J. ALEXANDER BODKIN, MD
- Harvard title(s): Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- McLean title(s): Director, Clinical Psychopharmacology Research Program
- Email: abodkin@mclean.harvard.edu
- Telephone: 617-855-3186
- Fax: 617-855-2936
- Office Address: North Belknap G-15, McLean Hospital
- Degree(s):
- 1985 BA Columbia College
- 1985 MD Yale
- Residency:
- Board Certifications(s): American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1991
- Clinical Interests:
- Novel psychopharmacologic approaches to difficult-to-treat mood and anxiety disorders
- The repressed memory and recovered memory controversy
- Clinical use of MAO-inhibitors
- Ethical issues in mental health care
- Legal issues concerning the causation of psychiatric disorder
- Bio: Dr. Bodkin has been involved in the study of new and old treatments of mood and anxiety disorders. He directs studies of antidepressants and anxiolytics, and conducts a consulting practice focusing on the diagnosis and optimal treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. He is also interested in the misuse of the PTSD diagnosis in civil litigation.
