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Faculty Members:
Charles P. O'Brien, MD, PhD
Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
Treatment Research Center
3900 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Treatment Research Center
3900 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-222-3200 ext.132
Fax: 215-386-6770
Fax: 215-386-6770
Email:
obrien@mail.trc.upenn.edu
obrien@mail.trc.upenn.edu
Education:
B.S.
Tulane University, 1960.
M.D.
Tulane Medical School, 1964.
M.S. ( Neurophysiology)
Physiology The Graduate School, Tulane University , 1964.
Ph.D. (Neurophysiology)
Physiology The Graduate School, Tulane University , 1966.
B.S.
Tulane University, 1960.
M.D.
Tulane Medical School, 1964.
M.S. ( Neurophysiology)
Physiology The Graduate School, Tulane University , 1964.
Ph.D. (Neurophysiology)
Physiology The Graduate School, Tulane University , 1966.
Post-Graduate Training
Medical House Office, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1964-1965.
Neurology and Psychiatry Resident, Tulane Medical School/Charity Hospital New Orleans, LA, 1965-1967.
Academic Registrar, National Hospital for Nervous Disease, Queen Square London, England, 1967-1968.
Psychiatry Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1969.
Medical House Office, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1964-1965.
Neurology and Psychiatry Resident, Tulane Medical School/Charity Hospital New Orleans, LA, 1965-1967.
Academic Registrar, National Hospital for Nervous Disease, Queen Square London, England, 1967-1968.
Psychiatry Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1969.
Certifications
Certificate in Neurology - No. 12052, 1972.
Certificate in Psychiatry - No. 12796, 1973.
Certificate in Addiction Psychiatry, # 314, re-certified 2003, 1993.
Permanent linkCertificate in Neurology - No. 12052, 1972.
Certificate in Psychiatry - No. 12796, 1973.
Certificate in Addiction Psychiatry, # 314, re-certified 2003, 1993.
Selected Publications
O'Brien, C.P.: Translation Research on Addictive Disorders. Translational Neuroscience 2011 (in press).O'Brien, C.P.: Addiction and Dependence in DSM-V. Addiction 106(5): 866-867, 2011.
O'Brien, C.P.: Neuroplasticity in addictive disorders. Dialogues Clin Neurosci 11: 350, 2009.
O’Brien, C.P., McLellan, A.T., Childress, A.R. and Woody, G.E: Penn/VA Center for Studies of Addiction. Neuropharmacology 56: 44, 2009.
O'Brien, C.P.: Evidence-based treatments of addiction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363: 3277, 2008.
O'Brien, C.P.: Clinical Crossroad: a 50-year-old woman addicted to heroin. JAMA 300(3): 314, 2008.
O'Brien, C.P.: The CAGE Questionnaire for Detection of Alcoholism: A Remarkably Useful but Simple Tool JAMA 300(17): 2054, 2008.
O'Brien, CP Koob, GF Mee-Lee, D Rosenthal, RN: New Developments in addiction treatment: Neurobiology of addiction and its impact on the development of future treatments. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 67: 1801-12, 2007.
O'Brien, CP Volkow, N Li, T-K: Addiction versus dependence for DSM-V. American Journal of Psychiatry 163(5): 764-5, 2006.
O'Brien, CP: Adolescent opioid abuse. Arch Gen Psychiatry 62: 1165, 2006.
