MARY C. KAVEN, PH.D.
Department of
Psychiatry
PROFESSOR OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
DIRECTOR, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (APA)
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, CHILDREN’S PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Clinical Psychology, 1992
APA Internship UNM Department of Psychiatry, 1991-2
Traineeship, Albuquerque VA Medical Center, 1987
Dissertation: Planning ability in subclinical obsessive-compulsives
M.S., Cornell University, Neurobiology and Animal Behavior, 1975
Thesis: [3H]-pilocarpine and [3H]-17-estradiol binding macromolecules in the human placenta
B.S., Cornell University, Neurobiology and Animal Behavior, 1973
Honors Thesis: A simple, rapid, and quantitative radiometric assay of acetylcholinesterase
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Child psychology, including assessment and treatment of trauma spectrum disorders, dissociation, and psychosis; interaction of psychological, neuropsychological, and biological issues; supervision and training of pre-doctoral Psychology Interns and Child Fellows.
E-mail: mkaven@salud.unm.edu
My work as a clinical child psychologist, supervisor, and educator in
the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry over the last 15 years
has been guided by long-standing interests in how biology and social
experience affect perception and construction of personal experience,
and how those constructions affect behavior. My original training and
research in neurobiology continues to inform my clinical work and
teaching. I particularly enjoy inpatient work with seriously emotionally
disturbed children and adolescents and their families. This
multidisciplinary team setting provides excellent training opportunities
for psychology interns, residents, fellows, for the assessment,
treatment, and understanding of severe psychopathology. I also enjoy
teaching seminars on trauma-spectrum disorders, Family Therapy, CBT,
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and topics in developmental
psychopathology. I fit in research and advocacy when I can. For more
detailed information about our APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology
Internship Program, (established in 1983), please see our Handbook and
Brochure, also available on this website. Arts, handwork, gardening, and
family occupy me outside the university.
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORK
Publications
Kaven, M., Boroughs, J., & Sieborn, A. (manuscript in preparation)
Etiological, personality, and cognitive characteristics of dissociative
adolescent inpatients.
Kaven, M.C. (2008) Moving Forward: Psychotherapy with a Youth After
Brain Injury patient. In J. Apps, R. Newby, & L. Roberts (Eds),
Pediatric Neurosychology Case Studies: From the Exceptional to the
Commonplace.
Vargas, L., & Kaven, M. (2003).
Childhood-onset schizophrenia. In T. Ollendick, &C. Schroeder (Eds),
Encyclopedia of Pediatric and Child Psychology.
Presentations
A Public-Private-Public Model: Managing Care and Strengthening
Communities? In symposium, Behavioral Health Policy, Practice, and
Politics: Practitioners in the Trenches, Presentation at Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Inpatient Culture. With Jeanne Bereiter, MD Grand Rounds CYFD.
Bipolar I, II and Medication Issues: Case
Consultations. With Avron Kriechman, M.D.
Update on Training Child/Adolescent Psychiatrists and
Psychologists: Who We Are and What We Do. With Jeanne Bereiter, MD.
Grand Rounds, UNM Department of Psychiatry,
Trauma History, Personality, and Cognitive
Characteristics of Dissociative Inpatient Adolescents. University of New
Mexico Department of Psychiatry (4/10/07)
Development in Broad Strokes: Normal and Abnormal
Development in Children and Adolescents. Presentation at conference,
Working with Children and Adolescents’ Behavioral Health Concerns in
Native Communities, University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry
and Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, NM (11/30/06)
Etiological, personality, and cognitive characteristics of dissociative
adolescent inpatients. Poster presented at the annual convention of the
American Psychological Association,
Group Therapy for Sexually Abused Adolescent Girls. Presentation at
conference, Understanding Childhood and Adolescent Trauma in American
Indian People, University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and
Indian Health Service, March 7, 2003 Albuquerque, NM.
Depression in the Pediatric Office. Presentation at the annual meeting
of the New Mexico Pediatric Society.
Problems and Solutions: Children’s Mental Health Services in
An Ecocontextual Model for Treating Children: Perspective of the Parent.
In Symposium, Ecocontextual Model for Accessing Resources in Treating
Children and Families. Presentation at the annual convention of the
American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. August 4, 2000.
Presenter and chair.
Evaluating Dissociation in Traumatized Adolescents. Presentation at the
Twelfth Annual Southwest Psychiatric Symposium—Diagnosis and Treatment
of PTSD,
Community-based Models of Treatment of Seriously Emotionally Disturbed
Children. In Symposium, Application of Eco-Systemic Models with
Culturally Diverse Children and Families. Presentation at the annual
convention of the American Psychological Association,
The Role of Past Traumatization of Parents in the Treatment of Seriously
Emotionally Disturbed Children. In Symposium, Intensifying Focus on
Cultural/Family contexts in Treatment of Children. Presentation at
the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.
Assessment of Psychotic Symptoms in Traumatized Children: Pragmatics and
Theory. In Symposium,
Psychological Assessment in Culturally Diverse Inpatient Settings.
Presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological
Association, Chicago. August, 1997.
Psychotic Symptoms in Traumatized children—Potential Implications for a
Biological Model of Psychosis. Grand Rounds,
Executive Functioning and Culture:
Cultural Considerations in Neuropsychology. In Symposium,
Integrating Culture into Clinical Practice with Children and Adolescents.
Presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological
Association,
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