Dan J. Stein

Prof. Dan J. Stein giving a public lecture in Sport Science Institute of South Africa, September 4, 2013

Dan Joseph Stein, BSc (Med), MB ChB, FRCPC, FRSSAf, PhD, DPhil is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town,[1] and Director of the MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders. Stein is the Director of UCT's Brain and Behaviour Initiative.[2] He is also a Visiting Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City.[3]

Education

Stein did his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Cape Town, and his doctorate (in the area of clinical neuroscience) at the University of Stellenbosch. He trained in psychiatry, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship (in the area of psychopharmacology) at Columbia University. His training also includes a doctorate in philosophy.

Interests

Stein is interested in the psychobiology and management of the anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and related, and traumatic and stress disorders. He has also mentored work in other areas that are of particular relevance to South Africa and Africa, including neuroHIV/AIDS and substance use disorders. Stein's work ranges from basic neuroscience, through clinical investigations and trials, and on to epidemiological and cross-cultural studies. He is enthusiastic about the possibility of clinical practice and scientific research that integrates theoretical concepts and empirical data across these different levels. Having worked for many years in South Africa, he is also enthusiastic about establishing integrative approaches to services, training, and research in the context of a low and-middle-income country.

Works

Stein has authored or edited over 30 volumes, including “Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience of Mood and Anxiety Disorders”,[4] and “The Philosophy of Psychopharmacology: Smart Pills, Happy Pills, Pep Pills”. He has contributed to many articles and chapters.

Other volumes include the "Textbook of Anxiety Disorders",[5] and "Textbook of Mood Disorders". For a detailed list, see his author page at www.amazon.com.[6] For a detailed list of publications, see his citation page at www.scholar.google.com.[7]

Awards

Stein’s work has been continuously funded by extramural grants for close to 20 years. He is a recipient of CINP’s Max Hamilton Memorial Award for his contribution to psychopharmacology.

References

  1. ↑ "Dept of Psychiatry and Mental Health - UCT". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  2. ↑ "Brain Behaviour Initiative". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Mount Sinai - Find A Faculty". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  4. ↑ Stein, Dan J. (2002). Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience of Depression and Anxiety Disorders. London: Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 1-84184-100-5.
  5. ↑ Stein, Dan J.; Hollander, Eric; Rothbaum, Barbara O. (2010). The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Anxiety Disorders, 2nd edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub. ISBN 0-88048-829-8.
  6. ↑ "Amazon Author Page". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  7. ↑ "Dan Stein". Retrieved 2013-02-25.

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