Dr. Todd A. Smitherman
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Phone: Arriving August '08
Fax: (662) 915-5398
tsmitherman@residents.umsmed.edu
Peabody Building
University, MS 38677

Education

Ph.D. Auburn University, 2006

M.S. Auburn University, 2002

B.A. Samford University, 2000

Research Areas

Adult anxiety disorders

Headache and chronic pain

Behavioral medicine/health psychology

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles 

Smitherman, T. A., Maizels, M., & Penzien, D. B. (in press). Headache chronification: Screening and behavioral management of comorbid depressive and anxiety disorders. Headache.

Smitherman, T. A. (in press). Titular colonicity in behavior therapy publications. the Behavior Therapist.

O’Bryant, S. E. O., Gavett, B., O’Jile, J. R., Humphreys, J. D., Huerkamp J. K., Smitherman, T. A., et al. (in press). Clinical utility of Trial 1 of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM). Applied Neuropsychology.

Smitherman, T. A., Penzien, D. B., & Rains, J. C. (2007). Challenges of nonpharmacologic interventions in chronic tension-type headache. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 11, 471-477.

Smitherman, T. A., Kendzor, D. E., Grothe, K. B., & Dubbert, P. M. (2007). Promoting physical activity in primary care settings: A review of cognitive and behavioral strategies. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 1, 397-409.

Smitherman, T. A., Huerkamp, J. K., Miller, B. I., Houle, T. T., & O’Jile, J. R. (2007). The relation of depression and anxiety to measures of executive functioning in a mixed psychiatric sample. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 647-654.

McGlynn, F. D., Smitherman, T. A., Hammel, J. C., & Lazarte, A. A. (2007). Component fears of claustrophobia associated with mock magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 367-380.

Baskin, S. M., Lipchik, G. L., & Smitherman, T. A. (2006). Mood and anxiety disorders in chronic headache. Headache, 46(Suppl. 3), 76-87.

Maizels, M., Smitherman, T. A., & Penzien, D. B. (2006). A review of screening tools for psychiatric comorbidity in headache patients. Headache, 46(Suppl. 3), 98-109.

Lipchik, G. L., Smitherman, T. A., Penzien, D. B., & Holroyd, K. (2006). Basic principles and techniques of cognitive-behavioral therapies for comorbid psychiatric symptoms among headache patients. Headache, 46(Suppl. 3), 119-132.

Smitherman, T. A. (2005). Challenge tests and panic disorder: Implications for clinical assessment. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 36, 510-516.

Smitherman, T. A. (2005). Student involvement within ABCT. the Behavior Therapist, 28, 163-164.

Lawyer, S. R., & Smitherman, T. A. (2004). Trends in anxiety assessment. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 26, 101-106.

McGlynn, F. D., Smitherman, T. A., & Gothard, K. D. (2004). Comment on the status of systematic desensitization. Behavior Modification, 28, 194-205.

Smitherman, T. A. (2003). Naming the change of AABT: Implications for recruitment and treatment utilization. the Behavior Therapist, 26, 366, 368.

Smitherman, T. A., & Chew, S. L. (2000). Perceived responsibility of date rape as a function of sexism and victim characteristics. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. CD-ROM. 

Book Chapters

Smitherman, T. A. (in press). Anxiety disorders. In S. F. Davis & W. Buskist (Eds.), 21^st century psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.

McGlynn, F. D., Smitherman, T. A., & Mulfinger, A. M. M. (2006). Anxiety and fear. In M. Hersen (Ed.), Clinician’s handbook of adult behavioral assessment (pp. 189-208). New York: Elsevier.

 McGlynn, F. D., Smitherman, T. A., & Hammel, J. C. (2004). Panic, agoraphobia, and generalized anxiety disorder. In M. Hersen (Ed.), Psychological assessment in clinical practice: A pragmatic guide (pp. 35-59). New York: Brunner-Routledge.

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