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    Declan Barry, PhD

    Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center
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    Director of Pain Treatment Services, APT Foundation

    Director of Research, APT Foundation

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    Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center

    Director of Pain Treatment Services, APT Foundation; Director of Research, APT Foundation

    Biography

    Dr. Barry is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine. He is Research Director at the APT Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit community based organization affiliated with Yale that is one of the largest providers of medication for opioid use disorder in Southern New England. He is the Founding Director of the APT Foundation Pain Treatment Services, a research-based training clinic that offers interdisciplinary treatment to individuals with chronic pain and opioid use disorder, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, exercise-based interventions, complementary and integrative health approaches, and pharmacotherapy.

    Dr. Barry has trained and supervised Yale psychiatry, psychology, and nursing fellows; physician associates; and social workers, as well as non-Yale interns from master’s counseling programs on interdisciplinary treatment approaches for chronic pain and opioid use disorder.

    His research is aimed at:

    1. Developing and evaluating treatments for co-occurring opioid use disorder and chronic pain.
    2. Examining the role of sociocultural, psychological, and biologic al factors in the occurrence and treatment of pain and addictions.

    Dr. Barry has published over one hundred peer-reviewed articles. He is currently a multiple principal investigator on 2 NIH funded studies (U01 HL150596-01 and RM1 DA055310-01).

    Dr. Barry is Co-Editor of (1) Substance Use Disorder Section at Pain Medicine and (2) Pain and Addiction Section at Current Addiction Reports. He is also the Associate Editor of the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.



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    Education & Training

    Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology
    Yale School of Medicine (2003)
    PhD
    University of Toledo, Clinical Psychology (2000)
    Predoctoral Fellow in Psychology
    Yale Psychiatric Institute (2000)
    MA
    University of Toledo, Clinical Psychology (1996)

    Research

    Overview

    NIH-Funded Studies

    (a)The Collaboration Linking Opioid Use Disorder and Sleep ("CLOUDS") Study is a longitudinal study that examines the associations between sleep, substance use, pain, and psychiatric factors among patients receiving medication for opioid use disorder.

    (b) Stepped Care for Patients to Optimize Whole Recovery ("SC-POWR) is a clinical trial that examines the relative effectiveness of treatment-as-usual for patients with chronic pain and opioid use disorder in opioid treatment programs comprising medication for opioid use disorder and brief counseling versus treatment-as-usual enhanced by a stepped-care approach involving cognitive-behavioral therapy, exercise, and stress management.

    APT-funded Studies

    My colleagues and I are conducting mixed method studies to better understand the clinical needs of patients with opioid use disorder with and without chronic pain and the experiences of their care providers.

    Medical Research Interests

    Chronic Pain; Culture; Opioid-Related Disorders; Psychiatry and Psychology; Psychotherapy; Substance-Related Disorders

    Public Health Interests

    Chronic Diseases

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Declan Barry's published research.

    Publications

    2024

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    Psychiatry

    495 Congress Avenue, 2nd floor

    New Haven, CT 06519

    United States