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David P. FitzGerald, PhDAssistant Professor of Psychiatry
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- Overview
- Education & Training
- Clinical Interests
- Teaching
- Committees & Organizations
- Research
- Research Opportunities
- Publications
- Presentations
David FitzGerald, Ph.D., is a Licensed Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. He is the director of the UConn Health Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, where he also provides outpatient therapy and assessment and contributes to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program. He supervises the fellowship training in psychotherapy, through which fellows have the opportunity to provide evidence-based psychosocial treatment for a variety of disorders. He also co-precepts the Delivery of Clinical Care (DoCC) and the Vertical Integrated Teams Aligned in Learning (VITAL) courses for second-year medical students in the UConn School of Medicine. He also directs the Child and Family Development Program, a community-based service that provides parenting groups designed to strengthen parents' skills to support their children's social, emotional, and behavioral development: h.uconn.edu/parenting-support.
Education
Post-Graduate Training
| Degree | Institution | Major |
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| BA | University of Notre Dame | Psychology |
| MA | University of Notre Dame | Psychology |
| PhD | University of Notre Dame | Combined Program: Counseling/Developmental Psychology |
Post-Graduate Training
| Training | Institution | Specialty |
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| Internship | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Clinical Child/Pediatric Internship, Division of Child Development and Rehabilitation, Children's Seashore House |
Externalizing Disorders, OCD, behavioral family therapy, psychological assessment
Past Undergraduate Courses: Child Clinical Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Personality, Child & Family Intervention (Duke University)
Past Graduate Courses: Child Assessment (Duke University); Psychoeducational Assessment (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Current UConn School of Medicine Couses: Delivery of Clinical Care (DoCC) D & E; Vertical Integrated Teams Aligned in Learning (VITAL) 1.2
| Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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| American Psychological Association - Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Membership Committee - Member | External | National | 2023 | |
| American Psychological Association - Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Chair - Membership Committee | External | National | 2023 | |
| UCONN SOM Academic Coaching Program | Education Committee | Coach for MS1-MS3's | UConn Health | Local | 2021 | |
| UCONN SOM Admissions Committee | Education Committee | Interviewer | UConn Health | University | 2018 |
My research interests center on social-cognitive and family factors related to typical development as well as those related to childhood aggressive behavior. I also have interests in the potential utility of technology to improve emotion recognition and social-cognitive deficits among children and adolescents. I enjoy participating on research teams and have supervised independent evaluators for several multisite NIH comparative treatment trials (e.g., Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Treatment Study (CAMS), Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment Studies (POTS) I, II, and Jr.).
- Ongoing retrospective chart review project through the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic
- Establishment of a data repository to enhance clinical research through the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient clinic and our child faculty researchers
Journal Articles
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Family-based treatment of early childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder: the Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment Study for Young Children (POTS Jr)--a randomized clinical trial.
JAMA psychiatry 2014 Jun;71(6):689-98
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Still Struggling: characteristics of youth with OCD who are partial responders to medication treatment.
Child psychiatry and human development 2011 Aug;42(4):424-41
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Technical aspects and testing of a program to assess deficits in facial expression recognition in childhood cancer survivors
Journal Of Cybertherapy And Rehabilitation 2011 Jun;4(3):363-369
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Effects of postnatal parental smoking on parent and teacher ratings of ADHD and oppositional symptoms.
The Journal of nervous and mental disease 2009 Jun;197(6):442-9
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SNPs in dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) and norepinephrine transporter gene (NET) are associated with continuous performance task (CPT) phenotypes in ADHD children and their families.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 2008 Dec;147B(8):1580-8
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Implementation of FACS for synthetic characters in the use in studying facial expression recognition by survivors of childhood cancer
Annual Review Of Cybertherapy And Telemedicine 2008 Apr;633-38
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Effects of smoking abstinence on adult smokers with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: results of a preliminary study.
Psychopharmacology 2008 Mar;197(1):95-105
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Improving attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment outcomes through use of a collaborative consultation treatment service by community-based pediatricians: a cluster randomized trial.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2007 Sep;161(9):835-40
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Cognitive-behavior therapy, sertraline, and their combination for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: the Pediatric OCD Treatment Study (POTS) randomized controlled trial.
JAMA 2004 Oct;292(16):1969-76
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Linking children’s social worlds: Perspective-taking in parent-child and peer contexts
Social Behavior and Personality 2003 Oct;31(5):509-522
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Effects of a social-cognitive intervention for aggressive deaf children: The coping power program
Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association 2001 Jun;35(2):39-60
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Cross-sectional and longitudinal examination of attachment, separation-individuation, and college student adjustment
Journal of Counseling and Development 1995 Jun;73(4):463-474
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Adolescent attachment, identity, and adjustment to college: Implications for the continuity of adaptation hypothesis
Journal of Counseling and Development 1990 Jun;68(5):561-565
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Separation-Individuation and the “new look” at the imaginary audience and personal fable: A test of an integrative model
Journal of Adolescent Research 1989 Jun;4(4):483-505
Book Chapters
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Aggressive Children: Cognitive behavioral assessment and treatment
Child and adolescent therapy: Cognitive-behavioral procedures, Third Edition 2006 Jun;
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Cognitive behavioral assessment and treatment with aggressive children
Child and adolescent therapy: Cognitive-behavioral procedures, Second Edition 2000 Jun;
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Anger management with aggressive children.
Short term psychotherapy groups for children 1999 Jun;
| Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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| Clinical and Practical Implications of a Community-Based Parenting Program | Talk | UConn Health Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds | 2024 | UConn Health |
| Supporting Social Skills for Children with Developmental Disabilities | Talk | Parent Support Group - Children with Autism / St. Bernadette Church | 2018 | Fuquay-Varina, NC |
| Bullying Seminar | Panel Discussion | Greater Christian Chapel Church | 2012 | Apex, NC |
| Facial recognition in survivors of pediatric brain tumors as compared with children with ADHD. Willard, VW, Hardy, KK, FitzGerald, DP, & Bonner, MJ. | Poster | Society for Research in Child Development | 2009 | Denver, CO |
| Predictors of facial expression recognition in survivors of pediatric brain tumors. Willard, V.W., Hardy, K.K., FitzGerald, D.P., & Bonner, M.J. | Poster | The National Conference on Child Health Psychology | 2008 | Miami, FL. |
| Implementation of FACS for synthetic characters for use in studying facial expression recognition by survivors of childhood cancer. Hubal, R., Evens, N., FitzGerald, D.P., Hardy K.K., Willard, V.W., & Bonner, M.J. | Poster | CyberTherapy | 2008 | San Diego, CA. |
| Treatment and Programming for School Age Children with Special Needs | Lecture | Southern Regional Area Health Education Center | 2008 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Comorbidities in Children | Lecture | Southern Regional Area Health Education Center | 2007 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Genetic associations with response variability in AD/HD. Kollins, S.K., Epstein, J.N., Tonev, S., FitzGerald, D., Kane, E.M., Anastopoulos, A.D., Lachiewicz, A.M., Kail, M.E., Cuccaro, M.L., Exelbierd, L., Gilbert, J.R., & Ashley-Koch, A.E. | Poster | XIV World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics | 2006 | Cagliari, Italy |
| Genetic associations with response variability on the continuous performance task in AD/HD families. Ashley-Koch, A.E., Epstein, J.N., Tonev, S., FitzGerald, D., Kane, E.M., Anastopoulos, A.D., Lachiewicz, A.M., Kail, M.E., Exelbierd, L., Cuccaro, M.L., Gilbert, J.R., & Kollins, S.K. | Poster | The American Society of Human Genetics 56th Annual Meeting | 2006 | New Orleans, LA |
| Assessment and Treatment of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder | Lecture | Eastern Area Health Education Program | 2006 | Greenville, NC |
| Severe Psychiatric Illnesses in Children | Lecture | Northwest Area Health Education Center | 2005 | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Assessment and Treatment of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder | Lecture | Southern Regional Area Health Education Program | 2005 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Anger Management in Aggressive Youth | Lecture | Northwest Area Health Education Center | 2004 | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Assessment in Children with Mental/Behavioral Disorders | Lecture | Southern Regional Area Health Education Program | 2004 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Promoting Evidence-Based ADHD Treatment Among Community Pediatricians: A Pilot Study. Epstein, J.N., Rabiner, D., Chrisman, A., FitzGerald, D., Margolis, P., March, J., & Johnson, D. | Poster | Evidence in Mental Health Services Research: | 2002 | Washington, DC |
| Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Children and Youth | Lecture | Southern Regional Area Health Education Program | 2002 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Implementation and dissemination of the coping power program: A cognitive behavioral program for aggressive children and their parents | Panel Discussion | Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy | 2001 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Evaluation of the Duke Coping Power Program with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth. Lochman, J.E., FitzGerald, D.P., Gage, S., Kanaly, K., & Whidby, J.M. | Lecture | Regional conference on mental health and deafness. | 1999 | Greenville, SC |
| Integrating Parents and Caregivers into Treatment | Lecture | Southern Regional Area Health Education Program | 1999 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Lead poisoning in young children: Enhancing prevention efforts among early childhood educators. Tuesday Heathfield, L., FitzGerald, D.P., Weiss, A., & Radcliffe, J. | Poster | Head Start National Research Conference | 1998 | Washington, DC |
| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Conduct Disorders | Lecture | Southern Regional Area Health Education Program | 1998 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Group Treatment with Latency Age Children | Lecture | Southern Regional Area Health Education Program | 1998 | Elizabethtown, NC |
| Video self-modeling across disciplines. FitzGerald, D.P., & Dowrick, P.W. | Poster | 1997 | Washington, DC | |
| Lead poisoning in children: Implications for pediatric psychologists. Tuesday Heathfield, L., FitzGerald, D.P., Weiss, A., & Radcliffe, J. | Poster | Great Lakes Regional Conference of the Society of Pediatric Psychology | 1996 | Toronto, Ontario |
| Linking children’s social worlds: The relationship of perspective-taking to parent-child and peer contexts. FitzGerald, D.P., & White, K.J. | Poster | Society for Research in Child Development | 1995 | Indianapolis, IN |
| Pubertal maturation and adolescent ego development. FitzGerald, D.P., & Lapsley, D.K. | Poster | Annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association | 1992 | Quebec City, Quebec |