PaulStuartAppelbaumMD

Forensic Psychiatry

"Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law Director, Division of Law, Ethics and Psychiatry at Columbia"

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Dr. Paul Appelbaum is a psychiatrist based in New York, NY, with a subspecialty in forensic psychiatry. He completed his residency in psychiatry at Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Harvard Medical School after earning his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1976. He has expertise in depression, psychotherapy, forensic psychiatry, medical ethics, and mental health. Dr. Appelbaum has authored many publications, including work on assessment of decisional capacity, informed consent in psychedelic-assisted therapy, ethical challenges in psychiatry, and early intervention in genomic medicine. He has received multiple honors, including recognition as one of America's Top Doctors and membership in the Institute of Medicine.

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 1977 - 1980
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1976, MD

PubMed

Qualitative Evaluation of Acceptability and Feasibility of a Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Violence Among Young Adults with Early Psychosis.
Stephanie A Rolin, Deirdre Caffrey, Megan G Flores, Jennifer Mootz, Iruma Bello
Community Mental Health Journal. 2025-01-01
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Impact of Receiving Genetic Diagnoses on Parents' Perceptions of Their Children with Autism and Intellectual Disability.
Robert Klitzman, Ekaterina Bezborodko, Wendy K Chung, Paul S Appelbaum
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2025-01-01
Informed Consent in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy.
Mazdak M Bradberry, Paul S Appelbaum, Natalie Gukasyan
Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences. 2024-12-31

“A Liability to the University”—Addressing Student Mental Health Needs on CampusAugust 27th, 2024
The Mother Who Changed: A Story of DementiaMay 9th, 2023
No Other OptionsDecember 16th, 2022
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Center For ELSI Research On Psychiatric Neurologic And Behavioral GeneticsNational Human Genome Research Institute2010–2012
Challenges Of Informed Consent In Return Of Data From Genomic ResearchNational Human Genome Research Institute2011