Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Yifrah Kaminer reviews medical content for Healthwise, a
nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health
decisions. Dr. Kaminer has been with the Department of Psychiatry and the
Alcohol Research Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center in
Farmington, Connecticut, since 1993. He was appointed professor of psychiatry
in 2003. His research interests include the diagnosis and treatment of
adolescent high-risk behaviors, including substance abuse disorders, gambling
behavior, suicidal behavior, and psychiatric comorbidity. In addition to being
the author of more than 100 publications, Dr. Kaminer consults internationally
on the design, management, and staff training of substance abuse services for
adolescents.
Dr. Kaminer is on the editorial board of several peer review
journals and is a reviewer for a number of other publications.
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Education
MD: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1976
Residency and Fellowship in
Psychiatry and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel
Aviv University, 1979-1984
Clinical Research Fellowship in Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry: Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI,
1985-1987
MBA: Barney School of
Business, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, 2000
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University
of Pittsburgh; Founder, Adolescent and Young Adult Drug Abuse and Psychiatric
Treatment Program, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988-1990
Clinical Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry, Brown University, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies;
Director, E.P. Bradley Hospital Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention Center,
Providence, RI, 1990-1992
Associate Professor, Department of
Psychiatry and Alcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut, Farmington,
1994-2003
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Alcohol Research
Center, University of Connecticut, Farmington,
2003-present
Co-Director of Research, Division of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington
Hospital Affiliations
University of Connecticut Health Center,
Farmington, CT
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Addiction
Psychiatry
International Society of Addiction
Medicine
Research Society on Alcoholism
Selected Publications
Kaminer Y (2005). Challenges and
opportunities for youth substance abuse group therapy: A critical review.
Addictive Behaviors, 30(9):
1765-1774.
Kaminer Y, Napolitano C (2004). Dial for therapy:
Aftercare for adolescent substance use disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(9):
1171-1174.
Kaminer Y, et al. (2002). Cognitive-behavioral coping
skills and psychoeducation therapies for adolescent substance abuse.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 190(11):
737-745.
Kaminer Y (2001). Adolescent substance abuse treatment:
Where do we go from here? Psychiatric Services, 52(2):
147-149.
Kaminer Y, Bukstein O, eds. (2008). Adolescent Substance Abuse: Psychiatric Comorbidity and High Risk Behaviors. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
