Ratey, John J(oseph)

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RATEY, John J(oseph)

RATEY, John J(oseph). American, b. 1948. Genres: Psychology, Medicine/ Health. Career: Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, psychiatric attendant, 1970-71; DARE Inc., Boston, halfway house parent, 1971-72; St. Francis General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, rotating intern in neurology, 1976- 77; Massachusetts Mental Health Center, psychiatric resident, 1977-80, chief resident in Inpatient Service, 1979-80, supervisor of residents, 1980-, assistant director of residency training, 1982-88. Harvard Medical School, clinical fellow in Chronic Care Program, 1978-79; instructor, 1980-86, assistant professor, 1986-; Tufts University, assistant clinical professor, 1980- 81; Colloquium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (Munich), guest lecturer, 1988. Clinton Child and Family Center, chief psychiatrist, 1978-82; New England Pyschiatric Consultants, director, 1978-; Medfield State Hospital, clinical director of Developmental Disabilities Unit, 1986-89, director of research, 1986-, acting executive medical director, 1989-91. Publications: (ed. and contrib.) Mental Retardation: Developing Pharmacotherapies, 1991; (with E. Hallowell) Driven to Distraction: The Emotional Experience of ADD, 1994; (ed. and contrib.) The Neuropsychiatry of Behavior Disorders, 1994. Work represented in books. Contributor of articles and reviews to medical journals. Address: NEPC, Medfield State Hospital, PO Box 288, Westborough, MA 01581-0288, U.S.A.