CDI for Psychiatry
Paul A. Pilkonis

Paul A. Pilkonis, Ph.D.

Dr. Pilkonis' research interests are supported by NIH funding and include assessment and treatment of personality disorders, depression (and its relationship to personality), treatment outcome research, and the application of new quantitative tools to measurement and modeling problems in psychopathology. He has had the privilege of participating in the NIH research enterprise from several perspectives - as an investigator, member and chair of review committees, and scientific advisor at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), giving him firsthand knowledge of federal research policy and administration.

Positions

  • Director, Psychology Internship and Postdoctoral Training, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Associate Director of Research Administration and Development, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1976, Stanford University, Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Clifton A, Pilkonis PA, McCarty C. Social networks in borderline personality disorder. J Personal Disord. 2007;21(4):434-441.
  • Morse JQ, Pilkonis PA. Screening for personality disorders. J Personal Disord. 2007;21(2):179-198.
  • Miller JD, Campbell KW, Pilkonis PA. Narcissistic personality disorder: relations with distress and functional impairment. Comp Psychiatry. 2007;48(2):170-177.
  • Reynolds CF III, Pilkonis PA, Kupfer DJ, Dunn L, Pincus HA. Training future generations of mental health researchers: devising strategies for tough times. Acad Psychiatry. 2007;31(2):152-159.
  • Mammen OK, Pilkonis PA, Kolko DJ, Groff A. Anger and anger attacks as precipitants of aggression: what we can learn from child physical abuse. In: Cavell TA, Malcolm KT, eds. Anger, Aggression and Interventions for Interpersonal Violence. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers; 2007:283-311.