Dr.
Barry is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
Addiction Research Center and the Associate Director of the Department
of Veterans Affairs National Serious Mental Illness Treatment
Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC). She has a number of
active and pending NIH university-based grants and VA grants.
Dr. Barry's primary research foci include: substance use screening
and brief interventions in medical care settings; substance use
problems in older adults; the relationship between substance abuse,
and depression; treatment efficacy for adults with co-occurring
mental health and substance use disorders. She was the Chair of
the SAMHSA Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) # 34, "Brief Interventions
and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse".
Dr.
Barry is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
Addiction Research Center and the Associate Director of the Department
of Veterans Affairs National Serious Mental Illness Treatment
Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC). She has a number of
active and pending NIH university-based grants and VA grants.
Dr. Barry's primary research foci include: substance use screening
and brief interventions in medical care settings; substance use
problems in older adults; the relationship between substance abuse,
and depression; treatment efficacy for adults with co-occurring
mental health and substance use disorders. She was the Chair of
the SAMHSA Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) # 34, "Brief Interventions
and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse". 
