Phillip Brantley



Clinical Area

PRESENT POSITIONS

Professor and Chief, Primary Care Research Laboratory
Director, Division of Educational Programs
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University
6400 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-763-3046
Fax: 225-763-3045
Email: BrantlPJ@pbrc.edu

Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychology
Louisiana State University

Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Internal Medicine
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

EDUCATION

1971-1975
Georgia College
Miledgeville, Georgia
Major: Psychology
Received B.A., June 1975

1975-1980
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Received M.S., August 1977
Received Ph.D., December 1980


RESEARCH INTERESTS

My primary area of research examines factors which moderate psychosocial adaptation and treatment adherence in individuals with chronic medical conditions including diabetes, hypertension, chronic pain and obesity. Much of my research has focused on stressful life events and their impact on disease and health behaviors such as diet, physical activity and medication adherence. My contribution to the psychological literature has included the development of instruments for assessing what most people would label as minor daily annoyances (e.g., driving in heavy traffic, arguing with a co-worker) and the demonstration that these events are associated with poor health outcomes and increases in high risk health behaviors. I am currently funded by two NIH grants. One of the grants, on which I am Co-Principal Investigator, involves translational research, i.e., adapting methods shown to be effective for weight loss in clinical trials for use in general medical clinics. I am the Principal Investigator on the other grant which compares personal counseling techniques versus internet based interventions for maintaining dietary and exercise adherence in adults who have lost weight.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Brantley, P. J., & Martin, P. D. (in press). Stress, coping and social support. In J.M. Raczynski, L.A. Bradley, & L.B. Leverton (Eds.), Health and Behavior (Volume 2). Washington: APA Books.

• Brantley, P.J., O'Hea, E.L., Jones, G.N., & Mehan, D.J. (2002). The influence of income and ethnicity on coping strategies in a primary care population. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 24(1), 39-45.

• Brantley, P.J., & Ames, S.C. (2001). Psychobiology of health and disease. In H.E. Adams & P.B. Sutker (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of psychopathology (3rd ed., pp. 777-795). New York: Plenum.

• Scarinci, I.C., Ames, S.C., & Brantley, P.J. (1999) Chronic minor stressors and major life events experienced by low-income patients attending primary care clinics: A longitudinal examination. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22,143-156.

• Brantley, P. J., Scarinci, I. C., Carmack, C. L., Boudreaux, E., Streiffer, R. H., Rees, A. C., & Givler, D. N. (1999). Prevalence of high-risk behaviors and obesity among low-income patients attending primary care clinics in Louisiana. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society, 121, 126-135.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

• Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology

• Assessment and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Adults, Adolescents, and Children Referred by Physicians in Primary Care Medical Settings

• Most Typical Referrals Involve Depression, Anxiety Disorders, or Disease Management

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