Colin Mahoney, Ph.D
Assistant Professorcolinmahoney@unm.edu
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Idaho State University
Areas of Expertise
- Co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD)
- Violence against women (i.e., sexual assault, IPV, community violence)
- Military trauma among veterans (i.e., combat trauma, MST)
- Integrated trauma-focused treatments
- Mixed methods
- Advanced longitudinal modeling
- Content/thematic analysis
Primary Research Area
My research focuses on identifying risk, maintenance, and protective factors for the symptoms and diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) among women, particularly marginalized and minority women, following exposure to interpersonal violence (i.e., sexual violence, intimate partner violence [IPV], community violence) and among veterans of all gender identities following exposure to military trauma (e.g., combat trauma, military sexual trauma [MST]) through (1) experimental, (2) prospective, and (3) qualitative studies. The intention is to investigate these processes to inform, enhance, and develop evidence-based assessments and treatments for co-occurring PTSD and SUD. I am particularly interested in using this knowledge to develop behavioral assessment tools as well as conduct clinical trials testing the efficacy of culturally relevant, brief face-to-face interventions and digital health interventions.
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