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Dr. Russell Searight

Associate Professor of Psychology
Dept. of Psychology; Lake Superior State University
650 W. Easterday Ave
 

Brief Biography:


EDUCATION:        
* Ph.D. - August, 1984, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
Major: Clinical Psychology (A.P.A. fully approved program)
* M.P.H (Master’s in Public Health) –January, 2003, Saint Louis University
School of Public Health, St. Louis, Missouri
* M.S. (R) - May, 1982, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
Major: Clinical Psychology
* B.A. - May, 1979, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Major: Psychology

 

Academic positions:


Associate Professor of Psychology

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
* Associate Professor of Psychology (with tenure), Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; August, 2007-present
* Division Head—Social Sciences, Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; December 2008-May, 2009
* Adjunct Faculty--  Psychology, Algoma University, Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario; June, 2008--Present
* Director of Behavioral Medicine and Faculty Member, Family Medicine Residency Program, Forest Park Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri; January 1989 to July 2007.
* Clinical Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; October 1992 to July, 2007.
* Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; August 1988 to July, 2002.
* Associate Professor of Psychology (with tenure), Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois; July 1992 to August, 1995.
* Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois; September 1988 to July 1992.
* Consulting Psychologist: Alexian Brothers Hospital; Jefferson Barracks Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri; Faculty Member-Family Therapy Training Program - Provident Counseling Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
* Private Practice in Child, Adult, and Family Psychology; 1985 to 1996.
* Assistant Professor of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; September 1987 to August 1988.
* Visiting Instructor in Psychology, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois; September 1987 to June 1988.
* Assistant Director, House of Affirmation, Webster Groves, Missouri;
September 1986 to September 1987            
* Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; September 1985 to July 1987.
* Consulting Psychologist, Clayton Avenue Medical Group, St. Louis, Missouri; March 1985 to July 1987.
* Staff Psychologist, House of Affirmation, Webster Groves, Missouri; January 1985 to August 1987.
* Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; August 1984 to August 1985.
* Psychology Intern, Mid-Missouri Psychology Internship Consortium, Columbia, Missouri (A.P.A. accredited and fully approved clinical psychology internship). The Consortium involves three facilities affiliated with the University of Missouri Medical Center: Truman Veterans Administration Hospital, Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, University of Missouri Health Sciences Center; September 1983 to August 1984.

 

Research interests:


Medical ethics; Primary Care Psychiatry/Mental Health

 

Any other information:


EDITORIAL ACTIVITY:
Journals
* Reviewer, Patient Education and Counseling
* Reviewer, American Family Physician
* Reviewer, Spanish Journal of Psychology
* Reviewer, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
* Reviewer, British Medical Journal
* Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
* Reviewer, Journal of Mental Health Administration.
* Reviewer, Journal of Family Practice.
* Member (2006-) Editorial Board PsycCRITIQUES (APA Review of Books)
* Member, Editorial Board (1990-1995), Adult Residential Care     Journal.
* Book Reviewer, Family Medicine
* Book Reviewer, (APA Review of Books) PsycCRITIQUES.
* Book Reviewer, Adult Foster Care Journal.
* Textbook Reviewer, Worth and Prentice-Hall Publishers.
* Book Reviewer, Journal of Primary Prevention.

AFFILIATIONS:
* Society of Teachers in Family Medicine, 1995 – present.
* American Psychological Association, Member, October 1984 to present.
* Academy for Health Services Research 2003 – present.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
* Chairperson.  Forest Park Hospital Medical Ethics Committee.
2003 –2007.
* Speaker, Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training        Consortium, 2003 – present.
* Delegate, Lutheran High School Association, 1999 to Present.
* Conference Speaker, Child Residential Care Network, 1995 to 2002.
* Violence Education, Society of Teachers Task Force in Family Medicine, February, 1990 to 1995.
* Board Member, New Horizon Care Center, September, 1984 to September, 1988.
* Curriculum Consultant, New Horizon Care Center, August, 1985 to September, 1988.
* Seminar on Cultural Diversity - St. Louis University Psychology Department, 1992 to 1995.
* Member - Deaconess Medical Center Institutional Review Board, August, 1990 to August, 1994

PUBLICATIONS

1. Searight, H.R. (2010). Practicing Psychology in Primary Care. New York and Berlin: Hogrefe and Huber.
2. Searight, H.R. (1998).  Family of Origin Therapy and Diversity.  Washington, D.C.:  Taylor & Francis.
3.  Searight, H.R. (1999). Behavioral Medicine:  A Primary Care Approach.  Philadelphia:  Brunner/Mazel.   
4.  Jones, C. B., Searight, H. R. & Urban, M. (Eds.) (1999). Parent Articles About AD/HD.  San Antonio, Tx:  Harcourt-Brace.

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Searight, H.R., Oliver, J.M., & Grisso, J.T. (1983). The Community Competence Scale: Preliminary reliability and validity.  American Journal of Community Psychology, 11,
809-814.
2. Openlander, P. & Searight, H.R. (1983). Family therapy perspectives in the college counseling center. Journal of College Student Personnel, 24, 423-427.
3. Searight, H.R. & Openlander, P. (1984).  Systemic therapy: A new brief intervention model.  Personnel and Guidance Journal, 63, 427-431.
4. Searight, H.R. & Openlander, P. (1986). Assessment and treatment of social contexts: Towards and interactional therapy. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships,, 3, 71-87.
5. Searight, H.R. & Handal, P.J. (1986).  Premature birth and its later effects: Towards preventive intervention.  Journal of Primary Prevention, 7, 3-16.
6. Searight, H.R. (1986).  The fear of breaking family rules.  In M. Kraus (Ed.), Fear: Issues of emotional living in an age of stress for clergy and religious, 24-31.
7. Searight, H.R., Oliver, J.M., & Grisso, J.T. (1986).  The Community Competence Scale in the placement of the deinstitutionalized mentally ill.  American Journal of Community Psychology, 14, 291-301.
8. Johnson, M.K. & Searight, H.R. (1986). Issues and guidelines for male therapists treating female psychotherapy clients. In P. Houston & D. McNulty (Eds.), Being female and male: Traditions, challenges, and dilemmas, 112-117.
9. Searight, H.R. & Openlander, P. (1986). The family environments of continuing and noncontinuing college students.  Psychological Reports, 59, 299-302.
10. Searight, H.R., Searight P.R. & Scott, E. (1987). Family environment of children with school behavior problems.  Psychological Reports, 60, 1263-1266.
11. Searight, H.R., & Handal, P.J. (1987). Psychiatric deinstitutionalization and social policy: Implications for adult foster care. Adult Foster Care Journal, 1, 7-20.
12. Searight, H.R. & Johnson, M.K. (1987). Issues and guidelines for the male therapist-female patient dyad. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 5, 1-9.
13. Searight, H.R. & Handal, P.J. (1987). Psychiatric     
deinstitutionalization: The possibilities and the reality.  Psychiatric Quarterly, 58, 153-166.
14. Searight, H.R. & Openlander, P. (1987). The new epistemology: Clarification and clinical application.  Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 6, 52-66.
15. Searight, H.R. & Openlander, P. (1988). Interactional psychotherapy from a cybernetic perspective: Overview and clinical implications.  Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 18, 28-45.
16. Searight, H.R. & Noce, J.J. (1988).  Towards a systemic model of health care compliance: Rational and interview protocol. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 7, 45-53.
17. Oliver, J.M. & Searight, H.R. (1988). The Community Competence Scale: A preliminary short form for residential placement of deinstitutionalized psychiatric patients.  Adult Foster Care Journal, 2, 176-188.
18. Searight, H.R. & Searight, P.R. (1988).  The homeless mentally ill: Overview, policy implications, and adult foster care as a neglected resource. Adult Foster Care Journal, 2, 239-263.
19. Oliver, J.M., Searight, H.R., & Lightfoot, S.L. (1988).
Client characteristics as determinants of intervention modality and therapy process.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 58, 543-551.
20. Searight, H.R., Dunn, E.J., Grisso, J.T., Margolis, R.B., &
Gibbons, J.L. (1989).  The relationship between cognitive functioning and daily living skills in a geriatric population. Psychological Reports, 64, 399-404.

 

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