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Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D.. - Director 
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Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D. is a Distinguished University Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.  His primary research interests include measuring the prevalence of rape, other violent crimes, and other types of potentially traumatic events as well as assessing the mental health impact of such events.  Dr. Kilpatrick and his colleagues at the NCVC have conducted several extramurally funded studies investigating these topics using national household probability samples of adults and adolescents.  His research has been funded by a variety of federal agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Mental Health, national Institute on Drug abuse, the National Institute of Child Health and Development, and the National Institute of Justice.  He has over 150 peer reviewed publications, over 60 book chapters and monographs, and over 450 presentations at scientific and professional meetings.  Dr. Kilpatrick was a member of two Institute of Medicine Committees: the Committee on Incorporating Research into Psychiatry Residency Training and the Committee on Veterans Compensation for Posttraumatic stress Disorder.   He has served the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies as a Board Member (1994-1997), Editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress (1998-2005), and as President-Elect and President.  He is now a Past President.  Dr. Kilpatrick has provided invited testimony on the topics of rape, sexual harassment, and compensation for PTSD to committees of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was recently awarded (2007) the Allied Profession Award for promoting crime victims' rights, services, and needs in the mental health field by the Congressional Victim's Rights Caucus.

Research interests: epidemiological approaches towards understanding the scope and mental health impact of potentially traumatic events, including natural disaster, terrorism, and violent crime; gene * environment interaction models attempting to understand risk and resilience for PTSD and depression following exposure to potentially traumatic events; using research findings to improve clinical practice and public policy

Honors/Awards:

Select Publications:

• McCauley, J., Conoscenti, L., Ruggiero, K., Resnick, H., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick, D. (in press). Prevalence and correlates of drug/alcohol-facilitated and incapacitated sexual assault in a nationally representative sample of adolescent girls. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
• Amstadter, A., McCauley, J., Ruggiero, K., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D. (in press). Service utilization in a representative sample of female rape victims. Psychiatric Services.
• Hanson, R., Borntrager, C., Self-Brown, S., Kilpatrick, D., Saunders, B., Resnick, H., & Amstadter, A. (in press). Relations among gender, violence exposure, and mental health: The National Survey of Adolescents. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
• Hedtke, K., Ruggiero, K., Fitzgerald, M., Zinzow, H., Saunders, B., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D. (in press). A longitudinal investigation of interpersonal violence in relation to mental health and substance abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
• Rheingold, A., Campbell, C., Self-Brown, S., de Arellano, M., Resnick, H., & Kilpatrick, D. (2007). Prevention of child sexual abuse: Evaluation of a community media campaign. Child Maltreatment, 12 (4), 352-363.
• McCart, M., Smith, D., Saunders, B., Kilpatrick, D., Resnick, H., & Ruggiero, K. (2007). Do urban adolescents become desensitized to community violence? Data from a national survey. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77 (3), 434-442.
• Wolitzky-Taylor, K., Ruggiero, K., Danielson, C., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick, D. (2008). Prevalence and Correlates of Dating Violence in a National Sample of Adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47 (7), 755-765.
• Danielson, C., Amstadter, A., Dangelmaier, R., Resnick, H., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick, D. (in press). Does typology of substance abuse and dependence symptoms differ by exposure to child maltreatment? Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse.
• Kilpatrick, D. (2007). Confounding the Critics: The Dohrenwend and Colleagues Reexamination of the National Vietnam Veteran Readjustment Study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20 (4), 487-493.
• Acierno, R., Lawyer, S. & Kilpatrick, D.G. (in press). treatment seeking among older and younger adults in terms of victimization status and psychopathology. International Perspectives in Victimology.
• Kilpatrick, D., Amstadter, A., Resnick, H, & Ruggiero, K. (2007). Rape-related PTSD: Issues and Interventions. Psychiatric Times, 7, 24.
• Waldrop, A.E., Hanson, R.F., Resnick, H.S., Kilpatrick, D.G., Naugle, A.E., & Saunders, B.E. (2007). Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior Among A National Sample of Adolescents: Implications for Prevention. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Kilpatrick, D.G., Koenen, K., Ruggiero, K.J., Acierno, R., Galea, S., Resnick, H.S., Roitzsch, J., Boyle, J., & Gelernter, J. (2007). Serotonin transporter gene and social moderate PTSD and depression in hurricane-exposed adults. American Journal of Psychiatry.
• Resnick, H., Acierno, R., Waldrop, A.E., King, L., King, D., Danielson, C., Ruggiero, K.J., & Kilpatrick, D. (2007). Randomized Controlled Evaluation of an Early Intervention to Prevent Post-Rape Psychopathology. Behavior Research and Therapy.

Select Presentations:

• Kilpatrick, D. (2008, November). Defining Criterion A: Philosophical and Empirical Controversies. Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, IL.
• Zinzow, H., Hawkins, A., Rheingold, A., Saunders, B., Kilpatrick, D. (2008, November). Losing a Loved One to Homicide: Prevalence and Mental Health Consequences in a National Sample of Young Adults. Presented at the 42nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
• Hawkins, A., Zinzow, H., Rheingold, A., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick, D. (2008, November). Ethnic/Racial Differences in Reports of Homicide Survivorship in a National Survey of Adolescents. Presented at the 42nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
• Hawkins, A., Danielson, C., Saunders, B., Kilpatrick, D. (2008, November). Co-Occurence of Witnessing Domestic Violence and Child Physical Abuse: Findings from a National Sample of Adolescents. Presented at the 42nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
• Kilpatrick, D. (2008, August). Violent Victimization Among Adolescents: Assessment and Treatment Approaches. Presented at the 116th American Psychological Association Convention, Boston, MA.
• Haywood, Y., Jackson, A., & Kilpatrick, D. (2008, June). Trauma. Presentation at George Washington University, Washington, DC.
• Kilpatrick, D. (2008, March). Rape in America 15 Years Later. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.
• Kilpatrick, D. & Best, C. (2007, September). Mental Health Aspects of Military Sexual Trauma. All day training presented at the Charleston Airforce Base, Charleston, SC.
• Kilpatrick, D. (2007, September). Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Crime Victims. Workshop presented at the 2007 Victims of Crime Act National Training Conference, Williamsburg, VA.

Curriculum Vitae  (2008)   (Requires Adobe® Reader to view)

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