Michael First, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Research Psychiatrist,
New York State Psychiatric Institute

Associate,
Forensic Panel

Technical and Editorial Consultant on ICD-11 revision,
World Health Organization

Editorial and Coding Consultant for DSM-5,
American Psychiatric Associaton

Consultant on Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Project,
National institute of Mental Health

research summary

Current projects include investigating Body Integrity Identity Disorder, a rare condition involving a lifelong desire to become disabled, most commonly the desire to become an amputee. Other research includes developing the DSM-5 version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders, and conducting a qualitative investigator of how clinicians make psychiatric diagnosis.

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