Barry, Kristen Lawton 1947-

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BARRY, Kristen Lawton 1947-


PERSONAL: Born June 11, 1947, in Milwaukee, WI; daughter of Robert W. (a lawyer and real estate broker) and Kathryn (a social worker; maiden name, Handley) Lawton; married James M. Barry, April 1, 1972 (marriage ended June 30, 1996); children: Sarah, Joseph. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Wisconsin, M.D., 1981, Ph.D., 1988. Hobbies and other interests: Photography.

ADDRESSES: Home—1655 Coburn Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48108. Offıce—Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, 400 East Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 2A, Ann Arbor, MI 48108; fax: 734-930-5150. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, senior associate research scientist, 1996—. Department of Veterans Affairs, associate director of Serious Mental Illness Treatment, Research, and Evaluation Center, 1996—.


MEMBER: Research Society on Alcoholism, American Society on Aging, Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse.


WRITINGS:


(Editor, with M. F. Fleming) Addictive Disorders: APractical Guide to Treatment, Mosby/Yearbook Medical Publishers, 1992.

(With D. Oslin and F. C. Blow) Alcohol Problems inOlder Adults: Prevention and Management, Springer Publishing (New York, NY), 2001.

Author of curriculum materials. Contributor to books, including Fundamentals of Clinical Practice: A Textbook on the Patient, Doctor, and Society, edited by M. Mengal and W. Holleman, Plenum Medical Book Co. (New York, NY), 1997; Health Promotion Handbook, edited by S. Gorin, Mosby (St. Louis, MO), 1998; Smoking and Illicit Drug Use, edited by B. Stimmel, Haworth Press, 1998; Advances in Medical Psychotherapy, Volume 10, edited by P. A. Lichtenberg, Kendall-Hunt (Dubuque, IA), 1999; and Handbook of Assessment in Clinical Gerontology, edited by P. A. Lichtenberg, Wiley (New York, NY). Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Alcohol Research and Health, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Generations, Alcohol and Alcoholism, International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Journal of Family Practice, Medical Care, Community Mental Health Journal, and American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Treatment of Alcohol Problems in Older Adults; research on brief alcohol interventions.

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