Dr. Keitner is the Director of the Family Therapy/Research Program at Rhode Island Hospital. He is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, Brown University School of Medicine Providence, Rhode Island.
He completed his psychiatric residency at McMaster University in Canada where he received specialized training in psychopharmacology and family therapy. He worked at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island from 1980 to 1996 as Director of the Mood Disorders Program and Medical Director for Inpatient Services and was Associate Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Rhode Island Hospital from 1996-2017.
Dr. Keitner's major research interests are:
1. The assessment of family functioning and its relationship to the course and outcome of psychiatric disorders.
2. The assessment of family functioning in the community
3. The assessment of family functioning in patients with depression in different
cultures.
4. The evaluation of the usefulness of the Mcmaster Approach to families in a sample of couples/families referred for care to a couples/family therapy clinic.
5. A simplified (5 item) multidimensional outcome measure scale
Dr. Keitner has published over 120 articles in peer reviewed journals. He is co-author of three books and 40 book chapters on family functioning and family therapy. He is a frequent invited speaker at national and international conferences and has conducted workshops on family therapy in many different parts of the world. He has received external funding for research from NIMH, foundations and industry.
His clinical work is with severely ill inpatients. He treats patients on inpatient units and in the Partial Hospital
He is a clinical supervisor for inpatient and outpatient treatment and also supervises residents in psychopharmocolgy, pyschotherapy and family therapy
| "Atypical Antipsychotic Augmentation for Trteatment-Resistant Depression: A Systematic review and Network Meta-Analysis." 2015. |
| "The Family Assessment Device: An Update." Family Process, vol. 54, 2015. |
| Du N, Ran MS, Liang SG, SiTu MJ, Huang Y, Mansfield AK, Keitner G. "Comparison of family functioning in families of depressed patients and nonclinical control families in China using the Family Assessment Device and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales II." Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, vol. 26, no. 1, 2014, pp. 47-56. |
| Bishop D, Miller I, Weiner D, Guilmette T, Mukand J, Feldmann E, Keitner G, Springate B. "Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking (FITT): a pilot stroke outcome study." Topics in stroke rehabilitation, vol. 21 Suppl 1, 2014, pp. S63-74. |
| "Multicenter Pilot Treatment Trial for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA Psychiatry, vol. 71, 2014. |
| Staccini, Laura, Tomba, Elena, Grandi, Silvana, Keitner, Gabor I. "The Evaluation of Family Functioning by the Family Assessment Device: A Systematic Review of Studies in Adult Clinical Populations." Family Process, vol. 54, no. 1, 2014, pp. 94-115. |
| "Using the Tenets of the Problem Centered Systems Therapy of the Family (PCSTF) to Teach the Mc Master Approach to Family Therapists." Family Process, 2014. |
| "Family functioning and income: Does low-income status impact family functioning?." The Family Journal, vol. 21, 2013. |
| Wang J, Mansfield AK, Zhao X, Keitner G. "Family functioning in depressed and non-clinical control families." The International journal of social psychiatry, vol. 59, no. 6, 2013, pp. 561-9. |
| "Family Interventions for bipolar disorder: A review of the literature." Neuropsychiatry,, vol. 2, 2012. |
| Heru AM, Keitner GI, Glick ID. "Family therapy: the neglected core competence." Academic Psychiatry, vol. 36, no. 6, 2012, pp. 433-5. |
| LaFrance WC Jr, Alosco ML, Davis JD, Tremont G, Ryan CE, Keitner GI, Miller IW, Blum AS. "Impact of family functioning on quality of life in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures versus epilepsy." Epilepsia, vol. 52, no. 2, 2011, pp. 292-300. |
| Ryan CE, Keitner GI, Bishop S. "An adjunctive Management of Depression Program for difficult-to-treat depressed patients and their families." Depression and Anxiety, vol. 27, no. 1, 2010, pp. 27-34. |
| LaFrance WC Jr, Keitner GI, Papandonatos GD, Blum AS, Machan JT, Ryan CE, Miller IW. "Pilot pharmacologic randomized controlled trial for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures." Neurology, vol. 75, no. 13, 2010, pp. 1166-73. |
| Keitner GI, Garlow SJ, Ryan CE, Ninan PT, Solomon DA, Nemeroff CB, Keller MB. "A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of risperidone augmentation for patients with difficult-to-treat unipolar, non-psychotic major depression." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 43, no. 3, 2009, pp. 205-14. |
| LaFrance WC Jr, Miller IW, Ryan CE, Blum AS, Solomon DA, Kelley JE, Keitner GI. "Cognitive behavioral therapy for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures." Epilepsy & Behavior, vol. 14, no. 4, 2009, pp. 591-6. |
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"Comorbidities in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures." Neurology, vol. 72, 2009.
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"Family-Focused treatment for adolescents with bipolar disorder – results of a 2-year randomized trial." Evidenced-Based Mental Health, vol. 12, 2009.
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| Maddux RE, Riso LP, Klein DN, Markowitz JC, Rothbaum BO, Arnow BA, Manber R, Blalock JA, Keitner GI, Thase ME. "Select comorbid personality disorders and the treatment of chronic depression with nefazodone, targeted psychotherapy, or their combination." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 117, no. 3, 2009, pp. 174-9. |
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"Cognitive burden of depression in temporal lobe epilepsy." Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2008.
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| Miller IW, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Uebelacker LA, Johnson SL, Solomon DA. "Family treatment for bipolar disorder: family impairment by treatment interactions." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 69, no. 5, 2008, pp. 732-40. |
| Solomon DA, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Kelley J, Miller IW. "Preventing recurrence of bipolar I mood episodes and hospitalizations: family psychotherapy plus pharmacotherapy versus pharmacotherapy alone." Bipolar Disorders, vol. 10, no. 7, 2008, pp. 798-805. |
| LaFrance WC Jr, Blum AS, Miller IW, Ryan CE, Keitner GI. "Methodological issues in conducting treatment trials for psychological nonepileptic seizures." The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, vol. 19, no. 4, 2007, pp. 391-8. |
| Weinstock LM, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Solomon DA, Miller IW. "Family functioning and mood disorders: a comparison between patients with major depressive disorder and bipolar I disorder." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 74, no. 6, 2006, pp. 1192-202. |
| Uebelacker LA, Beevers CG, Battle CL, Strong D, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Solomon DA, Miller IW. "Family functioning in bipolar I disorder." Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 20, no. 4, 2006, pp. 701-4. |
| Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Solomon DA. "Realistic expectations and a disease management model for depressed patients with persistent symptoms." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 67, no. 9, 2006, pp. 1412-21. |
| Rush AJ, Trivedi MH, Carmody TJ, Ibrahim HM, Markowitz JC, Keitner GI, Kornstein SG, Arnow B, Klein DN, Manber R, Dunner DL, Gelenberg AJ, Kocsis JH, Nemeroff CB, Fawcett J, Thase ME, Russell JM, Jody DN, Borian FE, Keller MB. "Self-reported depressive symptom measures: sensitivity to detecting change in a randomized, controlled trial of chronically depressed, nonpsychotic outpatients." Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 30, no. 2, 2005, pp. 405-16. |
| Miller IW, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Solomon DA, Cardemil EV, Beevers CG. "Treatment matching in the posthospital care of depressed patients." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 162, no. 11, 2005, pp. 2131-8. |
| Uebelacker LA, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW. "Characterizing the long-term course of individuals with major depressive disorder." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 192, no. 1, 2004, pp. 65-8. |
| Klein DN, Santiago NJ, Vivian D, Blalock JA, Kocsis JH, Markowitz JC, McCullough Jr JP, Rush AJ, Trivedi MH, Arnow BA, Dunner DL, Manber R, Rothbaum B, Thase ME, Keitner GI, Miller IW, Keller MB. "Cognitive-behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy as a maintenance treatment for chronic depression." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 72, no. 4, 2004, pp. 681-8. |
| "Combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for the treatment of major depressive disorder." Clin Psychol Sci Prac, vol. 11, 2004. |
| Miller IW, Solomon DA, Ryan CE, Keitner GI. "Does adjunctive family therapy enhance recovery from bipolar I mood episodes?." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 82, no. 3, 2004, pp. 431-6. |
| Miller IW, Uebelacker LA, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Solomon DA. "Longitudinal course of bipolar I disorder." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 45, no. 6, 2004, pp. 431-40. |
| Beevers CG, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW. "Cognitive predictors of symptom return following depression treatment." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 112, no. 3, 2003, pp. 488-96. |
| Kocsis JH, Rush AJ, Markowitz JC, Borian FE, Dunner DL, Koran LM, Klein DN, Trivedi MH, Arnow B, Keitner G, Kornstein SG, Keller MB. "Continuation treatment of chronic depression: a comparison of nefazodone, cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy, and their combination." Psychopharmacology bulletin, vol. 37, no. 4, 2003, pp. 73-87. |
| Nemeroff CB, Heim CM, Thase ME, Klein DN, Rush AJ, Schatzberg AF, Ninan PT, McCullough JP Jr, Weiss PM, Dunner DL, Rothbaum BO, Kornstein S, Keitner G, Keller MB. "Differential responses to psychotherapy versus pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic forms of major depression and childhood trauma." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 100, no. 24, 2003, pp. 14293-6. |
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"Epilepsy, psychiatric disorders, and family functioning." Epilepsia, vol. 44, 2003.
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| Keitner GI, Archambault R, Ryan CE, Miller IW. "Family therapy and chronic depression." Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 59, no. 8, 2003, pp. 873-84. |
| Keitner GI, Posternak MA, Ryan CE. "How many subjects with major depressive disorder meet eligibility requirements of an antidepressant efficacy trial?." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 64, no. 9, 2003, pp. 1091-3. |
| Gelenberg AJ, Trivedi MH, Rush AJ, Thase ME, Howland R, Klein DN, Kornstein SG, Dunner DL, Markowitz JC, Hirschfeld RM, Keitner GI, Zajecka J, Kocsis JH, Russell JM, Miller I, Manber R, Arnow B, Rothbaum B, Munsaka M, Banks P, Borian FE, Keller MB. "Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of nefazodone maintenance treatment in preventing recurrence in chronic depression." Biological Psychiatry, vol. 54, no. 8, 2003, pp. 806-17. |
| Posternak MA, Zimmerman M, Keitner GI, Miller IW. "A reevaluation of the exclusion criteria used in antidepressant efficacy trials." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 159, no. 2, 2002, pp. 191-200. |
| Hirschfeld RM, Dunner DL, Keitner G, Klein DN, Koran LM, Kornstein SG, Markowitz JC, Miller I, Nemeroff CB, Ninan PT, Rush AJ, Schatzberg AF, Thase ME, Trivedi MH, Borian FE, Crits-Christoph P, Keller MB. "Does psychosocial functioning improve independent of depressive symptoms? A comparison of nefazodone, psychotherapy, and their combination." Biological Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 2, 2002, pp. 123-33. |
| Shelton RC, Keller MB, Gelenberg A, Dunner DL, Hirschfeld R, Thase ME, Russell J, Lydiard RB, Crits-Cristoph P, Gallop R, Todd L, Hellerstein D, Goodnick P, Keitner G, Stahl SM, Halbreich U. "Effectiveness of St John's wort in major depression: a randomized controlled trial." JAMA, vol. 285, no. 15, 2001, pp. 1978-86. |
| McDermut W, Miller IW, Solomon D, Ryan CE, Keitner GI. "Family functioning and suicidality in depressed adults." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 42, no. 2, 2001, pp. 96-104. |
| Kornstein SG, Schatzberg AF, Thase ME, Yonkers KA, McCullough JP, Keitner GI, Gelenberg AJ, Ryan CE, Hess AL, Harrison W, Davis SM, Keller MB. "Gender differences in chronic major and double depression." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 60, no. 1, 2000, pp. 1-11. |
| Kornstein SG, Schatzberg AF, Thase ME, Yonkers KA, McCullough JP, Keitner GI, Gelenberg AJ, Davis SM, Harrison WM, Keller MB. "Gender differences in treatment response to sertraline versus imipramine in chronic depression." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 157, no. 9, 2000, pp. 1445-52. |
| Johnson SL, Sandrow D, Meyer B, Winters R, Miller I, Solomon D, Keitner G. "Increases in manic symptoms after life events involving goal attainment." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 109, no. 4, 2000, pp. 721-7. |
| Solomon DA, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW. "Lithium plus valproate as maintenance polypharmacy for patients with bipolar I disorder: a review." Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 5, no. 1, 2000, pp. 38-49. |
| Miller IW, McDermut W, Gordon KC, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Norman W. "Personality and family functioning in families of depressed patients." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 109, no. 3, 2000, pp. 539-45. |
| "The McMaster approach to families: Theory, assessment, treatment and research." Journal of Family Therapy, vol. 22, 2000. |
| Zlotnick C, Kohn R, Keitner G, Della Grotta SA. "The relationship between quality of interpersonal relationships and major depressive disorder: findings from the National Comorbidity Survey." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 59, no. 3, 2000, pp. 205-15. |
| Miller IW, Norman WH, Keitner GI. "Combined treatment for patients with double depression." Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, vol. 68, no. 4, 1999, pp. 180-5. |
| "Levels of family assessment I: Family, marital, and parent-child interaction." Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 12, 1998. |
| "Levels of family assessment II: Family functioning and parental psychopathology." Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 12, 1998. |
| Solomon DA, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW. "Lithium plus valproate as maintenance polypharmacy for patients with bipolar I disorder: a review." Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 38-49. |
| Miller IW, Keitner GI, Schatzberg AF, Klein DN, Thase ME, Rush AJ, Markowitz JC, Schlager DS, Kornstein SG, Davis SM, Harrison WM, Keller MB. "The treatment of chronic depression, part 3: psychosocial functioning before and after treatment with sertraline or imipramine." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 59, no. 11, 1998, pp. 608-19. |
| Solomon DA, Ryan CE, Keitner GI, Miller IW, Shea MT, Kazim A, Keller MB. "A pilot study of lithium carbonate plus divalproex sodium for the continuation and maintenance treatment of patients with bipolar I disorder." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 58, no. 3, 1997, pp. 95-9. |
| Friedmann MS, McDermut WH, Solomon DA, Ryan CE, Keitner GI, Miller IW. "Family functioning and mental illness: a comparison of psychiatric and nonclinical families." Family Process, vol. 36, no. 4, 1997, pp. 357-67. |
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"Life events, medications and bipolar I disorder." Journal of Bipolar Disorder , vol. 1, 1997.
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| Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW, Zlotnick C. "Psychosocial factors and the long-term course of major depression." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 44, no. 1, 1997, pp. 57-67. |
| "Parental psychopathology, multiple contextual risks and one-year outcomes in children." Journal of Child Clinical Psychology , vol. 25, 1996. |
| Solomon DA, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW. "Polypharmacy in bipolar I disorder." Psychopharmacology bulletin, vol. 32, no. 4, 1996, pp. 579-87. |
| Keitner GI, Solomon DA, Ryan CE, Miller IW, Mallinger A, Kupfer DJ, Frank E. "Prodromal and residual symptoms in bipolar I disorder." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 37, no. 5, 1996, pp. 362-7. |
| Evans S, Cloitre M, Kocsis JH, Keitner GI, Holzer CP, Gniwesch L. "Social-vocational adjustment in unipolar mood disorders: results of the DSM-IV field trial." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 38, no. 2-3, 1996, pp. 73-80. |
| Zlotnick C, Ryan CE, Miller IW, Keitner GI. "Childhood abuse and recovery from major depression." Child Abuse & Neglect, vol. 19, no. 12, 1995, pp. 1513-6. |
| Solomon DA, Keitner GI, Miller IW, Shea MT, Keller MB. "Course of illness and maintenance treatments for patients with bipolar disorder." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 56, no. 1, 1995, pp. 5-13. |
| "DSM-IV mood disorders field trial investigation results." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 152, 1995. |
| Kornstein SG, Schatzberg AF, Yonkers KA, Thase ME, Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Schlager D. "Gender differences in presentation of chronic major depression." Psychopharmacology bulletin, vol. 31, no. 4, 1995, pp. 711-8. |
| "Hopelessness depression in depressed inpatients: symptomatology, patient characteristics and outcome." Cognitive Therapy and Research , vol. 19, 1995. |
| Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW, Kohn R, Bishop DS, Epstein NB. "Role of the family in recovery and major depression." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 152, no. 7, 1995, pp. 1002-8. |
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"Depression in the '90s: Recognition and management." Hospital Medicine, vol. 30, 1994.
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| Miller IW, Kabacoff RI, Epstein NB, Bishop DS, Keitner GI, Baldwin LM, van der Spuy HI. "The development of a clinical rating scale for the McMaster model of family functioning." Family Process, vol. 33, no. 1, 1994, pp. 53-69. |
| Keitner GI, Miller IW. "Combined psychopharmacological and psychosocial treatment for depression." Rhode Island medicine, vol. 76, no. 8, 1993, pp. 415-24. |
| "The role of the family in major depressive illness." Psychiatric Annals, vol. 23, 1993. |
| Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Kohn R, Miller IW, Norman WH, Brown WA. "Age and the dexamethasone suppression test: results from a broad unselected patient population." Psychiatry Research, vol. 44, no. 1, 1992, pp. 9-20. |
| Miller IW, Keitner GI, Whisman MA, Ryan CE, Epstein NB, Bishop DS. "Depressed patients with dysfunctional families: description and course of illness." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 101, no. 4, 1992, pp. 637-46. |
| Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW, Norman WH. "Recovery and major depression: factors associated with twelve-month outcome." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 149, no. 1, 1992, pp. 93-9. |
| Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW, Kohn R, Epstein NB. "12-month outcome of patients with major depression and comorbid psychiatric or medical illness (compound depression)." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 148, no. 3, 1991, pp. 345-50. |
| Keitner GI, Fodor J, Ryan CE, Miller IW, Bishop DS, Epstein NB. "A cross-cultural study of major depression and family functioning." The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 36, no. 4, 1991, pp. 254-9. |
| Whisman MA, Miller IW, Norman WH, Keitner GI. "Cognitive therapy with depressed inpatients: specific effects on dysfunctional cognitions." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 59, no. 2, 1991, pp. 282-8. |
| "A cross-cultural study of family functioning." Contemporary Family Therapy , vol. 12, 1990. |
| "A psychometric study of the McMaster Family Assessment Device in psychiatric, medical and nonclinical samples." Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 3, 1990. |
| Keitner GI, Miller IW. "Family functioning and major depression: an overview." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 147, no. 9, 1990, pp. 1128-37. |
| Keitner GI, Ryan CE, Miller IW, Epstein NB, Bishop DS, Norman WH. "Family functioning, social adjustment, and recurrence of suicidality." Psychiatry, vol. 53, no. 1, 1990, pp. 17-30. |
| Norman WH, Brown WA, Miller IW, Keitner GI, Overholser JC. "The dexamethasone suppression test and completed suicide." Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. 81, no. 2, 1990, pp. 120-5. |
| Miller IW, Norman WH, Keitner GI. "Treatment response of high cognitive dysfunction depressed inpatients." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 31, no. 1, 1990, pp. 62-71. |
| "Cognitive-behavioral treatment of depressed inpatients." Behavior Therapy, vol. 20, 1989. |
| Miller IW, Norman WH, Keitner GI. "Cognitive-behavioral treatment of depressed inpatients: six- and twelve-month follow-up." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 146, no. 10, 1989, pp. 1274-9. |
| Keitner GI, Miller IW, Ryan CE, Epstein NB, Bishop DS. "Compounded depression and family functioning during the acute episode and at 6-month follow-up." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 30, no. 6, 1989, pp. 512-21. |
| Keitner GI, Fruzzetti AE, Miller IW, Norman WH, Brown WA. "The effect of anticonvulsants on the dexamethasone suppression test." The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 34, no. 5, 1989, pp. 441-3. |
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"Depresszio es csalad." Psychiatria Hungarica , vol. 3, 1988.
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| "Older couples: the effect of health, retirement, and family functioning on morale." Family Systems Medicine , vol. 6, 1988. |
| Keitner GI, Miller IW, Fruzzetti AE, Epstein NB, Bishop DS, Norman WH. "Family functioning and suicidal behavior in psychiatric inpatients with major depression." Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 3, 1987, pp. 242-55. |
| Keitner GI, Miller IW, Epstein NB, Bishop DS, Fruzzetti AE. "Family functioning and the course of major depression." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 28, no. 1, 1987, pp. 54-64. |
| Norman WH, Miller IW, Keitner GI. "Relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and depressive subtypes." The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 32, no. 3, 1987, pp. 194-8. |
| "Consistency of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal functioning across multiple psychiatric hospitalizations." Psychiatry Research, vol. 18, 1986. |
| Keitner GI, Baldwin LM, McKendall MJ. "Copatient relationships on a short-term psychiatric unit." Hospital & community psychiatry, vol. 37, no. 2, 1986, pp. 166-70. |
| Miller IW, Kabacoff RI, Keitner GI, Epstein NB, Bishop DS. "Family functioning in the families of psychiatric patients." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 27, no. 4, 1986, pp. 302-12. |
| Bishop DS, Epstein NB, Keitner GI, Miller IW, Srinivasan SV. "Stroke: morale, family functioning, health status, and functional capacity." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol. 67, no. 2, 1986, pp. 84-7. |
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"The functioning of families’ in-patients with major depression." International Journal of Family Psychiatry, vol. 7, 1986.
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| "Cognitive behavioral therapy plus pharmacotherapy with chronic drug-free refractory depressed inpatients: A note of optimism." Behavioral Psychotherapy , vol. 13, 1985. |
| Keitner GI, Haier RJ, Qualls CB, Brown WA, McKendall MJ. "Diagnostic heterogeneity and the DST in consecutive psychiatric admissions." Psychiatry Research, vol. 14, no. 3, 1985, pp. 215-23. |
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"Family functioning in-patients with affective disorders: a review." International Journal of Family Psychiatry, vol. 6, 1985.
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| Norman WH, Keitner GI, Miller IW. "MMPI, personality dysfunction and the dexamethasone suppression test in major depression." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 97-101. |
| Keitner GI, Brown WA, Qualls CB, Haier RJ, Barnes KT. "Results of the dexamethasone suppression test in psychiatric patients with and without weight loss." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 142, no. 2, 1985, pp. 246-8. |
| Brown WA, Keitner G, Qualls CB, Haier R. "The dexamethasone suppression test and pituitary-adrenocortical function." Archives of General Psychiatry , vol. 42, no. 2, 1985, pp. 121-3. |
| "The McMaster Family Assessment Device: reliability and validity." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, vol. 11, 1985. |
| Keitner GI, Baldwin LM, McKendall MJ. "Gender and psychiatric clerkship performance." The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 29, no. 4, 1984, pp. 327-9. |
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"Helping families to negotiate differences." Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality , vol. 18, 1984.
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| Keitner GI, Sabaawi M, Haier RJ. "Isosafrole and schizophrenia-like psychosis." American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 141, no. 8, 1984, pp. 997-8. |
| Keitner GI, Rahman S. "Reversible neurotoxicity with combined lithium-haloperidol administration." Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 4, no. 2, 1984, pp. 104-5. |
| Keitner GI, Selub S. "Spontaneous ejaculations and neuroleptics." Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 34-6. |
| Haier RJ, Keitner GI. "Sensitivity and specificity of 1 and 2 mg dexamethasone suppression tests." Psychiatry Research, vol. 7, no. 3, 1982, pp. 271-6. |
| Keitner G, Grof P. "Sexual and emotional intimacy between psychiatric inpatients: formulating a policy." Hospital & community psychiatry, vol. 32, no. 3, 1981, pp. 188-93. |
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"The routine EEG- how is it used in clinical practice?." Psychiatric Journal of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine , vol. 6, 1981.
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| Grof P, MacCrimmon DJ, Smith EK, Daigle L, Saxena B, Varma R, Grof E, Keitner G, Kenny J. "Long-term lithium treatment and the kidney. Interim report on fifty patients." The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 25, no. 7, 1980, pp. 535-44. |
| Grof P, Angst J, Karasek M, Keitner G. "Patient selection for long-term lithium treatment in clinical practice." Archives of General Psychiatry , vol. 36, no. 8 Spec No, 1979, pp. 894-7. |
Gabor Keitner's research interest is in the assessment of comprehensive treatments for mood disorders including pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and family therapy. He conducts pharmacological clinical trials and is an international authority on family therapy and combined (biological and psychosocial) treatments. He is also investigating the effectiveness of disease management models for difficult-to-treat depression and bipolar disorders.
Current focus is on the evaluation of couples/family therapy approaches to clinical care and the development of a brief multidimensional assessment scale to measure patient experience and outcome.
1. The development of a Brief Multidimensional Assessment scael (BMAS) a 5 -item scale to measure symptom severity,quality of life, satisfaction with realationships ,functioning and meaning/purpose in life.
2. Patient satisfaction with family interventions.Analyzing data from 150 patients who had a family meeting as part of their treatment in compariosn to 150 who did not in order to evaluate their satisfaction with their treatment and its impact on their illness.
3. The McMaster Family Therapy Outcome Study is a prospective study designed to evaluate the usefulness of the Mcmaster Approach to families for patients routinelly referred for couples/family therapy.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
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| 1973 | MD | Queen's University |
| 1968 | BA | Bishop's University |
| Resident | McMaster University Medical Centre, acute inpatient psychiatry | 1977-1977 | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Chief Resident | Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital | 1977-1978 | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Resident | Chedoke Hospital, child psychiatry | 1976-1976 | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Resident | McMaster University Medical Centre, consultation and outpatient psychiatry | 1975-1976 | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Resident | McMaster University Medical Centre, acute inpatient psychiatry; family medicine | 1974-1975 | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Certification | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Geriatric psychiatry | 1996- | |
| Medical License | Rhode Island | 1980- | |
| Certification | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry | 1980- | |
| Medical License | Ontario | 1978- | |
| Medical License | Canada | 1978- |
| Associate Psychiatrist-in-Chief. The Miriam Hospital, 2011-2017 |
| Director. Rhode Island Hospital, 1996-Present |
| Director. Rhode Island Hospital, 1996-Present |
| Associate Psychiatrist-in-Chief. Rhode Island Hospital, 1996-Present |
| Director. Rhode Island Hospital, 1996-Present |
| Medical Director. Butler Hospital, 1993-1996 |
| Associate Medical Director. Butler Hospital, 1990-1993 |
| Director. Butler Hospital, 1985-1990 |
| Director. Butler Hospital, 1981-1996 |
| Unit Chief. Butler Hospital, 1980-1996 |
| Courtesy Staff. Chedoke-McMaster Hospital, 1978-1979 |
| Staff Psychiatrist. Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, 1978-1979 |
| Affiliate Staff. Saint Joseph Hospital, 1978-1979 |
