August, Gerald Ph.D.

Gerald August, Ph.D.
Professor
Interim Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Director of the Clinic for Attention-Deficit and Learning Disorders

He is at the Fairview-University Medical Center and supervises psychological services for the Department of Psychiatry.  He is the child psychiatry coordinator and instructor for the continuing education program that presents a sequence of courses covering childhood mental disorders, treatment approaches, and community mental health perspectives.  Dr. August specializes in the area of Disruptive Behavioral Disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder, and has published a number of studies over the past 15 years addressing issues of diagnosis and classification, comorbidity, epidemiology, natural history, and treatment. 

In recent years, he has expanded his scientific inquiry to include the prevention of drug abuse and antisocial behavior, where early childhood behavioral problems, like ADHD and aggressiveness, are conceptualized as potential risk factors.  At the present time, Dr. August is principal investigator of two federally funded research initiatives (NIDA, CSAP) in which he is conducting efficacy trials of the EARY RISERS Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention Program among high-risk children living in rural and urban communities.

Educational Summary:
Purdue University, Ph.D. (Developmental-Child Psychology), 1975
University of Colorado-Post Doctoral Training - 1976-79
University of Iowa- Post Doctoral Fellowship in Psychiatric Genetics and Psychiatric Epidemiology - 1979-81
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Texas Medical Branch, 1981-82

Relevant Prior Experience:
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Medical Branch, 1981-84
Assistant Professor, 1985-91
Associate Professor, 1991-99
Professor of Psychiatry, 1999-present
Director of Center for Prevention and Children’s Mental Health, 1999-present
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry [Interim], 1999-present         

Responsibilities/Activities In This Residency:
Outpatient supervisor
Lecturer, Resident didactics

Research/Scholarly Interests:
Disruptive Behavioral Disorders
Prevention of drug abuse and antisocial behavior

Email: augus001@umn.edu