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Christy Capone is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at Brown University, focusing on Behavioral Social Sciences and Psychiatry Human Behavior. Her primary research interests involve the treatment of co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) in military Veterans. Dr. Capone obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Rhode Island and completed a predoctoral internship at the Boston VA Healthcare System. Following her education, she undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. Dr. Capone's work includes managing program research and providing direct patient care, emphasizing treatments that address trauma-related guilt and shame, and exploring adjunctive complementary treatment approaches. She has acted as the principal investigator for a Department of Defense-funded randomized clinical trial focusing on Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR) therapy, and has been involved in pilot trials for innovative treatment strategies, including MDMA-assisted therapy. Dr. Capone has received multiple awards, including the Junior Investigator Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism and the Research Mentor Award from the Clinical Psychology Training Consortium at Brown University.
Department: Department of Economics