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B. Timothy Walsh

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B. Timothy Walsh
Born
Bernard Timothy Walsh

1946
Alma materPrinceton University
Harvard Medical School
Known forResearch regarding obesity and eating disorders
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, Psychiatry Epidemiology, Public Health, Medicine
InstitutionsColumbia University
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Bernard Timothy Walsh (born 1946) is an American psychiatrist, academic, author, and editor who specializes in eating disorders.[1] He is the William and Joy Ruane Professor of Pediatric Psychopharmacology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University.[2]

Early life

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Walsh was born in 1946 in Washington, D.C He attended Princeton University and Harvard Medical School.[2] He completed his residency in psychiatry at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center in The Bronx, New York.[1]

Career

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In 1979, Walsh started the Eating Disorders Research Unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.[2][3] He was also the director of the Division of Clinical Therapeutics at New York State Psychiatric Institute.[3]

He is the William and Joy Ruane Professor of Pediatric Psychopharmacology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University.[2] His research covers the psychological and biological causes of abnormal eating behaviors.[3] He has looked for pharmacological and psychological treatments for anorexia nevosa, binge eating disorder, and bulimia nervosa.[3]

He is the author, editor, or co-editor of five books on adolescent health and eating disorders. He was the president of both the Academy for Eating Disorders and the Eating Disorders Research Society.[2][4] He also chaired the Eating Disorders Work Group for both DSM-IV and DSM-5.[2]

He has received awards from the Academy for Eating Disorders, American Psychiatric Association, the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, and the National Eating Disorders Association.[2]

Selected publications

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Books

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  • Next to Nothing A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with an Eating Disorder. with Carrie Arnold.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0195309669

Articles

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Chapters

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As editor

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  • Child Psychopharmacology. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc; 1998. ISBN 978-0880488334
  • Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: What We Know and What We Don't Know. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2005.ISBN 9780195173642
  • Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders. with Evelyn Attia, Robyn Sysko, and Deborah R. Glasofer, editors. American Psychiatric Publishing 2016. ISBN 978-1585625093
  • Eating Disorders and Obesity, Third Edition: A Comprehensive Handbook. with Kelly D. Brownell, ed. Guilford Press, 2017. ISBN 9781462536092

References

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  1. ^ a b "B. Timothy Walsh, MD | Author". Merck Manuals Consumer Version. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "B. Timothy Walsh, MD". Columbia Psychiatry. June 2, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bernard Timothy Walsh, MD - Columbia Psychiatry". 2017-01-21. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  4. ^ "About AED". Academy for Eating Disorders. Retrieved June 7, 2021.