Lawrence S. Gaines, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Lawrence.Gaines@Vanderbilt.edu
Dr.Gaines has been a member of the faculty since 1987. He recently initiated behavioral medicine-clinical psychology services for VUMC programs in surgical weight loss and inflammatory bowel disease. He is interested in self regulatory processes, particularly reasoning, underlying adaptation to illness and surgical weight loss.
Education
Ph.D., University of Maryland
M.A., University of Maryland
B.A., City College of New York, City University of New York
Postgraduate Training
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Post-Doctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University
Areas of Clinical Expertise
Pre-surgery behavioral medicine evaluations, psychotherapy, health and behavior assessments and interventions
Research Interests
Cognitive aspects of weight control beliefs and the maintenance of weight loss, adaptation to chronic illness, behavioral medicine, development of drinking problems
Representative publications
1. Gaines, L.S., Brooks, P.H., Doub, W.T. (2006) Children’s reasoning about drinking decisions and parental drinking. Unpublished manuscript.
