Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Academic Department Clinical Department

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https://medicine.fiu.edu

people

Position
- Abi Rafeh, Ibrahim, Assistant Professor
- Augius, Lina, Assistant Professor
- Bonnin, Rodolfo, Associate Professor
- Chung, Nicola, Assistant Professor
- Desmarais, Nathaly, Associate Professor
- Donghia, Beatriz, Assistant Professor
- Espinosa, Juan, Assistant Professor
- Feltman, Douglas, Assistant Professor
- Gimenez, Roberto, Assistant Professor
- Junquera, Patricia, Associate Professor
- Lagomasino, Andrew, Assistant Professor
- Llompart, Diana, Assistant Professor
- Ning, Autumn, Assistant Professor
- Rivera, Melanis, Assistant Professor
- Rothe, Eugenio, Professor
- von Harscher, Heidi, Associate Professor

organization within

Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

selected publications

Article
- 2025
  
  Active Learning Using Virtual Escape Rooms to Enhance Patient Safety Education During the Medicine Clerkship. Medical Science Educator. 35:2963-2971.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02502-9 Web of Science: 001564864600001
- 2025
  
  Friday 5 Initiative: Harnessing the Power of Spaced Repetition & Deliberate Practice to Boost Step 1 Readiness. Medical Science Educator.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02550-1 Web of Science: 001606188200001
- 2025
  
  Psychosocial Challenges for Children and Youth Over the Past 50 Years. World Social Psychiatry. 7:77-87.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4103/wsp.wsp_28_25
- 2025
  
  Availability of Cognitive Remediation Therapy in United States Mental Health Facilities Serving Older Adults: A Statistical Study.. CUREUS. 17:e81187.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.81187
- 2025
  
  Psychotherapy with Patients Who Are Adopted. Psychodynamic Psychiatry. 53:490-504.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2025.53.4.490
- 2025
  
  The Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Waist Circumference Among Normal-Weight Individuals in the Peruvian Population: A 3-Year Pooled Cross-Sectional Study. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY. 37.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.24194 Web of Science: 001368622100001
- 2024
  
  Cognitive Flexibility What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20241205-03 Web of Science: 001419714200001
- 2024
  
  Next steps for workplace-based assessments of entrustable professional activities. Clinical Teacher. 21.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/tct.13739 Web of Science: 001157419100001
- 2024
  
  Access to Child Psychotherapy in High- and Low/Middle-income Nations: A Cross-national Perspective and Potential Approaches. Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 20:111-120.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/09731342241236297 Web of Science: 001193912200001
- 2023
  
  Medical Students' Perspectives on Opportunities to Engage in the Clinical Care of COVID-19 Patients during the Pandemic. SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 116:405-409.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001557 Web of Science: 000975601100005
- 2023
  
  Professional Development Needs of Clerkship Directors. FAMILY MEDICINE. 55:328-332.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2023.310804 Web of Science: 001019517100009
- 2022
  
  Time Does Matter: Reduced Internal Medicine Clerkship Clinical Experiences Due to COVID-19. CUREUS. 14.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.32445 Web of Science: 000936117900019
- 2022
  
  Moral Injury and Telemental Health Services An Overview on Clinician Impact. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 60:49-54.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20220428-01 Web of Science: 000797339400001
- 2022
  
  Mental Health Disclosure Questions on Medical Licensure Applications: Implications for Medical Students, Residents, and Physicians. ACADEMIC MEDICINE. 97:1117-1122.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004682 Web of Science: 000834665000031
- 2022
  
  Child Mental Health and Social Psychiatry - Global and Local Perspectives. World Social Psychiatry. 4:51-53.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4103/wsp.wsp_27_22
- 2022
  
  What Do Medical Students Want From a Mentor?. PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.). 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.22454/PRiMER.2022.552177
- 2021
  
  Overcoming Stigma: A Novel Curriculum for Teaching Medical Students about Suicide. ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY. 45:751-756.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01485-0 Web of Science: 000657196600001
- 2021
  
  Case Report: The Gold Standard: The Case for Inclusion of a Medical Student-Specific Counseling Center and Wellness Programming in Early Medical Education. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS. 28:368-373.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10880-020-09726-4 Web of Science: 000533201800001
- 2021
  
  Abortion Opt-in Experience in Third-Year Clerkship.. PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.). 5:38.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.22454/primer.2021.201254
- 2021
  
  Family Medicine Clerkship Assessment Analysis: Application and Implications.. PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.). 5:32.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.22454/primer.2021.915080
- 2020
  
  Patient With Penile and Scrotal Strangulation Due to Prolonged Use of a Metal Ring Device. CUREUS. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.11928 Web of Science: 000595831500016
- 2020
  
  Utilizing psychodynamic principles to teach professionalism to medical students through an innovative curriculum. Psychodynamic Psychiatry. 48:477-497.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2020.48.4.477
- 2020
  
  First Year Burnout and Coping in One US Medical School. ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY. 44:394-398.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40596-020-01198-w Web of Science: 000548241300005
- 2020
  
  The Role of Parental Knowledge and Attitudes about ADHD and Perceptions of Treatment Response in the Treatment Utilization of Families of Children with ADHD. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 5:102-114.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2020.1727797
- 2019
  
  Impact of the Introduction of the Clinical Science Mastery Series on Family Medicine NBME Subject Examination Performance. FAMILY MEDICINE. 51:687-690.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2019.253577 Web of Science: 000484762800011
- 2019
  
  Shelter From the Storm: Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment of the Refugee Patient. Addictive Disorders and their Treatment. 18:121-133.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000164 Web of Science: 000485943100001
- 2019
  
  Disclosure of Medical Errors in Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Simulation Curriculum (P2.9-043). Neurology. 92.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1212/wnl.92.15_supplement.p2.9-043
- 2019
  
  Effect of Repeat Examination on Family Medicine NBME Subject Scores.. PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.). 3:8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.22454/primer.2019.691584
- 2018
  
  The impact of empathy on burnout in medical students: new findings. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 23:295-303.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2017.1374545 Web of Science: 000419906100006
- 2017
  
  Supportive psychotherapy in everyday clinical practice: It's like riding a bicycle. Psychiatric Times. 34.
- 2016
  
  An Assessment of Comorbidity and Social Demographics in a Primarily African-American and Hispanic Population of Boys with ADHD Treated in Psychiatric/Non-Psychiatric and Public/Private Clinics in Miami, Florida. Journal of Child and Adolescent Behaviour. 2016.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4172/2375-4494.1000277
- 2016
  
  Synthetic Cannabis Overdose and Withdrawal in a Young Adult: A Case Report, Commentary on Regulation, and Review of the Literature.. Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2016:3640549.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1155/2016/3640549
- 2015
  
  Predictors of Binge Drinking in Elderly Americans. AMERICAN JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS. 24:621-627.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/ajad.12275 Web of Science: 000368502500008
- 2014
  
  Underestimation of substance abuse in psychiatric patients by conventional hospital screening. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 59:206-212.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.020 Web of Science: 000344205700028
- 2013
  
  Practice Parameter for Cultural Competence in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Practice. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 52:1101-1115.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.06.019 Web of Science: 000325309400019
- 2013
  
  Cannabis Use and Psychosis: Current Perspectives. Addictive Disorders and their Treatment. 12:136-139.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0b013e3182624271 Web of Science: 000212264700004
- 2013
  
  History of Psychiatry in the Dominican Republic. Adolescent Psychiatry. 3:18-25.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2174/2210676611303010005 Web of Science: 000219174400005
- 2013
  
  Vampires and Vamps: The Use of a Popular Metaphor in the Psychodynamic Understanding of Adolescent Conflict. Adolescent Psychiatry. 3:260-268.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2174/2210676611303030007 Web of Science: 000219181700007
- 2012
  
  Civil Commitment Among Patients With Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Practical, Conceptual, and Ethical Issues. Addictive Disorders and their Treatment. 11:136-145.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0b013e318234298b Web of Science: 000212262400002
- 2011
  
  Identity and Acculturation in Immigrant and Second Generation Adolescents. Adolescent Psychiatry. 1:72-81.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2174/2210676611101010072 Web of Science: 000218924600013
- 2010
  
  Acculturation, Development, and Adaptation. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 19:681-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.07.002 Web of Science: 000284507200004
- 2010
  
  Culturally Informed Child Psychiatric Practice. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 19:739-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.07.004 Web of Science: 000284507200007
- 2010
  
  Leaving No Children or Families Outside: The Challenges of Immigration. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY. 80:505-515.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01053.x Web of Science: 000283089900007
- 2010
  
  Psychotherapy with a narcissistic playboy facing the end of his life: A self-psychology and object relations perspective. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 38:229-241.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2010.38.2.229
- 2009
  
  Cultural Competence in Child Psychiatric Practice. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 48:362-366.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31819aaca8 Web of Science: 000264507800003
- 2009
  
  Effects of open-label atomoxetine on African-American and Caucasian pediatric outpatients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 21:26-37.
  Web of Science: 000269980600004
- 2008
  
  Latino versus Caucasian response to atomoxetine in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 18:44-53.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1089/cap.2006.0132 Web of Science: 000253907000006
- 2008
  
  Correlates of Early Alcohol and Drug Use in Hispanic Adolescents: Examining the Role of ADHD with Comorbid Conduct Disorder, Family, School, and Peers. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY. 37:820-832.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15374410802359676 Web of Science: 000260763700011
- 2008
  
  The New Face of Cubans in the United States: Cultural Process and Generational Change in an Exile Community. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. 6:247-266.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15362940802198934 Web of Science: 000212265700005
- 2005
  
  Considering cultural diversity in the management of ADHD in Hispanic patients. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 97.
- 2005
  
  Considering cultural diversity in the management of ADHD in Hispanic patients. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 97:17S-23S.
  Web of Science: 000235737300004
- 2005
  
  Culturally competent systems of care for children's mental health: Advances and challenges. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL. 41:539-555.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-6360-4 Web of Science: 000232348400004
- 2005
  
  Mental health of immigrants and refugees. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL. 41:581-597.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-6363-1 Web of Science: 000232348400007
- 2005
  
  Luis Llorens Torres and the impossible return: identity, conflict and hope in the national poem of Puerto Rico.. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal. 24:337-342.
- 2005
  
  Luis Llorens Torres and the impossible return: identity, conflict and hope in the national poem of Puerto Rico.. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 33:351-362.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2005.33.2.351
- 2003
  
  Cultural considerations in child and adolescent psychiatric emergencies and crises. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 12:723-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S1056-4993(03)00038-5 Web of Science: 000186096700010
- 2002
  
  Posttraumatic stress symptoms in Cuban adolescent refugees during camp confinement. Adolescent psychiatry. 26:97-124.
- 2002
  
  Posttraumatic stress disorder among Cuban children and adolescents after release from a refugee camp. PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 53:970-976.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.970 Web of Science: 000177177100011
- 1999
  
  Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 92:946-954.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199910000-00001
- 1996
  
  Psychopathology and personality disorders in adolescent sex offender. American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry. 17:19-38.
- 1995
  
  PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HURRICANE-ANDREW ON AN ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL POPULATION. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 34:1185-1192.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199509000-00016 Web of Science: A1995RR32300016
- 1995
  
  Psychological effects of hurricane andrew on an elementary school population. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 34:1174-1184.
- Aggressive adolescents benefit from massage therapy. ADOLESCENCE. 37:597-607.
  Web of Science: 000179232000011
Book
Book Chapter
- 2025
  
  The Psychodynamic Journey of Migration and Exile. 156-172.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781003535164-13
- 2024
  
  Latino Fathers. 103-114.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781003474579-10
- 2024
  
  Stepfathers. 153-168.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781003474579-14
- 2023
  
  Developing a Curriculum to Teach Social Psychiatry. 78-c7p82.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197521359.003.0007
- 2023
  
  The Importance of Medical Professionalism in Social Psychiatry. 68-c6p57.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197521359.003.0006
- 2023
  
  The Place of Adolescence in Social Psychiatry. 104-c9p54.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197521359.003.0009
- 2023
  
  Youth Violence. 481-c36p75.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197521359.003.0036
- 2023
  
  Refugee Mental Health: Child and Adolescent Refugees. 283-290.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19631-7_49
- 2023
  
  Refugee Mental Health: Child and Adolescent Refugees: E. Rothe, A. Pumariega, H. Castillo-Matos. 283-290.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19631-7_49
- 2022
  
  Migrant and Refugee Mental Health. 695-707.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-10239-4_50
- 2020
  
  Acculturation. 59-80.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0004
- 2020
  
  Criminality Among Immigrants to the United States. 161-178.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0008
- 2020
  
  Culture, Identity, and Mental Health. 231-252.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0011
- 2020
  
  Culture, Identity, and Psycho-social Development. 1-26.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0001
- 2020
  
  Immigration Trends in the United States. 27-38.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0002
- 2020
  
  Immigration and Race. 81-112.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0005
- 2020
  
  Refugees and Special Populations. 113-148.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0006
- 2020
  
  The Immigrant Narrative. 179-196.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0009
- 2020
  
  The Psychodynamic Aspects of Migration. 39-58.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0003
- 2020
  
  Transnational Identities, Pilgrimages, and Return Migrations. 149-160.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0007
- 2020
  
  Treatment Interventions for Immigrants, Refugees, and Their Families. 197-230.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190661700.003.0010
- 2019
  
  Developing empathy through narrative medicine. 165-178.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29876-0_10
- 2017
  
  Suicide Among Latino Youth. 69-82.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66203-9_5
- 2015
  
  Refugee Mental Health: Child and Adolescent Refugees. 1-8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6179-7_107-1
- 2013
  
  Hispanic adolescents and their families: Sociocultural factors and treatment considerations. 251-278.
- 2013
  
  The challenge of maintaining the fathering role after divorce: Overcoming shame. 94-101.
- 2012
  
  Mental Health Issues of Child and Adolescent Refugees. 81-107.
- 2011
  
  Suicidality and acculturation in hispanic adolescents. 57-70.
Book Review
- 2011
  
  Addict Nation, an Intervention for America 1st edition. Ed. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0b013e31823cbbdb Web of Science: 000212261600010
- 2002
  
  Depression, the mood disease.. Ed. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/da.1088 Web of Science: 000173912200011
Conference
- 2019
  
  Disclosure of Medical Errors in Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Simulation Curriculum. Neurology.
  Web of Science: 000475965902120
- 2013
  
  Board 392 - Research Abstract Perceived Levels of Clinical Skills among Fourth Year Medical Students Before and After a Clinical Skills Capstone Course (Submission #598). Simulation in Healthcare. 572-573.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/01.sih.0000441644.98482.5e
Letter
- 2015
  
  A Case of Psychosis Associated With Pai You Guo Slimming Capsules Containing Sibutramine. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. E893-E894.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14l09533 Web of Science: 000361535200010
Other Scholarly Work
- 2025
  
  Supporting Women in Academic Medicine and Science: A Pilot Survey of Wellness, Passion Fatigue, and Burnout. SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 740-741.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001892 Web of Science: 001623282300011
- 2025
  
  Suicide Literacy: A Call for National Training in Suicide Competencies for All Medical Doctors.. CUREUS. e93150.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.93150
- 2024
  
  Cultural Diversity and Psychotherapy. Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 75-77.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/09731342241252064 Web of Science: 001225555600001
- 2022
  
  Medical student stress, burnout, and workplace factors.. Canadian medical education journal. 116-117.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.36834/cmej.75327
- 2021
  
  Structural Inequities and the Impact of COVID-19 on Latinx Children: Implications for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 669-671.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.02.013 Web of Science: 000658831900006
- 2018
  
  The impact of empathy on burnout in medical students: new findings (vol 23, pg 295, 2017). Psychology, Health and Medicine. 1282-1282.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2017.1400213 Web of Science: 000446600700012
Review
- 2024
  
  Teaching Supportive Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents in Psychiatric Residency Programs. Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 78-83.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/09731342241248532 Web of Science: 001277817000005
- 2022
  
  Focusing on Racial, Historical and Intergenerational Trauma, and Resilience A Paradigm to Better Serving Children and Families. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 237-250.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2021.11.004 Web of Science: 000819847000007
- 2022
  
  Immigration and Race A Challenge of Many Shades. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 327-342.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2022.01.004 Web of Science: 000819847000013
- 2011
  
  The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Dominican Republic: Key contributing factors. Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care. 306-315.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1545109710397770
- 2008
  
  A psychotherapy model for treating refugee children caught in the midst of catastrophic situations. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. 625-642.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2008.36.4.625

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