AlisonHeru

user info

First Name

Alison

Last Name

Heru

City

Denver

State

CO

Zipcode

80206

Website

http://www.uchsc.edu/psychiatry/residency/psychosomatic/

APA Member?

Yes

Areas of Specialty

psychosomatic medicine, family focused care

Bio

Alison Heru is a family psychiatrist with a focus in psychosomatic medicine. She enjoys training residents in a biopsychosocial model of assessment and care. 
Title: 2007-Present: Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Univeristy Colorado Denver 
 Professional Memberships/Societies
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
Association of Family Psychiatrists
American Psychiatric Association
Association of Academic Psychiatry
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Education
Glasgow University (Scotland) 1977
Residencies: Brown Medical School (Providence, RI) Psychiatry, 1985-1989
 

Recent Publications

1. Keitner GI,Heru AM, Glick I. Couples and Family Therapy, APPI Press, 2009
2. Committee on the family, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Family-oriented patient care through the residency training cycle. Academic Psychiatry 32:111-118, 2008.
3. Heru AM.Drury L.Working with families of psychiatric inpatients. Johns Hopkins University  Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 2007.
4. Committee on the family, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Family Skills for General Psychiatry Residents: meeting ACGME core competency requirements. Academic Psychiatry. 30(1):69-78, 2006.
5. Heru AM, Stuart GL, Eyres J, Rainey S, Recupero PR. Prevalence and severity of intimate partner violence and associations with family functioning and alcohol abuse in psychiatric inpatients with suicidal intent. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 67:23-9, 2006.