Julian Ford, PhD

Associate Professor

University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry

C2 CHILD MALTREATMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF SUICIDE IDEATION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE RISK, AND MANUALIZED PTSD TREATMENT OUTCOME WITH JUVENILE JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTHS

Julian Ford is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He has developed TARGET (Trauma Affect Regulation: Guidelines for Education and Therapy; www.ptsdfreedom.org) for youths and adults with co-occurring psychiatric and addictive disorders and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, and is conducting type 2 translational research on the process and outcomes of this model with funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice, and Connecticut state agencies serving children, families, youths in the juvenile justice system, adults with mental illness and addictions, and incarcerated adults. Dr. Ford is a senior policy fellow of the Connecticut Child Health and Development Institute, and Director of the University of Connecticut Division of the Center for Children Exposed to Violence in the SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and Director of the Center for Trauma Response, Recovery, and Preparedness (www.CTRP.org), for communities affected by mass trauma.