Psychopathology Committee
The Psychopathology Committee focuses on the challenges and practices in policy and the delivery of mental health services
ABOUT OUR COMMITTEE
The psychopathology committee examines challenges and controversies in clinical practice and policy regarding the delivery of psychiatric health care among diverse populations. Our publications draw on the considerable expertise and breadth of experience of the committee members.
FEATURED WORK
Addressing the Increasing Mental Health Distress and Mental Illness Among Young Adults in the United States
Structural Racism and Psychiatric Practice: A Call for Sustained Change
Managing Our Public Selves
Managing Our Public Selves.
Telehealth and the Community SMI Population
Integrating Social Determinants of Health Into Clinical Formulations: The Need for a Biaxial System in the DSM and Psychiatry
The Need to Adapt the Psychiatric Clinical Assessment to the Digital Age: A Practical Approach
Members: David Adler, Jeffrey Berlant, Lisa Dixon, Michael First, Beth Goldman, Steve Koh, Bruce Levine, David Oslin, Samuel Siris, Matthew Erlich, Nicole Kozloff, Daniel Cohrs,
Publications
Publications
Adler DA, Oslin DW, Valenstein M, Avery J, et al. Our Job and Their Jobs: Mental Health Clinicians and Patients’ Work Functioning. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 200(5):451-453, 2012.
Adler D, and the GAP Psychopathology Committee. Psychiatrists’ Knowledge of Their Patients’ Job Functioning. Psychiatric Services, 64(4):395-396, 2013.
Adler DA, Erlich MD, Goldman B, Berlant J, Edwards ML, First MB, Oslin DW, Siris SG, Talley RM, Wagner ES; Psychopathology Committee of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry. Psychiatry in the Time of COVID: Credibility, Uncertainty, and Self-Reflection. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2021 Nov 1;209(11):779-782. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001404. PMID: 34468441; PMCID: PMC9207939.
Avery J, Dixon L, Adler D, Oslin D, Hackman A, First M, Goldman B, Koh S, Nossel I, Siris S. Psychiatrists’ Attitudes Towards Individuals Diagnosed with Substance Use Disorders and Serious Mental Illness, Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 9(4):322-326, 2013.
Braun D, Dulit R, Adler DA et al. ADHD in Adults: Clinical Information for Primary Care Physicians. Primary Psychiatry, 11(9): 56-65, 2004
Brunette MF, Oslin DW, Dixon LB, Adler DA et al: The Opioid Epidemic and Psychiatry: The Time for Action Is Now. Psychiatr Serv. Dec 1;70(12):1168-1171, 2019. PMID: 31500545
Dixon L, Adler, D.A. et al. Re-examination of Therapist Self-Disclosure. Psychiatric Services. 52(11):1489-1493, 2001.
Dixon L, Adler DA, et al. Psychiatrists and primary caring: What are our boundaries of responsibility? Psychiatric Services, 58(5):600-2, 2007.
Dixon LB, Adler DA, Berlant J, Brunette MF, Erlich M, First MB, Goldman B, Koh S, Levine B, Oslin DW, Siris S. Managing Our Public Selves. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Nov 1;71(11):1196-1198. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000078. Epub 2020 Jun 10. PMID: 32517644. Read →
Dorwart, R., Adler, D. et al. Outcomes Assessment and Psychiatric Services. Hospital and Community Psychiatry 45(12):1165, 1994.
Erlich, M, Dixon L, Adler D et al. Addressing the Aftermath of Suicide. Why We Need Postvention. Psychiatric Times, Vol. 33; Issue 9, August 2016.
Erlich MD, Rolin SA, Dixon LB, Adler DA, Oslin DW, Levine B, Berlant JL, Goldman B, Koh S, First MB, Pabbati C, Siris SG. Why We Need to Enhance Suicide Postvention: Evaluating a Survey of Psychiatrists' Behaviors after the Suicide of a Patient. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2017 Jul;205(7):507-511. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000682. PMID: 28590263; PMCID: PMC5962958.
Erlich MD, First MB, Talley RM, Dixon LB, Berlant J, Edwards ML, Moreno MA, Kozloff N, Brunette MF, Siris S, Adler DA. Integrating Social Determinants of Health Into Clinical Formulations: The Need for a Biaxial System in the DSM and Psychiatry. Psychiatr Serv. 2025 Oct 1;76(10):911-914. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240610. Epub 2025 Aug 8. PMID: 40776589. Read →
First MB, Bhat V, Adler D, Dixon L,Goldman B, Koh S, Levine B, Oslin D, Siris S. How Do Clinicians Actually Use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in Clinical Practice and Why We Need to Know More. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Dec;202(12):841-4, 2014.
First MB, Erlich MD, Adler DA, Leong S, Dixon LB, Oslin DW, Goldman B, Koh S, Levine B, Berlant JL, Siris SG. How the DSM Is Used in Clinical Practice. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2019 Mar;207(3):157-161. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000953. PMID: 30768542.
Goldman, H.H., Adler D.A., Berlant J, et al. The Case for a Services-Based Approach to Payment for Mental Illness under national health care reform. Hospital and Community Psychiatry 44(6):542-544, 1993.
Goldman B., Dixon L.B., Adler D.A., et al. Rational Protection of Subjects in Research and Quality Improvement Activities, Psychiatric Services, 61(2):180-183, 2010.
Lewis R, Adler DA, Dixon LB, Goldman B, et al. The Psychiatric Note in the Era of Electronic Communication. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 199(4):212-213, 2011.
Moreno MA, Dixon LB, Jankowski S, Adler DA, Berlant J, Brunette MF, Castillo EG, Edwards ML, Erlich MD, First MB, Kozloff N, Oslin D, Siris S, Talley RM. The Need to Adapt the Psychiatric Clinical Assessment to the Digital Age: A Practical Approach. Psychiatr Serv. 2024 Sep 1;75(9):929-931. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230399. Epub 2024 Mar 13. PMID: 38477835. Read →
Oslin D, Dixon L, Adler DA, Winston H, Erlich MD, Levine B, Berlant J, Goldman B, First MB, Siris SG. Adaptation in Delivering Integrated Care: The Tension Between Care and Evidence-Based Practice. Psychiatr Serv. Sep 1:69(9):1029-1031, 2018
Talley RM, Brunette MF, Adler DA, Dixon LB, Berlant J, Erlich MD, Goldman B, First MB, Koh S, Oslin DW, Siris SG. Telehealth and the Community SMI Population: Reflections on the Disrupter Experience of COVID-19. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2021 Jan;209(1):49-53. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001254. PMID: 33003053.
Talley RM, Edwards ML, Berlant J, Wagner ES, Adler DA, Erlich MD, Goldman B, Dixon LB, First MB, Oslin DW, Siris SG. Structural Racism and Psychiatric Practice: A Call for Sustained Change. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2022 Jan 1;210(1):2-5. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001442. PMID: 34731092; PMCID: PMC12068067.
Valenstein M, Adler DA, Berlant J, et al. Implementing Standardized Assessments in Clinical Care: Now’s the Time, Psychiatric Services, 60(10):1372-1375, 2009.
Editorials
Dixon, L., Adler, D.A., Berlant J. et al. Confronting Violence. Psychiatric Services. 49(7):865, 1998.
Dulit R., Adler, D.A. et al. Patient Care and the Information Explosion. Psychiatric Services. 53(6):657, 2002.
Erlich M; Dixon L, Adler D et al. Envisioning Zero Suicide. Psychiatric Services. 67(3):255, 2016.
Books
Adler, D.A. et al. The Positive Aspects of Long-Term Hospitalization in the Public Sector for Chronic Psychiatric Patients. Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, Report No. 110, New York Mental Health Materials Center, 1982.
Adler, D.A. et al. Interactive fit: A Guide to the Nonpsychotic Chronic Patient. Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Report. Bruner Mazel. 1987.
Adler D.A. et al. Beyond Symptom Suppression: Improving the Long-Term Outcomes of Schizophrenia. American Psychiatric Press, Inc. 1992.