Forrest Scogin

Professor

Coordinator, Clinical Geropsychology

Primary Concentration:
  Secondary Concentration:
Clinical Psychology   Clinical Geropsychology
     
Contact Information:
  Courses:
Office: 367C Gordon Palmer Hall

Practicum in Geropsychology

Health and Aging

Principles of Psychotherapy

Phone: 205.348.1924
FAX: (205)  348-8648  
E-Mail: fscogin@as.ua.edu 
  Website: website  

Research Interests: Mental health and aging; psychological treatments; depression; self-administered treatments; memory and cognitive training for older adults; rural mental health
 
Research Affiliations: Geropsychology
 

Recently Funded Grants

2011-2014   “Treatment of Insomnia and Depression in Elders (TIDE). F. Scogin, Co-Principal Investigator. National Institute of Mental Health.

 
Recent Publications:

Scogin, F., Morthland, M., Kaufman, A., Chaplin, W., & Kong, G. (in press). Maintenance of quality of life improvements in diverse rural older adults.  Psychology and Aging

 

Snarski, M*., Scogin, F., DiNapoli, E., Presnell, A., McAlpine, J., & Marcinak, J. (in press). The effects of behavioral activation therapy with inpatient geriatric psychiatry patients. Behavior Therapy.

 

Fairchild, K*., & Scogin, F. (in press). TEAM: Training to enhance adult memory. Aging and Mental Health.

 

Yon, A.*, & Scogin, F. (2009).  Behavioral activation as a treatment for geriatric depression. Clinical Gerontologist. 32, 91-103.

 

Hanson, A*., & Scogin, F. (2008).  Older adults’ acceptance of  psychological, pharmacological, and combination treatments for geriatric depression. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science s,63, 245-248.