Stephen Chermack,
Ph.D.
Dr.
Chermack is an Associate Professor in the University of
Michigan Medical School Department of Psychiatry, and is
the Chief of the outpatient mental health clinic at the
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. He was trained as a clinical
psychologist at Kent State University and completed post-doctoral
training at the University of Michigan Alcohol Research
Center (now the Addiction Research Center). His primary
research focus is on the relationship between alcohol, drugs
and violence, and he has published a number of papers examining
factors related to expressed and received violence, such
as the role of family history factors, demographics, substance
abuse problem severity and acute alcohol and drug consumption.
He is currently conducting research on violence among individuals
with substance related problems, and developing and piloting
violence prevention interventions. His research interests
also include substance abuse treatment engagement and outcomes,
validity of substance use assessment, and brief intervention
strategies. Dr. Chermack also has collaborated on studies
examining treatment outcome among older adults with alcohol
problems, the impact of a brief intervention on older adult
at-risk drinkers, research on individuals with schizophrenia
and substance abuse problems, and research examining factors
related to violence in other samples (e.g., pregnant women,
emergency room samples). Finally, Dr. Chermack is affiliated
with the VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research Evaluation
Center (SMITREC) located at the Ann Arbor VA, and is collaborating
health services research focusing on dual-diagnosis populations.
Substance
Abuse Section
(734) 232-0280
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