JamesAJenkinsIIMD

Staff Psychiatrist and ECT Clinician/ Emerson Hospital

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Office
133 Old Road to Nine Acre Corner
North 5
Concord, MA 01742
Phone+1 978-287-3543

Fax+1 866-265-2696

Dr. Jenkins has expertise in a variety of evidence-based psychotherapies and psychopharmacology for people with refractory mood, psychosomatic, and personality disorder diagnoses. He is a former medical director of the McLean Hospital Cambridge Residence and was a staff psychiatrist at the McLean Hospital Gunderson Residence. In 2019, Dr. Jenkins joined the psychiatry department at MassGeneral Hospital and is working to help translate the principles of Dr. John Gunderson's Good Psychiatric Management to several consultative and emergency services with the hopes of disseminating knowledge and improving access to care for this patient population. Dr. Jenkins is an active member of Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism Honor Society. He is also an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and on faculty for the MGH/McLean Residency program.

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 2013 - 2017
Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Preliminary Year, 2013 - 2014
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 2013
Providence CollegeB.S., Biochemistry, Magna Cum Laude, 2005 - 2009

PubMed

70 citations
What Works in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
Lois W. Choi-Kain, Ellen F. Finch, Sara R. Masland, James A. Jenkins, Brandon T. Unruh
Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports. 2017-02-03

Journal Articles

What works in the treatment of borderline personality disorder.
Lois Choi-Kain, Ellen Finch, Sara Massland, James Jenkins, and Brandon Unruh, Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 2/2017
Catastrophic Complications Related to Psychopharmacologic Drug Withdrawal
James Jenkins MD and Sean Glass MD, Psych Annals, 8/2016

Books/Book Chapters

Applications of GPM for BPD: A Practical Guide
Chapter: Chapter 4: Consultation-Liasion Service
James Jenkins MD, Evan Iliakis, and Lois-Choi-Kain MDEditors: Lois Choi-Kain and John Gunderson..American Psychiatric Association Press2019
Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case Based Approach
Chapter: Chapter 11: Psychiatric Comorbidities and Appropriate Psychopharmacology
James Jenkins MDEditors: Brandon Unruh MD and Brian Palmer MD.Springer2018
MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation
Chapter: Chapter 44: Stroke
James Jenkins MD, Scott Beach MD, and Alice Flaherty MD, PhDEditors: Theodore Stern, John Herman, and Tristan Gorrindo.McGraw-Hill Professional PublishingEdition 4,2017
MGH Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation
Chapter: Chapter 46: Basic Psychopharmacology.
James Jenkins MD and Sharmin Gaznavi MD, PhDEditors: Theodore Stern, John Herman, and Tristan Gorrindo.McGraw-Hill Professional PublishingEdition 4,2017
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Lectures

Good Psychiatric Management of Borderline Personality Disorder
Psych Congress, San Diego - 10/2019
Borderline Personality Disorder: What Providers Need to Know
Greater Lynn Senior Services - 3/2019
DBT in a Nutshell
McLean Hospital - 2018

New Borderline Personality Disorder Intervention Less Intensive, Works for MostOctober 5th, 2019

Linked-Inhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/james-jenkins-423146162
Residency Announcementhttps://mghmcleanpsychiatry.partners.org/4461/welcome-to-the-newly-matched-class-of-2017/