Current Appointments:
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Director of Psychology, Outpatient Psychiatry Service, University of Colorado Hospital
Selected Publications:
Shedler, J., Beck A.T., Fonagy, P., Gabbard, G.O., Gunderson, J., Kernberg, O., Michels, R., Westen, D. (2010). Personality Disorders in DSM-5. American Journal of Psychiatry. 167, 1026-1028.
Shedler, J. (2010). The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 65, 98-109.
Shedler, J. (2010). The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure: Making personality diagnosis clinically meaningful. In J.F. Clarkin, P. Fonagy, & G.O. Gabbard (Eds.). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders: A Clinical Handbook. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
Russ, E., Shedler, J. Bradley, R., Westen, D. (2008). Refining the Construct of Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Diagnostic Criteria and Subtypes. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 1473-1481.
Spitzer, R.L., First, M.B., Shedler, J., Westen, D., & Skodal, M.D. (2008). Clinical utility of five dimensional systems for personality diagnosis: A “consumer preference” study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196, 356-374.
Shedler, J. & Westen, D., (2007). The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP): Making personality diagnosis clinically meaningful. Journal of Personality Assessment, 89, 41-55.
Westen, D. & Shedler, J. (2007). Personality diagnosis with the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP): Integrating clinical and statistical measurement and prediction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 810-822.
Shedler, J. (2006). That was then, this is now: An Introduction to contemporary psychodynamic therapy. Retrieved from http://psychsystems.net/shedler.html.
Shedler, J. & Westen, D. (2004). Refining DSM-IV Personality Disorder Diagnosis: Integrating science and practice. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 1350-1365.
Shedler, J. & Westen, D. (2004). Dimensions of personality pathology: An alternative to the five factor model. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 1743-1754.