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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. He became Board Certified in
Clinical Neuropsychology, through the American Board of Professional Psychology
(ABPP), in 2009.
Dr. Yochim 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.
He also investigates relationships among cerebrovascular disease, depression,
anxiety, and cognitive functioning in older adults. In particular, he is
interested in relationships between late-life depression or anxiety and
executive functioning.
Representative publications:
Yochim, B. P., Kane, K. D., & Mueller, A. E. (2009). Naming test of
the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery: Convergent and discriminant
validity. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 24, 575-583.
Yochim,
B.
P., Baldo, J., Kane, K. D., & Delis, D. (2009). D-KEFS Tower Test
performance in patients with lateral prefrontal cortex lesions: The importance
of error monitoring. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology,
31(6), 658-663.
Yochim, B., Lequerica, A.
L., MacNeill, S. E., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2008). Cognitive initiation and
depression as predictors of future IADL among older medical rehabilitation
patients. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 30(2),
236-244.
Yochim, B., Baldo, J.,
Nelson, A., & Delis, D. (2007). D-KEFS Trail Making Test performance in
patients with lateral prefrontal cortex lesions. Journal of the
International Neuropsychological Society, 13(4), 704-709.
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.
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