Dr. Brian J. Cox
Head, PZ-430 PsycHealth Centre
771 Bannatyne Avenue   
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3E 3N4   
Phone: 204-787-5166   
Fax: 204-787-4879   
coxbj@cc.umanitoba.ca

For more information please see Dr. Cox's Canada Research Chair profile.

Dr. Cox is a clinical research psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry where he holds the rank of Associate Professor.  He is an author on more than 100 articles published in peer- reviewed Journals as well as several book chapters.  His work has been recognized in the form of early career awards from the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (1999), Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (1996), Canadian Psychological Association (1997), and the University of Manitoba's Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research (1995).  He obtained his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from York University in 1993.  Prior to his current appointment he was a staff psychologist at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (1993-1994). He then held a term position in the clinical psychology training program at the University of Manitoba (1994-1997) before joining the Department of Psychiatry full time in the summer of 1997.

Dr. Cox is an adjunct professor with the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba and has occasionally served as Research Advisor for M.A. and Ph.D. students in clinical psychology.  In such cases he acts as the thesis supervisor with a member of the clinical program acting as Academic Supervisor.  Prospective students should be aware that Dr. Cox is not in a position to accept new students directly into the clinical program.  Students interested in doing graduate work with Dr. Cox should contact him early in planning their graduate school application.

Dr. Cox's current research program is an examination of the nature, assessment, and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder, social phobia, and major depression. Current research focuses on evaluating personality factors, thinking styles, and other psychosocial factors that may play a role in the onset, exacerbation, and offset of these conditions. His projects include multi-year studies into risk factors to predict mood and anxiety disorders in young adults, as well as conducting follow-up studies of treated patients to identify factors that might predict relapse or recovery. He is also working on psychological treatments, and the mechanisms by which they work, for a number of different disorders.  An emerging area of interest is in psychiatric epidemiology.  This involves the investigation of psychological individual differences, environmental factors, and their interaction, in the expression of various forms of psychopathology in community-based, representative samples. Dr. Cox and others in the research group hope to eventually plan community-based, early intervention studies for youth who may be at risk for anxiety disorders or depression.  His work is currently funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and the Manitoba Mental Health Research Foundation.

Dr. Cox is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba.  Students interested in psychiatric epidemiology and population mental health should contact him early in their graduate school planning.

Recent Publications:

Asmundson, G.J.G., Taylor, S., & Cox, B.J. (Eds.). (in press). Health Anxiety: Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Disorders.  New York: John Wiley & Sons.

    Asmundson, G.J.G., Taylor, S., Sevgur, S., & Cox, B.J. (in press). Health anxiety: Classification and clinical features. In G.J.G. Asmundson, S. Taylor, & B.J. Cox (Eds.). (in press). Health Anxiety: Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Disorders. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
 
    Asmundson, G.J.G., Taylor, S., Wright, D., & Cox, B.J. (in press). Future directions and challenges in assessment, treatment, and investigation. In G.J.G. Asmundson, S. Taylor, & B.J. Cox (Eds.). (in press). Health Anxiety: Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Disorders. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

    Clara, I.P., Cox, B.J., & Enns, M.W. (in press). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scales in depressed and anxious patients.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.

    Cox, B.J., Borger, S.C., Asmundson, G.J.G., & Taylor, S. (2000). Dimensions of hypochondriasis and the five factor model of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 29, 99-108.

    Cox, B.J., Enns, M.W., & Clara, I.P. (2000). The Parental Bonding Instrument: Confirmatory evidence for a three-factor model in a psychiatric clinical sample and in the National Comorbidity Survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 35, 353-357.

    Cox, B.J., Enns, M.W., Freeman, P., & Walker, J.R. (in press).Anxiety sensitivity and major depression: Examination of affective state dependence.  Behaviour Research and Therapy.

    Cox, B.J., Enns, M.W., & Larsen, D.K. (in press). The continuity of depression symptoms: Use of cluster analysis for profile identification in patient and student samples. Journal of Affective Disorders.

    Cox, B.J., Enns, M.W., & Larsen, D.K. (in press). Assessment of physiological hyperarousal in patients with mood and anxiety disorders. Depression and Anxiety.

    Cox, B.J., Enns, M.W., & Taylor, S. (in press). The effect of rumination as a mediator of elevated anxiety sensitivity in major depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research.

    Cox, B.J., Enns, M.W., Walker, J.R., Kjernisted, K., & Pidlubny, S.R. (in press).  Psychological vulnerabilities in patients with major depression versus panic disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy.

    Cox, B.J., Fuentes, K., Borger, S.C. &Taylor, S (in press). Psychopathological correlates of anxiety sensitivity: Evidence from clinical interviews and self-report measures. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
 
    Cox, B.J., Kwong, J.,Michaud, V., & Enns, M.W. (2000). Problem and probable pathological gambling: Considerations from a community survey. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 548-553.

    Cox, B.J., Rector, N.A., Bagby, R.M., Swinson, R. P., Levitt, A. J., & Joffe, R. T.(2000). Is self-criticism unique for depression? A comparison with social phobia. Journal of Affective Disorders, 57, 223-228.

    Cox, B.J., and Swinson, R.P. (in press). An instrument to assess depersonalization-derealization in panic disorder. Depression and Anxiety.

    Cox, B.J., & Taylor, S. (in press). Behavioral group therapy. In M. Hersen & W. Sledge (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. New York: Academic Press.

    Enns, M. W., & Cox, B.J.(in press). The nature and assessment of perfectionism: A critical analysis. In G.Flett & P. Hewitt (Eds). Perfectionism: Theory, Research, and Treatment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

    Enns, M.W., & Cox, B.J. (in press). Pathogenesis of winter SAD: The role of personality and cognition. In T. Partonen & A. Magnusson (Eds.). Seasonal Affective Disorder. New York: Oxford University Press.

    Enns, M.W., Cox, B.J., & Borger, S.C. (in press). Correlates of analogue and clinical depression: A further test of the phenomenological continuity hypothesis. Journal of Affective Disorders.

    Enns, M.W., Cox, B.J., & Larsen, D.K. (2000). Perceptions of parental bonding and symptom severity in adults with depression: Mediation by personality dimensions. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 263-268.

    Enns, M.W., Larsen, D.K., & Cox, B.J. (2000). Discrepancies between self and observer ratings of depression: The relationship with demographic, clinical and personality variables. Journal of Affective Disorders, 60, 33-41.

    Frombach, I., Asmundson, G.J.G., & Cox, B.J. (in press). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Fear Questionnaire in injured workers with chronic pain. Depression and Anxiety.

    Fuentes, K., & Cox, B. J. (2000). Assessment of anxiety in older adults: A community- based survey and comparison with younger adults. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38, 297- 309.

    McWilliams, L.A., & Cox, B.J. (in press). How distinct is anxiety sensitivity from trait anxiety? A reexamination from a multidimensional perspective.  Personality and Individual Differences.

    McWilliams, L.A., Cox, B.J., & Enns, M.W. (in press). Impact of adult attachment styles on pain and disability associated with arthritis in a nationally representative sample. The Clinical Journal of Pain.

    McWilliams, L.A., Cox, B.J., & Enns, M.W. (in press). Childhood trauma and depersonalization during panic attacks: A second look using a nationally representative sample. American Journal of Psychiatry. (Letter).

    Norton, P.J., Asmundson, G.J.G., Cox, B.J., & Norton, G.R. (in press). Future directions in anxiety disorders: Profiles and perspectives of leading contributors. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

    Stewart, S.H., Taylor, S., Jang, K.L., Cox, B.J., Watt, M.C., Federoff, I.C., & Borger, S.C. (in press). Causal modelling of relations among learning history, anxiety sensitivity, and panic attacks. Behaviour Research and Therapy.

    Taylor, S., Bouchard, S., Cox, B., & Gauthier, J. (in press).  Anxiety disorders. In W.L.Marshall & P. Firestone (Eds.). Abnormal Psychology: Perspectives (2nd Edition).  Prentice Hall. pp. 151-180.

    Wiebe, J.M.D, Cox, B.J., & Mehmel, B. (in press). The South Oaks Gambling Screen Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA): Further psychometric findings from a community sample. Journal of Gambling Studies.