About Dr. Daley
Positions Held
Dr. Daley served in multiple clinical leadership positions for over 30 years in the Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine Services (AMS) at Western Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. These positions include Chief of AMS (14 years), Director of the Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services (12 years), Director of the Regional Research and Training Center in the Appalachian Tri-State (ATS) node of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network (11 years), and Director of Social Work and Family Studies (2 years). During his tenure, AMS expanded into a large continuum of clinical services, established a clinical trials research center, and engaged in training and education of practitioners from all disciplines, addiction fellows, psychiatric residents, medical students, and doctoral and master level students. Since retiring from WPH, Dr. Daley has served as an adjunct professor of psychiatry at WPH. He also was an adjunct professor of social work at the University of Pittsburgh.
Clinical Care and Consultation
For over 40 years, Dr. Daley has been involved in direct clinical care, and developing and managing treatment services for substance use and co-occurring disorders. Dr. Daley has developed models of clinical care for relapse prevention, co-occurring disorders, group treatments and motivational therapy. He has published several books describing these treatment approaches including a Therapy Manual for NIDA as well as recovery guides for individuals or families in recovery.
During his career, Daley consulted with numerous universities, medical centers, treatment programs and other organizations in the U.S. and other countries on clinical and research issues. He continues to teach and provide consultation to several organizations.
Teaching and Education
Dr. Daley provided clinical supervision and education for psychiatric residents, addiction fellows, medical students, and other practitioners for decades at WPH. He served as co-director of the Education Core for the VISN 4 Veteran’s Administration Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Care project for over 10 years. Dr. Daley collaborated with numerous organizations and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to organize and present conferences and workshops throughout the U.S.
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Dr. Daley has presented clinical workshops, grand rounds and lectures on substance use disorders, mental illness and
co-occurring disorders throughout the U.S. and Canada, and in Europe, Mexico, Taiwan and Vietnam. He recently provided training and consultation to medical and social service professionals in Vietnam to address a significant problem with drug addiction.
His previous teaching positions include: adjunct faculty member at the Department of Individual and Family Studies
at The Pennsylvania State University from 1979-1989; the department of Sociology at Indiana University of
Pennsylvania from 1989-2000; and School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh from 1999-2000.
Publications
Dr. Daley has more than 500 publications including books, book chapter, recovery guides and workbooks, journal articles and educational videos on substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, recovery, relapse prevention and family issues, among others. He was the first in the U.S. to write interactive recovery workbooks for co-occurring disorders, and one of the first to write workbooks on recovery from substance use disorders. He also authored the following videos used in treatment programs: Staying Sober, Keeping Straight (relapse prevention), Double Recovery (co-occurring disorders), Living Sober Series #1, #2 and #3 (recovery from substance use disorders), and the Promise of Recovery (for mental health disorders).
His practitioner and client recovery materials have been translated into several foreign languages. These materials are used in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Sweden, Norway, China, Vietnam and other countries. Dr. Daley has written chapters for major textbooks on addiction including the American Society on Addiction Medicine’s Principles of Addiction Medicine and the American Psychiatric Press’s Textbook on Substance Abuse. He has also written publications for the National Institute of Drug Abuse including an evidenced-based manual on Group Drug Counseling.
He also writes regular columns for Counselor and other publications. Dr. Daley has a strong interest in disseminating information about the positive effects of treatment and recovery for individuals and family members affected by a substance use disorder.
Research
Dr. Daley served as Principal Investigator of the ATS node of NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. He developed a regional
research network in the tri-state area, and he and colleagues participated in numerous multi-site clinical trials. Dr.
Daley also participated as an investigator, trainer or consultant in many other federally funded projects. He
consulted on several studies at McLean Hospital of Harvard Medical School.
Personal Background
He remarried, and he and his wife have 5 adult children and 8 grandchildren. He shares his personal experiences growing up in an addicted family in some of his writings, and his grief related to losing a wife of 30 years to cancer.
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A veteran of the United States Army, Dr. Daley served in the U.S. and Germany. He worked his way through undergraduate and graduate school as a clerk-typist, courier and computer operator for the government in Washington, D.C. Dr. Daley was a member of the first “Upward Bound” class in 1966 and 1967, and spent two consecutive summers during high school at St. Francis College in Loretto, Pa.
He is an avid sports fan, enjoying basketball, hockey, football and other sports (all of which he played or still plays with grandkids!). He stays in shape by regularly swimming, walking, jogging, hiking and trying to beat his grandkids at basketball or hockey. Dr. Daley loves to travel and has lived abroad in Greece and Germany, and traveled in Europe, China and Vietnam. The city of Paris holds a special place in his heart, as he finds it to be one of the most beautiful, charming and interesting places in the world. He also has a strong interest in U.S. history and considers himself an avid, life long learner. Dr. Daley also loves to write.
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As a semi-retired senior citizen, Dr. Daley enjoys his connections with new friends, especially the elderly (up to age 100). He knows many people in their 70’s and 80’s who are interesting, vibrant and resilient despite any limitations imposed by aging or illness. Finally, Dr. Daley is a practicing Christian who has increased his involvement in religious practices (Services, Bible study) substantially in recent years.