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David C. Henderson, MD, currently serves as Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Boston Medical Center and Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Presently, he also serves as Co-Director of the NIMH T32 Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine)/Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Global Mental Health Clinical
... Research Fellowship. Dr. Henderson has worked internationally for the past 25 years in resource-limited settings, and areas impacted by mass violence, disasters and complex emergencies. He has conducted research and training programs in Bosnia, Cambodia, East Timor, Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, New Orleans, New York City, Rwanda and Peru, South Africa, and Somaliland among other places. His work has consisted of field studies, needs assessments, mental health policy development and strategic planning, quantitative and qualitative surveys, mental health capacity building programs for specialized and primary health professionals, and skill-transfer program evaluation. In the United States, he has conducted more than 30 randomized clinical trials in severely mentally ill populations.
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Departments
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Specialties
Global mental health capacity building
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Pronouns
He/Him
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Contato
617.414.4238 -
Primary Location
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Administrative Title
Professor and Chief, Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
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Residency
Residency, Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Fellow, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Research Fellow, MGH Schizophrenia Clinical and Research Program, Freedom Trail Clinic Chief Resident, Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital -
Fellowship
Clinical Fellow, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Research Fellow, MGH Schizophrenia Clinical and Research Program, Freedom Trail Clinic -
Education
University of Massachusetts, 1995 -
Board Certifications
Massachusetts Medical License American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Certification in Psychiatry