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Irwin S. Rosenfarb, PhD

Professor
California School of Professional Psychology


Alliant International University
10455 Pomerado Road
San Diego, CA 92131

Phone: (858) 635-4782
Fax: (858) 635-4482
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Professor Irwin Rosenfarb

Specialties and Interests | Courses TaughtSelected Publications | Grants | Selected Editorial Reviews | Education | Professional MembershipsLicesure | Interests and Hobbies

Specialties and Interests

  • schizophrenia 
  • mood disorders 
  • the role of the family in the course and treatment of severe psychopathology


Courses Taught

  • Advanced Psychopathology
  • Clinical Consultation Group
  • Research Design
  • Marital & Family Treatments for the Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia (seminar)

Selected Publications

  • Rosenfarb, I.S., & Juan, M.A. (accepted, revisions pending). Schizotypal personality disorder. In J.E. Fisher & W. O’Donahue (Eds)., Practitioner’s guide to evidence based psychotherapy. New York: Kluwer Academic Publications. 
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Smerud, P.E., Juan, M.A., & Setpaul, R.S. (in press).
    Disseminating family psychoeducation to community caregivers and residents:
    A pilot investigation. Schizophrenia Research. (abstract) 
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Bellack, A.S., Aziz, N., Kratz, K.M. & Sayers, S.L. (2004).
    Race, family transactions, and patient stabilization in schizophrenia. Journal of
    Abnormal Psychology, 113
    , 109-115.
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Miklowitz, D.J., Goldstein, M.J., Harmon, L.H., Nuechterlein, K.H.,
    & Rea, M.M. (2001). Family transactions and relapse in bipolar disorder. Family Process, 40, 5-14.
    - abstracted in Clinician’s Research Digest
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Nuechterlein, K.H., Goldstein, M.J., & Subotnik, K.L. (2000).
    Neurocognitive vulnerability, interpersonal criticism, and the emergence of unusual thinking by patients with schizophrenia during family transactions
    Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 1174-1179.
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Becker, J., Khan, A., & Mintz, J. (1998). Dependency and self-criticism in bipolar and unipolar depressed women. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37, 409-414.
  • Goldstein, M.J., Rosenfarb, I.S., Woo, S., & Nuechterlein, K.H. (1997). Transactional processes which can function as risk or protective factors in the family treatment of schizophrenia. In H.D. Brenner, W. Boker, & R. Genner (Eds.), Towards a comprehensive therapy for schizophrenia (pp. 147-157). Gottingen: Hogrefe & Huber.
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Goldstein, M.J., Mintz, J., & Nuechterlein, K.H. (1995).
    Expressed emotion and subclinical psychopathology observable within the
    transactions between schizophrenic patients and their family members. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 104, 259-267.
    - abstracted in Clinician’s Research Digest
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Becker, J., & Khan, A. (1994). Perceptions of parental and peer attachments by bipolar and unipolar depressed women. Journal of Abnormal
    Psychology, 103
    , 637-644.
    - abstracted in Clinician’s Research Digest
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Becker, J., Khan, A., & Mintz, J. (1994). Dependency,
    self-criticism, and perceptions of socialization experiences. Journal of
    Abnormal Psychology, 103
    , 669-675.
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Burker, E.J., Morris, S.M., & Cush, D. (1993). Effects of
    changing contingencies on the behavior of depressed and nondepressed individuals. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 642-646.
  • Rosenfarb, I.S. & Aron, J. (1992). The self-protective function of depressive affect and cognition. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 11, 323-335.
  • Rosenfarb, I.S., Newland, M.C., Brannon, S.E., & Howey, D.S. (1992). Effects of
    self-generated rules on the development of schedule-controlled behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 58, 107?121.


Grants

  • Rosenfarb, I. Family transaction patterns and the treatment of schizophrenia. National Institute of Mental Health. $99,081 (direct costs). 8/1/97
    to 7/31/01. 


Selected Editorial Reviews

  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology  2002
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology 2001, 2003, 2004 (2 manuscripts), 2004 
  • Schizophrenia Research 2001, 2002, 2003 (3 manuscripts), 2005
  • Archives of General Psychiatry 2003
  • Psychological Bulletin 2003
  • Psychological Assessment 2004
  • Bipolar Disorders 2004


Education

  • BA, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1977
  • Psychology Intern, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1984-1985
  • PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1986
  • Post-Doctoral Scholar, Clinical Research Center for the Study of Schizophrenia, University of California, Los Angeles 1991-1994

Professional Memberships


Licensure

  • PSY15174 (Licensed Psychologist)



Interests and Hobbies

  • Playing baseball with my son
  • Reading the Sunday New York Times
  • Listening to the Blues