John H. Porcerelli, Ph.D., ABPP
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences and
Director of Behavioral Science & Research, WSU/Crittenton Family Medicine Residency Program







Departmental Role
I am a board certified clinical psychologist, an associate professor (Clinician-Educator), and Director of Behavioral Science and Research within the WSU/Crittenton Family Medicine Residency Program. As director, I oversee the behavioral medicine and research training of residents. I also provide lectures and clinical training to residents in the Family Medicine Center and inpatient service at Crittenton Hospital. My research includes the following areas:

• Interpersonal violence
• Impact of personality disorder on healthcare utilization and costs
• Behavioral medicine in medical education
• Psychotherapy process/outcome
• Personality, voluntary and involuntary coping, and health
• Coping/Defense mechanisms and health-related behavior
  
  

Education
1984 B.A. University of Michigan-Dearborn
1987 M.A. University of Detroit (Clinical Psychology)
1990 Ph.D. University of Detroit (Clinical Psychology; APA Accredited)


Training
Internship: Detroit Psychiatric Institute/WSU Dept. of Psychiatry (APA Accredited)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Detroit Psychiatric Institute/WSU Dept. of Psychiatry       
Post-Graduate Certificate: Adult Psychoanalysis, Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute


Honors & Awards              
2008 Best Family Medicine Presetation, Michigan Family Medicine Research Day                                                                                                                      
2006 Society for Personality Assessment
2006 Wayne State University School of Medicine College Teaching Award
2005 Career Research Award: American Psychoanalytic Association
2003 Wayne State University School of Medicine College Teaching Award
2000 Wayne State University School of Medicine College Teaching Award
1998 Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Psychology
1998 Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology


Recent Publications (2006 – 2009)

Porcerelli, J., West, P., Binienda, J. (2006). Physical and psychological symptoms in emotionally abused and non-abused women. J Amer Board Fam Med, 19, 201-204.

Porcerelli, J., Huprich, S. et al. (2006). Object representations, psychopathology, and physical health in African-American women in primary care. J  Nerv Ment Dis, 194, 838-844.

Porcerelli, J., Shahar, G., Blatt, S. J., et al.(2006). Social Cognition & Object Relations Scale: Convergent validity and changes after intensive treatment. Pers Ind Diff, 401, 407-417.

Shahar, G., Porcerelli, J. (2006). "The Action Formulation (TAF): A Proposed Heuristic for Clinical Case             Formulation." J of Clin Psychol, 62, 1115-1127.

Layne, J., Porcerelli, J., Shahar, G. (2006). Psychotherapy of self-criticism in a case of mixed anaclitic-introjective depression. Clinical Case Studies, 5, 421-436.

Hakim-Larson, J., Kamoo, R., Nassar-McMillan, SC., Porcerelli, J. (2007). Counseling Arab and Chaldean American Families. J Mental Health Counsel, 29, 301-321.

Porcerelli, J., Dauphin, B, Ablon, J., Leitman, S., Bambery, M. (2007). Psychoanalysis of Avoidant PD: A systematic case study. Psychotherapy, 44, 1-13.

Huprich, SK, Porcerelli, J. et al. (2007). Parental representations, object relations and their Relationship to Depressive PD and Dysthymia. Pers Ind Diff, 43, 2171-2181.

Porcerelli, J., Huprich, S. (2007). Approach to personality disorders in primary care. Hospital Physician, 43, 3-11.

Bambery, M., Porcerelli, J. (2007). Psychodynamic therapy for Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Changes in personality, object relations, and functioning. JAPA, 54, 1334-1339.

Bambery, M., Porcerelli, J. (2007). Expert psychodynamic and CBT clinicians’ prototypes of  adolescent therapy: Development and training applications. Psychotherapy, 44, 405-422.

Huprich, S. K., Porcerelli, J. et al. (2008). Depressive personality disorder, dysthymia and their relationship to perfectionism.  Depression & Anxiety, 25, 207-217.

Porcerelli, J., Olson, T., Presniak, M., Markova, T., Miller, K. (2009). Defenses and major depression in African American women. J Nerv Ment Dis, 197, 736-741.

Cogan, R., Stringer, A., Porcerelli, J., Aldredge-Clanton, J. (2009). Diagnosis of ovarian cancer and object relationships in early memories. J Nerv Ment Dis, 197, 196-198.

Porcerelli, J., Bornstein, R., Markova, T., Huprich, S. (2009). Physical health correlates of healthy and pathological dependency in urban women. J Nerv Ment Dis, 197, 761-765.

Cogan, R. Porcerelli, J. H. (2009). Longitudinal study of psychoanalysis: Middle phase begins. JAPA, 57, 417-418.

Bambery, M., Porcerelli, J., Ablon, J. (2009). Prototypes of psychodynamic and CBT psychotherapy with adolescents. JAPA, 57,175-181.

Porcerelli, J., Dauphin, V., Ablon, J., Leitman, S., Bambery, M. (2009). Psychoanalysis of Avoidant PD: Systematic case study of process and outcome. JAPA, 57, 444-449.

Bornstein, R., Porcerelli, J., Huprich, S., Markova, T. (2009). Construct validity of the Relationship Profile Test in women seeking medical services. J Pers Assess, 91, 537-544.

Bambery, M., Porcerelli, J. (2009). Q-Sort technique. In I. Weiner & E. Craighead (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Psychology.

Presniak, M., Olson, T., Porcerelli, J., Dauphin, V. (in press) Changes in defensive functioning in a case of Avoidant Personality Disorder. Psychotherapy.

Hibbard, S., Porcerelli, J. et al. (in press). Personality organization and Cramer's Defense Mechanisms Manual. J Pers Assess.

Porcerelli, J., Huprich, S., Markova, T. (in press). Mental representation in women with panic disorder in an urban African American sample. J Nerv Ment Dis.

Huprich, S., Hsiao, W., Porcerelli, J., Bornstein, R., Markova, T. (in press). Expanding the validity of the Relationship Profile Test. Assessment.

Porcerelli, J., Cogan, R., Murdoch, W., Markova, T. (in review). Abuse, outpatient costs, utilization, and psychiatric symptoms in urban women. J Amer Board Fam Med.

Skillings, J., Porcerelli, J, Markova, T. (in review) Contextualizing SEGUE:  Evaluating communication skills within the Framework of a structured medical interview. J Grad Med Educ.

Skillings, J., Murdoch, W., Porcerelli, J. Managing difficult medical patients through collaborative assessment in primary care. J Pers Assess.                                                      

Porcerelli, J., Cogan, R., Kamoo, R., & Miller, K. Convergent validity of the Defense Mechanisms Manual and the Defensive Functioning Scale. J Pers Assess.

Cogan, R. & Porcerelli, J. Test-retest reliability and validity of the SWAP-200 in a treatment sample. J Pers Dis.