Biography
Dr. David Lardier received a BA degree in Psychology (2010) and a Master's degree in Professional Counseling (2013). Dr. Lardier earned his PhD degree in Human Development and Family Science (2017) from Montclair State University. In 2021, he joined the School of Medicine faculty as a Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Division of Community Behavioral Health. Dr. Lardier provides behavioral health clinical services through the UNM Athletics Clinic and UNM Faculty Clinic. He also provides clinical services through the Indian Health Services (I.H.S), which is an agency within the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Personal Statement
Dr. David Lardier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Community Behavioral Health, at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. He is a Developmental Psychologist, a Licensed Professional Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LPCC), and a Designated Clinical Supervisor in New Mexico, with over a decade of clinical experience providing psychotherapy to adolescents and adults with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Dr. Lardier specializes in strengths-based behavioral interventions, brief psychotherapeutic techniques, and motivational interviewing, and has trained providers locally and nationally in these approaches. He currently provides clinical services through the University of New Mexico Athletics Department, the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science’s Faculty Clinic and through Indian Health Services. In addition to his clinical work, he conducts research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and other federal agencies, focusing on multi-level prevention-intervention and implementation science. A prolific scholar with over 100 publications, Dr. Lardier is highly regarded within the prevention-intervention science community.
Areas of Specialty
1. Adolescent and adult behavioral health and empowerment research
2. Substance use treatment and prevention science research
3. Behavioral health systems of care research ​and capacity building
4. Cognitive behavioral therapy and Compassion-based therapy approaches
5. Culturally responsive, trauma-informed, strengths-based therapeutic approaches
Key Publications
Journal Article
Lardier, David, Submitted Lardier DT, Davis AN, Verdezoto CS, et al. Latent Class Groups of Concurrent Substance Use Among Adolescents in an Urban Community: Correlates With Mental Health, Access to Drugs and Alcohol, and Risk Perception. Substance Use & Addiction Journal. 2024;45(1):124-135. doi:10.1177/29767342231207192 Substance Use & Addiction Journal, vol. 45, Issue 1, 124-135
Journal Article
Lardier, David, Submitted Lardier DT, Hess J, Winter L, & Goodkind J. The impact of post-resettlement stressors and access to healthcare on physical health outcomes in recently resettled refugees in the United States. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 2022. American Journal of Orthospychiatry
Journal Article
Lardier, David, Submitted Lardier DT, Blackwell, M, Beene, DR, Lin, Y. Social Vulnerabilities and Spatial Access to Primary Healthcare through Car and Public Transportation System in the Albuquerque, NM, Metropolitan Area: Assessing Disparities through GIS and Multilevel Modeling. Journal of Urban Health. 2022. Journal of Urban Health
Journal Article
Lardier, David, Submitted Lardier DT, Powell KG, Peterson NA, Borys S, Hallcom D. Patient characteristics and exploratory analysis on prior engagements with peer support workers in a state-wide opioid recovery intervention. Social Work in Mental Health. 2022. Social Work in Mental Health
Gender
Male
Research and Scholarship
1. Lardier, DT, Dickson, E, Hackett, J, & Verdezoto, C. A scoping review of existing research between 1990 and 2023: Measuring virtual communities of practice across disciplines. Journal of Community Psychology. 2023.
2. Lardier DT, Hess J, Winter L, & Goodkind J. The impact of post-resettlement stressors and access to healthcare on physical health outcomes in recently resettled refugees in the United States. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 2022.
3. Saavedra, JS, Crisanti, AS, Lardier, DT, Tohen, M, Lenroot, R, Bustillo, J, …McIver, S. The Cascade of Care for Early Psychosis Detection in a College Counseling Center. Psychiatric Services. 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230005
4. Greene, N, Hess, J, Soller, B, Amer, S, Lardier DT, Goodkind, J. Expanding Social Network Conceptualization, Measurement, and Theory: Lessons from Transnational Refugee Populations. Journal of Applied Social Science. 2023.
5. Blackwell, M, Lardier DT, Choe, R, Goodkind, J. Persistence of the relationship between emotional distress and resource access: A longitudinal reciprocal model in a diverse refugee sample. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2023.
6. Barans, S, Friedman, B, Lardier, DT, Saavedra, JL, Bustillo, JR, Halperin, D,…Crisanti, AS. Trauma exposure and disclosure in Hispanics at clinical high risk for psychosis: A retrospective review study. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2023