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Dolores Gallagher ThompsonAcademic Appointments
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Professor (Research)
Professor (Research) (By courtesy)
School of Education
Professor (Research) (By courtesy)
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NIH Biosketch DocHonors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
M. Powell Lawton
award for distinguished life-time contributions to the field
of Psychology
The Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, San Francisco
August 2007
Volunteer Appreciation
Alzheimer's Association, Greater San Francisco Bay Area chapter
2000, 2002, 2004
Volunteer Appreciation
Self-Help for the Elderly, a service program for Chinese families
2003
Outstanding Mentorship Award
American Psychological Assn, Div. 20 (Adult Development & Aging)
2000
Outstanding Teacher Award
Stanford Univ. School of Education
1992
8 honors and awards: view full list
Administrative Appointments
Title
Organization
Start Year
End Year
Director, Education & Information Transfer Core
Alzheimer's Clinical Research Center of Stanford Univ/VA Palo Alto
2002
2007
Director, Older Adult & Family Center
VA Palo Alto Health Care Center/Stanford Univ.
2000
2007
Core Faculty in Psychology
Stanford Geriatric Education Center
1987
2008
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
Ph.D.
Univ of Southern California
Clinical Psychology & Aging
1979
Certificate of completion
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
pre-doctoral internship
1978
Web Site Links
Research/Lab website:
Older Adult and Family Center
Research Interests
For the past 20 years I have been conducting intervention research to reduce distress in older adults & their family members. Initially (with colleagues) we investigated the efficacy of psychotherapies (cognitive/ behavioral {CBT} & psychodynamic) to treat late-life depression. In the final study in that series we found that CBT was significantly better than anti-depressant medication for short term treatment of major depression. More recently I have focused on the development and evaluation of a psychosocial program "coping with caregiving" that teaches a wide range of coping skills to distressed family caregivers of dementia victims. These programs have shown that the CWC is significantly better than telephone based control conditions in reducing distress & improving quality of life. Currently, materials are available in the Spanish & Chinese languages. We are also part of a multi-site study of effective caregiver interventions(funded by NIA)that enrolled 600 caregivers (African American, Caucasian, & Hispanic/Latino)that just ended. Results will be available in early 2005. Plans are underway to extend these studies to male caregivers of various ethnic groups. Finally, we are collaborating with Dr. David Spiegel to investigate the role of cortisol & other physiological indices of stress to caregivers' overall distress. That work is in progress and results should be available late 2005.
Community and International Work
- Caring for the Caregiver in Japan & China, Tokyo, Beijing More »
- Skill Training for Family Caregivers More »
Publications
- Zeiss, A.,, Gallagher-Thompson, D., Lovett, S., Rose, J., & McKibbin, C. "Self-efficacy as mediator of caregiving coping: Development and testing of an assessment model" Journal of Clinical Geropsychology 5: 3: 221-230 More »
- Coon, D.W., Robinson Shurgot, G., Gillispie, Z., Cardenas, V., Gallagher-Thompson, D. ( "Cognitive-Behavioral Group Interventions" The concise Oxford textbook of psychotherapy More »
- Thompson, L.W., Depp, C., McGee, J.S., Spira, A., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. "Caregiving in later life. For G. Maletta (Ed.)" Comprehensive textbook of geropsychiatry More »
- Gallagher-Thompson, D., Dillinger, J., Gray, H., Cardenas, V., Singer, L., & Hsu, S. "Women’s issues at the end of life. For C. Goodheart (Ed.)" Handbook of the psychology of women and girls More »
- Powers, D.V., Thompson, L., Futterman, A., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. "Depression in later life: Epidemiology, assessment, impact, and treatment. In I.H. Gotlib & C.L. Hammen (Eds.)" Handbook of depression, 3rd ed. 560-580 More »
164 publications: view full list
