Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program 2009-2010
- INTERNSHIP FACULTY

J. Scott Mizes, PhD, ABPP, FAED

Diplomate in Clinical Psychology
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Divisions of Clinical and Health Psychology
Fellow, Academy of Eating Disorders

• Current Rank: Professor
• Graduate School: University of Arkansas, 1982
• Internship: University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine
• Post-doctoral Fellowship: University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, specially in Behavioral Medicine

Dr. Mizes is currently director of the Eating, Body Image, and Weight Disorders Clinic. His clinical interests are in eating disorders, obesity (especially patients undergoing bariatric surgery), and anxiety disorders. His current research interests include Deep Brain Stimulation in the treatment of obesity and assessment of cognitions in eating disorders. He has been on the editorial boards of several journals, including: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Behavior Therapy, Clinical Psychology Review, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, and Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. He has been a Section Editor for Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, and an Associate Editor of the Behavior Therapist. He has also been a special issue editor for Clinical Psychology Review and Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.

Book:

Miller, K.J., & Mizes, J.S. (Eds.) (2000). Comparative Treatments of Eating Disorders. New York: Springer.

Chapters:

Macera, M. and Mizes, J.S., (2007). Eating Disorders. In M. Hersen and J. C. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Interviewing with Children. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.

Macera, M. and Mizes, J.S., (2006). Eating Disorders. In M. Hersen (Ed.), Clinician's Handbook of Child Behavioral Assessment. New York: Academic Press

Mizes, J.S.,and Bonifazi, D.L. (2002). Bulimia Nervosa. In M. Hersen (Ed.), Clinical Behavior Therapy: Adults and Children. New York: John Wiley.

Mizes, J.S., & Bonifazi, D.L. (2000). Bulimia Nervosa. In M. Hersen & M. Baiggio (Eds.), Effective brief therapy: A clinician’s guide. San Diego: Academic Press.

Research Articles:

O’Connell, C., Larkin, K., Mizes, J.S., and Fremouw, W. (2005). The effect of caloric preloading on attempts at food and eating-related thought suppression in restrained and unrestrained eaters . International Journal of Eating Disorders, 38, 42-48.

Sloan, D.M., Mizes, J.S., Helbok, C. and Muck, R. (2004). Efficacy of sertraline for bulimia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders,36, 48-54.

Mizes, J.S., Heffner, M., Madison, J.K., Varno-Sullivan, P. (2004). The validity of subjective measures of body image disturbance. Eating Behaviors, 5, 55-66.

Lemmon, V.A. and Mizes, J.S. (2002). Effectiveness of exposure therapy: A case study of post traumatic stress disorder and mental retardation, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 9, 317-323.

Mizes, J.S.,and Zotter-Bonifazi, D.(2001). Primary prevention of eating disorders: A noble calling or an unrealistic ideal? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 8, 246-247.

Mizes, J. S., et al. (2000) The Mizes Anorectic Cognitions Questionnaire-Revised: Validity in a multi-site sample of eating disorder patients. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 28,415-421.

Zotter-Bonifazi, D. L., Crowther, J. H ., & Mizes, J. S. (2000). The validity of questionnaires for assessing cognitions in bulimia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 27, 464-470.