Colin T. Mahoney, Ph.D.

Dr. Mahoney is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at The University of New Mexico, a Faculty Research Affiliate of the Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA), as well as a Faculty Research Affiliate of the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience. He is a UCCS alum (M.A. in clinical psychology), and completed his doctoral training in clinical psychology at Idaho State University with specialized training in experimental methodology within the context of behavioral economics (i.e., impulsive choice and risk-taking). Dr. Mahoney completed his predoctoral clinical internship at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA as a Behavioral Medicine Intern, and his NIMH-funded T32 postdoctoral research fellowship in traumatic stress disorders at the National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Boston University School of Medicine. You can find him on Bluesky at @DrColinTMahoney.bsky.social

Dr. Mahoney's research focuses on identifying risk, maintenance, and protective factors for the symptoms and diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) among women following exposure to interpersonal violence (i.e., sexual violence, intimate partner violence [IPV], community violence) and among veterans of all gender identities following exposure to military trauma (e.g., combat trauma, military sexual trauma [MST]) through (1) experimental, (2) prospective, and (3) qualitative studies. The intention is to investigate these processes to inform, enhance, and develop evidence-based assessments and treatments for co-occurring PTSD and SUD. Dr. Mahoney is particularly interested in using this knowledge to develop behavioral assessment tools, brief face-to-face interventions, and digital health interventions.
 

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