Dr. Andrea Bergman

Marillac Hall
(718) 990-1550
bergmana@stjohns.edu

Biography
Dr. Bergman received her bachelor’s degree in 1984 from Cornell University, where she majored in Human Development and Family Studies.  She went on to receive her Ph.D. in clinical psychology (child track) from Emory University in 1989 after she completed an APA approved internship in child clinical at the University of Alabama at Birmingham – Medical Consortium.  After receiving her Ph.D., she worked at Elmhurst Hospital Center and Mount Sinai Hospital as a senior psychologist for the schizophrenia research unit.  In 1992 she joined the faculty in the psychology department at St. John’s University as an Assistant Professor, and was awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 1998.
 
Research Interests
Dr. Bergman’s research interests are focused on developmental psychopathology with specific interests in the development and role of cognitive dysfunctions in conditions such as schizophrenia spectrum disorders, personality disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).  She is also interested in phenomenology and comorbidity in psychopathology.  Currently, she is involved in a project examining the relationship between ADHD and substance use in young adults.

Selected Publications
Shaw, B., Popali-Lehane, L., Chaplin, W., & Bergman, A.  Adjustment, social skills, and self-esteem in college students diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Submitted for publication.

Serper, M. and Bergman, A.  (2003).  Psychotic Violence:  Methods, Motives, Madness. Madison, Conn:  Psychosocial Press.

Bergman, A., Silverman, J., Harvey, P., Smith, C., & Siever, L. (2000). Schizotypal symptoms in the relatives of schizophrenic patients:  An empirical analysis of the factor structure.  Schizophrenia Bulletin 26(3).

Serper, M., Bergman, A., Copersino, M., Richarme, D., Allen, M., & Cancro, R.  (2000).  Memory impairment in cocaine abusing schizophrenic patients.  Psychiatry Research, 23, 21-32.

Bergman, A., Harvey, P., Roitman, S., Mohs, R., Marder, D., Silverman, J., & Siever, L. (1998).  Verbal learning and memory in schizotypal personality disorder.  Schizophrenia Bulletin, 24(4), 635-641.

Bergman, A., Wolfson, M., & Walker, E. (1997).  Neuromotor functioning and behavior problems in children at risk for psychopathology.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,25, 229-237.

Roitman, S., Cornblatt, B., Bergman, A., Obuchowski, M., Mitropoulou, B., Keefe, R., Silverman, J., & Siever, L.  (1997).  Attentional functioning in schizotypal personality disorder.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 154, 655-660.

Bergman, A., Harvey, P., Mitropoulou, V., Aronson, A., Marder, D., Silverman, J., Trestmen, R., & Siever, L. (1996).  The factor structure of schizotypal symptoms in a clinical population.  Schizophrenia Bulletin, 22, 501-509.

Bergman, A., & Walker, E. (1995).  The relationship between cognitive functions and behavioral deviance in children at risk for psychopathology.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 36, 265-278.

Bergman, A., O'Brien, J., Osgood, G., & Cornblatt, B. (1995). Distractibility in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 57, 131-140.