Myron Belfer, MD, MPA

Senior Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry

Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

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Myron Belfer, MD, MPA

Senior Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry

Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

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English

Education

Graduate School

University of Rochester

1961

Rochester

Medical School

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1965

New York

Internship

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

1966

Philadelphia

Residency

Massachusetts Mental Health Center

1968

Boston

Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital/Judge Baker Guidance Center

1970

Boston

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Approach to Care

Entering into Psychiatry, I always wanted to be a child psychiatrist. My interests were in how children responded to stress and I pursued research in this area. Most of my time as a young child psychiatrist was spent doing Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Boston Children's Hospital. My focus was largely on surgery and particularly on plastic and reconstructive surgery. It was in this area where I developed a special interest in body image. The rest of my career has been largely devoted to administration and global child mental health including 5 years at the World Health Organization in Geneva.

Publications

[The effect of astaxanthin on the adaptation of the oral mucosa to a removable denture]. View Abstract

Enhancing mental health pre-service training with the WHO mhGAP Intervention Guide: experiences learned and the way forward. View Abstract

Supporting children of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. View Abstract

The cost of child and adolescent mental health services. View Abstract

Building research capacity for child and adolescent mental health in Africa. View Abstract

Beyond Surgery: Treating the Whole Person. View Abstract

Family responses to a child with schizophrenia: An Indonesian experience. View Abstract

Displacement as a predictor of functional impairment in tsunami-exposed children. View Abstract

Global child health. View Abstract

Opportunity and challenge: the situation of child and adolescent mental health in Brazil. View Abstract

Learning Difficulties and Working Memory Deficits among Primary School Students in Jakarta, Indonesia. View Abstract

Implementing a global child mental health observership program in a children's hospital: lessons learned. View Abstract

The living environment and children's fears following the Indonesian tsunami. View Abstract

Child and adolescent mental health worldwide: evidence for action. View Abstract

Treated prevalence of and mental health services received by children and adolescents in 42 low-and-middle-income countries. View Abstract

Global child mental health: what can we learn from countries with limited financial resources? View Abstract

Adolescent Mental Health in Resource-Constrained Settings: A review of the evidence of the nature, prevalence and determinants of common mental health problems and their management in primary health care. View Abstract

Challenges in international collaboration in child and adolescent psychiatry. View Abstract

What are the principles that should guide mental health policies in countries of low and middle income? View Abstract

Teachers' perspectives of mental health needs in Nigerian schools. View Abstract

Teachers' perspectives of mental health needs in Nigerian schools View Abstract

Skills of the surgeon, eye of an artist, mind of the analyst. View Abstract

Prerequisites for global child and adolescent mental health. View Abstract

Where goes child and adolescent psychiatry? View Abstract

Declaration of the Consortium for Global Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health View Abstract

Child Psychiatry as a Social Medicine Discipline: Trends in Child Mental Health Services View Abstract

Child and adolescent mental health policy worldwide: an update View Abstract

Child and adolescent mental health policy worldwide: an update. View Abstract

La sante mentale globale de l'infant: repondre aux besoins presents et future View Abstract

A global perspective on child and adolescent mental health. Editorial. View Abstract

A framework for the economic analysis of child and adolescent mental disorders. View Abstract

Child and adolescent mental disorders: the magnitude of the problem across the globe. View Abstract

Critical review of world policies for mental healthcare for children and adolescents. View Abstract

Children and the Sphere standard on mental and social aspects of health. View Abstract

The Epidemiology and Burden of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorder View Abstract

A Global Programme for Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Challenge in the New Millenium View Abstract

The Role of International Organizations to Promote School-based Mental Health View Abstract

Eine allgemeine Einschatzung von Versorgungssystemen und-einrichtungen View Abstract

International Child and Adolescent Mental Health Review View Abstract

The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents: An area of global neglect View Abstract

Caring for children and adolescents in the aftermath of natural disasters. View Abstract

WHO Child Atlas project. View Abstract

Mental health care for children and adolescents worldwide: a review. View Abstract

Completed suicide and psychiatric diagnoses in young people: a critical examination of the evidence. View Abstract

Child and adolescent mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean: problems, progress, and policy research. View Abstract

Child and adolescent mental health around the world: Challenges for progress View Abstract

Global Policy for Child Mental Health: Policy, Politics and Practice View Abstract

International Child Mental Health View Abstract

Atlas: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resources View Abstract

Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries View Abstract

The Global Absence of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policy. View Abstract

Systems of Care: A Global Perspective View Abstract

Facilitating Pathways View Abstract

The global absence of child and adolescent mental health policy View Abstract

Psychological Preparation of the Child Undergoing a Maxillofacial Surgical Procedure View Abstract

An international perspective on mental health policy and services for children and adolescents View Abstract

Effects of a child with a craniofacial anomaly on stability of the parental relationship. View Abstract

HIV and AIDS: Global and United States Perspectives View Abstract

Caring for Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders: Setting WHO Directions View Abstract

Caring for Children with Mental Disorders: Setting WHO Directions View Abstract

Epidemiology of child and adolescent mental disorders: A cross-cultural perspective View Abstract

International Perspectives on Child Psychiatry View Abstract

Cultural and societal influences in child and adolescent psychiatry View Abstract

Through Children's Eyes View Abstract

Cross-cultural understanding of aesthetic surgery: the male cosmetic surgery patient in japan and the USA. View Abstract

Body image: development and distortion View Abstract

Foster Care View Abstract

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome View Abstract

Psychiatric Services for Addicted Patients View Abstract

Substance abuse View Abstract

Substance abuse and violence: cause and consequence. View Abstract

Substance abuse with psychiatric illness in children and adolescents: definition and terminology View Abstract

Substance abuse with psychiatric illness in children and adolescents: definitions and terminology. View Abstract

Body image: Impacts and distortions View Abstract

A 3-year-old boy's chronic diarrhea and unexplained death. View Abstract

A 3 year old boy's chronic diarrhea and unexplained death View Abstract

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome View Abstract

Psychopathology, normality, and creativity in adolescence. View Abstract

Suicide in children: diagnosis, management, and treatment View Abstract

Psychiatric aspects of day care View Abstract

AIDS in children and adolescents. View Abstract

The wish to die: a statement of purpose View Abstract

Psychological consideration of the plastic surgery patient View Abstract

Psychological impact of AIDS on children View Abstract

What family therapists might learn from child psychiatry View Abstract

Clinical assessments and maternal judgments: concurrent and predictive relationships. View Abstract

Discussion on: Gifford S: Cosmetic surgery and personality change: a review and some clinical observations View Abstract

Self-esteem related to body image change in children with craniofacial deformity View Abstract

Clinical assessments and parental judgment: concurrent and predictive relationships View Abstract

The wish to die: a statement of purpose View Abstract

Suicide in children and adolescents. View Abstract

Body image: Impacts and Distortions View Abstract

Appearance and the influence of reconstructive surgery on body image. View Abstract

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction with facial pain in children. View Abstract

Developmental double jeorpardy: a study of clumsiness and self-esteem in learning disabled children View Abstract

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction: an occasional manifestation of serious psychopathology. View Abstract

Discussion on: Lemperle G and Radu D: Facial plastic surgery in children with Down's Syndrome View Abstract

A prospective study of corticosteroid and catecholamine levels in relation to viral respiratory illness. View Abstract

Twenty year experience in maxillocraniofacial surgery. An evaluation of early surgery on growth, function and body image. View Abstract

Body image and the process of reconstructive surgery. View Abstract

Cosmetic surgery as an antecedent of life change. View Abstract

Psychotropic medication in acute psychiatric disturbances in children View Abstract

The infant with illness View Abstract

Twenty year experience in maxillo-craniofacial surgery View Abstract

The effect of foster homes and institutionalization on infants and children View Abstract

Prematurity and problems of early mother-infant bonding View Abstract

Post-partum issues in prevention View Abstract

Psychiatric Emergencies View Abstract

The child advocacy concept: from a praiseworthy idea to practical demise. View Abstract

Premenstrual factors as determinants of alcoholism in women View Abstract

Report on purgation through pity and terror by William Binstock, MD View Abstract

Juvenile delinquency View Abstract

Mothers of children in day care View Abstract

Communication process View Abstract

Alcoholism in women. View Abstract

Catatonia-like symptomatology: an interesting case. View Abstract

Glucose metabolism View Abstract

Autonomic Effects View Abstract

Thyroid function View Abstract

Stress-tempered antibiotic response. View Abstract

Stress and bronchitis. View Abstract

Endocrine effects of psychotropic drugs: V. Pituitary-thyroid axis. View Abstract

Endocrine effects of psychotropic drugs. 3. Glucose metabolism. View Abstract

Stress-tempered antibiotic response View Abstract

Pre-illness hormonal changes in army recruits with upper respiratory infection View Abstract

Emotional behavior in the rat as a function of maternal emotionality View Abstract

Prenatal maternal anxiety and emotionalality of offspring View Abstract

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