Psychology Internship Program - Faculty
Niels C. Beck, Ph.D. (St. Louis University, 1977)
Dr. Beck is Professor in the department of Psychiatry at the University
of Missouri School of Medicine, and Chief Psychologist at the
University Health Sciences Center. He consults 20
hours per week at FSH in Substance Abuse Treatment and on the Program Evaluation
and Research Service. Dr. Beck's research interests include rehabilitation of
chronic mental patients, assessment and treatment of violent behavior in
chronic mental patients, and pharmacological/psychosocial treatment
interactions for persons with chronic mental disorders.
James Coleman, Ph.D. (University of Houston,
2002)
Dr. Coleman is currently the coordinator of a federally funded grant
project aimed at reducing aggressive incidents and associated injuries at the
hospital, developing alternatives to the use of seclusion and restraint
interventions, and enhancing the hospital's "culture of recovery"
treatment philosophy. His clinical interests include the assessment and
treatment of severe behavioral and emotional disorders. His research
interests include the assessment and treatment of aggressive behavior in
inpatient settings, and the development and evaluation of unit-wide
psychosocial programs.
Ericia L. Kempker, Psy.D. (Forest Institute of
Professional Psychology, 2004)
Dr. Kempker is a Certified Forensic Examiner completing court ordered evaluations of criminal defendants at FSH, including, but not limited to Competency to Stand Trial, Criminal Responsibility, Sexually Violent Predator, and Battered Spouse Syndrome evaluations. Her clinical and research interests include malingering and deception in forensic settings; risk assessment; and the assessment and treatment of adolescents and adults with sexual offending behaviors.
Jeffrey S. Kline, Ph.D. (Indiana State University –
Terre Haute Indiana, 1996)
Dr. Kline is a Certified Forensic Examiner at FSH
performing court ordered evaluations of criminal defendants. His clinical and
research interests include the forensic evaluation of competence,
responsibility, diminished capacity, and risk assessment; assessment and
intervention in acute care settings; deception and malingering in forensic
and clinical contexts; personality disorders; and assessment of
psychopathology
Marc C. Maddox, Ph.D. (University of Missouri –
Columbia, 1984)
Dr. Maddox is the Chief Psychologist at FSH, as well as
Forensic Coordinator for the hospital. His clinical and research interests
include the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders.
Eric Martin, Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Columbia,
1995)
Dr. Martin is the
Director of Training for the Psychology Internship as well as a Psychology
Supervisor in the Biggs Forensic Center, assigned to the Social Learning Program. His clinical and research interests include evidence-based approaches
to treatment of serious mental illness, particularly schizophrenia spectrum
disorders.
Anthony A. Menditto, Ph.D. (University of Houston, 1988)
Dr. Menditto is the Director of
Treatment Services for Fulton State Hospital. His clinical and research interests center on
development, implementation, and evaluation of psychosocial treatment and
rehabilitation services for individuals with severe and persistent mental
disorders.
Will Newbill, Ph.D. (University of Houston, 2002) Dr. Newbill is Program Coordinator on the Social-Learning Program in the Guhleman Unit. His primary clinical and research interests include serious mental illness, aggression and psychoses, and program evaluation.
Sharon B. Robbins, Ph.D. (Louisiana Tech University, 2005)
Dr. Robbins is the Program Coordinator for the New Outlook Program for Behavior and Mood Self-Management in the Guhleman Forensic Center. Dr. Robbins has made numerous conference presentations regarding the treatment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities that also have a co-existing mental illness. Dr. Robbins and Dr. Stinson are presenting this fall at the NASMHPD Forensic Division conference in September. This presentation includes information and data about treating Sex Offenders who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. They will present the New Outlook Program treatment model at the National Association on Dual Diagnosis conference in October. Dr. Robbins' research interest include mental health treatment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, sex offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities, treatment of personaility disorders, and treatment for complex behavioral disorders.
Jill Stinson, Ph.D. (University of Arizona, 2006)
Dr. Stinson is a psychology resident (Psychologist I, pending 9/22/07) involved with sex offender treatment, training, and research. Her primary clinical and research interests include the etiology and treatment of sexual deviance, problematic sexual behaviors in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the development and implementation of manualized treatment for sexual offenders.
Randy L. Telander, Ph.D. (University of North Dakota,
2004)
Dr. Telander is a Forensic Examiner providing Competency to Stand Trial, Responsibility, and Sexually Violent Predator evaluations. Dr. Telander is also and adjunct faculty member in the graduate school at Stephens College in Columbia. His professional interests in addition to forensic evaluations include aspects of group treatment for offenders and working with personality disorders particularly psychopathy.
Adjunct Faculty
Debora Bell, Ph.D. (West Virginia University, 1989)
Dr. Bell is the Associate Chair
of Clinical Science in the University of Missouri-Columbia Department of
Psychological Sciences, directing both the graduate clinical training program
and the Psychological Services Clinic. Dr. Bell’s primary research interests
are in child psychopathology, particularly social-cognitive aspects of
children’s anxiety and depression.
Bruce Horwitz, Ph.D. (University of Missouri – Columbia, 1980)
Dr. Horwitz has worked in both inpatient and outpatient community mental
health settings and now directs Burrell Behavioral Health Clinic in Columbia, Missouri
. His
primary interests are community based treatment services, integrated care for
people with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders and development
of a full, integrated continuum of behavioral health services in central Missouri.
Jeremy Skinner, Ph.D. (State
University of New York, Buffalo, 1991)
Dr. Skinner is a Clinical Associate Professor in the University of
Missouri-Columbia Department of Psychological Sciences. His activities
include teaching, clinical supervision, clinic administration and direct
service. He carries several DBT
clients himself, provides supervision to other DBT clinicians and
participates on the consultation team.
Tim Trull, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky, 1988)
Dr. Trull is a Professor in the
University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Psychological Sciences. His
research interests are in the areas of diagnosis and classification of mental
disorders, personality disorders (particularly borderline personality
disorder), substance use disorders, psychometrics and clinical assessment,
and the relationship between personality and psychopathology. Dr. Trull
participates in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program at the MU
Psychological Services Clinic, supervising clinicians, participating in the
consultation team, and overseeing ongoing research.
Relevant Faculty Publications
Beck, N. C., Greenfield, S. R., Gotham, H., Menditto, A. A., Stuve, P., & Hemme, C. A. (1998). Risperidone in the management of violent, treatment-resistant schizophrenics hospitalized in a maximum security forensic facility. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 25, 461-468
Bumby, K. M., & Maddox, M. C. (1999). Judges' knowledge about sexual offenders, difficulties presiding over sexual offense cases, and opinions on sentencing, treatment, and legislation. Sex Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 11, 305-315.
Coleman, J.C., & Paul, G.L. (2001). Relationship between staffing ratios and effectiveness of inpatient psychiatric units Psychiatric Services, 52, 1374 - 1379.
Jones, N. T., Menditto, A. A., Geeson, L. R., Larson, E., & Sadewhite, L. (2001). Teaching social-learning procedures to paraprofessionals working with severely mentally-ill individuals in a maximum-security forensic hospital. Behavioral Interventions, 16, 167-179.
Kempker, E. L. (2003). The graying of American prisons: Addressing the continued increase in geriatric inmates. Corrections Compendium, 28(6), 1-4 & 22-26.
Menditto, A. A., Beck, N. C., Stuve, P., Fisher, J. A., Stacy, M., Logue, M. B., & Baldwin, L. J. (1996). Combined effectiveness of clozapine and a social learning program for severely disabled psychiatric inpatients. Psychiatric Services, 47, 46-51.
Menditto, A. A., Wallace, C. J., Liberman, R. P., VanderWal, J., Jones, N. T., & Stuve, P. (1999). Functional assessment of independent living skills. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills, 3, 200-219.
Menditto, A. A., Beck, N. C., & Stuve, P. (2000). A social-learning approach to reducing aggressive behavior among chronically hospitalized psychiatric patients. In M. Crowner (Ed.), Understanding and treating violent psychiatric patients (pp. 87-104). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
Menditto, A. A. (2002). A social-learning approach to the rehabilitation of individuals with severe mental disorders who reside in forensic clients. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills, 6, 73-93.
Menditto, A.A., Linhorst, D.M., Coleman, J.C., & Beck, N.A. (2006). The use of logistic regression to enhance risk assessment and decision making by mental health administrators. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.
Paul, G. L., Stuve, P., & Cross, J. V. (1997). Real-world inpatient programs: Shedding some light B A critique. Applied & Preventive Psychology, 6, 193-204.
Paul, G. L., Stuve, P., & Menditto, A. A. (1997). Social-learning program (with token economy) for adult psychiatric inpatients. The Clinical Psychologist, 50(1), 14-17.
Pestle, K., Card, J., & Menditto, A. A. (1998). Therapeutic recreation in a social-learning program: Effect over time on appropriate behaviors of residents with schizophrenia. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 32, 28-41.
Silverstein, S. M., Menditto, A. A., & Stuve, P. (1999). Shaping procedures as cognitive retraining techniques in individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills, 3, 59-76.
Silverstein, S. M., Menditto, A. A., & Stuve, P. (2001). Shaping attention span: An operant conditioning procedure to improve neurocognition and functioning in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 27, 247-257.
Silverstein, S. M., Spaulding, W. D., & Menditto, A. A. (2006). Schizophrenia: Advances in Psychotherapy--Evidence Based Practice. Cambridge Mass: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
Stuve, P., & Menditto, A. A. (1999). State hospitals in the new millennium: Rehabilitating the "Not ready for rehab players". In W. Spaulding (Ed.), New Directions for Mental Health Services No. 84: The State Hospital in the 21st Century (pp. 35-46). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Stuve, P., & Salinas, J. A. (2002). Token economy. In M. Hersen & W. Sledge (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. (Vol.2, pp. 821-827). New York: Academic Press.