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Dr. Brian Yochim is
a licensed psychologist who joined the UCCS psychology
department in 2006 to teach graduate courses in clinical
neuropsychology and psychology of aging, and to supervise
neuropsychological assessments in the UCCS Aging Center. He
obtained his Bachelor's degree from Truman State University
in Kirksville, Missouri, and earned his Master of Arts and
Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Wayne State University in
Detroit, Michigan. In 2004, he completed an APA-accredited
internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo
Alto, California, specializing in clinical geropsychology
and neuropsychology. Then he completed a two-year
postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology, with a
focus on aging, at the VA Northern California Health Care
System in Martinez, California.
Dr. Yochim conducts research on the relationships among
depression, cerebrovascular disease, cognitive functioning,
and completion of instrumental activities of daily living
(IADL) in older adults. In particular, he is interested in
relationships between late-life depression and executive
functioning. He also conducts clinical research on the
neuropsychological assessment of older adults, particularly
on the validity of instruments used to diagnose dementia
and on the improvement of neuropsychological assessment
techniques.
Research areas: late-life depression, vascular
depression, executive functioning in older adults, and
neuropsychological assessment for older adults.
Representative publications:
Yochim, B. P., Kerkar, S. P., & Lichtenberg, P. A.
(2006). Cerebrovascular risk factors, activity limitations,
and depressed mood in African American older adults.
Psychology and Aging, 21(1), 186-189.
Yochim, B. P., MacNeill, S. E., & Lichtenberg, P.A.
(2006). "Vascular depression" predicts verbal fluency in
older adults. Journal of Clinical and Experimental
Neuropsychology, 28, 495-508.
Yochim, B. P., Bank, A. L., Mast, B. T., MacNeill, S. E.,
& Lichtenberg, P. A. (2003). Clinical utility of the
Mattis Dementia Rating Scale in older, urban medical
patients: An expanded study. Aging, Neuropsychology,
and Cognition, 10(3), 230-237.
Yochim, B., Mast, B., & Lichtenberg, P. (2003).
Cerebrovascular risk factors and depressed mood in inner
city older adults. Clinical Psychologist, 7(1),
11-20.
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