Richard Josph Loewenstein MD (He/Him)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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10421 Stevenson Rd, # 405PO Box # 405Stevenson, MD 21153
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Summary
- Richard J. Loewenstein M.D. is Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. He is the founder of, and from 1987-2020 was the Medical Director, The Trauma Disorders Program an international referral center for severely traumatized patients at Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore, MD. He has been rated by U.S. News and World Report as among America’s top 1 % of psychiatrists, and among America’s Top Doctors. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT in 1975. From 1975-79 he was psychiatric resident/postdoctoral fellow, at Yale School of Medicine, and was on the faculty there from 1979-80. From 1980-82, he did a research fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, MD. There, he was based in the Sleep Lab and assisted in developing a research Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry program. He is the author of over 100 papers and book chapters on dissociation, dissociative disorders, trauma disorders, dementia, delirium, somatic symptom disorders, and consultation-liaison psychiatry.
He is Section Editor, Dissociative Disorders, American Psychiatric Association (APA), DSM-5 Text Revision (2022). Since 2000, He is the lead author of the Dissociative Disorders chapter in Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (CTP), with the 11th edition (2024) recently published. Since 2001, he has authored/co-authored chapters on treatment of dissociative disorders in all editions of the APA’s Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders. He is a distinguished life fellow of the APA and received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the ISSTD. He is a past president of the ISSTD. He is an invited member of the Society for Biological Psychiatry. He is co-investigator and senior advisor to the longitudinal Treatment of Patients with Dissociative Disorders (TOP DD) Study; to the Network Study, and the Finding Solid Ground studies.
Education & Training
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1976 - 1979- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1975 - 1976
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1975
University of California, BerkeleyB.A., Zoology, 1971
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1979 - 2026
CT State Medical License 1977 - 2026
MD State Medical License 1981 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Richard P. Kluft Award for Best Article of the Year (co-author) Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 2013
- Top Doctors:Baltimore Area Castle Connolly, 2012
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsA randomized controlled trial assists individuals with complex trauma and dissociation in Finding Solid Ground.Bethany L Brand, Hygge J Schielke, Karen Putnam, Nicholas A Pierorazio, M Shae Nester
Psychological Trauma. 2025-11-01 - 1 citationsDissociative Identity Disorder: Diagnostic Accuracy and DSM-5 Criteria Change Implications.M. Shae Nester, Hugo J. Schielke, Bethany L. Brand, Richard J. Loewenstein
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. 2021-10-18 - 14 citationsThe economic burden of dissociative disorders: A qualitative systematic review of empirical studies.Willie Langeland, Ellen K. K. Jepsen, Bethany L. Brand, Linn Kleven, Richard J. Loewenstein
Psychological Trauma. 2020-03-26
Journal Articles
- Treating complex trauma survivorsLoewenstein, R.J., Brand, B.L., Gilber, L.E., Dressel, C.E., Camins, J.S., Pyne, Z.J., Psychiatric Times, 1/1/2014
- Opposite brain emotion regulation patterns in identity states of dissociative identity disorder: A PET study and neurobiological modelReinders, A.A.T.S., Willemsen, A.T., den Boer, J.A., Vos, H.P., Veltman, D.J., Loewenstein, R.J., Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 1/1/2014
- Utility of the SIRS-2 in Distinguishing Genuine From Simulated Dissociative Identity DisorderBrand, B.L, Turisch, M., Tzall, D., Loewenstein, R.J., Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy, 1/1/2014
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- The Size, Weight, Height, and Sharpness of The Spikes on the Shoe Are Directly Proportional To The Length of Time Since It Last Dropped: Shame, Negative Therapeutic Re...Loewenstein, R.J., Listening to Trauma Conference, Washington, DC, 1/22/2016
- Fundamental Things About Stage 1 Treatment of DID: All the Things You Were Afraid to Ask, Didn't Know You Needed to Ask, Forgot to Remember to Ask, or Just Wanted to K...Loewenstein, R.J., Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation Conference, Orlando, FL, 1/17/2015
- Evaluation of the evidence for the Trauma and Fantasy Models of dissociation.Brand, B.L., Loewenstein, R.J., Dorahy, M.J., Dalenberg, C, Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation Conference, Long Beach, CA, 1/21/2012
Lectures
- Treatment of Trauma and Dissociative Disorders in the United StatesMannheim, DE - 1/14/2016
- Don't be Silly, If You Were Suffering from Multiple Personalities, I Would Have Noticed Something: The Complexity of Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of the Dissoc...Berlin, Germany - 1/29/2012
- Trauma and Trauma Disorders.Washington, DC - 1/7/2011
Other
- Rational and Irrational Psychopharmacology for Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders.Loewenstein, R.J., Webinar created for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
1/1/2016 - Dissociative amnesia: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, course, and diagnosis.Loewenstein, R.J., Dissociative Disorders. Up-To-Date. Topic 14697 Version 2.0. (Spiegel, D. (ed); Wolters Kluwer Healt
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/dissociative-amnesia-epidemiology-pathogenesis-clinical-manifestations-course-and-diagnosis?source=search_result&search=dissociative+amnesia&selectedTitle=1~5
1/1/2014 - An Office Mental Status Exam for Complex Dissociative Disorders and Dissociative Symptoms: Clinical Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis.Loewenstein, R.J., Webinar created for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
1/1/2009
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