Merritt D. Schreiber, Ph.D.
Biographical Summary
Ph.D. - Clinical-Child Psychology - Ohio State University, 1982
Licensed Psychologist - State of California. Medical Board of California.
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
Currently Clinical Psychologist II with County of Orange/Health Care Agency/
Behavioral Health Care/Children and Youth Services
Past positions include:
Postdoctoral Fellow in Child/Adolescent Clinical Psychology, University of
Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles
County/USC Medical Center
Child/Adolescent In-patient Services, LAC/USC Medical Center. Pediatric
consultation/liaison service
San Fernando Valley Child Guidance - Outpatient, day treatment, family stress
programs.
U.S. Public Health Service, Indian Health Service, Gallup Indian Medical
Center, Gallup, NM - COSTEP extern, Ensign, Commissioned Corps, US Public
Health Service.
St. Vincent's Children's Center, Columbus, Ohio
The Children's Hospital/Ohio State University Medical Center - Pediatric
consultation/liaison
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles University Affiliated Program. Multi-
disciplinary assessment of multiproblem children.
Wayne State University Department of Psychiatry/Lafayette Clinic (Merrill-Palmer)
Inpatient child/adolescent services
Downriver Guidance Clinic-Seaway Hospital - Trenton, MI (Merrill-Palmer
Practicum) Outpatient child/adolescent/family services
Consulting includes:
Orange County Register
Los Angeles Times
Irvine Unified School District, Special Education Division
City of Irvine Family Services Programs
US Public Health Service/Indian Health Service, California Program
Office, Sacramento, CA
Laguna Beach Unified School District - consultation on coordinated responses
to youth suicide in the high school setting.
Clinical Research includes:
Coping in Children Exposed to Disaster
The Relationship Between Peer Support and Children's Coping with Parental
Divorce. Dissertation
Social competency with peers: The interactions of role-taking ability,
assertiveness and physical attractiveness. Masters Thesis
Papers Presented include:
1998 Children's Emergencies in Disasters: A national emergency medical services
for children workshop. Mental Health Services for Children in the Laguna
Beach firestorm. US Public Health Service/FEMA/Center for Mental Health
Services/NHTSA, Orlando, FL.
1994 Post Traumatic Reactions in Children Exposed to Fire Disaster.
Presented at 42nd Annual Meeting of American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, New Orleans, LA.
Areas of Special Interest include:
Treatment Models; Clinical Data Management; Disaster Mental Health;
and Clinical Comorbidity
Currently: Chair, Family Services Advisory Board, City of Irvine
Oral Examiner, State of California, Medical Board of
California/Board of Psychology
American Red Cross - DSHR Member
DMHS I Instructor
Email: snowyrange@bigfoot.com
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