Anthony Feinstein (born December 14, 1956) is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto[1] and a neuropsychiatrist. His research and clinical work focuses on people with multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and Conversion Disorder. He has undertaken a number of studies investigating how front-line journalists are affected by their work covering war and man-made and natural disasters.
Over a three decade period, Feinstein's work has focused on determining brain imaging correlates of depression and pseudobulbar affect in people with MS. He has also developed computerized methods of detecting cognitive dysfunction, with a particular emphasis on the use of distracters. A third strand to his MS work relates to defining the cognitive and functional neuroimaging changes associated with the use of cannabis (marijuana) in people with MS.[2][3] His research has been funded by MS Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Research and the Progressive MS Alliance.]
Journalism work
In 2000 Feinstein obtained a grant from the Freedom Forum in Washington, D.C. to undertake the first study exploring how war can affect the psychological wellbeing of front-line journalists. The results were subsequently published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.[4] Since then, he has completed studies investigating how journalists have been affected by the attacks of 9/11 in New York,[5] the 2003 war in Iraq,[6] the drug wars in Mexico,[citation needed] the 2007 election violence and Al-Shabab attack on the Westgate Mall in Kenya,[7] the Civil War in Syria [6] and state-sponsored violence directed towards the media in Iran the refugee crisis in Europe, Afghanistan (pre-Taliban), and online harassment. His team has developed the first psychometric scale for moral Injury in Journalism.[8]
Awards
Dr. Feinstein was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000 to study mental health problems in post-apartheid Namibia. In 2019, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre MDMSA.[9] In 2023, he was honored with the Giants of Multiple Sclerosis Award by the Consortium of MS Centres and NeurologyLive.[10] A documentary, Journalists Under Fire,[11] based on his work with war journalists, produced by him (and directed by Martyn Burke), was short-listed for an Academy Award and won a 2012 Peabody Award. His series of articles for The Globe & Mail on conflict photography[12] was long-listed for a 2016 EPPY Award.[13]
Films
A Quiet Courage: Afghan Journalists in a Time of Terror – Director, Producer, Writer
NewsFest International Film Festival, Las Vegas, USA (July 31, 2021) – *Winner: Best International News Story/Public Information* and *Best First Film (International)*.[14]
Feinstein, A; Osmann, J; Pavisian, B (2020). "Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in journalists covering war and conflict: A study comparing photographers with print reporters". Traumatology. 26 (1): 35–39. doi:10.1037/trm0000207.
Osmann, J; Page-Gould, E; Inbar, Y; Dvorkin, J; Walmsley, D; Feinstein, A (2024). "Validation of the Toronto Moral Injury Scale for Journalists". Traumatology. 30 (2): 133–142. doi:10.1037/trm0000409.
Feinstein, A; Osmann, J (2024). "Predictors of psychological distress in frontline journalists: Common denominators across three decades of conflicts". Traumatology. 30 (3): 306–313. doi:10.1037/trm0000445.
Feinstein, A; Freeman, J; Lo, AC (February 2015). "Treatment of progressive multiple sclerosis: what works, what does not, and what is needed". Lancet Neurology. 14 (2): 194–207. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70231-5. PMID25772898.
Feinstein, A (September 2017). "Multiple sclerosis: Treatment of cognitive impairment in secondary progressive MS". Nature Reviews Neurology. 13 (9): 515–516. doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2017.109. PMID28752856.
Plattner, IE; Mbakile-Mahlanza, L; Marobela, S; Kgolo, TJF; Monyane-Pheko, MMB; Patel, V; Feinstein, A (July 2019). "Developing a Computerized Brief Cognitive Screening Battery for Botswana: A Feasibility Study". Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 34 (5): 682–689. doi:10.1093/arclin/acy071. PMID30165575.
Feinstein, A; Meza, C; Stefan, C; Staines, RW (September 2019). "Coming off cannabis: a cognitive and magnetic resonance imaging study in patients with multiple sclerosis". Brain. 142 (9): 2800–2812. doi:10.1093/brain/awz213. PMID31363742.
↑ Feinstein, Anthony; Owen, John; Blair, Nancy (2002). "A Hazardous Profession: War, Journalists, and Psychopathology". American Journal of Psychiatry. 159 (9): 1570–1575. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.9.1570. PMID12202279.
↑ Osmann, Jonas; Page-Gould, Elizabeth; Inbar, Yoel; Dvorkin, Jeffrey; Walmsley, David; Feinstein, Anthony (2024). "Validation of the Toronto Moral Injury Scale for Journalists". Traumatology. 30 (2): 133–142. doi:10.1037/trm0000409.
↑ "Distinguished Service Award – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre MDMSA". No publicly available record located.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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