Bartley Christopher Frueh

{{Short description|American psychologist and novelist (born 1963)}}

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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

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| field = Psychology, psychiatry

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Bartley Christopher Frueh (born 1963) is a clinical psychologist and American author.{{Cite book|last1=Widmer|first1=Edward L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=49beDAAAQBAJ&q=bartley+christopher+frueh&pg=PA359|title=The New York Times Disunion: A History of the Civil War|last2=Risen|first2=Clay|last3=Kalogerakis|first3=George|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-062183-4|page=359|language=en}}

Early life and education

Frueh was born in New York City in 1963. He received his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Kenyon College in 1985{{Cite web |date=2013-10-11 |title=PTSD Sleuth - Alumni Bulletin - Kenyon College |url=http://bulletin.kenyon.edu/x2955.xml |access-date=2022-08-12 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011010220/http://bulletin.kenyon.edu/x2955.xml |archive-date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead}} and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Florida in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://counseling.uhh.hawaii.edu/faculty.htm |title=Program Faculty | Counseling Psychology |access-date=2014-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104233500/http://counseling.uhh.hawaii.edu/faculty.htm |archive-date=2013-11-04}}

Career

Frueh is a licensed clinical psychologist and holds faculty appointments as Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo,{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=B. Christopher Frueh, Professor of Psychology – Keaohou |url=https://hilo.hawaii.edu/keaohou/2012/10/17/frueh-psychology/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}} Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas,{{Cite web |last=hogtheweb |title=Dr. Chris Frueh |url=https://talentwargroup.com/team/dr-chris-frueh/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Talent War Group |language=en-US}} and adjunct professor, Psychiatry in Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Academic Institute.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-04 |title=Dr. Chris Frueh |url=https://gsof.org/dr-chris-frueh/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Global SOF |language=en-US}}

Formerly, Frueh was a professor of psychiatry at both Baylor College of Medicine and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, as well as Director of Research at The Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas. He also spent 15 years as a staff psychologist and director of the PTSD Clinic at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina. He has 30 years of professional experience working with military veterans and active-duty personnel.

Frueh also sits on the Scientific Advisory Panel for both the SEAL Future Foundation{{Cite web |title=Psychology Faculty |url=https://hilo.hawaii.edu/depts/psychology/faculty.php#frueh |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=hilo.hawaii.edu}} and Boulder Crest Foundation,{{Cite web |title=Scientific Advisory Panel |url=https://bouldercrest.org/scientific-advisory-panel/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Boulder Crest Foundation |language=en-US}} the Wellness Advisory Board for the Military Special Operations Family Collaborative,{{Cite web |title=About – MSOFC |url=https://msofc.org/about/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}} and the Medical Advisory Committee for the PTSD Foundation of America.{{Cite web |title=PTSD Foundation of America |url=https://ptsdusa.org/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=ptsdusa.org |language=en-US}}

He has served as a paid contractor for the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, US State Department, and the National Board of Medical Examiners. Frueh's mental health related commentaries have also been published in National Review,{{Cite web |date=2014-08-24 |title=The Other VA Scandal |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2014/08/25/other-va-scandal/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=National Review |language=en-US}} Huffington Post,{{Cite web |date=2012-12-14 |title=Prescription to Die: How Medications May Be Killing Veterans Faster Than Suicide |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/veterans-mental-health_b_2273013 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} The New York Times,{{Cite web |title=B. Christopher Frueh - Opinionator - The New York Times |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/b-christopher-frueh/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=archive.nytimes.com |language=en}} Men's Journal,{{Cite web |last=Frueh |first=Chris |title=Why Gut Health Is Critical for Optimal Performance and Wellness |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/why-gut-health-is-critical-for-optimal-performance-and-wellness/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Men's Journal}} and Special Operation Association of America;{{Cite web |last=Nick |date=2022-01-13 |title=Dr. Frueh Speaks On Operator Syndrome |url=https://soaa.org/dr-frueh-operator-syndrome/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=SOAA |language=en-US}} and has been quoted or cited in The Washington Post,{{Cite web |title=Can historical analysis help reduce military deaths by suicide? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/17/can-historical-analysis-help-reduce-military-deaths-by-suicide/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=washingtonpost.com}}{{Cite news |last=Vedantam |first=Shankar |date=2005-12-27 |title=A Political Debate On Stress Disorder |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/26/AR2005122600792.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |issn=0190-8286}} Scientific American,{{Cite journal |title=Soldiers' Stress: What Doctors Get Wrong about PTSD |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/post-traumatic-stress-trap/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |journal=Scientific American|date=2009 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0409-64 |pmid=19363922 |last1=Dobbs |first1=D. |volume=300 |issue=4 |pages=64–69 |url-access=subscription }} The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Stars and Stripes, USA Today, Men’s Health, Los Angeles Times, Reuter, Associated Press, and NBC News.{{Cite web |title=About us {{!}} VETS |url=https://vetsolutions.org/about/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=About us {{!}} VETS |language=en}}

Research

Frueh has conducted clinical trials, epidemiology, historical epidemiology, and neuroscience research, primarily with combat veterans, and has acted as principal investigator on 15 federally funded research projects and co-investigator, mentor, or consultant on over 25 others.{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Jessica |date=2020-09-22 |title=B. Christopher Frueh - UCF RESTORES |url=https://ucfrestores.com/person/b-christopher-frueh/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=ucfrestores.com |language=en-us}} The focus of much of Frueh's research is aimed towards trauma survivors experiencing psychological disorders such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=UH Hilo psychologist Chris Frueh: VA policies are harming combat veterans with PTSD – UH Hilo Stories |url=https://hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/stories/2014/09/10/policies-harming-combat-veterans/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=UH Hilo behavioral scientist is researching ways to provide better mental health treatment for combat veterans – UH Hilo Stories |url=https://hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/stories/2018/10/08/uh-hilo-behavioral-scientist-health-care-combat-veterans/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}} Over the course of his career Frueh has authored over 300 peer reviewed scientific publications.

=Most cited works=

[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00048670903393597 Prevalence Estimates of Combat-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Critical Review]
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X09006363 Poly-Victimization and Risk of Posttraumatic, Depressive, and Substance Use Disorders and Involvement in Delinquency in a National Sample of Adolescents]
[https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ps.56.9.1123 Special Section on Seclusion and Restraint: Patients' Reports of Traumatic or Harmful Experiences Within the Psychiatric Setting]
[https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-12859-003 Current directions in videoconferencing tele-mental health research]
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273589900015X Apparent symptom overreporting in combat veterans evaluated for ptsd]

Recent works

Frueh is co-author of [http://www.deploymentpsych.org/blog/staff-voices-review-%E2%80%98assessment-and-treatment-planning-ptsd%E2%80%99 Assessment and Treatment Planning for PTSD],{{cite web | url=http://www.deploymentpsych.org/blog/staff-voices-review-%E2%80%98assessment-and-treatment-planning-ptsd%E2%80%99 | title=Staff Voices: Review of 'Assessment and Treatment Planning for PTSD' | Center for Deployment Psychology}} a guide providing evidence-based approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD.Frueh, C., Grubaugh, A., Elhai, J. D., & Ford, J. D. (2012). Assessment and Treatment Planning for PTSD. Wiley. com.

Additionally, under the pen name of Christopher Bartley, he is a noir crime novelist who created the hardboiled Ross Duncan Series (They Die Alone, 2013, etc.) set in 1934 America at the end of the Prohibition during the public enemy era.{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=An interview with UH Hilo psychology professor Chris Frueh about his crime novels – UH Hilo Stories |url=https://hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/stories/2015/01/15/frueh-crime-novel/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}}{{cite web | url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/they-die-alone/ | title=THEY DIE ALONE by Christopher Bartley}}{{failed verification|date=November 2016}} The series’ protagonist, Ross Duncan, is a hunted criminal, but he is also a wandering observer who engages with people from all strata of society, polite or otherwise.

=Ross Duncan series=

[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/they-die-alone/ They Die Alone (2013)]Bartley, C. (2013). They die alone. Fort Valley, Georgia: Peach Publishing. ISBN 978-1780361857
[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/sleep-not-my-child/ Sleep Not, My Child (2013)]Bartley, C. (2013). Sleep Not, My Child. Fort Valley, Georgia: Peach Publishing. ISBN 978-1780361864
[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/for-a-sin-offering/ For a Sin Offering (2013)]Bartley, C. (2013). For a Sin Offering. Fort Valley, Georgia: Peach Publishing. ISBN 978-1780362205
[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/to-catch-is-not-to-hold/ To Catch is Not to Hold (2013)]Bartley, C. (2013). To Catch is Not to Hold. Fort Valley, Georgia: Peach Publishing. ISBN 978-1780362212
[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/unto-the-daughters-of-men/ Unto the Daughters of Men (2013)]Bartley, C. (2013). Unto the Daughters of Men. Fort Valley, Georgia: Peach Publishing.
[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/a-bullet-to-dream-of/ A Bullet to Dream Of (2014)]{{Cite book |last=Bartley |first=Christopher |title=A Bullet to Dream Of |publisher=Peach Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=978-1780362366 |location=Fort Valley, Georgia}}
[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/every-secret-thing-bartley/ Every Secret Thing (2014)]{{Cite book |last=Bartley |first=Christopher |title=Every Secret Thing |publisher=Peach Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=978-1780362601 |location=Fort Valley, Georgia}}
[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/naked-shall-i-return/ Naked Shall I Return (2015)]{{Cite book |last=Bartley |first=Christopher |title=Naked Shall I Return |publisher=Peach Publishing |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-78036-286-1 |location=Fort Valley, Georgia}}

More recently, Frueh has also published [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bartley/a-season-past/ A Season’s Past (2019)], a collection of novellas featuring men with guns and their search for meaning and intimacy.{{Cite book |last=Bartley |first=Christopher |title=A Season Past |publisher=Peach Publishing |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-78036-393-6 |location=Fort Valley, Georgia}}