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1981, PhD, Experimental Psychology, University of South Florida Lawrence (Larry) Schonfeld is Professor and Chair of the Department of Aging and Mental Health Disparities at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. Previously he served as Department Chair (1989-1992), Assistant Chair (1987-1989), and director of treatment programs for older adults with substance abuse problems or mental illness (1984-1989). He is Principal Investigator/Evaluator of the "Florida BRITE Project" (BRief Intervention and Treatment for Elders) under contract with the Florida Department of Children and Families Substance Abuse Program Office funded through a $14 million "SBIRT" grant from SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. BRITE is offered by 18 provider agencies throughout Florida to identify and serve elders with problems related to alcohol, prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, or illicit drug use. He is co-PI on a longitudinal study of depression in older adults known as the BRITE-Depression Project funded by NIMH (Amber Gum, P.I.) and co-PI on the Florida Elder Abuse Survey project funded by the National Institute of Justice (Laurence Branch, P.I.) to develop and test methods for detection of elder abuse and neglect. In addition to serving on national expert panels, Schonfeld is on the Board of Directors of the West Central Florida Area Agency on Aging and is a member of the Florida Substance Abuse Prevention Advisory Council. He is major professor for students in the Ph.D. Program in the School of Aging Studies and teaches Gerontological Research and Planning to master's level students. He is also Courtesy Professor in Psychology. Research interests include: substance abuse relapse prevention, elder abuse, and behavior problems in assisted living facilities and nursing homes. He also maintains the website for the Gerontological Society of America's interest group on "Aging, Alcohol, and Addictions." Recent publications include: (Full Curriculum Vita) Molinari, V., Kallimanis, B., Volicer, L., Brown, L., & Schonfeld, L. (in press). Wandering behavior in nursing home residents with psychiatric diagnoses. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Schonfeld, L., Larsen, R.G. and Stiles, P.G. (2006) Behavioral health services utilization among older adults identified within a state abuse hotline database. The Gerontologist, 46, 193-199. Jang, Y., Bergman, E., Schonfeld, L., & Molinari, V. (2006). Depressive symptoms among older residents in assisted living facilities. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 63(4), 299-315. Jang, Y., Bergman, E., Schonfeld, L., & Molinari, V. (2007). Health perceptions and depressive symptoms among older residents in assisted living facilities. Journal Aging and Health. 19, 439-452. Schonfeld, L., King-Kallimanis, B., Brown, L.M., Davis, D.M., Kearns, W.D., Werner, D.H., Beattie, E.R., and Nelson, A.L. (2007) Wanderers with Cognitive Impairment in VA Nursing Home Care Units. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59, 692-699. Schonfeld, L., Brown, L.M. and Molinari, V.A. (2007) Behavior management of wandering behavior: Staff training issue. In A.L. Nelson and D.A. Algase (Eds.) Evidence-based protocols for managing wandering behaviors. NY: Springer Publishing, pp. 195-214. Belanger, H.G., King-Kallimanis, B., Nelson, A.L., Schonfeld, L., Scott, S.G., Vanderploeg, R.D. (2008) Characterizing wandering behaviors in persons with traumatic brain injury residing in VA nursing homes. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 29, 244-250.. Dupree, L.W., Schonfeld, L., Dearborn-Harshman, K., and Lynn, N. (2007) A relapse prevention model for older alcohol abusers. In D. Gallagher-Thompson, A.M. Steffen, and L.W. Thompson (Eds) Handbook of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies With Older Adults. Springer Publishing, pp. 61-75. Contact Information: |
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