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 treatments for depression, and family functioning, comorbidity, and psychobiology, as they relate to depression. More recently, he has conducted research on subtypes of depressive disorders, personality disorders, and the assessment of psychopathology and personality.
Selected Publications
McDermut, W., Chelminski, I., & Zimmerman, M. (2003). The construct validity of Depressive Personality Disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1, 49-60.
Zimmerman, M., Chelminski, I., & McDermut, W. (2002). Major Depressive Disorder and axis I diagnostic comorbidity. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 63, 187-193.
McDermut, W., Alves, J., Miller, I.W., & Keitner, G.I. (2001). Family treatment of major
depression and the McMaster Model of family functioning. In M. MacFarlane [Ed.] Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice, Haworth Press, New York, pp. 83-108.
McDermut, W., Miller, I.W., Solomon, D., Ryan, C.E., & Keitner, G.I. (2001). Family functioning and suicidality in depressed adults. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 42, 96-104.
McDermut, W., Miller, I.W., & Brown, R.A. (2001). The efficacy of group psychotherapy for
depression: A meta-analysis and review of the literature. Clinical Psychology: Science
and Practice, 8, 98-116.
McDermut, W., Mattia, J. I., & Zimmerman, M. (2000). Comorbidity burden and its impact on
psychosocial morbidity in depressed outpatients. Journal of Affective Disorders, 65, 289-295.
Zimmerman, M., McDermut, W., & Mattia, J. I. (2000). Comorbidity of anxiety disorders in
major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157, 1337-1340.
Miller, I.W., McDermut, W., Gordon, K.C., Keitner, G.I., Ryan, C.E., Norman, W., & Solomon, D. (2000). Personality and family functioning in families of depressed patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, 539-545.
McDermut, W., & Haaga, D.A.F. (1998). Effect of stage of change on cue reactivity in continuing smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 6, 316-324.