Joseph Barrash, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Clinical Neuropsychology Practicum
Address
Office: 0126 RCP
Phone: 319-356-2671
Fax: 319-384-9552
E-mail: joseph-barrash@uiowa.edu
Education
1976, BA (History/Psychology), St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
1985, MA (Psychology), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1988, PhD (Clinical Psychology), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Internship
1987-88, Clinical Psychology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowship
1988-90, Clinical Neuropsychology, Minnesota Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Honors and Awards
- Special Contribution Award, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2004
- Graduate with High Honors, University of Iowa, 1988
- Scholarship Award, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, 1982-1987
- Graduate with Honors, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 1976
Professional Activities
Professional Service
- Chair, VAMC-Iowa City Psychology Service HIPAA Committee, 2003-04
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Iowa City) Ethics Committee, Committee on Impaired Drivers, 2003-04
- Reviewer, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Merit Grants, 2003-06
- Professional Advisory Committee, British Columbia Epilepsy Society, 2001-02
- Internship Committee, Departments of Psychology, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, 2001-02
- Chair, Annual Meeting, Midwest Neuropsychology Group, 2001
- Professional Issues Committee, Iowa Psychological Association, 2000-01
- Ethics Committee, Iowa Psychological Association, 1997-2000
- Public Education Committee, Iowa Psychological Association, 1997-99
- Committee on Scope of Practice Issues, Iowa State Board of Psychology Examiners, 1996-97
- Committee for Review of Credentials, Iowa State Board of Psychology Examiners, 1993-94
- Research Ethics Review Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, 1983-84
- Ad Hoc Reviewer: American Journal of Psychiatry; Applied Neuropsychology; Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology; Archives of General Psychiatry; Archives of Neurology; Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology; Brain Research; Cortex; Developmental Neuropsychology; Epilepsia; Journal of Abnormal Psychology; Journal of the American Medical Association; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology; Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation; Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society; Journal of Personality Disorders; Neurocase; Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology; Neuropsychologia; The Clinical Neuropsychologist
Professional Affiliations
- American Psychological Association
Division 12: Clinical Psychology
Division 40: Neuropsychology - British Columbia Psychological Association
- International Neuropsychological Society
- Iowa Psychological Association
- Midwest Neuropsychology Group
- Society for Neuroscience
Clinical Interests
- Dementia
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Epilepsy
- Executive dysfunction
- Personality disturbances following brain damage
- Neurobehavioral rehabilitation
- Psychological treatment of medical/neurological disorders complicated by psychological factors
Research Interests
- Assessment of personality in patients with neurologic disorders
- Acquired personality disturbances following brain damage
- Clinical utility of neuropsychological evaluation
- Disorders of topographical functioning
- Forensic neuropsychology and assessment of malingering
Recent Publications/Reviews
Barrash, J., Denburg, N., Moser, D., Schumacher, A.J., Woolson, R. F., & Doebbeling, B. N. (2007). Credibility of neuropsychological performances of Gulf War veterans participating in research on Gulf War syndrome. Military Medicine, 172, 697-707.
Suhr, J., & Barrash, J. (2007). Assessment of malingering with performance patterns on clinical tests of attention and memory. In G. J. Larrabee (Ed.), Evaluation of malingering in the neuropsychological examination (pp. 131-170). New York: Oxford University Press.
Anderson, S. W., Barrash, J., Bechara, A., & Tranel, D. (2006). Impairments of emotion and real world complex behavior following childhood- or adult-onset lesions in ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 224-235.
Silverberg, N., & Barrash, J. (2005). Specificity of the Expanded Auditory Verbal Learning Test for detecting poor effort and response bias: Data from candidates for surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 27, 907-914.
Barrash, J., Suhr, J., & Manzel, K. (2004). Detecting poor effort and malingering with an expanded version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLTX): Validation with clinical samples. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 26, 125-140.
Suhr, J., Gunstad, J., Greub, B., & Barrash, J. (2004). Exaggeration Index for an expanded version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test: Robustness to coaching. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology., 26, 416-427.
Barrash, J. (2000). Attention-Deficit Disorder: A Child's Disorder? Think Again. Health Topics, Nov., 2000. Iowa City: University of Iowa Health Care.
Barrash, J., Damasio, H., Adolphs, R., & Tranel, D. (2000). The neuroanatomical correlates of route learning impairment. Neuropsychologia, 38, 820-836.
Barrash, J., Tranel, D., & Anderson, S. W. (2000). Acquired personality disturbances associated with bilateral damage to the ventromedial prefrontal region. Developmental Neuropsychology, 18, 355-381.
Campbell, D. A., & Barrash, J. (2000). Ecological validity in psychological assessment. The Iowa Psychologist, 45, 3-5.
Barrash, J. (1998). A historical review of topographical disorientation and its neuroanatomical correlates. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 20, 807-827.
Schwartz, D. A., Doebbeling, B. N., Merchant, J. A., et al. (1997). Self-reported illness and health status among Gulf War veterans. Journal of the American Medical Association, 277, 238-245.
Suhr, J., Tranel, D., Wefel, J. S., & Barrash, J. (1997). Memory performance after head injury: Contributions of malingering, litigation status, psychological factors, and medication use. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 19, 500-514.
Barrash, J., Janus, T. J., & Kealey, G. P. (1996). Neurobehavioral sequelae of high-voltage electrical injuries: Comparison with the effects of traumatic brain injury. Applied Neuropsychology, 3, 75-81.
Barrash, J. (1994). Age-related decline in route learning ability. Developmental Neuropsychology, 10, 189-201.
Barrash, J., Pfohl, B., & Blum, N. (1993). Unstable personality disorders: Implications for long-term outcome of unipolar depression. Journal of Personality Disorders, 7, 155-167.
Pfohl, B., Black, D. W., Noyes, R., Coryell, W. H., & Barrash, J. (1990). Axis I/axis II comorbidity findings: Implications for validity. In J. W. Oldham (Ed.), Axis II: New perspectives on validity. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Press.
Barrash, J., Rodriguez, E. M., Scott, D. H., Mason, E. E., & Sines, J. O. (1987). The utility of MMPI subtypes for the prediction of weight loss after bariatric surgery. International Journal of Obesity, 11, 115-128.
Barrash, J., Kroll, J., Carey, K., & Sines, L. (1983). Discriminating borderline disorder from other personality disorders: Cluster analysis of the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines. Archives of General Psychiatry, 40, 1297-1302.