FRANK PUTNAM, MD
Frank W. Putnam, M.D., is the Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and author of The Way We Are: How States of Mind Influence our Identities, Personality and Potential for Change. Beginning with landmark studies of dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality) he has traced a developmental process across generations linking early childhood trauma with serious psychological, biological, and life course consequences.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Frank Putnam has employment relationships with University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Yale Child Study Center. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Putnam receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Nonfinancial: Dr. Frank Putnam is a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Society for Study of Trauma and Dissociation, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. He is a fellow with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.