Bartley Christopher Frueh

Freuh was born in New York City in 1963. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Kenyon College in 1985 [1] and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Florida in 1992.[2]

Frueh is the Director of Research at The Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas[3] and both Professor and Chair of the Social Sciences Division at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.[4] He is also editor of The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic and associate editor for the Journal of Anxiety Disorders.[5]

Formerly, Frueh was a Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. 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.[6]

The focus of much of Frueh’s research is aimed towards trauma survivors experiencing psychological disorders such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.[7] He has acted as principal investigator on 14 federally funded research projects and co-investigator on over 25 projects. Furthermore, he has authored over 200 peer reviewed papers and book chapters.[8]

Frueh is co-author of Assessment and Treatment Planning for PTSD,[9] a guide providing evidence-based approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD.[10]

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 early 1930s Chicago during the public enemy era.[11]