Email

terrif@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

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.