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| James
C. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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| Clinical Health Psychology | Social Psychology | ||||
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| Office: | 375 Gordon Palmer |
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| Phone: | (205) 348-0189 | ||||
| FAX: | (205) 348-8648 | ||||
| E-Mail: | jchamilt@bama.ua.edu | ||||
| Website: | under contstruction | ||||
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| Research Interests: | Our research group studies medical illness behavior, with a particular focus on excessive or gratuitous illness behavior. We are interested in the wide spectrum of excessive illness behavior, from ordinary illness excuse-making, to clinically significant illness behavior problems such as those manifest in somatoform and factitious disorders. | ||||
| Research Affiliations: | Illness Behavior Research Group | ||||
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| Recent Publications: | Hamilton, J.C. & Feldman, M. D. (2007). Treatment of factitious disorder and malingering. In G. Gabbard (Ed.). Treatments of DSM-IV-TR psychiatric disorders, 4th edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press. | ||||
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Hamilton, J.C. & Feldman, M.D. (2007). Functional analysis of malingering in the emergency department. Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Care Settings |
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Feldman, M. D. & Hamilton, J. C. (2006). Serial factitious disorder and Munchausen’s by proxy in pregnancy. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 60(12), 1675-1678. |
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| Hamilton, J. C., Deemer, H. N., & Janata, J. W. (2003). Feeling bad but looking good: Sick role features that lead to favorable interpersonal judgements. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22(3): 253-274. | |||||
| Feldman M.D., Hamilton J.C., & Deemer, H.N. (2001). Factitious disorders. In Phillips KA (Ed). Somatoform Disorders: American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry, Volume 20. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. | |||||