Department of Neurology

Faculty Members
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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
Office: 215-222-3200 ext.132
Fax: 215-386-6770
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.
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.
Certifications
Certificate in Neurology - No. 12052, 1972.
Certificate in Psychiatry - No. 12796, 1973.
Certificate in Addiction Psychiatry, # 314, re-certified 2003, 1993.
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Selected Publications

O'Brien, CP McKay, J: Psychopharmacological Treatment for Substance Use Disorders. A Guide to Treatments That Work (Third Edition). Nathan, PE Gorman, JM (eds.). Oxford University Press, Page: 145-177, 2007.

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 Kampman, KM: Antagonist and Partial Agonist Treatment. Pharmacological Treatment for Opioid Addiction (Chapter 15). Collins, ED Kleber, HD O'Brien, CP Kampman, KM Schottenfeld, RS (eds.). American Psychiatric Publishing, Page: in press, 2007.

O'Brien, CP: Brain Development as a Vulnerability Factor in the Etiology of Substance Abuse and Addiction. Adolescent Psychopathology and the Development Brain. Romer, R Walker, EF (eds.). Oxford University Press, Page: 388-398, 2007.

O'Brien, CP: Drug addiction and drug abuse. Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (Eleventh Edition). Brunton, LL Lazo, JS Parker, KL (eds.). McGraw-Hill, Page: 607-627, 2006.

O'Brien, CP: Comorbidity of mood disorders and substance abuse. The Physician's Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorders. Evans, WL Charney, DS Lewis, L (eds.). McGraw-Hill, Page: 483-491, 2006.

O'Brien, CP Dackis, CA Kampman, K: Does modainil produce euphoria? American Journal of Psychiatry 163(6): 1109, 2006.

O'Brien, CP: Adolescent opioid abuse. Arch Gen Psychiatry 62: 1165, 2006.

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 Cornish, JW: Naltrexone for probationers and parolees. JAMA 31: 107-11, 2006.

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