
Larry Wissow, MD, MPH
Personal Statement
I am a child and adolescent psychiatrist also trained in pediatrics. The longstanding theme of my research has been on the detection of psychosocial problems in children and families, with a particular interest in what happens at the interface between primary care and mental health care. My initial clinical work as a pediatrician involved families in which child abuse was suspected, and thus my early research on detection of psychosocial problems involved how clinicians might best learn that a given family was experiencing some form of violence.
When I returned to training and became a child psychiatrist, my focus shifted to the more general issue of how, in the course of clinician-child-parent interactions, psychosocial issues were asked about, disclosed, and discussed. I have explored this question from a number of angles, including work in different cultures in the US (African-American, Latin American, American Indian), in different countries (Brazil, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Iran), in differences attributable to provider gender, across a range of sensitive issues (including suicide and end-of-life decision-making), and across clinical settings (pediatric and adult primary care, emergency care, and chronic disease management).
Education
Clinical Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1982-1984
Child Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1994-1995
Adult Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1992-1994
Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1979-1982
MD, Duke University, 1975-1979
MPH, Johns Hopkins University, 1982-1984
Department Affiliations
Clinical Expertise
Recent Publications
(2023 Jan 25)
Psychiatr Serv
Karcher NR, Hicks R, Schiffman J, Asarnow JR, Calkins ME, Dauberman JL, Garrett CD, Koli RL, Larrauri CA, Loewy RL, McGough CA, Murphy JM, Niendam TA, Roaten K, Rodriguez J, Staglin BK, Wissow L, Woodberry KA, Young JF, Gur RE, Bearden CE, Barch DM
(2023 Jan 1)
JAMA Psychiatry 80(1): 22-30
Sharifi V, Shahrivar Z, Zarafshan H, Ashezary SB, Arabgol F, Khademi M, Jafarinia M, Hajebi A, Abolhassani F, Emami S, Ashkezari AB, Stuart EA, Mojtabai R, Wissow L
(2022 Oct 5)
BMC Pediatr 22(1): 572
Gadomski A, Scribani MB, Tallman N, Krupa N, Jenkins P, Wissow LS
(2022 Sep 15)
Implement Sci Commun 3(1): 99
Hamdani SU, Huma ZE, Wissow LS
(2022 Feb 15)
J Clin Psychiatry 83(2):
Susukida R, Amin-Esmaeili M, Ryan TC, Kharrazi H, Wilson RF, Musci RJ, Zhang A, Wissow L, Robinson KA, Wilcox HC
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