Christopher Flaherty
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Responding to Military and Veteran Populations
- MBH Capstone
- Psychopathology in Social Work Practice
- Research methods (BASW, MSW, PhD)
Highlighted Publications
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Engelhardt, E., Bicknell, G., Oliver, M., Flaherty, C., Line, K., & King, E. (in press).
Theory of planned behavior and active duty Air Force members’ mental health help seeking. Military Medicine. - Ross JA, Rooks DL, Winters JD, Royer SD, Hoch MC, Bergin R, Morelli N, Conley C, Djafar TE, Sheppard R, Flaherty CW, Heebner NR. PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF-REPORT QUESTIONNAIRES ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH DECREMENTS IN PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE IN SOF UNIT TRAINING. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2026 (accepted for publication).
Student & Research Availability
- Research or Interest Area Key Words: Military Behavioral Health
Alma Mater
University of Tennessee
Get to Know Christopher
Dr. Chris Flaherty is an associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Social Work. He is the founder of the College’s Military Behavioral Health Graduate Certificate, the MBH Research Laboratory and the Army/UK Master of Social Work collaboration at Fort Sam Houston, TX. Prior to joining the College of Social Work, Dr. Flaherty served for 20 years as a Clinical Social Work Officer within the US Air Force. In this capacity, he provided outpatient mental health services, directed interpersonal violence and child maltreatment prevention and treatment programming, served as a faculty member for the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Family Medicine Residency Program, and provided forensic social work services in one of the Department of Defense’s two medium security correctional facilities. Upon retirement from the Air Force in 2005, Dr. Flaherty joined College of Social Work. His research has focused on behavioral health interventions for military and veteran populations, social work with disabilities, and truancy interventions.