Name
M. Duncan Stanton, Ph.D., ABPP, AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Introduction
Dr. Stanton is an internationally renowned scholar, clinician, and researcher on the subject of family and substance abuse. He has given over 500 invited workshops, lectures, and presentations in 27 countries. Author of over 150 publications and a Fellow of NCFR and AAMFT and in 5 APA Divisions, Dr. Stanton has received 10 awards from national organizations, including AFTA’s Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research (1997), a Presidential Citation from APA (2001), and AAMFT’s Cumulative Contribution to Family Therapy Research Award (2003).
Career
Stanton received his PhD in clinical/community psychology at the University of Maryland (1968). He served as a full-time faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1972–1983), with appointments at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic and the VA Medical Center. Later he directed the Division of Family Programs at the University of Rochester School of Medicine (1983–1997). Subsequently, he was invited to the Spalding University, where he served as a Dean (1997–1999) and Vice-President for academic research (1999) where he retired. Currently, he is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology (1999–present) at Spalding University. Stanton is a licensed psychologist (inactive), an approved supervisor for AAMFT, and he is recognized as a diplomate in both Clinical and Family Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Contributions to Profession
Dr. Stanton is most recognized for his expertise on the family aspects of drug abuse. His research, publications, and presentations were focused on the topic of intergenerational influence of drug abuse in the family system and family treatment of drug/alcohol addiction. He presented plenary addresses at various national/international conferences including the National Italian Conference on Drugs and Marginalization (Milan, Italy, 1979), the South African Conference on Marital and Family Therapy (Durban, South Africa, 1981), the International Conference on Marital and Family Therapy (Sun City, Bophuthatswana, 1983), the National Council on Family Relations (Philadelphia, 1988), the International Family Therapy Conference (Krakow, Poland, 1990), the Annual Conference of the AAMFT (Maryland, 1995), and the International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors (Santa Fe, NM, 1998).
Since 1977, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse referred him as a consultant to the White House Office of Drug Abuse Policy, Stanton served on several advisory, consulting, and policy-making positions including the Office of Drug Abuse Policy (Consultant, The White House, 1978–1981), Office of International Affairs (Consultant, NIDA, 1978–1981), Office Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Consultant, Department of Justice, 1988–1990), and the United States Information Agency (Consultant, Washington, DC, 1987–1997).
He has been also active in research and served as principal investigator on nine research grants (six of them were funded by the US National Institutes of Health) and coinvestigator on seven others. Topics for these researches include substance abuse, AIDS/HIV, and mental health services for Asian refugees. Presently, he is serving as a principal investigator for an NIH/NIAAA clinical trial on the treatment of alcohol abusing/alcohol-dependent adolescents in Louisville, KY.
He is a prolific writer with over 150 publications and has also served on the editorial boards of 16 scholarly journals and book series including The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Family Process, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, and Psychosocial Stress. Currently, he is serving on the editorial boards for the American Journal of Family Therapy and Sistemas Familiares.
References
Stanton, M. D. (1979). Family treatment approaches to drug abuse problems: A review. Family Process, 18(3), 251–280.
Stanton, M. D. (1981). Strategic approaches to family therapy. In A. Gurman & D. Kniskern (Eds.), Handbook of family therapy (Vol. 1, pp. 361–402). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Stanton, M. D., & Shadish, W. R. (1997). Outcome, attrition and family/couples treatment for drug abuse: A meta-analysis and review of the controlled, comparative studies. Psychological Bulletin, 122(2), 170–191.
Stanton, M. D., Todd, T. C., Heard, D. B., Kirschner, S., Kleiman, J. I., Mowatt, D. T., Riley, P., Scott, S. M., & Van Deusen, J. M. (1978). Heroin addiction as a family phenomenon: A new conceptual model. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 5(2), 125–150.
Stanton, M. D., Todd, T. C., & Associates. (1982). The family therapy of drug abuse and addiction. New York: Guilford Publications.
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Ro, HS. (2019). Stanton, M. Duncan. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_731
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