Frank W. Putnam, MD

Professor



Email: frank_putnam@med.unc.edu

Phone: (919) 843-2220

 

Education:

BA, Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
MA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Residency in Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Fellowship in Clinical Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD

 

Summary Statement:

Dr. Putnam works on the development and dissemination of evidence-based practices for the treatment and prevention of child maltreatment, dissociative disorders, and maternal depression.

 

Representative Publications:

  1. Ammerman, R. T., Putnam, F. W., Bosse, N. B., Teeters, A. R., & Van Ginkel, J. B. (2010). Maternal depression in home visitation: A systematic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 15, 191-200.
  2. Kim, K, Trickett, P.K, & Putnam, F.W. (2010). Childhood experiences of sexual abuse and later parenting practices among non-offending mothers of sexually abused and comparison girls.  Child Abuse & Neglect, 34:610-622.
  3. Kwako, L.E., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., Trickett, P.K. (2010). Childhood sexual abuse and attachment: An intergenerational perspective.  Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 15:407-422.
  4. Negriff, S., Noll, J.G., Shenk, C.E., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2010). Associations between Nonverbal Behaviors and Subsequent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors of Sexually Abused and Comparison Girls. Child Maltreatment, 15, 2, 180-189.
  5. Noll, J.G., Shenk, C.E., Fung, M., Juye, J.I., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2010). Receptive language ability and educational attainment across development for sexually abused females. Pediatrics, 126, 3, e615-22.
  6. Shenk, C.E., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2010). A prospective examination of the role of childhood sexual abuse and physiological asymmetry in the development of psychopathology.  Child Abuse & Neglect, 34, 752-761.
  7. Strawn, J.R., Keeshin, B.R., DelBello, M.P., Geracioti, T.D., & Putnam, F.W. (2010). Psychopharmacologic treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: A review.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 71, 7, 932-941.
  8. Trickett, P.K., Noll, J.G., Susman, E.J., Shenk, C.E., & Putnam, F.W. (2010). Attenuation of cortisol across development for victims of sexual abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 165-175.
  9. Kim, K., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (2011). Attachment representations and anxiety: Differential relationships among mothers of sexually abused and comparison girls. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, 3, 498-521.
  10. Ammerman, R.T., Putnam, F.W., Chard, K.M., Stevens, J., VanGinkel, J.B., (2012) PTSD in depressed mothers in home visitation. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 4:186-195
  11. Ammerman, R.T., Putnam, F.W., Stevens, J., Bosse, N.R., Short, J.A., Bodley, A.M., & Van Ginkel, J.B. (in press).  An open trial of In-Home CBT for depressed mothers in home visitation.  Maternal and Child Health Journal.
  12. Boat, B., Barnes, J., Pearl, E., Richey, L., Crouch, D. Barzman, D., & Putnam, F.W. (in press). Childhood cruelty to animals: Psychiatric and demographic correlates.  Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.
  13. Brand, B.L., Myrick, A.C., Loewenstein, R.J., Classen, C.C., Lanius, R., McNary, S.W., Pain, C., & Putnam, F.W. (in press). A survey of practices and recommended treatment interventions among expert therapists treating patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Dissociative Disorder NOS.  Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
  14. Gupta, S., Bonanno, G.H., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., Keltner, D., & Trickett, P.K. (In Press).  Anger expression and adaptation to childhood sexual abuse: The role of disclosure. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, and Practice.
  15. Pearl, E., Thieken, L., Olafson, E., Boat, B., Connelly, L., Barnes, J., & Putnam, F (in press). Effectiveness of community dissemination of parent-child interaction therapy. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
  16. Trickett, P.K., Noll, J.G., & Putnam, F.W. (2011). The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from a multigenerational longitudinal research study. Development and Psychopathology. 23:453-476.
  17. Ammerman, R.T., Shenk, C.E., Teeters, A.R., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Van Ginkel, J.B. (in press). Impact of depression and childhood trauma in mothers receiving home visitation. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
  18. Brand, B.L., Myrick, A.C., Loewenstein, R.J., Classen, C.C., Lanius, R., McNary, S., Pain, C., and Putnam, F.W. (in press).  A Naturalistic Study of Dissociative Disorder Patients Treated by Community Clinicians. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy
  19. Shenk C.E., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G. (in press). Experiential avoidance and the relationship between child maltreatment and PTSD symptoms: Preliminary evidence.  Child Abuse & Neglect