Department of Psychology

Frank W. Weathers received his B.A. in Psychology from Butler University in 1984 and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Indiana University in 1990. He completed an internship at the Boston VA Medical Center, then served as a clinical research psychologist at the National Center for PTSD at the Boston VA until joining the Auburn faculty in 1997. His research interests include assessment and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, diagnosis and classification of psychopathology, and social information processing in anxiety, depression, and personality disorders. He has co-authored several widely used assessment measures in the field of traumatic stress, including the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale and the PTSD Checklist. His teaching interests include assessment, psychological trauma, psychopathology, and cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal approaches to psychotherapy.

• 1984, B.A., Butler University
• 1990, Ph.D., Indiana University

• Eakin, D.E., Weathers, F.W., Benson, T.B., Anderson, C.F., & Funderburk, B. (In press). Detection of feigned posttraumatic stress disorder: A comparison of the MMPI-2 and PAI. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
• Briere, J., Weathers, F.W., & Runtz, M. (2005). Is dissociation a multidimensional construct? Data from the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18, 221-231.
• McDevitt-Murphy, M.E., Weathers, F.W., & Adkins, J.W. (2005). The use of the Trauma Symptom Inventory in the assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18, 63-67.
• Krinsley, K.E., Gallagher, J.G., Weathers, F.W., Kutter, C.J., & Kaloupek, D.G. (2003). Consistency of retrospective reporting about exposure to traumatic events. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16, 399-409.
• Weathers, F.W., Keane, T.M., & Davidson, J.R.T. (2001). The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale: A review of the first ten years of research. Depression and Anxiety, 13, 132-156.

• PSYC3560, Abnormal Psychology
• PSYC5960, Psychological Trauma
• PSYC8320, Psychological Assessment of Adults
• PSYC8910, Clinical Practicum