John Robert McQuaid, Ph.D
Acting Chief, Mental Health, SFVAHCS
Vice Chair for Adult Psychology, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
Weill Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
Email: John.mcquaid@va.gov
Cognitive-behavior Therapy
Dr. McQuaid completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of California, San Diego, his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Oregon, and his internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. From 1995 to 2009 he served on the faculty of the University of California, San Diego and as a staff member at the VA San Diego Healthcare System, moving into the role of Associate Chief of Psychology at the VA in 2004. In 2009 Dr. McQuaid accepted the position of Associate Chief of Mental Health at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, and joined the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr McQuaid’s research has focused on designing and evaluating psychosocial interventions for psychological and behavioral problems, including dual diagnosis conditions (depression and substance dependence), psychosis, anxiety disorders, high risk sex behaviors, and phantom limb pain. Dr. McQuaid’s clinical and teaching expertise is in cognitive-behavioral interventions for mood disorders. He has directed psychotherapy clinics at the San Diego VA and now the San Francisco VA since 1995. Throughout his career he has provided both didactic training and clinical supervision to nursing, psychiatry, psychology and social work trainees and staff in cognitive-behavioral and related interventions. He has also served as a member of VA and APA task forces to establish guidelines for the treatment of depression. Dr. McQuaid currently serves as Past-President of the Association of VA Psychologist Leaders.
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