Richard A. Brown, Ph.D.
Richard@DrRBrown.com www.DrRBrown.com
Post Office Box 381, New York, NY 10272-0381
Education:
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology: Michigan State University
B.S.in Mathematics/Education: Illinois State University
Academic Appointments:
Formerly Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry
University of Southern California
Formerly Professor of Psychology
University of Illinois Chicago
Visiting Professor
University of Exeter, Devon, UK
Administrative Experience:
Formerly Director of Training in Clinical Psychology
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Univ. Affiliated Program
Formerly Director, William Healy School and Applied Research
Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago IL
Founding Partner: LifeMax Clinics
Sold to Behavioral Medicine Associates and Johnson and Johnson
Selected Consultations:
Behavioral Medicine Associates
Design of inpatient and outpatient programs in behavioral medicine, substance abuse, eating disorders, child, adolescent and adult psychiatry for hospitals in California, New York, and New Jersey
Recommendations for improving structure of Mental Health Services in Sweden
Design of diabetes self monitoring systems for the World Health Organization
Weight Watchers International
Evaluation of internet based program for men
Healthwest
Design of one day intensive health evaluation for women
Professional Journals and Peer Review Publications:
1. Munjack, D.J., Brown, R.A., and McDowell, D.: Existence
of hyperventilation in panic disorder with and without
agoraphobia, GAD, and normals: implications for the
cognitive theory of panic. Journal of Anxiety Disorders,
7: 37-48, 1993.
2. Munjack, D.J., Brown, R.A., Cabe, D., McDowell, D.,
and Baltazar, P.: A naturalistic follow-up of panic
patients after short term pharmacologic treatment.
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 13: 156-158, 1993.
3. Munjack, D.J., Bruns, J., Baltazar, P.L., Brown, R.A.,
Leonard, M. Nagy, R. Koek, R., Crocker, B., and Schafer,
S.: A pilot study of buspirone in the treatment of
social phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 5: 87-98,
1991.
4. Brown, R.A., Munjack, D.J., and McDowell, D.:
Agoraphobia with and without current panic attacks.
Psychological Reports, 64: 503-506, 1989.
5. Munjack, D.J., Brown, R.A., McDowell, D. and Palmer, R.:
Therapist guesses in a double blind study: How blind is
blind? Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 9: 2,
148-149, 1989.
6. Munjack, D.J., Crocker, B., Brown, R.A., Cabe, D.,
Zulueta, A., McDowell, D., Palmer, R., Leonard, M., and
Usigli, R.: Alprazolam, propranolol, and placebo in the
treatment of panic disorder. Journal of Clinical
Psychopharmacology. 9:1, 22-27, 1989.
7. Brown, R.A.: The executive stress syndrome, Anxiety
Disorders. 3: 3, 1988.
8. Brown, R.A. and Munjack, D.J.: Fear of relaxation and
WAIS picture completion scores. Psychological Reports,
60: 1082, 1987.
9. Munjack, D.J., Brown, R.A., and McDowell, D.: Comparison
of social anxiety in patients with social phobia and
panic disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease,
75: 49-51, 1987.
10. Brown, R.A. and Zeitlin, S.: Scared to relax, Anxiety
Disorders, 1, 1: 6, 1986.
11. Brown, R.A.: Anxiety control and breathing, Anxiety
Disorders, 1, 2: 5, 1986.
12. Brown, R.A. and Moss, G.: Reliability and validation of
a psychiatric assessment instrument for the hospital
treatment of adults. Psychological Reports, 51: 142,
1982.
13. Wright, D. and Brown, R.A.: Remission of chronic
rumination and vomiting through reversal of social
contingencies. Behavior Research and Therapy, 16: 134,
1978.
14. Brown, R.A. and Dash, J.: Nutrition students vs.
dieters on a readiness to diet scale. Psychological
Reports, 41: 1242, 1977.
15. Dash, J. and Brown, R.A.: Development of a rating scale
to predict success in weight reduction. Journal of
Clinical Psychology, 33: 748, 1977.
16. Brown, R.A. and Epstein, J.: Interaction of achievement
level and reinforcing properties of daily grading
systems, Education, 98: 131-134, 1977.
17. Brown, R.A.: Behavioral intervention with feeding
problems. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 3: 11-12,
1975.
18. Laws, R., Brown, R.A., Epstein, J. and Hocking, N.:
Reduction of inappropriate social behavior in disturbed
children by an untrained paraprofessional therapist.
Behavior Therapy, 2: 519-533, 1971.
19. Brown, R.A.: Interaction effects of social and tangible
reinforcement. Journal of Experimental Child Psychiatry,
12: 280-303, 1971.
20. Johnson, S.M. and Brown, R.A.: Producing change in
parents of disturbed children. Journal of Child
Psychology and Psychiatry, 10: 107- 121, 1971.
21. Brown, R.A., Pace, Z.S., and Becker, W.C.: Treatment of
extreme negativism and "autistic" behavior in a six year
old boy. Exceptional Children, 36: 115-122, 1969.
22. Bakan, P. and Brown, R.A.: Attention - demand value of
the Rorschach stimuli, Journal of Projective Techniques,
31: 3-6, 1967.
Abstracts:
1. Brown, R.A. Perceptual preference of the Rorschach
inkblots, Dissertation Abstracts, 1965.
Monographs:
1. Moss, G. and Brown, R.A.: Lifemax(TM) System for
Success-in-Living(™), Behavioral Medicine Associates, New
York NY, 1989.
2. Moss, G. and Brown, R.A.: Behavioral Medicine: A Manual
for Programed Patient/Staff Interaction, Behavioral
Medicine Associates, Newport Beach CA, 1981.
3. Moss, G. and Brown, R.A.: Alcohol and Substance Abuse:
A Manual for Programed Patient/Staff Interaction,
Behavioral Medicine Associates, Newport Beach CA, 1981.
4. Moss, G. and Brown, R.A.: Adult Psychiatric
Hospitalization: A Manual for Programed Patient/Staff
Interaction, Behavioral Medicine Associates, Newport
Beach CA, 1981.
5. Moss, G., Brown, R.A., and Wright, D.: Psychosomatic
Behavioral Medicine Program: A Procedural Manual,
Behavioral Medicine Associates, Newport Beach CA, 1978.
6. Moss, G. and Brown, R.A.: Adolescent Psychiatric
Hospitalization: A Manual for Programed Patient/Staff
Interaction, Behavioral Medicine Associates, Newport
Beach CA, 1976 (Revised 1981).
7. Brown, R.A.: Case Studies in Behavioral Intervention,
National Teachers College, Evanston IL, 1967.
Books:
1. Weizmann, R., Brown, R.A., Levinson, P., Taylor, P.:
Piagetian Theory and the Helping Professions, University
of Southern California, 1978.
2. Brown, R.A. and Moss, G.: Mommy, Daddy, and Us Kids:
Study Manual for Parents, Cine V.I.P., Orange CA, 1974
Book Chapters:
1. Brown, R.A. and Epstein, J.: Encouraging achievement
through positive grading practices. In Millman, H.,
Schaefer, L., and Cohen, J.: Therapies for School
Behavior Problems, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1980.
2. Allen, M. and Brown, R.A.: Childhood. In Allman, L. and
Jaffe, T.: Abnormal Behavior in the Life Cycle, Prentice
Hall, NJ, 139-166, 1978.
3. Allen, M. and Brown, R.A.: Adolescence. In Allman, L.
and Jaffe, T.: Abnormal Behavior in the Life Cycle,
Prentice Hall, NJ, 167-186, 1978.
4. Brown, N.B. and Brown, R.A.: Physical aggression: A
group approach with acting out boys. In Krumboltz, J.D.:
Behavioral Counseling Techniques, Holt, Rinehart, and
Winston, NY,174-180, 1976.
Assessment Instruments:
1. Brown, R.A. and Moss, G.: Clinical Assessment Inventory.
Behavioral Medicine Associates, Newport Beach, CA, 1982.
2. Dash, J. and Brown, R.A.: Dash-Brown Readiness to Diet Scale.
Incentive Systems, Marina Del Rey, CA, 1977
Videocassettes:
1. Brown, R.A. and Crocker, B.: Advanced Techniques in
Psychotherapy: A series of six 30 minute television
Programs. Century Cable, Los Angeles, CA, 1988.
2. Brown, R.A. and Stanford, G.: The Ten Second Difference,
Videocassette. Rogers Cablesystems, Fullerton, CA, 1985.
3. Brown, R.A.: Deep Relaxation, Videocassette. Central
Information Service, Los Angeles, 1978.
Audiocassettes:
1. Brown, R.A. and Stanford, G.: Urban Stress,
Audiocassette. Orange County Today, KORG, 1985.
2. Brown, R.A. and Moss, G.: Adolescent Treatment,
Audiocassette. Search for Mental Health Radio Series,
Forest Hospital Foundation, IL, 1978.
Film:
1. Graham, R., Miller, J. Moss, G. and Brown, R.A.: Mommy,
Daddy, and Us Kids, 50" Film. Cine V.I.P., Orange, CA,
1974.
Additional Photography and Video Production:
Off Broadway Theater Photography, New York City
Photography and Multimedia Production, Event Multi-image, Hollywood
Supervisor of Video Production, University Affiliated Program CHLA
Supervisor of Video Production, Institute for Juvenile Research
Director of Photography, Illinois Wesleyan University