Louisiana State University, Clinical Psychology, 1993
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology
PTSD Research Team Leader, South Central MIRECC, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Email: Joseph.Constans@med.va.gov
Cognition and emotion; Posttrauamatic stress disorder (PTSD); PTSD-related biases in attention, judgment, memory; Anxiety disorders.
Constans, J.I., McCloskey, M., Vasterling, J.J., Brailey, K., & Mathews, A. (2004). Suppression of attentional bias in PTSD. J Abnormal Psychology 113:315-23
Thompson KE, Vasterling JJ, Benotsch EG, Brailey K, Constans J, Uddo M, Sutker PB. Early symptom predictors of chronic distress in Gulf War veterans. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2004 192:146-52.
Constans, J.I., McCloskey, M., Vasterling, J.J., Brailey, K., & Mathews, A. (2004). Suppression of attentional bias in PTSD. J Abnormal Psychology
Constans, J.I., Barbee, J.G., Townsent, M.H., and Leffler, H. (2002). Stability of worry content in GAD patients. J. Anxiety Disorders 16(3):311-319.
Vasterling, J.J., Duke, L.M., Brailey, K., Constans, J.I., Allain, A.N., & Sutker, P.B. (2002). Attention, Learning, and Memory Performances and Intellectual Resources in Vietnam Veterans: PTSD and No Disorder Comparisons. Neuropsychology 16:5-14.
Stanford, M.S., Vasterling, J.J., Mathias, C.W., Constans, J.I., and Houston, R.J. (2001). Impact of Threat Relevance on P300 Event-Related Potentials in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychiatry Res. 102(2):125-137.
Constans, J.I. (2001). Worry propensity and the perception of risk. Behav. Res. Therapy 39(6):721-729.
Constans, J.I., Penn, D.L., Ihen, G., & Hope, D.A. (1999). Interpretive biases for ambiguous stimuli in social anxiety. Behav. Res. Therapy 37:643-651.