Brian D. Carpenter, PhD

Principal Investigator, Clinical Geropsychology Laboratory
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Professor of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Washington University

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

I direct the Clinical Geropsychology laboratory in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Our research focuses on family relationships later in life, collaboration between older adults and their healthcare providers, end-of-life care, and dementia health literacy.

PUBLICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

  • Hill, P., Wynn, M., & Carpenter, B.D. (2020). Purposeful engagement as a motivation for dementia caregiving: Comment on Lang and Fowers (2019). American Psychologist, 75, 113-114. doi:10.1037/amp0000511
  • McDarby, M., Kozlov, E., & Carpenter, B.D. (2019). Frequency of Contact Among Family Members and End-of-life Care Planning. Innovation in Aging, 3, S669-S670. doi:10.1093/geroni/igz038.2476
  • Ju, C., & Carpenter, B.D. (2019). Predictions of Risk Tolerance Across Disease Scenarios among Older Adults. Innovation in Aging, 3, S845-S845. doi:10.1093/geroni/igz038.3111
  • Pichiello, M., McDarby, M., Kozlov, E., & Carpenter, B.D. (2019). Lives Worse than Death: Adult Children are poor at Estimating Parents’ Quality-of-life Valuations. Innovation in Aging, 3, S636-S636. doi:10.1093/geroni/igz038.2368
  • Wynn, M., Sha, A., Lamb, K., Carpenter, B.D., & Yochim, B. (2019). Performance on the Verbal Naming Test among healthy, community-dwelling older adults. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1-13. doi:10.1080/13854046.2019.1683232
  • Carpenter, B.D., & McDarby, M. (2018). Interventions to enhance communication and decision making in the context of serious illness. In R. Allen, B.D. Carpenter, & M.K. Eichorst (Eds.) Global Perspectives on Behavioural Interventions in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis.
  • Carpenter, B.D. & Gooblar, J. (2018). Disclosing a neurodegenerative diagnosis: The complexities of telling and hearing. In G.E. Smith and S. Farias (Eds.), APA Handbook of Dementia. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Wynn, M., & Carpenter, B.D. (2017). Triadic discourse features and their effect on outcomes of dementia diagnosis disclosure. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
  • Porensky, E.K., & Carpenter, B.D. (2016). Breaking bad news: Effects of forecasting diagnosis and framing prognosis. Patient Education & Counseling, 99, 68-76.
  • Carpenter, B.D. (2015). Geropsychological practice with people near the end of life. In P.A. Lichtenberg & B.T. Mast (Eds.), Handbook of Professional Geropsychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.