Author Archives: George Holden

Dr. Jasper Smits, Associate Professor of Psychology, was interviewed yesterday about his current anxiety treatment research on Channel 33 news. See the story at: http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-smu-anxiety-study-story,0,1145395.story Continue reading →

Professor Michael Telch from U.T.-Austin will be giving a talk “Prospective Investigation of Vulnerability Factors for Combat Stress Reaction Among Soldiers Deployed to Iraq” on Dec. 11 at 12:30 in the Family Research Center’s conference room, Expressway Tower, Suite 1100. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Our doctoral program in Clinical Psychology has just been accredited by the American Psychological Association for a five year period, effective May 19, 2009. The next APA review of the program will be in 2014. Continue reading →

Professor George Holden has recently published a book entitled Parenting: A dynamic perspective (Sage). Continue reading →

Thomas Ritz and Alicia Meuret, both faculty members in Psychology, have received a four year $1.4 million grant to test the effectiveness of a breathing procedure to help individuals with asthma. David Rosenfield, who is also in the Psychology Department, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A new psychology dissertation format was approved by the Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies, Dr. James Quick. Dissertations will now consist of two manuscripts: a literature review and a data-based study. Both manuscripts will be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The research of Alicia Meuret, Ph.D. of the Psychology Department, concerning deep breathing during panic attacks, was recently featured on the SMU Research blog. She found that those individuals who follow the convention wisdom about deep breathing during attacks only … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A total of 160 individuals attended the conference on parent education held at SMU on July 15th. The Family Research Center, Department of Psychology, was one of the major sponsors of the successful event. For photo and information from the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dr. Alan Brown, Professor of Psychology, was selected by Peter Moore, Dean ad interim of Dedman College to serve as the Associate Dean ad interim. Congratulations to Alan! Continue reading →

On July 15, the Family Research Center at SMU will be co-sponsoring a one day conference at SMU entitled Parent Education in the Metroplex: Best practices, best results. This conference is free and open to the public. To learn more … Continue reading → Continue reading →