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Professional Activities
Current Positions:
Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Social
Work, and Chief of Addiction Medicine Services (AMS) at Western
Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. WPIC is one of the leading psychiatric
institutions in the country, and is internationally known for research
in the basic sciences and clinical care. AMS has over 25 treatment,
research, student assistance, prevention and intervention programs. AMS
serves thousands of clients each year in psychiatric hospital,
residential, partial hospital, intensive outpatient and outpatient
programs.
Dr. Daley has been with WPIC since 1986 and is involved in clinical
care, teaching and research. He previously served as Director of Family
Studies and Social Work at WPIC. Dr. Daley and colleagues were one of
the first groups in the country to develop integrated treatment program
for patients with mental disorders combined with substance use disorders
(co-occurring or dual disorders).
Teaching:
As a faculty member at WPIC, Dr. Daley is involved in clinical teaching
of medical students, psychiatric residents, and graduate students in the
behavioral sciences. He is Associate Professor in the School of Social
Work at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Daley is Co-Director of the
Education Core for the VISN 4 Veteran Administration’s Mental Illness
Research, Education and Clinical Care project, a joint project between
the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh VA Medical Centers.
He was an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Individual and
Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University from 1979-1989, and
in the Department of Sociology at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania
from 1989-2000. He taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate
courses over this twenty-one year period. Dr. Daley has presented
lectures and clinical workshops in the areas of addiction, mental
illness and dual disorders (addiction combined with mental illness) in
over 30 States, Canada and Europe. He frequently presents at national,
state and local conferences, treatment centers and universities. Dr.
Daley has provided training programs for the United States Navy, Air
Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Clinical Care:
Dr. Daley has been involved in developing and managing treatment
services for addiction and dual disorders for over twenty-seven years.
He has developed models of clinical care in the areas of relapse
prevention, dual disorders, group treatment and motivational therapy.
Dr. continues to provide individual and family therapy to a small number
of patients.
Publications:
Dr. Daley has over 225 publications including books, book chapters,
recovery guides, journal articles and educational films on dual
disorders, recovery, relapse prevention, and family issues. Dr. Daley
has also authored recovery materials for children and adolescents.
His educational and recovery materials for clients and families are
viewed as informative, user friendly and very helpful in the recovery
process. They are used in many treatment programs in the United States,
Canada and Europe, and several have been translated to foreign
languages. Over two million copies of his recovery materials are in
print.
He has written treatment and counseling manuals for clinicians on mental
illness, addiction, relapse prevention, cocaine addiction, treatment
adherence, family treatment, and group counseling. Over 100,000 copies
of his professional materials are in print. Dr. Daley has also written
chapters for major textbooks on addiction including the American Society
on Addiction Medicine’s Principles of Addiction Medicine, and the
American Psychiatric Press’s Textbook on Substance Abuse. He has also
written publications for the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Dr. Daley has written over thirty educational videos for patients and
families including the Living Sober I (8 videos on early recovery
issues), Living Sober II (6 videos on middle recovery issues) and Living
Sober III (5 videos on motivation and compliance) interactive video
programs, the Promise Of Recovery, (an 11-video program on recovery from
psychiatric illness), and Double Trouble, which addresses addiction and
mood disorders). He is featured in several of Hazelden’s educational
videos in the “Dual Diagnosis Series,” and is consulted with Hazelden on
Suicide and Addiction and Schizophrenia and Addiction. He authored a new
workbook in Hazelden’s “Dual Diagnosis Series” on Understanding Suicide
and Addiction, and has updated numerous workbooks and pamphlets in this
series.
Research:
Dr. Daley has been or is currently a Principal Investigator,
Co-Principal Investigator, Investigator, consultant or trainer on ten
research studies sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism related to
treatment of individuals with alcoholism, cocaine addiction, other
substance disorders, depression, bipolar illness or other psychiatric
disorders. He is a consultant to two federally funded research projects:
one at McLean Hospital of the Harvard Medical School, involving the
treatment of patients with bipolar disorder and addiction, one at
Spalding University addressing treatment of adolescent alcohol abuse.
Consultation:
Dr. Daley has also consulted with numerous treatment programs in the
U.S. and Europe, and is currently a consultant and trainer for a dual
diagnosis program for incarcerated youth who have substance use and
psychiatric disorders. This program was recently named “Program of the
Year for 2002” by the The Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole
and Corrections. He is also a consultant to the University of Pittsburgh
Athletic Department.
Personal Bits and Pieces of Information
· Married for over 27 years with a 21-year-old son and 18 year old
daughter. I really enjoy hanging out and traveling with my family.
· Veteran of the United States Army and served in the United States and
Germany.
· Worked my way through undergraduate and graduate school by working for
the government in the Washington, D.C. area as a clerk-typist, courier
and computer operator.
· Member of the very first “Upward Bound” class in 1966 and 1967, and
spent two consecutive summers during high school at St. Francis College
in Loretto, Pa. I believe this experience had a very profound impact on
me in terms of helping be become interested and motivated to eventually
attend college. Prior to Upward Bound I was doing rather poorly in
school.
· Always loved sports of all kinds, especially basketball, hockey and
football. To this day I enjoy playing hoops, especially beating the
youngsters in my driveway (only 2 losses in 14 years). I love college
sports, especially the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament.
· Love to travel in the U.S. and overseas. I lived in Germany for one
year, Greece for a summer, and have traveled a bit throughout Europe. My
favorite city is Paris, France. It is one of the most beautiful,
charming and interesting cities in the world.
· Things I really enjoy: making a difference in peoples’ lives through
my professional work and writings for clients and their families. I love
to read all types of non-fiction and fiction. I enjoy most types of
music, especially old time rock n’ roll, classical, jazz, some new age
and bluegrass. I also love to write and am teaching myself to write
fiction.
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