SpencerEthMD

Psychiatry • Aventura, FL

Addiction, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry

Professor of Psychiatry, University Miami School of Medicine

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Office
20281 E Country Club Dr
Apt 508
Aventura, FL 33180
Phone+1 201-370-0276

Fax+1 305-936-9947

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 1976 - 1979
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1976
Wadham College, Oxford UniversityMA, 1973 - 1975
New York UniversityA.B., Magna Cum Laude, 1971

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1978 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2010 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1977 - 2012
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Forensic Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Top Doctor in psychiatry in the nation U.S. News and World Report, 2013
Top Doctors:South Florida Castle Connolly, 2012
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2011
"Exemplary Psychiatrist Award" National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2008
"Testified about the persistent mental health effects of 9/11" US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, 2007
New York Medical College Sidney Frank Visiting Professor of Psychiatry Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, 2006
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2006
Hall-Mercer Visiting Scholar Pennsylvania Hospital, 2003
Bruno Lima Award American Psychiatric Association, 2003
Kenneth Myron Steele Award National Picnic for Parity, 2002
Special Presidential Commendation American Psychiatric Association, 2002
"Testified on the psychiatric consequences of the World Trade Center disaster" US Senate Health Committee, 2001
Best Doctors New York Magazine, 2001
Lady Davis Visiting Professorship Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1991
Manfred S. Guttmacher Award American Psychiatric Association and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1986
Certificate of Merit City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, 1985
J. Franklin Robinson Award American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1982
Rhodes Scholar 1973
Phi Beta Kappa New York University, 1971
Regents Scholar University of California, Los Angeles, 1971
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

49 citations
Psychological responses to continuous terror: a study of two communities in Israel.
Arieh Y. Shalev, Rivka Tuval, Sarah Frenkiel-Fishman, Hilit Hadar, Spencer Eth
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2006-04-01
59 citations
Behavioural family management in schizophrenia. Outcome of a clinic-based intervention.
Eugenia T. Randolph, Spencer Eth, Shirley M. Glynn, George G. Paz, Gregory B. Leong
The British Journal of Psychiatry. 1994-04-01
579 citations
Life Threat and Posttraumatic Stress in School-age Children
Robert S. Pynoos, Calvin J. Frederick, Kathi Nader, William Arroyo, Alan M. Steinberg
Archives of General Psychiatry. 1987-12-01

Journal Articles

American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Spencer Eth, MD, National Institutes of Health
Commentary: the Sequellae of our Millennial War
David, Daniella; Eth, Spencer, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1/1/2014
Defendant Remorse, Need for Affect, and Juror Sentencing Decisions: Pursuing Justice in Death Penalty Trials
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1/1/2012
Civil Commitment Among Patients with Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Practical, Conceptual and Ethical Issues
Rustad, James; Junquera, Patricia; Chaves, Luis; Eth, Spencer, Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment, 1/1/2012
Psychiatric Ethics: Foundational and Evolutionary
Eth, Spencer and Leong, Gregory, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1/1/2011
Towards Revising the Ethical Boundaries of Research with Non-Competent Subjects
Eth, Spencer and Leong, Gregory, American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2009
Commentary on "Seven Institutionalized Children and Their Adaptation in Late Adulthood: The Children of Duplessis"
Low, Julie and Eth, Spencer, Psychiatry, 1/1/2006
When Formulation Outweighs Diagnosis: 15 ‘Moments' in Psychotherapy
Terr, Lenore; Abright, Reese; Brody, Michael; Donner, Susan; Eth, Spencer; et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1/1/2006
Psychological Responses to Continuous Terror: A Study of Two Communities in Israel
Shalev, Arieh; Tuval, Rivka; Frenkiel-Fishman, Sarah; Hadar, Hilit; Eth, Spencer, American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2006
Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
American Psychiatric Association (Eth, Spencer, Work Group Member), American Journal of Psychiatry, 11/1/2004
A Practical Method for the Evaluation of Symptom Exaggeration in Minor Head Trauma Among Civil Litigants
Sreenivasan, Shoba; Eth, Spencer; Kirkish, Patricia; Garrick, Thomas, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1/1/2003
Impact of Trauma on Children
Lubit, Roy; Rovine, Deborah; Defrancisci, Lea; Eth, Spencer, Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 1/1/2003
Television Viewing as Risk Factor: Commentary
Eth, Spencer, Psychiatry, 1/1/2002
Forensic Evaluation of Trauma Syndromes in Children
Lubit, Roy; Hartwell, Nancy; Van Gorp, Wilfred; Eth, Spencer, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 1/1/2002
Stress-Induced Enhancement of Auditory Startle: An Animal Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Garrick, Thomas; Morrow, Nancy; Shalev, Arieh; Eth, Spencer, Psychiatry, 1/1/2001
The Mind-Body Harmony: Commentary
Eth, Spencer and Ladds, Brian, Psychiatry, 1/1/2000
The Future of Criminal Violence: Juveniles Tried as Adults
Kirkish, Patricia; Sreenivasan, Shoba; Welsh, Robert; Van Gorp, Wilfred; Eth, Spencer; Shoptaw, Steven; Ling, Walter, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1/1/2000
A Test of Behavioral Family Therapy to Augment Exposure Treatment for Chronic Combat-related PTSD
Glynn, Shirley; Eth, Spencer; Randolph, Eugenia; Foy, David; Urbaitis Marleen; Boxer, Laurie; Paz, George; Leong, Gregory; Firman, Gregory; Salk, Jonathan; Katzman, Je..., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1/1/1999
Psychophysiologic Parameters of Traumatic Stress Disorder in Rats
Garrick, Thomas; Morrow, Nancy; Eth, Spencer; Marciano, David; Shalev, Arieh, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1/1/1997
Predictors of Recidivistic Violence in Criminally Insane and Civilly Committed Psychiatric Inpatients
Sreenivasan, Shoba; Kirkish, Patricia; Eth, Spencer; Mintz, Jim; Hwang, Sun; Van Gorp, Wilfred, Van Vort, Walter, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 1/1/1997
Tales of the Crypt for Psychiatrists: Mourning, Melancholia and Mortuary Malpractice
Eth, Spencer; Leong, Gregory; Garrick, Thomas, Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 1/1/1996
Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review
Shalev, Arieh; Eth, Spencer; Bonne, Omer, Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/1996
A Startle Habituation Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Garrick, Thomas; Eth, Spencer; Morrow, Nancy; Shalev, Arieh, Traumatology, 1/1/1995
Behavioral Family Therapy for Vietnam Combat Veterans with PTSD
Glynn, Shirley; Eth, Spencer; Randolph, Eugenia; Foy, David, Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 1/1/1995
Hysterie Collective Chez Des Eleves En Concert
Small, Gary; Propper, Michael, Randolph, Eugenia; Eth, Spencer, Medicine Des Arts, 1/1/1995
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Books/Book Chapters

9/11: Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks
Chapter: The New York Consortium for Effective Trauma Treatment: St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, Behavioral Health Services and New York Medical College Contribution to Trauma Response.
Kastan, John and Eth, SpencerEditors: Y. Neria, R. Gross, R. Marshall, E. Susser.Cambridge University Press, New York2006
On the Ground After September 11: Mental Health Reponses and Practical Knowledge Gained
Chapter: Healing in the Aftermath of 9/11: Recovery from Suffering and Grief for the Community and its Caregivers.
Eth, Spencer and Sabor, Susan EEditors: Y. Danieli and R.L. Dingman.Haworth Press, Binghampton, NY2005
Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Chapter: Ethics
Lubit, Roy; Ladds, Brian; and Eth, SpencerEditors: B.J. Sadock and V.A. Sadock.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, BaltimoreEdition 8th,2005
Trauma and Disaster Responses and Management
Chapter: Children, Disasters, and the September 11th World Trade Center Attack.
Lubit, Roy and Eth, SpencerEditors: R.J. Ursano and A.E. Norwood.American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington, DC2003
Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
Chapter: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Clinical and Legal Issues.
Rosenberg, James and Eth, SpencerEditors: R. Rosner.Arnold, LondonEdition 2nd,2003
Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
Chapter: Head Trauma: A Practical Approach to the Evaluation of Symptom Exaggeration.
Sreenivasan, Shoba; Eth, Spencer; Kirkish, Patricia; and Garrick, ThomasEditors: R. Rosner.Arnold, LondonEdition 2nd,2003
PTSD in Children and Adolescents
Chapter: Childhood Trauma in Perspective: Introduction.
Eth, SpencerEditors: S. Eth.American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington, DC2001
Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Chapter: Forensic Issues in Geriatric Psychiatry.
Blum, Bennett and Eth, SpencerEditors: B.J. Sadock and V.A. Sadock.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore2000
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 7: Advances and New Directions
Chapter: Emergency Assessment and Treatment of the Child Who Has Witnessed Homicide or Violence.
Eth, SpencerEditors: P. Adams and E. Bleiberg.John Wiley, New York1998
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 5: Clinical Assessment and Intervention Planning
Chapter: Ethics of Consent and Confidentiality in Clinical Practice.
Leong, Gregory and Eth, SpencerEditors: S. Harrison and S. Eth.John Wiley, New York1998
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 5: Clinical Assessment and Intervention Planning
Chapter: Reader's Guide to Clinical Assessment and Intervention Planning.
Harrison, Saul and Eth, SpencerEditors: S. Harrison and S. Eth.John Wiley, New York1998
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 6: Basic Psychiatric Science and Treatment
Chapter: Reader's Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Treatment
Harrison, Saul and Eth, SpencerEditors: N. Alessi, J. Coyle, S. Harrison, S. Eth.John Wiley, New York1998
Essential Papers on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Chapter: Witness to Violence: The Child Interview.
Pynoos, Robert and Eth, SpencerEditors: M.J. Horowitz.New York University Press, New York1998
Recollections of Trauma: Scientific Evidence and Clinical Practice
Chapter: The Psychiatric Expert Witness
Eth, SpencerEditors: J.D. Read and D.S. Lindsay.Plenum, New York1997
Children in War and Communal Violence: A Mental Health Handbook
Chapter: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Diagnoses
Arroyo, William and Eth, SpencerEditors: R. Apfel and B. Simon.Yale University Press, New Haven1996
Intense Stress and Mental Disturbance in Children
Chapter: A Developmental-Interactional Model of Child Abuse
Eth, SpencerEditors: C. Pfeffer.American Psychiatirc Press, Washington, DC1996
Practicing Psychiatry in the Community
Chapter: Ethical and Legal Issues
Leong, Gregory and Eth, SpencerEditors: J. Vaccaro and G.H. Clark.American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC1996
Ending the Cycle of Violence
Chapter: Assessment Following Violence.
Arroyo, William and Eth, SpencerEditors: E. Peled, P.G. Jaffe, and J.L. Edleson.Sage, Thousand Oaks1995
Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Chapter: Ethics in Psychiatry
Rosenberg, James and Eth, SpencerEditors: H.I. Kaplan and B.J. Sadock.Williams & Wilkins, BaltimoreEdition 6th,1995
Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Chapter: Medical-Legal Issues in Geriatric Psychiatry
Leong, Gregory and Eth, SpencerEditors: H.I. Kaplan and B.J. Sadock.Williams & Wilkins, BaltimoreEdition 6th,1995
Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
Chapter: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children
Rosenberg, James and Eth, SpencerEditors: R. Rosner.Chapman & Hall, New York1994
Responding to Disaster: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals
Chapter: Clinical Response to Traumatized Children.
Eth, SpencerEditors: L.S. Austin.American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC1992
Handbook of Mental Health and Aging
Chapter: Forensic and Ethical Issues
Eth, Spencer and Leong, GregoryEditors: J.E. Birren, R.B. Sloane, and G.D. Cohen.Academic Press, San Diego1992
Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry
Chapter: Ethical Issues in Clinical Care
Eth, SpencerEditors: L. Lazarus, J. Sadavoy, and L. Jarvik.American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC1991
Bibliography for Training in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Chapter: Reactions to Traumatic Events
Eth, SpencerEditors: I.N. Berlin and B.L. Leventhal.University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque1991
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Other

PTSD in Children and Adolescents. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC. (Editor)
Eth, Spencer
1/1/2001
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 5: Clinical Assessment and Intervention Planning. John Wiley, New York. (Editor)
Harrison, Saul and Eth, Spencer
1/1/1998
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 6: Basic Psychiatric Science and Treatment. John Wiley, New York. (Editor)
Alessi, Norman; Coyle, Joseph; Harrison, Saul; Eth, Spencer
1/1/1998
Wharton and the Post-Tarasoff Erosion of Confidentiality.
Leong, Gregory; Eth, Spencer; and Silva, Jose, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Newsletter
1/1/1990
Guttmacher Award Lecture.
Eth, Spencer, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Newsletter
1/1/1986
Eth, Spencer and Pynoos, Robert
1/1/1985
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Press Mentions

Psychoanalysis on a Massage Table: Familial Trauma in Samanta Schweblin’s “A Great Effort”March 23rd, 2021
Mental Health Summit Addresses Healthcare Needs of VeteransJanuary 24th, 2019
Does Talking Help Trauma?December 13th, 2018
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