Benjamin Brent MD MS FABP

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Psychiatrist Massachusetts General Hospital

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875 Massachusetts AvenueSte 54Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone+1 617-492-0980

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Clinical Expertise

Schizophrenia, Psychoanalysis, Boderline Personality Disorder, Mentalization Based Treatment

Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2008
New York Medical CollegeClass of 2004
University College LondonM.S., Developmental Psychology, 1996 - 1997

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Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2021 - 2029
MA State Medical License 2007 - 2028
ME State Medical License 2023 - 2028
NY State Medical License 2026 - 2028
CA State Medical License 2021 - 2027
NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2027
PA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
MD State Medical License 2013 - 2016
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of PsychoanalysisAdult Psychoanalysis
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

94 citations
Attachment, Neurobiology, and Mentalizing along the Psychosis Continuum
Martin Debbané, George Salaminios, Patrick Luyten, Deborah Myriam Badoud, Marco Armando
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2016-08-22
8 citations
Alterations of lateral temporal cortical gray matter and facial memory as vulnerability indicators for schizophrenia: An MRI study in youth at familial high-risk for s...
Benjamin K. Brent, Isabelle M. Rosso, Heidi W. Thermenos, Daphne J. Holt, Stephen V. Faraone
Schizophrenia Research. 2016-01-01
14 citations
A mentalization-based approach to the development of the therapeutic alliance in the treatment of schizophrenia.
Benjamin K. Brent
Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2015-02-01

Journal Articles

A mentalization-based approach to the development of the therapeutic alliance in the treatment of schizophrenia
Brent BK, Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2015
Mentalization-based treatment for psychosis: linking an attachment-based model to the psychotherapy for impaired mental state understanding in people with psychotic di...
Brent BK, Holt DJ, Keshavan MS, Seidman LJ, Fonagy P, Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 2014
Insight into illness in patients and caregivers in early psychosis: a pilot study
Brent BK, Giuliano AJ, Zimmett SV, Keshavan MS, Seidman LJ, Schizophrenia Research, 2011

Books/Book Chapters

Social Cognition and Metacognition in Schizophrenia: Psychopathology and Treatment Approaches
Chapter: A Mentalization-Based Treatment Approach to Disturbances of Social Understanding in Schizophrenia
Page 245 - 260Brent BK, Fonagy PEditors: Lysaker PH & Dimmaggio G.Elsevier Press, Oxford2014

External Links

Practice Websitehttps://benjamin-brent-md-ms-fabp.business.site/

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