| OFFICE: | 51 Church Street Lenox, Massachusetts 01240 Telephone: (413) 637-1325 Fax: (413) 637-4265 email: Richard.Berlin@gmail.com |
| DATE OF BIRTH: | 1950 |
| MARITAL STATUS: | Married; Susanne L. King, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, health care reform activist, journalist |
| EDUCATION: | |
| 1968-1972 | Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, B.A., Psychology |
| 1972-1976 | Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, M.D. |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: |
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| 1996-present: | Private Practice of PsychiatryWriter and Columnist, The Psychiatric Times, author of the monthly column, “Poetry of the Times.”Consulting Psychiatrist, Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, Canaan, New YorkConsulting Psychiatrist, Hillcrest Educational Centers, Center Campus, Lenox, MA |
| 1983-1996: | Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry; Director, Sleep Disorders Program; Chairman, Department of Psychiatry Quality Improvement Committee Berkshire Medical Center (BMC), Pittsfield, MA |
| 1993-1994: | Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, BMC |
| 1988-1994: | Mental Health Advisor, Berkshire Health Plan |
| 1980-1983: | Private Practice, Falls Church, Virginia Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Georgetown University |
| 1979-1980: | Fellow in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Georgetown University, Department of Psychiatry at the Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia |
| 1977-1979: | The Sleep Research and Treatment Center, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| 1976-1979: | Resident in Psychiatry, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: |
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| 2009-present: | Senior Affiliate in Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 1985-2009: | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 1979-1993: | Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine , Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| 1980-1989: | Clinical Assistant Professor Psychiatry, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: |
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| 1983-present: | Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA |
| 1980-1983: | The Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia |
| MEDICAL LICENSURE: |
Massachusetts, New York |
| BOARD CERTIFICATION: |
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1977 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1980 Added Qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry, 1991-2001 |
| ORGANIZATIONS: | Academy of American Poets American Psychiatric Association Physicians for Social Responsibility Physicians for a National Health Plan |
| AWARDS: | Phi Beta Kappa, Northwestern University, 1972 National Writer’s Union 1998 Poetry Contest, Runner-up AwardPoetry Society of South Carolina Kinloch Rivers Memorial Chapbook Prize 1999, Winner Slipstream Poetry Chapbook Competition, 1999, Finalist Journal of General Internal Medicine 1999 Creative Writing Award, Finalist New Millenium Writings Awards VII, 1999, Finalist Kate Tufts Discovery Award, 2000, Finalist Paris Review Prize 2001, Finalist Pearl Poetry Prize 1999, 2000, 2001, Finalist Kenyon Review Prize 2002, Finalist University of Louisville Fleur-de-Lis Prize 2002, Finalist Pinyon Poetry Prize 2002, Finalist Pearl Poetry Prize 2002, Winner Finalist, Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest, 2007 First Place, The Washington Book Publishers 2008 Book Design and Effectiveness Awards,Poets on Prozac: Mental Illness, Treatment, and the Creative ProcessWinner, BkMk Press John Ciardi Poetry Prize, Secret WoundsWinner, USA Book News Awards 2011: Secret Wounds selected as the best poetry book of 2011 |
| RESEARCH INTERESTS: | 1. Attachment Behavior in the Doctor-Patient Relationship 2. Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 3. Family Therapy 4. Sleep Disorders 5. Member, Dialysis Discontinuation Study Group (studying of the quality of dying in dialysis patients) |
| REVIEWER: | American Journal of Nursing American Journal of Psychotherapy Annals of Internal Medicine Family Process Hospital and Community Psychiatry International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine Psychiatric Medicine Psychosomatics Psychosomatic Medicine The Medical Letter |
| REFERENCES: | Robert C. Guerette, M.D. New England Educational Institute 97 Elm Street Pittsfield, MA 01201Carlos E. Sluzki, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry George Washington University Medical School 3700 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Apartment L-11 Washington, D.C. 20016Thomas N. Wise, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Psychiatry The Fairfax Hospital 3300 Gallows Road Falls Church, Virginia 22046 (703) 698-3626 |
| CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS: |
Available on request |
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| BOOKS: | Sleep Disorders in Psychiatric Practice, Berlin, RM, Soldatos, CR (eds). Longwood, FL: Ryandic Publishing, 1986.How JFK Killed My Father, Pearl Editions, 2004Poets on Prozac: Mental Illness, Treatment, and the Creative Process Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.Secret Wounds, BkMk Press, (in press, 2011). |
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| PUBLICATIONS: | 1. Berlin, RM, Carvell MC, Noori SS, et al: Psychogenic urinary retention in a man. Psychosomatics 21: 607-611, 1980.2. Berlin, RM, Wise, TN: Severe vomiting in a diabetic woman: Psychological considerations. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2:313- 317, 1980.3. Berlin RM, Kales JD, Humphrey FJ, et al: The patient care crisis in community mental health centers: A need for more psychiatric involvement. Am J Psychiatry 138:450-454, 1981.4. Wise TN, Berlin RM: Burnout: Stresses in consultation-liaison psychiatry. Psychosomatics 22:744-751, 1981.5. Berlin RM, Bierman SF, Brantley JT, et al: Helping couples deal with marital crises. Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality 16:50-65, 1982.6. Berlin RM, Kales JD, Humphrey FJ, et al: “Other mental health workers” in community mental health centers (ltr to ed). Am J Psychiatry 139:384-385, 1982.7. Wise TN, Berlin RM: Psychiatrists’ role in consultation-liaison (ltr to ed). Am J Psychiatry 140:269, 1983. 8. Berlin RM, Conell LJ: Withdrawal symptoms after long term 9. Berlin RM, Berenbaum I, Wise TN, et al: The role of 10. Berlin RM, Ronthal M, Bixler EO, et al: Psychiatric 11. Berlin RM: Psychiatric problems in neurologic patients (ltr to ed). 12. Conell LJ, Berlin RM: Withdrawal following substitution of a 13. Berlin RM, Conell LJ: Withdrawal symptoms after long-term 14. Berlin RM: Management of insomnia in hospitalized patients. 15. Berlin RM, Diaz MA, Litovitz G et al: Sleep disorders on a 16. Wise TN, Mann LS, Berlin RM, et al: Mental health referral 17. Berlin RM: Poetic allusions to seasonal affective disorder (ltr 18. Berlin RM: Flurazepam and other benzodiazepines. Ann 19. Berlin RM: Evaluation and Treatment of Insomnia by Kales A, 20. Berlin RM, Donovan GR, Guerette RC: Funeral mania and 21. Berlin RM: Psychotherapeutic treatment of chronic insomnia 22. Berlin RM: Current Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and 23. Berlin RM, Wise, TN: An introduction to consultation- 24. Berlin RM: Attachment behavior in hospitalized patients. 25. Berlin RM: Hypnotic medication in patients with renal failure 26. Berlin RM, Qayyum U: Sleepwalking: diagnosis and treatment 27. Berlin, RM, Soldatos CR: Introduction: Sleep disorders in 28. Berlin RM: A curriculum for sleep disorders education during 29. Berlin RM: Insomnia in hospitalized patients: Approaches 30. Wise TN, Berlin RM: Involuntary hospitalization: An issue 31. Berlin RM, Sluzki CE: Consultation-liaison psychiatry and 32. Berlin RM, Manfreddi RL: Consultation-liaison psychiatry 33. Berlin RM: Insomnia, in Rakel RE, Conn’s Current Therapy, 34. Berlin RM: Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric News, Mach 4, 1988, 35. Berlin RM: Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of 36. Berlin RM: Sleepwalking during pregnancy: A case report. 37. Berlin RM: Taproots: Underlying Principles of Milton 38. Berlin, RM: Sleep disorders in medical illness (ltr to ed). Gen 39. Berlin RM: Mr. Turner’s Toenails. JAMA 261:2124, 1989. 40. Berlin RM: Sleep disorders in the elderly. Am J Psychiatry 41. Berlin RM: Mr. Turner’s Toenails: what’s the diagnosis 42. Berlin, RM: Psychiatric consultation for elderly patients who 43. Berlin RM: Elderly patient’s decisions about care. Am J 44. Berlin RM: Insomnia: an update for the 1990′s. Bull 45. Berlin RM: Canaan A: A family systems approach to 46. Berlin RM, Olson ME, Cano, CE et al: Metaphor and 47. Berlin RM: Consultation-liaison models. Hosp & Community 48. Berlin RM, King, SL, Blythe DG: Symptomatic treatment of 49. Berlin RM: Insomnia, in Rakel, RE, Conn’s Current Therapy, 50. Berlin RM: The paper-bag man. Cortlandt Forum, pp. 55, 51. Gajula RJ, Berlin RM: Captopril induced mania. Am J 52. Berlin RM: Elderly patients who refuse to eat. Berkshire 53. Berlin RM: Pliny Earle, M.D.: psychiatry’s heritage in the 54. Berlin RM: The Chinese vigil. Cortlandt Forum. pp. 42, 55. Ozbayrak KR, Berlin RM: Diagnosis and treatment of 56. Berlin RM: Fibromyalgia: a form of masked depression? 57. Berlin RM: Who’s depressed? Cortlandt Forum, pp. 36, 58. Berlin RM, Gajula RJ, Yurfest, JT: Consultation-liaison 59. Ozbayrak KR, Berlin RM: Sleepwalking in childhood, in 60. Millott MK, Berlin RM: Treatment of sleep disorders in 61. Berlin, RM: Should you treat depression in the medically 62. Berlin, RM: First Break. Am J Psychiatry 158:2, 2001 |
| POETRY & FICTION | BooksHow JFK Killed My Father, Pearl Editions, 2004; Winner, Pearl Poetry Prize 2002 (Judge: Lisa Glatt)ChapbooksCode Blue, Winner, Poetry Society of South Carolina Kinloch Rivers Memorial Chapbook Award, 1999 (Judge: Richard Tillinghast)The Prophecy Pudding House Press (2010)Anthologies“Anatomy Lab,” “Sleight of Hand,” in Holding True: An Anthology of Berkshire Poets. Mad River Press, Richmond, MA, 1999 “Our Medical Marriage,” in This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine. “Alchemy” in My Heart’s First Steps. Jennifer Graf Groneberg, Editor, Adams Media, “Radium Girls,” “Piano Music,” “How JFK Killed My Father” in Primary Care: More Poems by Physicians. Angela Belli & Jack Coulehan, Editors, University of Iowa Press, 2006 “Anatomy Lab,” “Medical School Lovers,” “Learning the Shapes,” “Inside Out,” “Teamwork,” “Surgery Rotation,” “The Hotseat,” “First Night On Call, CCU,” “On Call, 3 AM,” “January Thaw” in Body Language: Poems of the Medical Training Experience. Neeta Jain, Dagan Coppock, Stephanie Brown Clark, Editors, BOA Editions, Ltd, 2006 “Our Medical Marriage” in On Being a Doctor 3. Christine Laine and Michael LaCombe, Editors. American College of Physicians, 2007 “The Cellist,” “Humiliation,” “Cutting Toenails,” “Broken Mug” in Psychological Poems, edited by Richard Patel and Raquel Miller, Roadbump Publishing, 2009 “A Psychiatrist Waits for his Ten o’clock Patient and Imagines He Is Han Shan,” “Spring Planting,” “Spring and All, Revisited,” “Stopping by Malnati’s Meadow,” and “White Coat at Midnight” in The Country Doctor Revisited, Therese Zink, editor, Kent State University Press, 2010 Periodicals Alimentum American Journal of Nursing American Journal of Orthopsychiatry American Journal of Psychiatry Annals of Internal Medicine Antigonish Review Artful Mind Berkshire Medical Journal Buckle & Sleight of Hand, From the Alzheimer’s Unit, Code Blue, After the Hospital. Spring/Summer, 1999. Entre Nous Flyway: A Literary Review JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association Jewish Currents Journal of Family Practice Journal of General Internal Medicine Journal of Medical Humanities Journal of Medical Humanities Medicine & Behavior New Monhegan Press Nimrod International Journal Peregrine Psychiatric Times Psychosomatic Medicine The Forward The Lancet Ward Rounds Western Journal of Medicine |