Global InformationEric Plakun information
Eric M. Plakun | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Hofstra University (BA) Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD) Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (psychiatric residency) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychoanalysis, psychiatry |
| Institutions | Austen Riggs Center |
Eric M. Plakun is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher and forensic psychiatrist. He is the current medical director/CEO at the Austen Riggs Center[1] in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.[2] Plakun's primary interests include the mental health advocacy, full implementation of the mental health parity law, access-to-care issues, and reducing health disparities;[3] the value of and evidence base for psychosocial treatments and the diagnosis, treatment, longitudinal course and outcome of patients with borderline personality disorder and treatment resistant disorders.[4]
Plakun has been widely published and quoted in the media on psychotherapy and psychiatry, including in The New York Times[5] and The Globe and Mail.[6] He has appeared in the media to discuss his psychiatric work on WAMC, the Albany, New York, affiliate of NPR.[7] and on CBS 60 Minutes.[8] His psychiatric research has been widely cited.[9]
- ^ Flynn, Anne-Gerard (March 18, 2014). "Stockbridge's noted Austen Riggs Center posts new leadership team". The Republican. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ "IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference Oct 8-11, 2015, New York City" (PDF). American Psychiatric Association. 2015.
- ^ Feldman, Joseph; DeBofsky, Mark; Plakun, Eric M.; Potts, Cheryl (July 2021). "Providing a Routine Medical Necessity Letter to Improve Access to Care for Our Patients". Journal of Psychiatric Practice. 27 (4): 288–295. doi:10.1097/PRA.0000000000000563. PMID 34398579. S2CID 237147661.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Eric M. Plakun, MD, DLFAPA, FACPsych". Austen Riggs Center.
- ^ Rabin, Roni Caryn (January 14, 2009). "Sleeping Pills Rising in Popularity Among Young Adults". The New York Times.
- ^ Steenhuysen, Julie (August 4, 2008). "Pills taking over from psychotherapy". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Medical Monday: Dr. Eric Plakun : Psychiatry". WAMC. June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ "FISA". 60 Minutes. Vol. 33, no. 10. CBS News. December 3, 2000.
- ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com.