Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Academic Department Clinical Department
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health (DOPBH) was established in the fall of 2008 as part of the new FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. DOPBH collaborates with hospitals and other organizations throughout South Florida to provide training and education, innovative research, and superior clinical services.
Vision, Mission & Values
The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health seeks the pursuit of emotional, behavioral and physical health through quality education, superior health care, and the development and dissemination of science based innovation.
Promote independent and lifelong learning
Provide exemplary, evidence based patient services through the application of medical knowledge to patient care
Foster academic quality and provide education of the highest standard
Seek the advancement of research
Maintain honesty and integrity
Seek excellence in everything we do
Overview
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- DOPBH
Affiliation
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Position
- Bonnin, Rodolfo, Associate Professor
- Caban-Aleman, Carissa, Assistant Professor
- Camps-Romero, Eduardo, Assistant Professor
- Carcache, Luis, Assistant Professor
- Castellanos, Daniel, Professor
- Desmarais, Nathaly, Assistant Professor
- Gralnik, Leonard, Assistant Professor
- Junquera, Patricia, Associate Professor
- Lemus-Martinez, Samantha, Assistant Professor
- Rivera, Melanis, Assistant Professor
- Rothe, Eugenio, Professor
- Von Harscher, Heidi, Associate Professor
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Scholarly & Creative Works
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2022Moral Injury and Telemental Health Services An Overview on Clinician ImpactFull Text via DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20220428-01 Web of Science: 000797339400001
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2021Overcoming Stigma: A Novel Curriculum for Teaching Medical Students about SuicideFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01485-0 Web of Science: 000657196600001
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2021Abortion Opt-in Experience in Third-Year Clerkship.Full Text via DOI: 10.22454/primer.2021.201254
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2020First Year Burnout and Coping in One US Medical SchoolFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40596-020-01198-w Web of Science: 000548241300005
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2020Active Learning to Promote Early and Effective Physician Interaction with Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing PracticesFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40670-020-00943-y Web of Science: 000624427300013
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2020Substance Use in Youth With Autism Spectrum DisorderFull Text via DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000192 Web of Science: 000536255100007
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2020Addressing the Poverty Barrier in Collaborative Care for Adults Experiencing Homelessness: A Case-Based ReportFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10597-019-00526-1 Web of Science: 000521152300010
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2019Impact of the Introduction of the Clinical Science Mastery Series on Family Medicine NBME Subject Examination PerformanceFull Text via DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2019.253577 Web of Science: 000484762800011
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2019Shelter From the Storm: Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment of the Refugee PatientFull Text via DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000164 Web of Science: 000485943100001
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2019Effect of Repeat Examination on Family Medicine NBME Subject Scores.Full Text via DOI: 10.22454/primer.2019.691584
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2018Relationship of peer specialists to mental health outcomes in South FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1186/s13033-018-0239-6 Web of Science: 000447862400002
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2018The impact of empathy on burnout in medical students: new findingsFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2017.1374545 Web of Science: 000419906100006
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2016Presence of Alcohol and Drugs in Hispanic Versus Non-Hispanic Youth Suicide Victims in Miami-Dade County, FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0418-y Web of Science: 000386501700013
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2013History of Psychiatry in the Dominican RepublicFull Text via DOI: 10.2174/2210676611303010005 Web of Science: 000219174400005
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2013Vampires and Vamps: The Use of a Popular Metaphor in the Psychodynamic Understanding of Adolescent ConflictFull Text via DOI: 10.2174/2210676611303030007 Web of Science: 000219181700007
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2012Synthetic Cannabinoid Use: Recognition and ManagementFull Text via DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000413274.09305.9c Web of Science: 000301745600003
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2011Synthetic Cannabinoid Use: A Case Series of AdolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.08.002 Web of Science: 000295366900003
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2011Antidepressants at Autopsy in Hispanic Suicidal Youth in Miami-Dade County, FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01541.x Web of Science: 000285839300021
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2011Identity and Acculturation in Immigrant and Second Generation AdolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.2174/2210676611101010072 Web of Science: 000218924600013
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2010Acculturation, Development, and AdaptationFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.07.002 Web of Science: 000284507200004
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2010Culturally Informed Child Psychiatric PracticeFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.07.004 Web of Science: 000284507200007
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2010Leaving No Children or Families Outside: The Challenges of ImmigrationFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01053.x Web of Science: 000283089900007
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2009Cultural Competence in Child Psychiatric PracticeFull Text via DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31819aaca8 Web of Science: 000264507800003
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2008The New Face of Cubans in the United States: Cultural Process and Generational Change in an Exile CommunityFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15362940802198934 Web of Science: 000212265700005
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2005Low-mode docking search in iGluR homology models implicates three residues in the control of ligand selectivityFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/jmr.713 Web of Science: 000227704400007
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2003The structural basis for kainoid selectivity at AMPA receptors revealed by low-mode docking calculationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0896(02)00448-0 Web of Science: 000180693900009
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2002Aggressive adolescents benefit from massage therapyWeb of Science: 000179232000011
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1999Anxiety disorders in children and adolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199910000-00001
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2020Criminality Among Immigrants to the United States. 161-178.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0008
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2020Culture, Identity, and Mental Health. 231-252.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0011
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2020Culture, Identity, and Psycho-social Development. 1-26.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0001
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2020Immigration Trends in the United States. 27-38.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0002
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2020Refugees and Special Populations. 113-148.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0006
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2020The Psychodynamic Aspects of Migration. 39-58.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0003
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2020Transnational Identities, Pilgrimages, and Return Migrations. 149-160.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0007
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2020Treatment Interventions for Immigrants, Refugees, and Their Families. 197-230.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0010
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2019Developing empathy through narrative medicine. 165-178.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29876-0_10
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2019Teaching cultural humility: Understanding others by reflecting on ourselves. 179-191.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29876-0_11
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2015Refugee Mental Health: Child and Adolescent Refugees. 1-8.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6179-7_107-1
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1999Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. 946-954.Web of Science: 000083434000001
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Conference
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2002Low-mode conformational search of kanoids in the AMPA receptor: The basis of kanoid selectivity.. U223-U223.Web of Science: 000176296701161
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Letter
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2007Effects of stimulants on Hispanic boys' height and weight. 150-151.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000246063.55082.95 Web of Science: 000243737900001
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2007Factitious aortic dissection leading to thoracotomy in a 20-year-old man. 355-358.Full Text via DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.4.355
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2003Youth suicide and Hurricane Andrew. 131-131.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200302000-00006 Web of Science: 000180539300006
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2018Autism Spectrum Disorder and Cannabidiol: Have We Seen This Movie Before?Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/2333794X18815412
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Other Scholarly Work
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2021"Teaching squares": A grassroots approach to engaging medical educators in faculty development. 910-911.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1929903 Web of Science: 000658613800001
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2021Structural Inequities and the Impact of COVID-19 on Latinx Children: Implications for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice. 669-671.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.02.013 Web of Science: 000658831900006
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2019Climate-driven Atlantic hurricanes pose rising threats for psychopathology. 721-723.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30277-9 Web of Science: 000482176200008
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2018The Community Value of Academic Psychiatry: The Development of a Psychiatry Residency Program in a Federally Qualified Health Center. 572-577.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40596-017-0724-2 Web of Science: 000440456800027
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2018The impact of empathy on burnout in medical students: new findings (vol 23, pg 295, 2017). 1282-1282.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2017.1400213 Web of Science: 000446600700012
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2016Synthetic cannabinoids 2015: An update for pediatricians in clinical practice.. 16-24.Full Text via DOI: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.16
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2008Prolonged nociceptive responses to hind paw formalin injection in rats with a spinal cord injury.. 212-215.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.030
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2007Expansion of formalin-evoked Fos-immunoreactivity in rats with a spinal cord injury.. 386-393.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.04.011
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2004Improved neural progenitor cell survival when cografted with chromaffin cells in the rat striatum.. 133-142.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2003.09.017
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2002Enhanced viability and neuronal differentiation of neural progenitors by chromaffin cell co-culture.. 115-125.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(02)00415-7
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2002TrkC overexpression enhances survival and migration of neural stem cell transplants in the rat spinal cord.. 297-307.Full Text via DOI: 10.3727/096020198389942
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Review
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2022Focusing on Racial, Historical and Intergenerational Trauma, and Resilience A Paradigm to Better Serving Children and Families. 237-250.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2021.11.004 Web of Science: 000819847000007
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2022Immigration and Race A Challenge of Many Shades. 327-342.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2022.01.004 Web of Science: 000819847000013
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2018Reactive Aggression and Suicide-Related Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: A Review and Preliminary Meta-Analysis. 38-51.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12325 Web of Science: 000424937600005
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2011Suicide-related behaviors and anxiety in children and adolescents: A review. 1133-1144.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.008 Web of Science: 000295424300007
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2011The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Dominican Republic: Key contributing factors. 306-315.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1545109710397770
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2008A psychotherapy model for treating refugee children caught in the midst of catastrophic situations. 625-642.Full Text via DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2008.36.4.625
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2005Culturally competent systems of care for children's mental health: Advances and challenges. 539-555.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-6360-4
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2005Mental health of immigrants and refugees. 581-597.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-6363-1
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2003Cultural considerations in child and adolescent psychiatric emergencies and crises. 723-744.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S1056-4993(03)00038-5
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2002Psychiatric and medical co-morbidity in mitral valve prolapse. 16-20.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700006790
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Research
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- A Novel Approach to Stimulant-Induced Weight Suppression and its Impact on Growth
- A Novel Multimodal Intervention for Children with ADHD and Impaired Mood
- Cognitive and Behavioral Predictors of Success at the High School Transition
- Does Pharmacological Treatment of ADHD in Adults Enhance Parenting?
- Help for Haiti Student Fellowship
- Impact of clinician Virtual Human Interaction training in Emotional Self-Awareness on patients Suicidal Ideation and Suicide crisis Syndrome; A Randomized controlled Trail
- Initiative to Reduce Inpatient Suicide - Medical Liability Reform (I.R.I.S. - M.L.R.)
- On-Line Training Program for Child Welfare Professionals- USF/FIU
- Virtual Interaction Training in Emotional Self-Awareness for Working with Suicidal Patients