Richard Mollica

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Richard Francis Mollica
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Mollica in 2024
Born (1946-12-20) December 20, 1946 (age 78)
Bronx, New York, US
OccupationProfessor, researcher, writer, educator
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Reed College
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Yale Divinity School
SpouseKaren Carlson
Children2

Richard F. Mollica (born December 20, 1946) is an American academic and writer. He is the Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma at Massachusetts General Hospital. [1] His research focuses on Psychological trauma and recovery. Mollica has published over 160 scientific manuscripts, [2] and has published Healing Invisible Wounds (2006) and Manifesto IV Healing a Violent World (2018). In 2022, he received the lifetime award from Harvard Medical School, [3] and in 2023, the Lux et Veritas Award from Yale Divinity School [4]

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Mollica is considered a pioneer and founder of a new field of medicine Refugee Mental Health. [5] He started one of America's first refugee clinics in Boston in December 1981. [6]

The scientific and clinical work of Mollica and the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma has served as a global model worldwide and has been replicated in many countries including the US, Australia, Canada, Italy, Bosnia Herzegovina, Haiti, and Ukraine. [7]

Early life

Mollica was born in South Bronx. [8] His grandparents were poor Italian immigrants. His mother was raised in a convent, and struggled with depression. His father was blind as a result of meningitis. Mollica's childhood was influenced by his love for books, and he excelled in mathematics and sciences at Brooklyn Technical High School. He further went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where he finished his basic education. [9]

After studying at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and a neurology internship at the University of Toronto, Mollica went to Yale University in 1974 for his psychiatric residency and also attended the Yale Divinity School. [8] After the residency, Mollica joined Harvard as a psychiatrist. He later opened a refugee clinic.

Amongst his researches, he advocates integrating Trauma-informed care into primary healthcare, despite resistance from primary physicians due to time constraints and lack of training. He introduced into medicine and the human rights field the concept of the Trauma Story in 1988. [10] The Trauma Story is a key element in the Trauma-informed care of all patients who have survived traumatic life experiences.

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Books

Book chapters

Most cited papers

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Mollica, M.D." Massachusetts General Hospital .
  2. ↑ "Richard Francis Mollica, M.D." Harvard Catalyst .
  3. 1 2 "Award Past Recipients (2022)". Harvard Medical School.
  4. 1 2 "Richard F. Mollica, M.D. '79 M.A.R." Yale Divinity School.
  5. ↑ Mineo, Liz (2021-12-01). "Helping traumatized refugees heal themselves". The Harvard Gazette. Med School Professor Richard Mollica's program has pioneered treatment, research for survivors over four decades
  6. ↑ Gisotti, Alessandro (2024-04-12). "The invisible and indelible wounds of war". L'Osservatore Romano. Vol. Fifty-seventh year, no. 15. pp. 6–7. In 1981, a young Italian-American psychiatrist founded the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, in Boston, a pioneering programme on the mental health care of survivors of mass violence and torture
  7. 1 2 Mollica, Richard (September 2022). Manifesto IV Healing a Violent World: The Will to Heal and Survive in an Apocalyptic World.
  8. 1 2 Yanks, Lauren (2024-03-20). "'Applied religion': M.D. alum pioneers care for traumatized refugees". Yale University.
  9. ↑ "Reed College Graduation Certificate" (PDF). Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  10. 1 2 Mollica, R. F.; Cardozo, B. Lopes; Osofsky, H. J.; Raphael, B.; Ager, A.; Salama, P. (2004-12-04). "Mental health in complex emergencies". Lancet. 364 (9450): 2058–2067. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17519-3. ISSN   1474-547X. PMID   15582064.
  11. ↑ Mollica, Richard (August 2012). Trauma Story Assessment and Therapy: Journal for Field and Clinic. Lulu.com. ISBN   978-1-105-03506-7.
  12. ↑ Mollica, Richard (July 2012). Textbook of Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery, A Companion Guide for Field and Clinical Care of Traumatized People Worldwide. Lulu.com. ISBN   978-1105851087.
  13. ↑ Mollica R, Tor S (September 2011). Sun and Moon. ISBN   978-1105034701.
  14. ↑ Mollica, Richard (November 2018). A Manifesto. Healing a Violent World. Solis Press. ISBN   978-1910146347.
  15. ↑ Ochberg, Frank (February 1988). Post-Traumatic Therapy And Victims Of Violence. Routledge. pp. 295–314. ISBN   0876304900.
  16. ↑ Lindert J, Levav I (March 2015). Violence and Mental Health: Its Manifold Faces. Springer. pp. 341–378. ISBN   978-9401789981.
  17. ↑ Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo (January 2019). Violence and Mental Health: Its Manifold Faces. University of California Press. pp. 123–136. ISBN   978-0520297128.
  18. ↑ Aten J, Hwang J (January 2021). Refugee Mental Health. American Psychological Association. pp. 137–166. ISBN   978-1433833724.
  19. ↑ López-Calvo I, Ajosin M (November 2022). Refugees, Refuge, and Human Displacement. Anthem Press. pp. 179–194.
  20. ↑ Mollica, R. F.; Caspi-Yavin, Y.; Bollini, P.; Truong, T.; Tor, S.; Lavelle, J. (February 1992). "The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Validating a cross-cultural instrument for measuring torture, trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder in Indochinese refugees". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 180 (2): 111–116. doi:10.1097/00005053-199202000-00008. ISSN   0022-3018. PMID   1737972.
  21. ↑ Mollica, R. F.; Wyshak, G.; de Marneffe, D.; Khuon, F.; Lavelle, J. (April 1987). "Indochinese versions of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25: a screening instrument for the psychiatric care of refugees". The American Journal of Psychiatry. 144 (4): 497–500. doi:10.1176/ajp.144.4.497. ISSN   0002-953X. PMID   3565621.
  22. ↑ Mollica, R. F.; Sarajlic, N.; Chernoff, M.; Lavelle, J.; Vukovic, I. S.; Massagli, M. P. (2001-08-01). "Longitudinal study of psychiatric symptoms, disability, mortality, and emigration among Bosnian refugees". JAMA. 286 (5): 546–554. doi:10.1001/jama.286.5.546. ISSN   0098-7484. PMID   11476656.
  23. ↑ Shoeb, Marwa; Weinstein, Harvey; Mollica, Richard (September 2007). "The Harvard trauma questionnaire: adapting a cross-cultural instrument for measuring torture, trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in Iraqi refugees". The International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 53 (5): 447–463. doi:10.1177/0020764007078362. ISSN   0020-7640. PMID   18018666.
  24. ↑ Mollica, R. F.; McInnes, K.; Sarajlić, N.; Lavelle, J.; Sarajlić, I.; Massagli, M. P. (1999-08-04). "Disability associated with psychiatric comorbidity and health status in Bosnian refugees living in Croatia". JAMA. 282 (5): 433–439. doi:10.1001/jama.282.5.433. ISSN   0098-7484. PMID   10442658.
  25. ↑ Mollica, R. F.; Donelan, K.; Tor, S.; Lavelle, J.; Elias, C.; Frankel, M.; Blendon, R. J. (1993-08-04). "The effect of trauma and confinement on functional health and mental health status of Cambodians living in Thailand-Cambodia border camps". JAMA. 270 (5): 581–586. doi:10.1001/jama.1993.03510050047025. ISSN   0098-7484. PMID   8331755.
  26. ↑ Mollica, R. F.; Wyshak, G.; Lavelle, J. (December 1987). "The psychosocial impact of war trauma and torture on Southeast Asian refugees". The American Journal of Psychiatry. 144 (12): 1567–1572. doi:10.1176/ajp.144.12.1567. ISSN   0002-953X. PMID   3688280.
  27. ↑ Mollica, R. F.; Poole, C.; Son, L.; Murray, C. C.; Tor, S. (August 1997). "Effects of war trauma on Cambodian refugee adolescents' functional health and mental health status". Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 36 (8): 1098–1106. doi:10.1097/00004583-199708000-00017. ISSN   0890-8567. PMID   9256589.
  28. ↑ Mollica, Richard F.; Lyoo, In Kyoon; Chernoff, Miriam C.; Bui, Hoan X.; Lavelle, James; Yoon, Sujung J.; Kim, Jieun E.; Renshaw, Perry F. (November 2009). "Brain structural abnormalities and mental health sequelae in South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who survived traumatic head injury and torture". Archives of General Psychiatry. 66 (11): 1221–1232. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.127. ISSN   1538-3636. PMID   19884610.
  29. ↑ Berthold, S. Megan; Mollica, Richard F.; Silove, Derrick; Tay, Alvin Kuowei; Lavelle, James; Lindert, Jutta (2019-06-01). "The HTQ-5: revision of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire for measuring torture, trauma and DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in refugee populations". European Journal of Public Health. 29 (3): 468–474. doi:10.1093/eurpub/cky256. ISSN   1464-360X. PMID   30561573.
  30. 1 2 Goldfeld, A. E.; Mollica, R. F.; Pesavento, B. H.; Faraone, S. V. (1988-05-13). "The physical and psychological sequelae of torture. Symptomatology and diagnosis". JAMA. 259 (18): 2725–2729. doi:10.1001/jama.1988.03720180051032. ISSN   0098-7484. PMID   3282086.
  31. ↑ Tsujiuchi, Takuya; Yamaguchi, Maya; Masuda, Kazutaka; Tsuchida, Marisa; Inomata, Tadashi; Kumano, Hiroaki; Kikuchi, Yasushi; Augusterfer, Eugene F.; Mollica, Richard F. (2016). "High Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Relation to Social Factors in Affected Population One Year after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster". PLOS ONE. 11 (3): e0151807. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1151807T. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151807 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4803346 . PMID   27002324.
  32. ↑ Mollica RF, Streets FJ, Boscarino J, Redlich FC (March 1986). "A community study of formal pastoral counseling activities of the clergy. Am J Psychiatry". The American Journal of Psychiatry. 143 (3): 323–328. doi:10.1176/ajp.143.3.323. PMID   3953866.
  33. ↑ Mollica, Richard (1983-02-17). "From asylum to community. The threatened disintegration of public psychiatry". The New England Journal of Medicine. 308 (7): 367–373. doi:10.1056/NEJM198302173080705. PMID   6823241.
  34. ↑ Mollica, Richard (2004-07-01). "Surviving torture". The New England Journal of Medicine. 351 (1): 5–7. doi:10.1056/NEJMp048141. PMID   15229300.
  35. ↑ Mollica RF, Fernando DB, Augusterfer EF (2021-03-09). "Beyond Burnout: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges to Self-care". Current Psychiatry Reports. 23 (4) 21. doi:10.1007/s11920-021-01230-2. PMC   7942210 . PMID   33728512.
  36. ↑ Mollica RF, Fricchione GL (2021-12-18). "Mental and physical exhaustion of health-care practitioners". Lancet. 398 (10318): 2243–2244. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02663-5. PMC   8676692 . PMID   34922665.
  37. ↑ Ekblad S, Mollica RF, Fors U, Pantziaras I, Lavelle J (2013-08-19). "Educational potential of a virtual patient system for caring for traumatized patients in primary care". BMC Medical Education. 13 110. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-110 . PMC   3765390 . PMID   23957962.
  38. ↑ Mollica RF, Blum JD, Redlich F (May 1980). "Equity and the psychiatric care of the black patient, 1950 to 1975". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 168 (5): 279–286. doi:10.1097/00005053-198005000-00008. PMID   7365493.
  39. ↑ Borba CP, Gelaye B, Zayas L, Ulloa M, Lavelle J, Mollica RF, Henderson DC (April 2015). "Making strides towards better mental health care in Peru: Results from a primary care mental health training". International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health. 3 (1): 9–19. doi:10.12970/2310-8231.2015.03.01.3. PMC   4820320 . PMID   27054141.
  40. ↑ Mollica RF, Milic M (January 1986). "Social class and psychiatric practice: a revision of the Hollingshead and Redlich model". The American Journal of Psychiatry. 143 (1): 12–17. doi:10.1176/ajp.143.1.12. PMID   3942269.
  41. ↑ Bollini P, Mollica RF (October 1989). "Surviving without the asylum. An overview of the studies on the Italian reform movement". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 177 (10): 607–615. doi:10.1097/00005053-198910000-00003. PMID   2677238.
  42. ↑ Mollica RF, Son L (June 1989). "Cultural dimensions in the evaluation and treatment of sexual trauma. An overview". The Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 12 (2): 363–379. doi:10.1016/S0193-953X(18)30437-4. PMID   2748443.
  43. ↑ Mollica, Richard (June 2000). "Waging a new kind of war. Invisible wounds". Scientific American. 282 (6): 54–57. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0600-54. PMID   10862423.
  44. ↑ Redlich F, Mollica RF (February 1976). "Overview: Ethical issues in contemporary psychiatry". The American Journal of Psychiatry. 133 (2): 125–136. doi:10.1176/ajp.133.2.125. PMID   766649.
  45. ↑ Mollica RF, Fernando D (2020-11-14). "When racial trauma is a chief complaint among health-care staff". Lancet. 396 (10262): e84. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32223-6. PMID   33125928.
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