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Albert Rothenberg, MD, Psychiatry, Canaan, NY, Cambridge Health Alliance

AlbertRothenbergMD

Psychiatry • Canaan, NY

Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

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Education & Training

  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1958 - 1960
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1957 - 1958
  • Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
    Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Transitional Year, 1956 - 1957
  • Tufts University School of Medicine
    Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1956
  • Harvard College
    Harvard CollegeB.A., Social Relations, Cum laude, 1948 - 1952

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1994 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1979 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 1964 Guggenheim Foundation
  • Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award Marquis Who's Who, 2019
  • FELLOWSHIP Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1984, 2015
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Form and structure and their function in psychotherapy  
    Rothenberg, A., American Journal of Psychotherapy, 8/1992
  • Commentary on creation and interpretation  
    Rothenberg A., New Literary History, 1985
  • Difference in response time of creative persons and patients with depressive and schizophrenic disorders  
    Rothenberg, A. & Burkhardt, P.E., Psychological Reports, 7/1984
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Rothenberg A. (ed.) Adolescence: Psychopathology, normality and creativity. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Philadelphia: W.W. Saunders, 1990. 
    Chapter: Creativity and Adolescence 
    Rothenberg A.
  • Flight from Wonder: An Investigation of Scientific Creativity 
    Albert Rothenberg M.D.2015
  • Creativity and Madness.New Findings and Old Stereotypes 
    Albert Rothenberg M.D.Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md.1990
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Press Mentions

  • The Problem with Studies Claiming Artists Have Higher Rates of Mental Illness
    The Problem with Studies Claiming Artists Have Higher Rates of Mental IllnessJuly 10th, 2018
  • Dr. Albert Rothenberg Honored for Accomplishments Research and Psychiatry
    Dr. Albert Rothenberg Honored for Accomplishments Research and PsychiatryAugust 30th, 2016

Research History

  • Principal Investigator, Studies in the Creative ProcessResearch on creativity in art, literature, science, and society including comprehensive assessment of Nobel laureates in the sciences and controls as well as studies of outstanding American writers.1964 - Present

Other Languages

  • French

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Albert Rothenberg, Dr. Albert Rothenberg, MD, Dr. A Rothenberg