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Donald M Dougherty, Ph.D.
Professor
Psychiatry
Dr. Donald Dougherty's research interests are focused on understanding impulsive behaviors, with primary emphasis on problems associated with drug abuse and suicidality.
Current projects include examining how drug abuse and early stressful life events adversely affect adolescent development of impulse control, and their relationship to the development of other adolescent psychopathology.
Additionally, his interests include the identification of biological and behavioral risk factors for child and adult psychopathology.
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Professional Background
Education
- 1992 - PhD - Experimental Psychology - Ohio University
- 1990 - MS - Experimental Psychology - Ohio University
- 1987 - AS - Airway Science - Alabama Aviation & Technical College
- 1985 - BS - Psychology (Cum Laude) - Bridgewater College
- Postdoctoral Training - Summer Training Program in fMRI - University of Michigan
- Postdoctoral Training - Psychopharmacology - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Appointments
- 9/2015 - Director, Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation Program - University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 9/2015 - Chair, Psychiatry Vision Committee - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 2/2014 - Chair, Psychiatry's Promotions, Tenure, and Appointments Committee - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 1/2013 - Chair, Resident Research and Quality Improvement Day - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 12/2012 - Chair, Internal Review Committee for our Institution's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 6/2012 - Deputy Chair for Research - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Psychiatry, San Antonio
- 1/2012 - Professor - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Pharmacology, San Antonio
- 9/2010 - Vice Chairman for Research - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 9/2009 - Chief, Division of Neurobehavioral Research - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Psychiatry, San Antonio
- 9/2009 - Chair, Psychiatry Research Steering Committee - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 9/2008 - Chair, Grant/Paper Workgroup - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 12/2007 - William & Marguerite Wurzbach Distinguished Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Psychiatry, San Antonio
- 10/2007 - Professor (Tenured) - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Psychiatry, San Antonio
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Instruction & Training
- 8/2013 - Present, Post-Doctoral Student Supervision, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 5/2013 - Present, Post-Doctoral Student Supervision, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 8/2011 - Present, Post-Doctoral Student Supervision, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 9/2010 - Present, Grant Writing for New Investigators Seminar (Co-organizer), UTHSCSA
- 8/2010 - Present, Post-Doctoral Student Supervision, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 3/2010 - Present, Membership on Supervising Committee, National University of Cordoba
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Research & Grants
Grants
Federal
Funding Agency NIAAA Title Minority Supplement for ?Binge Drinking: Individual Differences in the Capacity to Alter Drinking Patterns? Status Active Period - Present Role Principal Investigator Grant Detail Funding Agency Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Title Phosphatidylethanol and Other Ethanol Consumption Markers Status Active Period 9/2013 - 6/2017 Role Co-Principal Investigator Grant Detail This study is designed to characterize and validate phosphatidylethanol as a biomarker for alcohol consumption and then determine how it alone (and in combination with 3 other alcohol biomarkers) can be used to identify an individual's level and pattern of drinking Funding Agency National Institute of Drug Abuse Title Minority Supplement:Relating Brain Maturation to Impulse Control and Substance Use Development Status Active Period 5/2013 - 4/2017 Role Co-Principal Investigator Grant Detail Funding Agency National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Drug Abuse Title Relating Brain Maturation to Impulse Control and Substance Use Development Status Active Period 6/2012 - 4/2017 Role Co-Principal Investigator Grant Detail The objectives of this study are to identify relationships between maturation of frontostriatal circuitry, impulse control development, and progression of substance use involvement across adolescence. Funding Agency National Institute on Drug Abuse Title Consequences of Adolescent Substance Use on the Development of Impulse Control Status Active Period 5/2010 - 2/2016 Role Principal Investigator Grant Detail This grant is designed to determine when, how, and to what extent individual differences in impulse control and family histories of substance use disorders contribute to the initiation of substance use, and how subsequent substance use affects developmental trajectories of impulse control.
State
Funding Agency DHHS Title Providing an Intervention for a Targeted Behavioral Health Population to Prevent Unnecessary Use of Services in the Criminal Justice System Status Active Period 9/2013 - 12/2016 Role Principal Investigator Grant Detail This grant delivers an innovative treatment to reduce recidivism in alcohol-related driving offenses among legally indigent adults.
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Publications
Abstract
Acheson A, Kochunov P, Rowland L, Witjenburg A, Mathias CW, Dougherty DM. Impaired frontostriatal white matter development in children with family histories of substance use disorders; 2013 Jun. (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research; vol. 36, no. S2). Cates SE, Hill-Kapturczak N., Mathias CW., Dougherty DM. Effectiveness of contingency management treatment of binge drinking utilizing secure continuous remote alcohol monitors (SCRAM); 2013 Jun. (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research; vol. 36, no. S2). Galv?o Y, Mathias CW, Sheftall AH, Olvera RL, Sallum I, Dougherty DM. Different types of suicidal thoughts among adolescent psychiatric patients who drink alcohol; 2013 Jun. (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research; vol. 36, no. S2). Hernandez DL, Ford AN, Charles NE, Mathias CW, Acheson A, Dougherty DM. Children with family histories of alcohol use disorders show a difference in delay discounting and behavioral functioning; 2013 Jun. (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research; vol. 36, no. s2). Ford AN, Charles NE, Mathias CW, Acheson A, Dougherty DM. Reduced amplitude P3 and externalizing psychopathology in young adolescents at risk for developing substance use disorders; 2013 Jun. (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research; vol. 36, no. S2). Olvera RL, Sheftall, A., Mathias CW, Dougherty DM. Gender and Ethnicity Differences in Reported Suicide Attempt and Self Harm in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Adolescents; 2012 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 59th Annual Meeting).
Book Chapter
Duffing TM, Greiner SG, Mathias CW, Dougherty DM. Stress, Substance Abuse, and Addiction. In: Pariante CM, Bluhm DL. Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience: Behavioral Neurobiology of Stress-Related Disorders. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag GmbH; 2014. p. 237-264. Cornette MM, Mathias CW, Marsh DM, deRoon-Cassini TA, Dougherty DM. Cognition and suicide. In: A. Shrivastava, M. T. Kimbrell, D. Lester (Eds.). Suicide from a Global Perspective: Psychosocial Approaches. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers; 2011. p. 27-32.
Journal Article
Mullen J, Ryan SR, Mathias CW, Dougherty DM. Treatment Needs of Driving While Intoxicated Offenders: The Need for a Multimodal Approach to Treatment Traffic Inj Prev 2015 Jan;16(7):637-644. James LM, Mathias CW, Bray BC, Cates SE, Farris SJ, Dawes MA, Hill-Kapturczak N, Dougherty DM. Acquisition of rater agreement for the Stressful Life Events Schedule Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence 2013 Jul;1(5):1-5. Sheftall AH, Mathias CW, Furr RM, Dougherty DM. Adolescent attachment security, family functioning, and suicide attempts Attach Hum Dev 2013 Apr;15(4):368-383. Leffingwell, TR, Cooney, NJ, Murphy, JG, Luczak, S, Rosen, G, Dougherty DM, Barnett, NP. Continuous objective monitoring of alcohol use: Twenty-first century measurement using transdermal sensors Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2013 Jan;37:16-22. Dougherty DM, Mathias CW, Dawes MA, Furr RM, Charles NE, Liguori A, Shannon EE, Acheson A. Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2013 Jan;226:307-319. Mathias CW, Furr RM, Sheftall AH, Hill-Kapturczak N, Crum P, Dougherty DM. What is the harm in asking about suicidal ideation? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 2012 Jan;42:341-351. Mathias CW, Blumenthal TD, Dawes MA, Liguori A, Richard DM, Bray BB, Tong W, Dougherty DM. Failure to sustain prepulse inhibition in adolescent marijuana users Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011 Jan;116:110-116. Acheson A, Richard DM, Mathias CW, Dougherty DM. Adults with a family history of alcohol related problems are more impulsive on measures of response initiation and response inhibition Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011 Jan;117(2-3):198-203. Dougherty DM, Richard DM, James LM, Mathias CW. Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on three different types of behavioral impulsivity International Journal of Tryptophan Research 2010 Jun;3:99-111. Dougherty DM, Mathias CW, Marsh-Richard DM, Furr RM, Nouvion SO, Dawes MA. Distinctions in behavioral impulsivity: Implications for substance abuse research Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 2009 Jun;8(2):61-73. Gauthier KJ, Furr RM, Mathias CW, Marsh-Richard DM, Dougherty DM. Differentiating impulsive and premeditated aggression: self and informant perspectives among adolescents with personality pathology Journal of Personality Disorders 2009 Feb;23(1):76-84. Marsh-Richard DM, Hatzis ES, Mathias CW, Venditti N, Dougherty DM. Adaptive Visual Analog Scales (AVAS): a modifiable software program for the creation, administration, and scoring of visual analog scales Behavior Research Methods 2009 Feb;41(1):99-106. Dawes MA, Mathias C, Richard DM, Hill-Kapturczak N, Dougherty DM. Adolescent Suicidal Behavior and Substance Use: Developmental Mechanisms Subst Abuse 2008 Oct;2:13-28. Dougherty DM, Mathias CW, Marsh DM, Jagar AA. Laboratory behavioral measures of impulsivity Behavior Research Methods 2005 Jan;37:82-90. Dougherty DM, Bjork JM, Moeller FG, Harper RA, Marsh DM, Mathias CW, Swann AC. Familial transmission of Continuous Performance Test behavior: attentional and impulsive response characteristics Journal of General Psychology 2003 Jan;130(1):5-21.
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Acheson A, Kochunov P, Rowland L, Witjenburg A, Mathias CW, Dougherty DM. Impaired frontostriatal white matter development in children with family histories of Substance Use Disorders Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2013 Jan;140.