Associate Professor
Marillac Hall, SB15-9
Voice: (718) 990-5560
Fax: (718) 990-5926
McDermuw@stjohns.edu
Biography
Dr. McDermut received his PhD in clinical psychology from
American University in 1995. He completed his internship at Brown
University’s Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium. He
completed a two year post-doctoral fellowship at Brown University’s
School of Medicine. After receiving a Young Investigator Award from
the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression,
he was appointed to Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Brown
University’s School of Medicine. He then taught psychology for two
years in a newly developed graduate program at William Paterson
University in Wayne, New Jersey, before coming to St John’s
University in 2001. He completed another post-doctoral fellowship
in Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy at the Albert Ellis Institute
from 2002 to 2004.
Research Interests
Dr. McDermut has conducted research on addictions and cognitive
factors in anxiety and depression. He has diverse research
interests in the area of mood disorders, including psychosocial
treatment, family functioning, comorbidity, and psychobiology, as
they relate to depression. More recently, his research has focused
on the validity of psychiatric diagnoses, especially personality
disorders, and the role of anger disorders in the psychiatric
nomenclature. His current research endeavors are devoted to the
assessment of and conceptualization of personality disorders and
psychopathology more broadly.