Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Eliot Sorel, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, appeared on FOX 5 News in Washington, D.C. to talk about his efforts to start a national conversation on concussions in youth sports and how to prevent them.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of James L. Griffith, M.D., as the Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Jorge Srabstein, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was interviewed by LiveScience for an article about bullying as a public health issue. This story was also seen in The Huffington Post.
James Griffith, M.D., chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was quoted in a WRGW News story on a new partnership between his department and the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
Amir Afkhami, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was included in an article in The Atlantic Wire for his comments on an article in The New York Times about what hospitals have learned from natural disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy and Katrina.
Marion Usher, Ph.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, wrote an op-ed for The Jewish Week, repsonding to the results of the PEW 2013 Survey of U.S. Jews.
J. David Miller, M.D., M.P.H., clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, wrote a letter to the editor in response to The New York Times article, "Data-Mining Our Dreams.”
Leslie Bishop Tarver, a fourth-year medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was selected for the Summer Medical Student Fellowship Program, supported by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) Campaign for America’s Kids.
The Mercury mentioned an app created by Gerard Gioia, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, for parents and athletes to help diagnose head injuries.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new educational and research affiliation with the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.