Mac was awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression to study the Suicidal-activation process in persons suffering from Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Schizoaffective Disorder. He continues to work on two other grants, one from the American Foundation for suicide Prevention, the other from HUD, totaling $340,000 dealing with Suicide in Schizophrenia. He was Editor-in-Chief of Cognitive & Behavioral Practice: A Journal of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He received an Award of Recognition from the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy for Distinguished Service as Editor-in-Chief. He was elected to Fellow Status of Division 42 (Independent Practice) of the American Psychological Association. He completed his 10th year on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and was elected to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Psychology.
He also provided seven gratis evaluations for suicidal patients at Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry and the Montgomery County Emergency Services. He served on the Program Committee for the Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He also served on the APA Division 12-Section 3 (Society of Clinical Psychology as a Science) Selection committee for dissertation of the Year. In addition, he served as a grant reviewer for the American Foundation for Suicide prevention. He served as reviewer for 35 manuscripts in very distinguished journals in clinical psychology. Moreover, he reviewed and edited 102 papers for the final three issues of Volume 7 of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. He also served as Chairperson of doctoral dissertation committees of six MCP-Hahnemann students.
Turner, R.M. (2000). Naturalistic evaluation of dialectical behavior therapy for suicide attempts in borderline personality disorder patients. Cognitive & Behavioral Practice, 7,450-462.
Turner, R.M., Barnett, B.E., & Korslund, K.E. (2000). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In (M. Hersen & M. Biaggio, Eds.) Effective Brief Therapies, pp. 117-137. New York: Academic Press.
Turner, R.M. (2000). Understanding dialectical behavior therapy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 149-168.
Simpson, G., Josiassen, R.C., Stanilla, J., deLeon, J., Nair, C., Abraham, G., Odom-White, A. & Turner, R.M. (2000). A long-term double blind dose response study of clozapine in chronic treatment refractory schizophrenic patients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 57, 490-502.
Brown, J.G. and Turner, R.M. (20000). The Supportive Housing Approach to Improving Consumer Satisfaction. Proceedings of the 12th Annual convention of American Psychological Society. Washington, D.C.: APS.
Osman, D.A. and Turner, R.M. (2000) Supportive Housing and the Reduction in Mental Health Services Utilization. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Washington, D.C.: APS.
Chapman, J.E. and Turner, R.M. (2000). The Philadelphia Supportive Housing Study:
Long-Term Impact of Supportive Housing on Consumers’ quality of Life. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Washington, D.C.: APS.
Pflugfelder, S.J. and Turner, R.M. (2000). Improving Social Adjustment Through The Application of Supportive Housing services. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Washington, D.C.: APS.
Chapman, J.E., Bolton, C., Brown, J.G. Brooks, C.A., Westendorf, M., & Turner, R.M. (June, 2000). Dimensions of the Quality of Life Inventory. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association. Miami: AEA.
Turner, R.M. (2000). Using the Structured Interview for Suicide in Schizophrenia-4 (ISIS-4) to Assess Suicide Vulnerability in Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. Workshop presented at the Sixteenth National Assertive Community Treatment Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 14, 2000.
Turner, R.M. (2000). Overcoming the Heartbreak of Submission Phobia. Workshop presented at the Sixteenth National Assertive Community Treatment Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 15, 2000.
Brown, J.G. and Turner, R.M. (2000). The supportive Housing Approach to Improving Consumer Satisfaction. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Miami, June 22, 2000.
Osman, D.A. and Turner, R.M. (2000) Supportive Housing and the Reduction in Mental Health Services Utilization. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Miami, June 22, 2000.
Chapman, J.E. and Turner, R.M. (2000). The Philadelphia Supportive Housing Study: Long-Term Impact of Supportive Housing on Consumers’ quality of Life. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Miami, June 22, 2000.
Pflugfelder, S.J. and Turner, R.M. (2000). Improving social Adjustment Through The Application of Supportive Housing Services. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Miami, June 22, 2000.
Chapman, J.E., Bolton, C., Brown, J.G., Brooks, C.A., Westendorf, M., & Turner, R.M. (2000). Dimensions of the Quality of Life Inventory. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Miami, May 31, 2000.
PS 100 Health Psychology Orientation - Introduction to health psychology as a profession, including current developments and future perspectives.
PS 399 Independent Study/Psychology - Available to students to work in an area of particular interest under the direction of a faculty member of the department. May be elected more than once for one, two or three credits.
PS 700 Track Practicum – This course is designed to permit students to gain practical experience working in environments that are relevant to their areas of track-specialization.
PS 707 Advanced Counseling Techniques II – This course extends the skill training of PS706, Advanced Counseling Techniques I, to advanced skills training and practical experience. This course further introduces the student to the principles of record keeping and report writing and, in addition, introduces the student to research design in counseling.
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