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Editorial Board

Editor

Mark Hyman Rapaport, M.D.
Huntsman Mental Health Institute
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah


Applied Armamentarium
Boadie Dunlop, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Communication Commentary
Dorothy E. Stubbe, M.D.
Yale University Child Study Center
New Haven, Connecticut

Ethics Commentary
James L. Knoll IV, M.D.
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York

Jacob M. Appel, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Patient Management Exercise
Ian A. Cook, M.D.
David Geffen School of Medicine and Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA
Los Angeles, California

Senior Advisory Board

Carol A. Bernstein, M.D.
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Peter F. Buckley, M.D.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee

Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Ira M. Lesser, M.D.
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Torrance, California

Editorial Board

Richard Balon, M.D.
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Rochester Hills, Michigan

Josepha A. Cheong, M.D.
University of Florida School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee

Asmara T. Hoo-Cardiel, D.O.
Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan

Paresh Atu Jaini, D.O.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Raymond Lam, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada

Sherrell T. Lam, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland

Avram H. Mack, M.D.
Nemours Children’s Health
Wilmington, Delaware

Vishal Madaan, M.D., M.B.B.S.
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia

David Mischoulon, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Francisco A. Moreno, M.D.
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Philip R. Muskin, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Michele T. Pato, M.D., M.P.H.
Rutgers Center for Genomics of Psychiatric Health and Addiction
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Jeffrey Rakofsky, M.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Victor I. Reus, M.D.
UCSF School of Medicine
San Francisco, California

James W. Thompson, M.D., M.P.H.
Palm Beach, Florida

Marcia L. Verduin, M.D.
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida

Sidney Zisook, M.D.
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California


Self-Assessment Editorial Board

Paul J. Carlson, M.D.
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah Venkata Kolli, M.B.B.S.
Columbus Psychiatry Clinic
Columbus, Nebraska

John Luo, M.D.
University of California, Irvine
Orange, California

Jeffrey J. Rakofsky, M.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Lorena Reyna, M.D.
Alton, Texas

Yi-lang Tang, M.D., Ph.D.
Atlanta VA Medical Center
Decatur, Georgia

John Teshima, M.D., M.Ed.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Canada

Editor Emerita

Deborah J. Hales, M.D.
Washington, D.C.

Editorial Staff

American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Simone Taylor, Ph.D., Publisher
Michael D. Roy, Editorial Director, Journals
Demarie S. Jackson, Managing Editor, Journals
Peyton Fultz, Editorial Manager, Focus
Wendy Lieberman Taylor, Production Manager, Journals

Disclosures for Focus Editorial Board members

Ian Cook, M.D., active biomedical device patents assigned to the University of California; CEO and director of HeartCloud Inc. and BrainCloud Corporation; CEO and board chair of NeuroSigma Inc. (on leave since 2016 as chief medical officer); equity interest in HeartCloud Inc. and the BrainCloud Corporation; stock options in NeuroSigma Inc. Boadie Dunlop, M.D., grant/research funding from Compass Pathways, Otsuka, Aptinyx, Acadia; consultant at Myriad Neuroscience, Sage Therapeutics, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Greenwich Biosciences. James L. Knoll IV, M.D., annual honorarium as a member of the teaching faculty for the annual AAPL forensic psychiatry board review course. Raymond Lam, M.D., consultant: Allergan, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments, Janssen, Lundbeck, Myriad Neuroscience, Otsuka, Pfizer; ad hoc speaking honoraria: Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Hansoh, Lundbeck, Lundbeck Institute, Pfizer; grant/research funding from BC Leading Edge Endowment Fund, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments, Healthy Minds Canada, Janssen, Lundbeck, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, MITACS, Ontario Brain Institute, St. Jude Medical, University Health Network Foundation, VGH-UBCH Foundation; book royalties: Cambridge University Press, Informa Press, Oxford University Press; copyright: Lam Employment Absence and Productivity Scale (LEAPS). Vishal Madaan, M.D., grant/research funding from Allergan, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Neurocrine, Otsuka, Pfizer, Shire, Supernus. David Mischoulon, M.D., Ph.D., employed part time, MGH Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI), which has received research funding from multiple pharmaceutical companies and NIMH; grant/research funding from Nordic Naturals (donated omega-3 fatty acid medication and placebo for clinical trial) and heckel medizintechnik GmbH (supplied whole body hyperthermia device for clinical trial). Francisco A. Moreno, M.D., Liva Nova: DSMB chair. Jeffrey J. Rakofsky, M.D., grant/ research funding from Compass, Otsuka. Sidney Zisook, M.D., grant/research funding from COMPASS Pathways.

The following Editorial Board members report no financial relationships with commercial interests

Jacob M. Appel, M.D., Richard Balon, M.D., Carol A. Bernstein, M.D., Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Peter F. Buckley, M.D., Ph.D., Paul J. Carlson, M.D., Josepha A. Cheong, M.D., Peyton Fultz, Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., Asmara T. Hoo-Cardiel, D.O., Paresh Atu Jaini, D.O., Venkata Kolli, M.B.B.S., Sherrell T. Lam, M.D., Ira M. Lesser, M.D., John Luo, M.D., Avram H. Mack, M.D., Philip R. Muskin, M.D., Michele T. Pato, M.D., M.P.H., Mark H. Rapaport, M.D., Lorena Reyna, M.D., Victor I. Reus, M.D., Dorothy E. Stubbe, M.D., Yi-lang Tang, M.D., John Teshima, M.D., M.Ed., James W. Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Marcia L. Verduin, M.D., Joel Yager, M.D.