James Langenbucher specializes in diagnosis, nosology and adult psychopathology. Since 1989 he has been principal investigator of a multisited, prospective longitudinal cohort study, the Rutgers Research Diagnostic Project (RDP), and currently holds an Independent Scientist Award, Neuroadaptive Clinical Models of Drug Dependence, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. His research focuses on developing new, high performance diagnostic algorithms with firm links to biological and developmental factors and testing them though a multilevel validation strategy before feeding them into the DSM-V and ICD-11 development processes. From 1987 to 1995, Dr. Langenbucher was director of a principal teaching clinic for the clinical psychology program at Rutgers, the Program for Additions Consultation and treatment (PACT) at St. Peter's Medical Center in New Brunswick. He provides clinical supervision in addictions treatment and general mental health cases to a variety of GSAPP and clinical Ph.D. students and graduates. Board certified in forensic examination, he regularly conducts assessment of cases in which alcohol and drug abuse are involved, and has a special interest in the problems of the elderly. He limits his therapy practice to patients aged sixty and older.

Research Interests and Clinical Work

alcoholism and other drug addiction; diagnosis, nosology, and descriptive psychopathology of adult disorders; cost studies and policy analysis; research methodology and quantitative methods; forensic evaluation; problems of the elderly

Instructor for the Following Course

• Adult Psychopathology

Email: lngnbchr@rci.rutgers.edu