(4):368-77.

Richman JA, and Flaherty JA (1987). Adult Psycho-social Assets and Depressive Mood Over Time:

Effects of Earlier Childhood Attachments. J of Nerv and Mental Disease, 175(12):703-712.

Richman J, Gaviria FM, and Flaherty JA (1987). The Processes of Acculturation: Theoretical Perspectives and An Empirical Investigation in Peru. Social Science & Medicine, 25(7):839-847.

Richman, J., and Flaherty, J. (1986). Sex Differences in Drinking Among Medical Students: Patterns and Psychosocial Correlates. J of Studies on Alcohol 47:283-289.

Richman J, and Flaherty, JA. (1986). Childhood relationships, adult coping resources and depression. Social Science Med 23(7):709-716.

Richman J, and Flaherty, JA (1986). Physician malaise: the discovery and social etiology of psychiatric impairment among doctors. Int J Soc Psychiatry. Summer;32(2):31-7.

Flaherty JA, Kohn R, Golbin A., et al. (1986). Demoralization and Social Support in Soviet-Jewish Immigrants to the United States. Comprehensive Psychiatry 27(2):149-158.

Flaherty J, and Richman J. (1986). Effects of Childhood Relationships on the Adult's Capacity to Form Social Supports. Am J of Social Psychiatry, 143(7):851-855.

Schwartz LS, Robinson MV, Flaherty JA. Jobe T, Birz S. (1986) A supportive care clinic: maintaining the chronic psychiatric patient. Hillside J Clin Psychiartry. 8(2):202-8.

Richman J, Flaherty JA. (1985). Coping and Depression: the Relative contribution of Internal and External Resources During a Life Cycle Transition. J of Nerv & Mental Disease 173-590-595.

Blumberg P, Flaherty, J (1985) The influence of noncognitive variables in student performance. J Med Educ. Sep;60(9):721-3.Jobe TH, and Flaherty JA (1985). Centuries of abuse: Family violence in historical perspective.Osteopathic Annals, 13(l):13-26.

Richman J, and Flaherty J (1985). Stress, coping resources and psychiatric disorders: Alternative paradigms from a life cycle perspective. Comprehensive Psychiatry , 26(5):456-465.

Flaherty J, Naidu, J, and Dysken, M (1984). ETC, emergent dyskinesia and depression. Am J Psych, 41(6): 808-809.

Flaherty JA, Gaviria MF, Pathak D (1983). The Measurement of Social Support: the Network Inventory. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 24(6):815-817.

Flaherty J, Gaviria M, and Black E et al. (1983). The role of social support in the functioning of patients with unipolar depression. American Journal Psychiatry, 140(4):473-476.

Nasr S, Racy J, and Flaherty J (1983). The psychiatric effects of the Civil War in Lebanon. Psychiatry Journal of the University of 0ttawa, 8(4):208-212.

Flaherty J (1982). Three generations of schizophrenia. J. Clin. Psychiatry, 43(5):204-205.

Flaherty J, Jobe T, and Robinson MV (1982). Influence of resident’s race on dispositions in a psychiatric walk-in clinic. J.Psych. Ed., 6(3):154-159.

Flaherty JA, Naidu J, Lawton R, Pathak D (1981). Racial Differences in perception of ward atmosphere. Am J Psychiatry 138(6):815-817.

Flaherty JA, Meagher R. (1980). Measuring Racial bias in Inpatient Treatment. Am J of Psychiatry 137(6):679-682.

Flaherty J, Naidu J, Lawton R and Verinis S: The effect of geographic relocations on a general hospital’s psychiatric unit. Hosp. & Comm. Psychiatry, 31(12):819-821, 1980.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Flaherty JA., Kim K, Adams S: The Course of Alcoholism in Men and Women. In NS, Miller (ed): Principles and Practice of Addiction in Psychiatry. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1997.

Flaherty, JA: Social Support & Mental Health Interventions (monograph). World Health

Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1995.

Flaherty JA, Davis JM and Janicak P (eds): Psychiatry: Diagnosis and Therapy

Appelton-Century-Lange, 2nd edition, 1993.

Flaherty JA, Andrianopolis G: Psychoimmunology of Bereavement in Stress and Immunity, N. Plotnikoff (ed.), Plenum Publishing, In Press, 1990.

Rezler A and Flaherty JA: The Interpersonal Dimension in Medical Education. Springer Publishing Co., New York, 1985.

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