Carol S. North, MD, MPE, is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Nancy and Ray L. Hunt Professor of Crisis Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. North is also Director of the Program in Trauma and Disaster at the VA North Texas Health Care System in Dallas. She holds a joint appointment in Emergency Medicine in the Division of Homeland Security. Dr. North completed medical school and residency training in psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, followed by a NIMH fellowship and a Masters degree, both in psychiatric epidemiology, at the same institution. She served on the faculty of Washington University for 18 years before moving to UT Southwestern in Dallas in 2005.
For nearly two decades, Dr. North has continuously conducted federally funded research investigation into mental health effects of disasters, psychiatric aspects of medical illness, alcohol and drug abuse in homeless and indigent populations, and psychoeducation for patients with serious mental illness and their families. Dr. North has been an international leader in shaping the science of disaster mental health epidemiology. She and her research team have studied nearly 3,000 survivors of major disasters, including the bombings in Oklahoma City and the US Embassy in Nairobi, Capitol Hill anthrax attacks, and the September 11th terrorist attacks. Under contract with the September 11th Fund, Dr. North developed the mental health training programs provided to several thousand New York City mental health professionals after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and subsequently this training has expanded nationally.
Dr. North has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific published articles, served on editorial boards for scientific journals, and chaired or served on committees for federal grant review and development of terrorism policy for the Institute of Medicine. She has testified to the US Senate on disaster mental health effects, advised the Carter Center and White House, debriefed Surgeon General Satcher, informed the US Federal Drug Administration about posttraumatic stress, and provided consultation to the City of New York?s Department of Health on post-9/11 mental health response and preparation. For her work in academic psychiatry and public service, Dr. North has received recognition by Congress; awards from the American Psychiatric Association, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and the St. Louis Mental Health Association; the Washington University psychiatry residents? Teacher of the Year award; and inclusion in The Best Doctors in America.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Psychiatric effects of disasters, terrorism, and other trauma
Psychiatric epidemiology, substance abuse, and service use among the homeless population
Psychiatric aspects of gastrointestinal disease
Somatoform and dissociative disorders
Psychoeducation
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
North CS., "Approaching disaster mental health research after the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks." Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2004, 27(3):589-602, 2004
North CS, Kawasaki A, Spitznagel EL, Hong BA., "The course of PTSD, major depression, substance abuse, and somatization after a natural disaster." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2004, 192(12):1-7, 2004
Smith RP, Katz CL, Holmes A, Herbert R, Levin S, Moline J, Landsbergis P, Stevenson L, North CS, Larkin GL, Baron S, Hurrell Jr. JJ., "Mental health status of World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers and volunteers?New York City, July 2002-August 2004." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2004, 53(35):812-813, 2005
North CS., "Somatization and terrorism." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 2005, 9(1/2):143-155, 2005
North CS, Pfefferbaum B, Narayanan P, Thielman S, McCoy G, Dumont C, Kawasaki A, Ryosho N, Kim YS, Spitznagel EL., "Postdisaster psychiatric disorders after the US embassy bombing in Nairobi: comparison with the Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City." British Journal of Psychiatry, 2005, 186:487-493, 2005
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
North CS, Clouse RE, Spitznagel EL, Alpers DH., "The relation of ulcerative colitis and psychiatric factors: a review of findings and methods." American Journal of Psychiatry 1990, 147(8):974-981, 1990
North CS, Nixon SJ, Shariat S, Mallonee S, McMillen JC, Spitznagel EL, Smith EM., "Psychiatric disorders among survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing." Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, 282(8):755-762, 1999
North CS, Pfefferbaum B., "Research on the mental health effects of terrorism (editorial)." Journal of the American Medical Association, 2002, 288:633-636, 2002
North CS, Eyrich KM, Pollio DE, Spitznagel EL., "Are rates of psychiatric disorders changing over time in the homeless population?" American Journal of Public Health, 2004, 94(1):103-108, 2004
North CS, Downs D, Clouse RE, Alrakawi R, Dokucu ME, Cox J, Spitznagel EL, Alpers DH., "The presentation of irritable bowel syndrome in the context of somatization disorder." Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2004, 2(9):787-795, 2004
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