Arthur M. Nezu, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor of Psychology
Bio
Dr. Nezu is currently Professor of Psychology (College of Arts & Sciences), Professor of Medicine (College of Medicine), and Professor of Community Health and Prevention (School of Public Health) at Drexel University. He further serves as Coordinator of Diversity Issues for the Psychology Department, as well as Coordinator of the Health Psychology Concentration within the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology. In addition, Dr. Nezu is currently Special Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and is a research consultant to the Queensland Cancer Council in Australia.
Prior to Drexel, Dr. Nezu’s major faculty and administrative appointments include the following: Associate Professor of Psychology, Co-Director, Psychology Research Center, and founding Director of the Pre-doctoral Internship Program in Clinical Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ); Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NYC); Director of Psychology and Director of Research in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center (NYC); Professor of Psychology, Director of the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology, Chair, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, and Senior Associate Dean for Research, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University (Philadelphia, PA).
Based on his scientific and professional contributions to the field, Dr. Nezu has been elected as Fellow of three divisions of the American Psychological Association (clinical psychology, mental retardation/developmental disabilities, health psychology), the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Behavior Medicine, the American Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, and the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He has held leadership positions within several professional organizations, including President of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (now called the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies), President of the American Board of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, President of the Behavioral Psychology Specialty Council, Chair of the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Board Member of the American Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, and Trustee of the American Board of Professional Psychology. He has received awards for his contributions to the profession by the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.
Dr. Nezu has contributed to over 175 scientific and professional publications, including 20 books. Several of his writings have been translated into a variety of foreign languages, including Spanish, Japanese, French, Italian, Chinese, and Russian. Strongly espousing a scientist-practitioner model of training in clinical psychology, he has published books on conducting research (Evidence-Based Outcome Research: A Practical Guide to Conducting Randomized Clinical Trials for Psychosocial Interventions), conducting case formulation in psychotherapy (Cognitive-Behavioral Case Formulation and Treatment Design), and conducting psychotherapy for various clinical populations (Problem-Solving Therapy for Depression; Helping Cancer Patients Cope). He is also co-author of the widely used measure, the Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised. Dr. Nezu is a frequent invited workshop presenter and plenary speaker, both nationally and internationally, including Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Turkey, and Germany.
Further evidence of his commitment to research is his service on multiple editorial boards of scientific and professional journals, including the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Behavior Therapy, Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice, and Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, as well as being a former Editor of the Behavior Therapist. His research has been supported by the Veterans Administration, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Nezu is a frequent grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and is currently a standing member of the Interventions Research Review Committee of the NIMH.
On the practitioner side, he is the co-developer of Problem-Solving Therapy (PST), a cognitive-behavioral intervention that has been empirically found to be efficacious for treating a wide variety of adult populations, especially individuals with major depression and patients diagnosed with cancer. This work is highlighted in the APA DVD Series on Psychotherapy where he, along with Dr. Christine Maguth Nezu, demonstrate the application of PST for the treatment of depression. In addition, Dr. Nezu is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology, having been awarded the diplomate in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, and is a Certified Cognitive Therapist (Academy of Cognitive Therapy). He is a practicing licensed psychologist for over 25 years.