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Dr. Dan Gros  CBT Adult Outpatient and PTSD Clinical Team rotations (VAMC)

Dr. Gros completed his Honors B.S. in psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University at Buffalo. He completed his clinical psychology internship at the Charleston Consortium (MUSC/VAMC). Dr. Gros currently is a supervisor and clinician in the CBT Adult Outpatient rotation and the PTSD Clinical Team rotation at the Ralph H. Johnson (RHJ) VAMC and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MUSC. Dr. Gros also serves as the founding director of the Anxiety Treatment Clinic at the RHJ VAMC. Dr. Gros' clinical and research interests focus on evidence-based assessments and treatments for comorbid anxiety disorders, depression, and related disorders. His more recent work has focused on exploring dimensional models of psychopathology through psychometric evaluation and transdiagnostic treatments.

Research Interests:

Dimensional models of psychopathology, assessing and treating comorbid anxiety disorders and depression, transdiagnostic approaches to treatment, and scale construction and validation

Awards and Honors:
College Fellowship (2002-2006). College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo
Outstanding Senior. (2001). Psychology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University
University Leadership and Service Award. (2000). Virginia Commonwealth University
Board of Visitors Finalist. (2000). Virginia Commonwealth University

Publications:

  • Gros, D.F., Simms, L.J., & Antony, M.M. (In Press). The psychometric properties of the State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) in friendship dyads. Behavior Therapy.
  • Gros, D.F., Stauffacher Gros, K., & Simms, L.J. (In Press). Relations between anxiety symptoms and relational aggression and victimization in emerging adults. Cognitive Therapy and Research.
  • Gros, D.F., Tuerk, P.W., Yoder, M., Acierno, R. (In Press). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In M. Hersen, & J.C. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of clinical psychology competencies volume II: Intervention and treatment for adults. New York: Springer.
  • Gros, D.F., Hawk, L.W., Jr., & Moscovitch, D.A. (2009). Psychophysiology of social anxiety: An investigation of emotional modulation of the startle reflex during socially-relevant and –irrelevant pictures. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 73, 207-211.
  • Amstadter, A.B., Acierno, R., Richardson, L., Kilpatrick, D.G., Gros, D.F., Gaboury, J.D., et al. (2009). Post-typhoon prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder in a Vietnamese sample. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 180-188.
  • Acierno, R., Amstadter, A., Gros, D.F., Richardson, L., Kilpatrick, D.G., et al. (2009). A Pre- / post-disaster epidemiological study of mental health functioning in vietnam’s DaNang Province following Typhoon Xangsane. International Perspectives in Victimology, 4, 78-85.
  • Gros, D.F., Antony, M.M., McCabe, R.E., & Swinson, R.P. (2009). The frequency and severity of the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome across the anxiety disorders and depression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 290-296.
  • Simms, L.J., Gros, D.F., Watson, D., & O’Hara, M.W. (2008). Bi-factor analyses of the Iowa Depression and Anxiety Scales: Evidence supporting a hierarchical model of depression and anxiety. Depression and Anxiety, 25, E34-E46.
  • Pehrson, A.L., Philibin, S.D., Gros, D.F., Robinson, S.E., Vann, R.E., Rosecrans, J.A., et al. (2008). The effects of acute and repeated nicotine doses on spontaneous activity in male and female Sprague Dawley rats: Analysis of brain area epibatidine binding and cotinine levels. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 89, 424-431.
  • Gros, D.F., Antony, M.M., Simms, L.J., & McCabe, R.E. (2007). Psychometric properties of the State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA): Comparison to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Psychological Assessment, 19, 369-381.
  • Gros, D.F., & Antony, M.M. (2006). The assessment and treatment of specific phobias: A review. Current Psychiatry Reports, 8, 298-303.
  • Robinson, S.E., James, J.R., Lapp, L.N., Vann, R.E., Gros, D.F., Philibin, S.D., & Rosecrans, J.A. (2006). Evidence of cellular nicotinic receptor desensitization in rats exhibiting nicotine-induced acute tolerance. Psychopharmacology, 184, 306-313.
  • Vrana, S.R., & Gros, D.F. (2004). Reactions to facial expressions: Effect of social context and speech anxiety on responses to neutral, anger, and joy expressions. Biological Psychology, 66, 63-78.
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