Terri (Barrera) Fletcher, Ph.D.
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Terri (Barrera) Fletcher, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Psychiatry and Behav Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Education
- Fellowship at South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center
- 06/2015 - Houston, Texas United States
- Advanced Research Fellowship
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- 06/2013 - Houston, Texas United States
- Clinical Psychology
- PhD from University of Houston
- 05/2013 - Houston, Texas United States
- Clinical Psychology
- BA from Agnes Scott College
- 05/2006 - Decatur, Georgia United States
- Psychology and Religious Studies
Certifications
- Licensed Psychologist
- Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Professional Interests
- Improving diagnostic practices for anxiety disorders
- Increasing access to evidence-based treatments for Veterans with anxiety, OCD, and PTSD
Professional Statement
My clinical and research work is focused on the identification, assessment, and treatment of anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. I use mixed qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of innovations in the delivery of evidence-based mental health care.Websites
Selected Publications
- Barrera, T. L., Cully, J. A., Amspoker, A., B., Kunik, M. E., Wilson, N. L., Masozera, N. M., Teng, E. J., Kraus-Schuman, C., Wagener, P. D., Calleo, J. S., and Stanley, M. A. "Cognitive-behavioral therapy for late-life anxiety: Similarities and differences between Veteran and community participants.." Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2015 33 : 72-80. Pubmed PMID: 26005839
- Barrera, T. L., Mott, J. M., Hundt, N. E., Mignogna, J., Stanley, M. A., and Cully, J. A. "Diagnostic specificity and mental health service utilization among veterans with newly diagnosed anxiety disorders." General Hospital Psychiatry. 2014 36 : 192-198. Pubmed PMID: 24268573
- Fletcher TL, Hogan JB, Keegan F, Davis ML, Wassef M, Day S, Lindsay JA "Advances in Delivering Mental Health Treatment via Video to Home." Current Psychiatry Reports. 2018 20 : Pubmed PMID: 30032337
Funding
- Pilot Testing ERP for OCD Delivered via Video to the Home for Rural Veterans Grant funding from South Central Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center
- This pilot grant examines video telehealth delivery of exposure and response prevention (ERP) for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in Veterans. Primary outcomes include feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes (reduction in OCD symptoms), and examination of whether comorbid PTSD impacts treatment.
- Identifying Psychiatric Diagnostic Errors in the Electronic Health Record Grant funding from MEDVAMC Seed Grant
- The goal of this project is to adapt a structured electronic medical record review tool, the Safer Dx Instrument, to evaluate errors in psychiatric diagnoses.
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