Research Interests

Psychotherapy for impulsive aggression
Neurobiology/Neuroimaging of aggression and self-aggression
Etiology of aggression and self-aggression

Current Studies

A Pilot Study Comparing the Efficacy of Group vs Individual Anger Management in IED Subjects

Neuroimaging of Emotional Information Processing among patients with and without Borderline Personality Disorder

Neuroimaging of Emotional Information Processing among patients with and without Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Assessment of Personality variables on Laboratory Measures of Cognitive and Psychomotor Tendencies

Selected Publications

McCloskey, M, Phan, K & Coccaro (2005) Neuroimaging of personality disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 7,65-72. Abstract

Buntz, S.C., Noblett, K.L., McCloskey, M.S., & Coccaro, E. F. (2005) High prevalence of personality disorders among healthy volunteers for research: Implications for control group bias. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 39, 421-430. Abstract

Giancola, P. R., White, H. R., Berman, M. E., McCloskey, M. S., Greer, T., Widom, C. S., Chermack, S. T., Leonard, K. E., Collins, L., & Quigley, B. M. (2003). Diverse research on alcohol and aggression in humans: In memory of John A. Carpenter. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27 (2), 198-208. Abstract

McCloskey, M., & Coccaro, E.F. Self-report and interview measures of aggression in adults (2003). Aggression: Assessment and treatment into the 21st century. (Coccaro, E.F. ed). 167-194. Marcel Dekker, New York.

McCloskey, Lee, R. J. M., & Coccaro, E. F.,(2003) The neurobiology of violence and aggression. The Handbook of Medical Psychiatry. (Soares, J. & Gershon, S. eds.). 671-682. Marcel Dekker, New York.

Berman, M.E., McCloskey, M., & Broman-Fulks, J.J. (2003). Biopsychosocial Approaches to Aggression. Aggression: Assessment and treatment into the 21st century. (Coccaro, E. F. ed). 61-74. Marcel Dekker, New York.