The Department of Psychological Science will welcome Tom Adams, Ph.D., of Yale University School of Medicine, for a visit this March focused on advancing understanding and clinical practice in obsessive-compulsive and anxiety-related disorders.
Adams, a graduate of the U of A's clinical psychology doctoral program, specializes in the research and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety and trauma-related disorders using innovative neurotherapeutic methods. His research explores how targeted brain stimulation and other somatic interventions can enhance learning and improve outcomes in exposure-based therapies.
Adams will deliver a research colloquium at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, in GRAD 309, titled "Galvanizing Learning: Augmentation of Therapeutic Exposure Mechanisms With Transcranial Electrical Stimulation of the Frontal Polar Cortex." The talk will highlight cutting-edge work combining cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology to improve the effectiveness of exposure therapy through brain-based interventions.
About Dr. Tom Adams
Adams earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the U of A after completing a pre-doctoral internship in the traumatic stress track at the Charleston Consortium (Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center). He then completed an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, where he is now an associate professor.
The event is free and open to the public, and faculty, students, clinicians and community members interested in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders are especially encouraged to attend.
For questions, please contact Kori Kent (kkent@uark.edu).
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Kori Kent, program coordinator
Psychology
korik@uark.edu