Global InformationIgor Galynker information
Igor Galynker | |
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 Igor Galynker | |
| Born | Moscow, USSR |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Spouse | Asya Trakht |
| Children | Benjamin Galynker Jaziah Galynker |
| Parent(s) | Ilya Galynker Raya Galynker |
Igor Galynker is an American psychiatrist, clinician and researcher. His research interests include bipolar disorder, suicide prevention, and the role of family dynamics in psychiatric illness.[1][2] He has published on these topics both in professional journals[3] and in the lay press.[4][5] His recent research has been devoted to describing Suicide Crisis Syndrome (SCS), an acute suicidal cognitive-affective state predictive of imminent suicidal behavior.[6][7][8]
Dr. Galynker currently serves as the Associate Chairman for Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, and is the Founder and Director of the Family Center for Bipolar Disorder and of the Mount Sinai Suicide Research and Prevention Laboratory. Since 2014, he has held the position of Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York City.[9]
- ^ Galynker, Igor (2011). Talking to Families About Mental Illness: What Clinicians Need to Know (1st ed.). New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. ISBN 9780393706000. OCLC 658536694.
- ^ "Igor Galynker | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ Cohen, Lisa J.; Grebchenko, Yuli F.; Steinfeld, Matthew; Frenda, Steven J.; Galynker, Igor I. (November 2008). "Comparison of Personality Traits in Pedophiles, Abstinent Opiate Addicts, and Healthy Controls: Considering Pedophilia as an Addictive Behavior". Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 196 (11): 829–837. doi:10.1097/NMD.0b013e31818b4e3d. ISSN 0022-3018. PMID 19008734. S2CID 1505984.
- ^ "Can Suicide Scales Predict a Future Suicide Attempt?". Elements Behavioral Health. October 16, 2011.
- ^ "Preventing suicide: What should clinicians do differently?". www.mdedge.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "Can a New Diagnosis Help Prevent Suicide?". Undark Magazine. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "Novel Suicide Prediction Tool Goes Beyond Patient Self-Reports". Medscape. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ Schuck, Allison; Calati, Raffaella; Barzilay, Shira; Bloch-Elkouby, Sarah; Galynker, Igor (May 2019). "Suicide Crisis Syndrome: A review of supporting evidence for a new suicide-specific diagnosis". Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 37 (3): 223–239. doi:10.1002/bsl.2397. ISSN 1099-0798. PMID 30900347. S2CID 85449010.
- ^ "Suicide Research and Prevention Laboratory |". labs.icahn.mssm.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-25.