Patrick Goh

Background

Originally from Los Angeles, I have several places in the world that I think of as “home,” including Fullerton CA, San Diego CA, Lexington KY, Chicago IL, Utrecht Netherlands, and now Mānoa Hawaiʻi. Living in these places, I have fostered a respect for people’s common and unique cultural experiences, along with an intrigue in how such experiences contribute to how we perceive the world and our role within it. Relatedly, I’m fascinated by the challenge of understanding the nature of mental illness, and clinical psychology has provided me with the opportunity to directly pursue this understanding and use it in the therapy room to better people’s lives. In addition to being passionate about mentorship, I enjoy trying new types of coffee, traveling, and losing to my wife at board games.

Education

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Kentucky, 2022
• MA, Psychology, San Diego State University, 2016
• BS, Psychology, University of California San Diego, 2011

Courses

• PSY 371: Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 479: Child Psychopathology
• PSY 671: Introduction to Assessment I
• PSY 672: Introduction to Assessment II
• PSY 774: Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Research

My research program centers on improving precision in ADHD science by clarifying what ADHD is, improving our ability to identify those at risk for negative outcomes, and understanding factors that influence service use, particularly in Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) communities. To do so, I focus on emotional, cognitive, and sociocultural factors that are often underrepresented in ADHD’s conceptualizations and clinical practices. The long-term goal is to incorporate these factors into more accurate assessment tools and co-develop scalable, community-informed interventions to facilitate ADHD service access and engagement in AA & NH/PI populations. I pursue these goals through three interconnected lines of inquiry using advanced statistics, multi-method research designs, and community-engaged research principles:

1. Specifying core elements of ADHD’s expression and comorbidity patterns
2. Parsing the roles of non-symptom risk factors in explaining ADHD phenotypes
3. Understanding factors that influence service use pathways in AA & NH/PI communities.