Joseph Constans, PhD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

joseph.constans@med.va.gov

Bio

My primary interests concern the development and study of
information-processing models of emotion and emotional disorders. With a particular interest in anxiety, the majority of my research activities have investigated attention, judgment, and memory biases associated with fear-related psychopathology.

Teaching Activities

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

Selected Publications

Constans JI, Barbee JG, Townsend MH and Leffler H, Stability of worry content in GAD patients., Journal of Anxiety Disorders 16(3), 311-319, 2002.

Vasterling JJ, Duke LM, Brailey K, Constans JI, Allain AN, and Sutker PB, Attention, Learning, and Memory Performances and Intellectual Resources in Vietnam Veterans: PTSD and No Disorder Comparisons., Neuropsychology 16, 5-14, 2002.

Stanford MS, Vasterling JJ, Mathias CW, Constans JI and Houston RJ, Impact of Threat Relevance on P300 Event-Related Potentials in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder., Psychiatry Research 102(2), 125-137, 2001.

Constans JI, Worry propensity and the perception of risk., Behaviour Research and Therapy 39(6), 721-729, 2001.

Vasterling JJ, Constans JI & Hanna-Pladdy B, Head injury as a predictor of psychological outcome in combat veterans., Journal of Traumatic Stress 13(3), 441-452, 2000.

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