Introduction
Bartley Christopher Frueh (born 1963) is a clinical psychologist and American author.
Early life and education
Freuh was born in New York City in 1963.He received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Kenyon College in 1985and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Florida in 1992.
Career
Frueh is the Director of Research at The Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas and both Professor and Chair of the Social Sciences Division at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He is also editor of The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic and associate editor for the Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
Formerly, Frueh was a Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He also spent 15 years as a staff psychologist and director of the PTSD Clinic at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina.
Research
The focus of much of Frueh’s research is aimed towards trauma survivors experiencing psychological disorders such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. He has acted as principal investigator on 14 federally funded research projects and co-investigator on over 25 projects. Furthermore, he has authored over 200 peer reviewed papers and book chapters.
Most cited works
- Apparent symptom overreporting in combat veterans evaluated for ptsd
- Special Section on Seclusion and Restraint: Patients' Reports of Traumatic or Harmful Experiences Within the Psychiatric Setting
- Documented combat exposure of US veterans seeking treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
- Recent Advances in Telepsychiatry: An Updated Review
- Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Veterans Affairs primary care clinics
Recent works
Frueh is co-author of Assessment and Treatment Planning for PTSD, a guide providing evidence-based approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD.
Additionally, under the pen name of Christopher Bartley, he is a noir crime novelist who created the hardboiled Ross Duncan Series (They Die Alone, 2013, etc.) set in early 1930s Chicago during the public enemy era.