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Stuart Eisendrath, MD

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Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Biography

I focus my research on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy as a treatment for major depressive disorder.  I am investigating its usage for treatment-resistant depression in a RCT including fMRI to assess brain functioning pre and post intervention.

I focus my research on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy as a treatment for major depressive disorder. I am investigating its usage for treatment-resistant depression in a RCT including fMRI to assess brain functioning pre and post intervention.

  • Residency, - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Anxiety Disorders
Meditation
Mindfulness
Sick Role
Avoidance Learning
Psychotherapy
Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant
Depressive Disorder
Malingering
Musculoskeletal Pain
Models, Psychological
Factitious Disorders
Munchausen Syndrome
Psychiatry
Education
As Well As Malingering. I Have A Longstanding Interest In The Psychiatric Aspects Of Chronic Pain.
I Have Extensive Background Experience In Major Depressive Disorder And Its Associated Features
Having Been The Director Of The UCSF Depression Center For 15 Years. I Have An Ongoing Interest In Abnormal Illness Behaviors Including Factitious Disorders
Somatic Symptom Disorders Such As Conversion Disorders And Somatization

  • Senior Fellow, Mind and Life Institute, 2012
  • Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2010
  • George Sarlo Prize for Teaching, UCSF, 2008-2009
  • Best Doctor, Best Doctors in America, 2005-2017

April 1, 2008 - February 28, 2015 - Applying Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Treatment-Resistant Depression , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01AT004572

Contact information

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1550 Fourth Street, #282
San Francisco, CA 94158
United States