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Daniel W. Smith, Ph.D.    
[NCVC rotations]

Dr. Smith received his Honors B.A. from the University of Delaware and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University. He completed his internship and postdoctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina's National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC). After a three-year stay on the faculty of the University of Arkansas Department of Psychology, he returned to the NCVC as Director of Training. He currently serves as Co-Director and Coordinator of Clinical Training for the Psychology Internship program. Dr. Smith is also Associate Director of the Medical University of South Carolina's Office of Gender Equity, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development in MUSC’s College of Medicine. Within the internship, he provides direct clinical supervision in the NCVC Family and Child Clinic and frequently serves as a research preceptor.

Research Interests: childhood trauma, trauma treatment, treatment dissemination (particularly using technology), factors that moderate trauma impact

Select Publications:

Best, C. L., Smith, D. W., Raymond, J. R., Greenberg, R. S., & Crouch, R. K. (2010). Preventing and responding to complaints of sexual harassment in an academic health center: A 10-year review from the Medical University of South Carolina. Academic Medicine, 85, 721-727.

McCauley J.L., Danielson C.K., Amstadter A.B., Ruggiero K.J., Resnick H.S., Hanson R.F., Smith D.W., Saunders B.E. & Kilpatrick D.G. (2010). The role of traumatic event history in non-medical use of prescription drugs among a nationally representative sample of US adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51, 84-93. NIHMSID: NIHMS129663

Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Ruggiero, K. J., McCart, M. R., Smith, D. W., Hanson, R. F., Resnick, H. S., de Arellano, M. A., Saunders, B. E., & Kilpatrick, D. G. (2010). Has adolescent suicidality decreased in the United States? Data from two national samples of adolescents interviewed in 1995 and 2005. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39, 64-76.

McCart, M.R., Sawyer, G. K., & Smith, D. W. (2010). Help seeking among victims of crime: A review of the empirical literature Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 198-206.

Smith, D.W., Sawyer, G., Jones, L. M., Cross, T., McCart, M. R., & Ralston, M. E. (2010). Mother reports of maternal support following child sexual abuse: Preliminary psychometric data on the maternal self-report support questionnaire (MSSQ). Child Abuse & Neglect, 34, 784-792.

Hawkins, A. O., Danielson, C. K., Ruggiero, K. J., de Arellano, M. A., Hanson, R. Smith, D.,  Saunders, B. E., Kilpatrick, D. G. (2010). Ethnic/racial differences in the prevalence of injurious spanking and other child physical abuse in a National Survey of Adolescents. Child Maltreatment, 15, 242-249.

McCart, M.R., Zajac, K., Danielson, C.K., Strachan, M., Ruggiero, K.J., Smith, D.W., Saunders, B.E., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2011). Interpersonal victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder, and change in adolescent substance use prevalence over a ten-year period. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 40, 136-143.

Mainous, A. G., Everett, C.J., Diaz, V., Player, M., Gebregziabher, M., & Smith, D.W. (2010). Life stress and atherosclerosis: A pathway through unhealthy lifestyle. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 40, 147-161.

Elwood, L. S., Smith, D. W., Resnick, H. S., #Gudmundsdottir, B., Amstadter, A. B., Hanson, R. F., Saunders, B. E., & Kilpatrick, D. G. (2011). Predictors of rape: Findings from the National Survey of Adolescents. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24, 166-173.

Zajac, K. Ruggiero, K. J., Smith, D. W., Saunders, B. E., & Kilpatrick, D. G. (2011). Adolescent distress in traumatic stress research: Data from the National Survey of Adolescents-Replication. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24, 226-229.

Walsh, K., Danielson, C.K., McCauley, J., Hanson, R., Smith, D.W., Resnick, H.S., Saunders, B.E., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (in press). Longitudinal trajectories of PTSD symptoms and binge drinking among adolescent girls: The role of sexual victimization. Journal of Adolescent Health.

Web Based Learning Courses Developed:

Smith, D. W., & Saunders, B.E. (Co-Directors) (2005).  TF-CBTWeb: A Web-based Learning Course for Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.  Charleston, SC: National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina. (www.musc.edu/tfcbt).

Smith, D. W., Saunders, B. E., Fitzgerald, M. F., & Goodman, R. (Co-Directors) (2008). CTGWeb: A Web-based Learning Course for Treatment of Child Traumatic Grief. Charleston, SC: National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina (http://ctg.musc.edu).

Best, C.L., Smith, D.W., Saunders, B.E., Kilpatrick, D. G., & Macdonald, A. C. (2009). CPTWeb: A Web-based Learning Course for Cognitive Processing Therapy. Charleston, SC: National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina (http://cpt.musc.edu).  

Saunders, B.E. & Smith, D. W. (2010). TFCBTConsult: A Web-based Resource for TFCBT Therapists. Charleston, SC: National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina. (www.musc.edu/tfcbtconsult).

• Curriculum Vitae   (2010)  (Requires Adobe® Reader to view)

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