Psychological Treatment of Medical Patients Struggling with Harmful Substance Use

Julie A. Schumacher, PhD is Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Her work focuses on the intersection of alcohol and other drugs with violence and interpersonal trauma as well as methods for enhancing the dissemination and implementation of evidence based brief interventions for individuals with substance use problems. Daniel C. Williams, PhD is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He earned his M.S. in clinical psychology in 2 4 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 2 7 at the University of Memphis, with an emphasis in adult psychopathology and psychotherapy. He has served as a consultant for the VA Office of Mental Health Services since 2 , training providers in evidence-based psychotherapies. Williams’ research focuses on the implementation of evidence-based practices in health-care systems and qualitative research methodology. His clinical work emphasizes evidence-based interventions for addictive and co-occurring psychiatric disorders.