Vernon Neppe's One Page Introduction
January 2009
VERNON M. NEPPE MD, PhD(Med), FRSSAf, DFAPA, BN&NP, FRCPC, FFPsych(SA), FCPsych, MMed (Psych), BN&NP (UCNS), DipABPN (Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry [10 y cert-2004]), DABFM, DABFE, DABPS (Psychopharmacology), FACFE, LMACFE, MB, BCh, DPsM , BA
Current Positions: Director, Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute , Seattle, WA,
(Adjunct Full ) Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at St Louis University, St Louis, MO. and Attending Physician at Overlake Hospital, Bellevue, Washington. Licensed Physician, WA and MA.
Prior: Director, First Division of Neuropsychiatry in Dept Psychiatry in the USA (U. Washington) (1986-).
International recognitions in the following specialties (basis recognitions/ presentations / professional consultations). Neuropsychiatrist and Behavioral Neurologist, Psychopharmacologist and Neuropharmacologist, Neuropsychiatric Epileptologist, Geriatric Psychiatrist, Forensic Specialist (Psychiatry/Neuropsychiatry/Behavioral Neurology/Psychopharmacology), Dimensional Biopsychophysicist/ Phenomenologist/ Research Psychologist, Author, Professional Speaker. Also playwright (Quakes) and philosopher (vortex N-dimensionalism)
Board certifications include in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry through UCNS. Several by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; and also overseas specialist qualifications.
Training: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Cornell Univ. Medical School, NY.
Honors and Awards include:
- Marquis' Who’s Who in the World and other Who’s Who editions (numerous editions)
- Americas Top Doctors, Castle Connolly (all editions; peer selected; Neuropsychiatry / Behavioral Neurology, Psychopharmacology, Forensic [Neuro-] Psychiatry, in Psychiatry)
- Woodward White's The Best Doctors in America (all editions; peer selected)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa (the first Physician living in the USA to be so honored)
- Leader , first United States (plus international delegation) in Psychopharmacology and Neuropsychiatry (to China in June 2006)
- Psychopharmacological consultant to Wechsler Intelligence Scale & Wechsler Memory Scale (2006-7)
- Several international awards
Books and publications include:
7 books / E-books plus revisions Includes: Cry the Beloved Mind, Innovative Psychopharmacotherapy, (forensic) monograph. Psychology of Déjà Vu. > 60 chapters in textbooks
Guest editor, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Founding editor, South African scientific Journal
Several editorial boards of several others and referee for many scientific journals.
Including tests developed, abstracts and internet pages, > 350 scholarly articles or publications or abstracts.
Neuropsychiatric inventories include:
BROCAS SCAN (Screening Cerebral Assessment of Neppe), INSET (Inventory of Neppe of Symptoms of Epilepsy and the Temporal Lobe), SOBIN (Soft Organic Brain Inventory of Neppe), Neppe Narcolepsy Questionnaire, PBRS ((Problem Behaviors Rating Scale), Neppe Psychological Screen Questionnaire (NPSQ)
Pioneered: links of anomalistic psychological experiences with the temporal lobe of the brain; classification of head injuries: classification of seizures and psychopathology; development of new IQ measure.
Psychopharmacological contributions include:
Recognized as one of two major pioneering contributions in the field of anticonvulsants in Psychiatry (1/89 Switzerland) (e.g. carbamazepine in non-responsive psychosis, explosive irritability, BZD withdrawal)
High dose buspirone as a successful treatment for tardive dyskinesia
Extended use of azapirones in aggression and attention deficit disorder
Forensic: Recognized as one of the leading Forensic Specialists in the USA (e.g.. only Forensic Psychiatry expert listed in some issues of Americas Top Doctors in the Western USA; used nationally and beyond).
New Concepts include pioneering. dysproccia, possible temporal lobe symptoms, deinduction, dysproccia, chindling, paroxysmal neurobehavioral disorder, closed head injury of transient –CHIT (and permanent — CHIP) types, non-vertiginous dizziness (NVD).
Contact:
206 527 6289 or Psyche@PNI.org
Web:
www.PNI.org,
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