Fredric N. Busch, MD, is a clinical professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
His writing and research have focused on the links between psychoanalysis and psychiatry, including psychodynamic approaches to specific disorders, psychoanalytic research, and psychoanalysis and medication. He has co-authored five books on the psychoanalytic approaches to specific disorders, including Manual of Panic Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Treatment of Depression (second edition), Psychodynamic Approaches to the Adolescent with Panic Disorder, and Panic Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, eXtended Range, and Trauma Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. He is the sole author of Psychodynamic Approaches to Behavioral Change, Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Skills Training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Problem-focused Approach. He has a book in press coauthored with Dr. Alyson Gorun entitled Postpartum Problem Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Additionally, he co-authored a book on Psychotherapy and Medication: The Challenge of Integration with Dr. Larry Sandberg. He has written on integrating biological and psychological/emotional models for panic disorder and trauma.
He has been involved in research on panic focused psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychodynamic treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. His efforts have included the development of treatments, training of therapists and treatment of patients in several studies. These studies have led to the first psychodynamic treatment of a DSM anxiety disorder to demonstrate efficacy, panic focused psychodynamic psychotherapy.
His awards have included the Scientific Paper Prize and the Edith Sabshin Teaching Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association; the Weber award for Psychoanalytic Research and George S. Goldman Award for Achievement in Clinical Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Education, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research; and awards for Dedicated Teaching and Outstanding Mentorship in General Adult Psychiatry Training, and the Cooper Award for Major Contributions in Applying and Testing the Application of Psychodynamic Principles to Panic Disorder and Problem Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and his Role as a Teacher, Thinker and Supervisor of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Weill Cornell Department of Psychiatry.