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Karsten Kueppenbender, MD, Psychiatry, Belmont, MA, McLean Hospital

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Psychiatry Belmont, MA

Addiction

Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Attending Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital

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Education & Training

  • Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 2005 - 2006
  • Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
    Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 2002 - 2005
  • Albert Ludwigs University Faculty of Medicine
    Albert Ludwigs University Faculty of MedicineClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2004 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Partners in Excellence Team Award eCare Ambulatory Impact Workgroups, Partners HealthCare, 2015
  • Partners in Excellence Team Award West End Clinic/Addiction Services, Partners HealthCare, 2012
  • Mel Kayce Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 2005
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Suicide in group therapy Trauma and possibility  
    O’Neill SM, Kueppenbender K., Int J Group Psychother, 1/1/2012
  • “Narcotics helped, I thought” Recurrent traumatization and recovery from drug dependence  
    Kueppenbender K, Herman J, Khantzian E, Albanese M, Harv Rev Psychiatry, 1/1/2008
  • Descriptive and longitudinal observations on the relationship of borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder  
    Gunderson JG, Weinberg I, Daversa MT, Kueppenbender KD, Zanarini MC, Shea MT, Skodol AE, Sanislow CA, Yen S, Morey LC, Grilo CM, McGlashan TH, Stout RL, Dyck I., Am J Psychiatry., 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • A randomized controlled pilot study on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for unipolar depression in patients with chronic pain.
    Alpert JE, Ashih HW. Doorley J, Fava M, Gard T, Kulich RJ, Lazar S; Mischoulon D, Peeters F Rhoades L, Walker R, Webb S, Hoge EA, Kueppenbender KD, Willoughby B., APA Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1/3./2014

Lectures

  • Office-Based Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders 
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - 1/1/2017
  • Dilemmas in Group Psychotherapy: Treating Substance Use Disorders 
    Center for Group Psychotherapy. Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2016
  • Introduction to the Prescription Monitoring Program for Police, FBI and DEA 
    Tufts School of Dental Medicine. Boston, MA. - 1/1/2016
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Other

  • Depression, Pain and PTSD. 
    PCCS-O Training Webinar
    Arlington, VA - 1/1/2015
  • Depression and Pain, Webinar 
    MGH Psychiatry Academy
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - 1/1/2013
  • Thesis, Expression von NMDA-Rezeptoren in neurochemisch identifizierten Neuronen des Striatums bei Mensch und Ratte. 
    Karsten Küppenbender, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
    Freiburg, Germany - 1/1/2000
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Press Mentions

  • New Opioid Laws Seek to Curb Overprescribing
    New Opioid Laws Seek to Curb OverprescribingSeptember 26th, 2018

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • German

Hospital Affiliations