B. Timothy Walsh
B. Timothy Walsh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bernard Timothy Walsh 1946 Washington, D.C., US |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Harvard Medical School |
| Known for | Research regarding obesity and eating disorders |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology, Psychiatry Epidemiology, Public Health, Medicine |
| Institutions | Columbia 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Books[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Walsh, B. Timothy; Kaplan, Allan S., Attia, Evelyn; et al. "Fluoxetine after weight restoration in anorexia nervosa: a randomized controlled trial". JAMA vol. 295, no. 22 (June 14, 2006): 2605–12
- Attia, Evelyn and Walsh, B. Timothy. "The Behavioral Management of Anorexia Nervosa". The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 360, no. 5 (January 29, 2009): 500–506
- Walsh B. Timothy."The importance of eating behavior in eating disorders". Physiology and Behavior, vol. 104, no. 4 (September 26, 2011): 525–529
- Walsh, B. Timothy. "The Enigmatic Persistence of Anorexia Nervosa". American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 170, no. 5 (May 2013):477–484
Chapters[edit]
- Walsh, B. T. and Attia, Evelyn. "Eating Disorders". in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (18th edition). Longo, D. L.; Fauci, A.S.; et al (eds). New York: McGraw Hill, 2011. ISBN 978-1259029400
- "Eating Disorders". in Merck Manual (Consudmer Version). Rahway, NJ: Merck & Co., 2023.
As editor[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ a b "B. Timothy Walsh, MD | Author". Merck Manuals Consumer Version. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g "B. Timothy Walsh, MD". Columbia Psychiatry. June 2, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "About AED". Academy for Eating Disorders. Retrieved June 7, 2021.