Morgan T. Sammons, PhD, ABPP

Alliant International University
One Beach Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94133-1221

Phone: (415) 955-2066
Fax: (415) 955-2063
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Dr. Sammons' CV

Specialties and Interests

• Clinical Psychopharmacology 
• Trauma
• Military Issues
• Integrated Behavioral Health Care
• Public Policy
• Applied Clinical Research

Courses Taught

• Special Populations in Psychopharmacology: PTSD 
• Pharmacotherapeutics: Integrating Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacologylopment

Selected Recent Publications

• Sammons, M. T. (forthcoming).  Psychopharmacology:  An Integrated Approach.  New York:  Oxford University Press.
• APA Policy and Planning Board (2007).  Who cares about APA Policy and does it have an impact?  2006 annual report of the APA Policy and Planning Board.  American Psychologist, 62, 491-503.
• APA Policy and Planning Board (2006).  APA’s response to international and national disasters and crises:  Addressing diverse needs.  2005 Annual Report of the APA’s Policy and Planning Board.  American Psychologist, 61, 513-521.
• Sammons, M. T. (2006).  Navy clinical psychology:  A distinguished past and vibrant future.  In A. D. Mangelsdorff (Ed.). Psychology in the service of National Security.  Washington:  American Psychological Association.
• Ralph, J.A., & Sammons, M. T. (2006).  Future directions of military psychology.  In C. H. Kennedy & E. A. Zillmer, Military Psychology: Clinical and Operational Applications (pp. 371-386).  New York, NY: Guilford Publishing.
• Sammons, M. T. (2005) Late-life depression:  Detection, Risk Reduction, and Somatic Intervention: Commentary to Delano-Woods and Abeles.  Clinical Psychology:  Science and Practice, 12, 218-221.
• Sammons, M. T. (2005).  Pharmacotherapy for Delusional Disorder and Associated Conditions.  Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 36, 476-479.
• Sammons, M. T. (2005). Psychology in the Public Sector: Addressing the Psychological Effects of Combat in the U.S. Navy.  American Psychologist, 60, 899-909.
• APA Policy and Planning Board (2005). APA 2020:  A perfect vision for psychology:  The 2004 5 year report of the policy and planning board.  American Psychologist, 60, 512-522.
• Sammons, M. T. (2005)  Treatment of Head Pain With Psychotropics   Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 36, 611-614.
• Sammons, M. T. (2005).  The Shock of the Old: Has Psychotherapy Training in Psychiatric Residencies Been Rediscovered? A review of Competency in Combining Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy: Integrated and Split Treatment by Michelle B. Riba and Richard Balon. PsycCRITIQUES, 50, (38), Article 1.
• Sammons, M. T., & Nathan, P. E. (2005).  Empirically supported treatments.  In J. Matthews and C. Eugene Walker (Eds.).  Your practicum in psychology.  Washington:  American Psychological Association. 

Selected Recent Presentations

• The future of behavioral health service provision (Continuing Education Program)  With R. Newman and G. Cox, Alliant International University, San Diego, October, 2007
• How can leaders keep the “D” out of PTSD?  (Panel Discussion).  Defense Forum Washington, Washington, DC, September, 2007.
• Psychology in the deployed environment (Colloquium).  Purdue University, Department of Family Studies, September, 2007.
• Psychopharmacology in the deployed environment (Panel Discussion).  American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August, 2007.
• Ethics and interrogations:  Confronting the challenge:  What are psychologists doing in US military detention centers? (panel discussion).  American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August, 2007.
• Ethics and interrogations:  Confronting the challenge:  What are the effects of psychological trauma and abuse? (panel discussion).  American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August, 2007.
• International perspectives in prescriptive authority:  Advancing the scope of practice of nonphysician healthcare providers (Symposium).  American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August, 2007.
• Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Theatre (Invited presentation).  Institute of Medicine Roundtable, Washington, DC, August, 2007.
• Neurobiology and pharmacology of smoking cessation (Continuing Education Program)  Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton Expeditionary Medical Facility Forward, (Camp Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Western Iraq).  December, 2006.
• Advances in Antidepressants and Anxiolytics.  (Continuing Education Presentation)  Oregon Psychological Association, Lake Oswego, OR, June, 2006.
• Advances in Psychopharmacology (Continuing Education Program).  Maryland Psychological Association, Ocean City, MD, May, 2006.
• Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists and Psychopharmacology Update (Continuing Education program), Wisconsin Psychological Association, Madison, WI, April,  2006.

Professional Affiliations

• American Psychological Association (Fellow, Divisions 18, 19, 28, 31, 42 & 55)
• Fellow, Maryland Psychological Association
• National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology 
• Member, National Academies of Practice
• American Board of Professional Psychology (Clinical)
• Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology

Other Appointments

• APA Presidential Task Force on the Psychological Needs of US Military Service Members & Their Families (2007-present)
• President, Division V, California Psychological Association (2008)
• President-elect, Division 55, American Psychological Association (2008)
• National Centers for PTSD Educational Advisory Board (2006-present)
• APA Committee on Public Interest Awards (2006)
• Chair, APA Presidential Study Group on Human-Animal Studies (2005)
• VA/DoD Executive Committee for the VA Polytrauma/Blast-related injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (2005-present)
• Psychology Executive Roundtable (as Chair/President, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology; 2004-present)
• American Psychological Association Division 19 (Military Psychology) Fellows Committee (2005-present)
• APA Board of Educational Affairs Task Force on Proficiencies (Member), (2004-2006)
• Policy and Planning Committee, American Psychological Association (2004-present)
• Specialty Leader for U. S. Navy Clinical Psychology, (2005-present)
• Assistant Specialty Leader for US Navy Clinical Psychology, (2002-2005)
• President, Maryland Psychological Association, (2001-2002)
• Member, Board of Directors, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (2001-2003; President and Chair, 2004 -present)
• Representative to APA Council, Division 55, (2002-2004; 2nd term 2005-2007)
• Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland (2001-present)
• Committee on Rural Health, American Psychological Association, (2002; chair, 2003)
• American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on External Funding (2003-2004)
• Group Leader, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery DoD/VA Working Group on Treatment of Depression in Primary Care (1999 – 2000)
• American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Prescription Privileges (1999 -2000)
• Lecturer, University of Maryland University Campus, Keflavik, Iceland (1999).  Course taught:  MGST 162 (Personnel Counseling).
• American Psychological Association Board of Professional Affairs Working Group on Professional Practice Issues in Telehealth (1998-2000)
• Task Force for Prescription Privileges, Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice, American Psychological Association (1994-1996)
• Primary Care Task Force, Division 42, American Psychological Association (1994-1997)
• Board of Educational Affairs Prescription Privileges Working Group, American Psychological Association (1994-1996)
• Board of Professional Affairs Prescription Privileges Committee, Maryland Psychological Association (Chair, 1996-1998)
• Member, Institutional Review Board, National Naval Medical Center (1994-1998)

Editorial Consultation

• Psychological Services (Associate editor, 2005-present)
• Professional Psychology Research and Practice (Associate editor, 2001-2005)
• Journal of Clinical Psychology (In Session) Editorial Board, guest editor
• Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (guest editor, reviewer)
• Military Psychology (ad hoc reviewer)
• PsychCritiques (ad hoc reviewer)
• Contemporary Psychology (ad hoc reviewer)
• Clinical Psychology:  Science and Practice (ad hoc reviewer)
• Oxford University Press
• Guilford Press
• American Psychological Association (Editorial Contributor to the Dictionary of Psychology - psychopharmacology)

Education

• Fellowship in Psychopharmacology, Walter Reed Medical Center, 1991-1994.
• PhD, Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, 1989.
• MC, Counseling, Arizona State University, 1983.
• BS (Foreign Service), Georgetown University, 1975.

Professional License

• Psychologist, Maryland State Board of Psychologist Examiners