Dr. Lisa R. Fortuna, MD, MPH
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
1 BOSTON MEDICAL CTR PL BOSTON MA, 02118About
Dr. Lisa Fortuna practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Fortuna evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Fortuna seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 1996
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Why do so many latina teens attempt suicide? A conceptual model for research.
- Prevalence and correlates of lifetime suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among Latino subgroups in the United States.
- Political violence, psychosocial trauma, and the context of mental health services use among immigrant Latinos in the United States.
- A qualitative study of clinicians' use of the cultural formulation model in assessing posttraumatic stress disorder.
- A systematic review of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnostic criteria for nicotine dependence.
- Retention in depression treatment among ethnic and racial minority groups in the United States.
- Childhood trauma and psychiatric disorders as correlates of school dropout in a national sample of young adults.
- Distal and Proximal Religiosity as Protective Factors for Adolescent and Emerging Adult Alcohol Use.
- Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and their Relationship to Drug and Alcohol use in an International Sample of Latino Immigrants.
- Mental health, migration stressors and suicidal ideation among Latino immigrants in Spain and the United States.
- A treatment development study of a cognitive and mindfulness-based therapy for adolescents with co-occurring post-traumatic stress and substance use disorder.
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