About Dr. Daley
Positions Held
Dr. Daley served in multiple clinical leadership positions for over 30 years in the Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine Services (AMS) at Western Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. These include Chief of AMS, Director of the Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services, Director of the Regional Research and Training Center in the Appalachian Tri-State (ATS) node of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network, and Director of Social Work and Family Studies. During his tenure, AMS expanded into a large continuum of clinical services, established a clinical trials research center, and engaged in training and education of practitioners from all disciplines.
Clinical Care and Consultation
For over 40 years, Dr. Daley was involved in direct clinical care, and developing and managing treatment services for substance use and co-occurring disorders. He developed models of clinical care for relapse prevention, co-occurring disorders, group treatments and motivational therapy.
During his career, Daley consulted with numerous universities, medical centers, treatment programs and other organizations in the U.S. and other countries on clinical and research issues. He continues to teach and provide consultation to several organizations.
Teaching and Education
Dr. Daley provided clinical supervision and education for psychiatric residents, addiction fellows, medical students, and other practitioners for many years. He served as co-director of the Education Core for the VISN 4 Veteran’s Administration Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Care project for over 10 years. Dr. Daley collaborated with numerous treatment organizations and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to present conferences and workshops throughout the U.S.
Dr. Daley presented clinical workshops, grand rounds and lectures on substance use disorders, mental illness and co-occurring disorders throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Taiwan and Vietnam. He also taught graduate and undergraduate courses at several local universities for over 20 years.
Publications
Dr. Daley has more than 500 publications including books, book chapter, recovery guides and workbooks, journal articles and educational videos on substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, recovery, relapse prevention and family issues, among others. He wrote chapters for the major textbooks on addiction, and co-authored a Group Treatment Therapy Manual for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Daley was the first in the U.S. to write interactive recovery workbooks for co-occurring disorders, and one of the first to write workbooks on recovery from substance use disorders. He also authored videos used in treatment programs: Staying Sober, Keeping Straight (relapse prevention), Double Recovery (co-occurring disorders), Living Sober Series #1, #2 and #3 (recovery from substance use disorders), and the Promise of Recovery (recovery from mental health disorders). He writes regular columns for Counselor and other publications. Several of his books and recovery guides are available in foreign languages.
Research
Dr. Daley served as Principal Investigator of the ATS Node of NIDA's Clinical Trials Network (CTN), a national research project. He engaged community providers in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to participate in CTN clinical trials research and education activities. Dr. Daley served as Chairman of the Steering Committee for NIDA's CTN for two years. He participated as an investigator, trainer or consultant on other federally funded clinical trials, including two at McLean Hospital of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Daley also authored or co-authored several treatment manuals involved in clinical trials to test the efficacy of interventions.
Personal Background
He and his wife have 5 adult children and 8 grandchildren. He shares his personal experiences growing up in an addicted family in some of his writings, and his grief related to losing his previous wife of 30 years to cancer.
Dr. Daley lived abroad in Greece and Germany, and traveled in Europe, China and Vietnam. He worked his way through undergraduate and graduate school as a clerk-typist, courier and computer operator for the government in Washington, D.C. Dr. Daley was a member of the first “Upward Bound” class in 1966 and 1967, and spent two consecutive summers during high school at St. Francis College in Loretto, Pa.
He is an avid sports fan and stays in shape by swimming, walking, hiking and trying to beat his grandkids at basketball or hockey. Dr. Daley has lived abroad in Greece and Germany, and traveled in Europe, China and Vietnam. The city of Paris holds a special place in his heart, as he finds it to be one of the most beautiful, charming and interesting places in the world.
As a semi-retired senior citizen, Dr. Daley is a life-long learner. He is a practicing Christian with a strong interest in spiritual growth and making a difference in the lives of others.