Dennis Dyck, Ph.D.
Professor
E-Mail: dyck@wsu.edu
Phone: (509) 358-7618
Office: WSU Spokane
I am currently studying the relationship between family caregiving
(as a chronic stressor model) for persons with chronic mental
illnesses/diseases and caregiver burden, physiology and health.
The immediate aim is to elucidate the contribution of patient illness
factors (stressors), caregiver resources (coping, social support) and
vulnerabilities (physical illness and behavioral risk factors) in
predicting caregiver health outcomes. A current five year intervention
study is examining the health impacts of a family education and support
program for schizophrenia caregivers. Another series of studies is
looking at the predictive relationship between behavior, lifestyle, and
physiological factors and a non-invasive marker of coronary heart
disease (coronary artery calcification).
Biographical Information
Dennis G. Dyck, Professor of Psychology and Neurosciences, received a
B.A. degree in psychology from Fresno Pacific College in 1968, an M.A.
in psychology from the Pepperdine University of Washington in 1969, and
a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma in 1973. He was a
postdoctoral intern in clinical psychology at the University of Manitoba
in 1983-1984. From 1984-1991conducted Neuroimmmunology research at the
University of Manitoba. Dr. Dyck joined W.S.U. in 1991 as the Director
of the Washington Institute for Mental Illness: Research and Training
which he continues into the present. In this capacity he directs
clinical and mental health services as well as training programs that
benefit persons in the public mental health system.
Selected Publications
Hendryx, M, Dyck, DG & Srebnik, D (in press). Risk-adjusted outcome
models for public mental health outpatient programs. Health Services
Research.
Short, R, Vitaliano, P & Dyck, DG (1998). Predictors of infectious
illness in schizophrenia family caregivers. Psychosomatic Medicine,60,
100.
Florio, E, Hendryx, M, Jensen, JE, Rockwood, T, Raschko, R & Dyck, DG
(1997). A comparison of suicidal and non-suicidal elders referred to a
community mental health center program. J of Suicidal and Life
Threatening Behavior, 27, 182-193.
Srebnik, D, Hendryx, M, Stevenson, J, Caverly, S, Cauce, AM &
Dyck,
DG (1997). Development of outcome indicators for monitoring the quality
of public mental health care. Psychiatric Services, 48, 903-909.
Ries, RK & Dyck, DG (1997). Representative payee practices of
community mental health centers in Washington State. Psychiatric
Services, 48, 811-815.
Janz L, Vriend CY, Murray L, Green-Johnson J, Nance DM, Greenberg AH
and Dyck DG (1996). Pavlovian conditioning of LPS induced responses:
Effects on corticosterone, splenic, NE & IL-2 production. Pharmacology,
Biochemistry and Behavior, 59, 1103-1109.
