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David M. Clark, DPhil, is currently professor of psychiatry and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, England. He studied experimental psychology at Oxford University, where he received his BA and DPhil. He completed his clinical training at the Institute of Psychiatry (London University), where he received an MPhil in clinical psychology. His first appointment was as lecturer in clinical psychology at Oxford. Other posts have included president of the British Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (1992), president of the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy (1992–1995), and visiting professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania (1991) and City University, London (1992–1995). Awards have included the May Davidson Award (British Psychological Society) and the Behaviour Research and Therapy award for his article titled "A Cognitive Approach to Panic," which was considered the most outstanding article published in that journal between 1965 and 1990. Dr. Clark's research has focused on the effects of mood on information processing and on the role of cognitive factors in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders. In researching anxiety disorders, his strategy has been to use patient interviews and experimental and correlational studies to identify the core cognitive abnormality in a disorder and the factors that normally prevent cognitive change. A specialized form of cognitive therapy that focuses on the core abnormality and its maintaining factors is then developed and evaluated in controlled trials. In collaboration with other researchers, this strategy has helped produce new, effective cognitive–behavioral treatments of panic disorder and hypochondriasis. This strategy is currently being applied to two other anxiety disorders—social phobia and posttraumatic stress disorder. In addition to many journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Clark has coedited two books on cognitive behavior therapy: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychiatric Problems: A Practical Guide (1989) and Science and Practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (1997). |
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