Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia UniveristyNew York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Michael B. First M.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University in the Division of Behavioral Health Scienes and Policy Research, Diagnosis and Assessment Unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and maintains a psychopharmacology practice in Manhattan.. Dr. First is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on psychiatric diagnosis and assessment issues and has conducted expert forensic psychiatric evaluations in both civil and criminal matters, including the 2006 trial of the 9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui.
Dr. First is the Editor and Co-chair of the American Psychiatric Associatins DSM-5 text revision (DSM-5-TR), Editorial and Coding Consultant for DSM-5, and the chief technical and editorlal consultant on the World Health Organization’s ICD-11 revision project. Dr. First was the Editor of the DSM-IV-TR, the Editor of Text and Criteria for DSM-IV and the American Psychiatric Association’s Handbook on Psychiatric Measures. He has co-authored and co-edited a number of books, including A Research Agenda for DSM-V, the DSM-5 Handbook for Differential Diagnosis, the various versions of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID-5), and Learning DSM-5 by Case Example. He has trained thousands of clinicians and researchers in diagnostic assessment and differential diagnosis.
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Saturday, September 17, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM CT