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MORTON A. LIEBERMAN, PHD

Professor, Psychiatry, UCSF

CONTACT

morton.lieberman@ucsf.edu
(415) 476-4785 (voice)
(415) 388-1518 (fax)

Box 0848, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0848

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, 1948-1950, Chemistry
University of Illinois Medical Center, 1954, Clinical Psych.
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Ph.D., 1958, Social Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1956-57

Social Psychologist, V.A. Research Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

1968-69

Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

1973-74

Visiting Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin

1976-78

Chairman, Human Development, University of Chicago

1980-81

Senior Visiting Scientist, Tavistock Institute, London, England

1958-83

Assistant professor to Professor, University of Chicago. Department of Human Development, Psychology and Psychiatry

1987-1998

Director, UCSF Alzheimer's Center

1987-1994

Director, UCSF Aging and Mental Health Program

1983-1999

Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of California

1983-1999

Program Director, Human Development and Aging, UCSF

1983-1999

Program Director, Aging and Mental Health, Alzheimer's Center, UCSF

HONORS & AWARDS

1955-56

USPHS Fellow in Psychology, Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute

1956

Sigma Xi

1963-72

USPHS Research Career Development Investigator

1973-1995

NIH Research Scientist Investigator

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS & MONOGRAPHS

Whitaker, D.S. and M.A. Lieberman. Psychotherapy Through the Group Process. NY: Atherton Press, 1964.

Lakin, M., J. Lomranz and M.A. Lieberman. Arab and Jew in Israel: A case study in a human relations approach to conflict. Explorations in Applied Behavioral Science, No. 2, Washington, D.C., 1969.

Lieberman, M.A., I.D. Yalom and M.B. Miles. Encounter Groups: First Facts. New York: Basic Books, 1973.

Tobin, S. and M.A. Lieberman. Last Home for the Aged: Institutionalization Effects and Their Cause. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1976.

Borman, L. and M.A. Lieberman (Eds.). Special Issue/Self Help Groups. Jossey Bass Press SF 1979

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1976, 12(3).

Lieberman, M.A. and J. Glidewell (Eds.). Special Issue on the Helping Process. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1978, 6(5), 405-411.

Lieberman, M.A. and L. Borman. Self-Help Groups for Coping with Crises: Origins, Members, Processes and Impact. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1979.

Lieberman, M.A. and S. Tobin. The Experience of Old Age: Stress, Coping, and Survival. NY: Basic Books, 1983.

Lieberman, Morton A. Doors Closed, Doors Opened; Widowhood, Grief and Growth. Putnam, 1996.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Lieberman, M. A., Fisher, L. (1999). The Effects of Family Conflict Resolution and Decision Making on the Provision of Help for an Elder with Alzheimer's Disease. Gerontologist, 39(2),159-166.

Lieberman M.A. & Fisher L. (1999). The Impact of a Parent's Dementia on Adult Offspring and Their Spouses: The Contribution of Family Characteristics. Journal of Mental Health & Aging, 5(3), 1-16.

Lieberman M.A. & Fisher L. (1998). Predicting Utilization of Community Services for Patients and Families with Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, (pp.355-381).

Lieberman, M.A. (1998). Multigenerational Families and Mental Illness in Late Life. In J. Lomranz (Ed.), Handbook of Aging & Mental Health (Chapt. 15, pp.175-189). New York: Plenum Press.

Fisher, L & Lieberman, M.A. (1999). A Longitudinal Study of Predictors of Nursing Home Placement for Patients with Dementia: The Contribution of Family Characteristics. Gerontologist, 39(6), 677-686.

Lieberman, M. A., Fisher, L. (1999). The Effects of Family Conflict Resolution and Decision Making on the Provision of Help for an Elder with Alzheimer's Disease. Gerontologist, 39(2),159-166.

Lieberman M.A. & Fisher L. (1999). The Impact of a Parent's Dementia on Adult Offspring and Their Spouses: The Contribution of Family Characteristics. Journal of Mental Health & Aging, 5(3), 1-16.

Lieberman, M. A. & Fisher, L. (2001). The effects of nursing home placement on family of caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The Gerontologist, 41(6),819-826.

Lieberman, M.A. & Humphreys, K. (2001). Self-Help Groups and Substance Abuse. In David Brooks & Henry Spitz (Eds.), The Group Therapy of Substance Abuse. Hayworth Press.

Fisher L & Lieberman MA (2002) Family Support and Burden in Alzheimer's Disease in B. Vellas & A. Garry (Eds.), Facts and Research in Gerontology, Springer

Lieberman, M. A. & Fisher, L. (2001). The effects of nursing home placement on family of caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The Gerontologist, 41(6),819-826.

Lieberman MA Golant M, Giese-Davis J, Winzlenberg A, Benjamin, Humphreys K, Kronenwetter C, Russo S & Spiegel D. Electronic Support Groups for Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study of Effectiveness Cancer, 2002 In Press

Lieberman M.A. & Russo S. Self Help Groups and the Internet ; Breast Cancer Newsgroups International Journal of Self Help & Self Care Vol 1 (4) 279-300, 1999-2000

Lieberman, M.A. & Humphreys, K. (2001). Self-Help Groups and Substance Abuse. In David Brooks & Henry Spitz (Eds.), The Group Therapy of Substance Abuse. Hayworth Press.

Fisher L & Lieberman MA (2002) Family Support and Burden in Alzheimer's Disease in B. Vellas & A. Garry (Eds.), Facts and Research in Gerontology, Springer

Lieberman MA; Golant, M Leader behaviors as perceived by cancer patients in professionally directed support groups and outcomes Group Dynamics. Vol 6(4), Dec 2002, pp. 267-276

Lieberman MA Golant M, Giese-Davis J, Winzlenberg A, Benjamin, Humphreys K, Kronenwetter C, Russo S & Spiegel D. Electronic Support Groups for Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study of Effectiveness Cancer, 2003 Feb. 97(4):920-5

Lieberman, Golant, Wizlenberg, McTavish and Gustafson, Comparisons, Professionally Directed and Self-directed Internet Groups for Women with Breast Cancer, International Journal of Self Help & Self Care Volume 2 Number 3 2004.

Lieberman M, Golant M & Altman T Therapeutic Norms and Patient Benefit; Cancer Patients in Professionally Directed Support Groups. In Press Group Dynamics

Lieberman MA; Golant, M Leader behaviors as perceived by cancer patients in professionally directed support groups and outcomes Group Dynamics. Vol 6(4), Dec 2002, pp. 267-276

Lieberman M.A., Self Management in Online Self Help Groups for Breast Cancer Patients; Finding the Right Group a Speculative Hypothesis. International Journal of Self Help, Vol 4, No.2, 2005

3/15/05

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