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April 2, 2012

RESUME 

Alexander Grinsphoon, MD, MHA, Ph.D

 

 

ACADEMIC DEGREES

1970 -1976      M.D.    Kishinev State University, Faculty of Medicine

1977                            Kishinev State University, USSR  Specialist in Psychiatry

1984 -1988      Tel-Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Post-

                                    Graduate course in Psychotherapy. License awarded: 26.06.89

1986                            Israel Specialist in Psychiatry

1998 -2000      M.H.A., Ben-Gurion University. Medical Health Administration

2000                            Israel Specialist in Medical Management

2004 - 2006     Ph.D., Ben-Gurion University: Medical Management          

2007-                  GCP-Good Clinical Practice, IMA Course

2008-2009         Graduate course in Mediation, IMA and   Gevim" Center of Mediation Ltd.

2010                  Course of the analysis and use of financial statement, Tel-Aviv University,

                          Faculty of Management

 

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

1989 - 1990     Psychiatry rotation, Medical Students in the Ness Ziona Psychiatric

                                    Hospital, Tel- Aviv University.

1991 - 1992     Psychiatry rotation and Course Coordinator in Tel-Aviv School for
                                    Continuing Medical Education; Forensic Psychiatry.

1993 - 1994     Psychiatry rotation and Course Coordinator in Tel-Aviv School for
                                    Continuing Medical Education; Addiction.

1994 - 1995     Lecturer and Course Coordinator in Tel-Aviv School for Continuing

                            Medical Education; Addictions; Supervisor for Specializing in Addictions.        

2006-               Psychiatry rotation, Medical Students in the Tirat Carmel Mental Health 

                            Center, Technion, Haifa.

2007-                           Certified by the Scientific Council to supervise physicians for specialization    

                           in Mental Health Administration

2008-                  Psychiatry rotation, Medical Students in the Sha’ar Menashe

                           Mental Health Center, Technion ,Haifa.

2010-                  Certified by the Scientific Council to supervise psychiatric doctors for  

                           Specialization in Fellowship in Forensic psychiatry.   

 

 

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Professional Experience

2008-                   Director, Sha’ar Menashe Mental Health Center.

2006-2008           Director ,Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center.

2001-2006           Acting Director, Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health.

1999-2001       Head of Clinical Department, Mental Health Services, Ministry of             
                                    Health.

1998 –1999     Deputy Director, Sha’ar  Menashe Mental Health Center.

1995 - 1998     Head of Clinical Department, Mental Health Services, Ministry of

Health.

1996                            Deputy Director, Tirat Carmel Psychiatric Hospital

1995 -1997          Chief Doctor of “RUT” Fund for chronic psychiatric patients.

1995-1999                   Senior Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Ichilov Hospital.

1994-2001                     Deputy District Psychiatrist, Tel-Aviv District.

1992  - 1995    Chief Medical Supervisor of Private Mental Health Facilities,

Ministry of Health.

1992 -  1995    Senior Psychiatrist, Ness Ziona Psychiatric Hospital

1990  - 1992    Head of Department of Psychiatry, I.D.F.

1990  - 1992    Deputy District Psychiatrist, I.D.F.

1989 - 1990     Senior Psychiatrist, Ness Ziona Psychiatric Hospital.

                                    Acting Director, Day-care unit.

1988 - 1989     Director, Reservist Section, Central Mental Health Clinic,

                                    Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

1983 - 1988     Central Mental Health Clinic, Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

1981 - 1982     Residency in Psychiatry, Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Sheba

                                    Hospital, Israel.

1978 - 1980     Residency in Psychiatry,  Sha’ar   Menashe Mental Health Center, Israel.

1976 - 1978     Residency in Psychiatry,  Kishinev State University Hospital, USSR.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dual diagnosis, epidemiology, forensic psychiatry, coping with PTSD, organization of health service systems, health economics

 

PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2012- President of Israel Psychiatric Association, Haifa-Northern branch

Membership in Professional Societies

            Israel Medical Association

            Israel Psychiatric Association

            Israel Forensic Psychiatry Association

         Israel Addiction Treatment Association

            Israel Medical Directors Association

 

Member of Committees

1985 -1999      Member, Board of Appeals, Medical Draft Review Board, Israel Defense    

                             Force 

1992 -2001      Chairman, Inter-ministerial Committee of the Ministry of
                                    Welfare and Ministry of Health, for the placement of patients

1992 - 2001     Member, Inter-ministerial Committee of the Ministry of Health,
                                    Mental Health and Geriatrics, for the placement of patients

 

2002-               Current- Advisor, PTSD Rehabilitation Committee, Ministry of
                                    Defense

 

1997-               Current- Member, the National Advisory Committee for
                                    Mental Health, Ministry of Health

1997-               Current- Member, the National Advisory Committee for the
                                    Rehabilitation of Mental Patients, Ministry of Health

 

2001-2006                Chairman, The Mental Health Crisis Committee-National
                                 coordination of emergency mental health intervention

2006 -                  Member, the Mental Health Crisis Committee-National
                                 coordination of emergency mental health intervention

 

2001-2006           Member - the Inter-ministerial Advisory Committee for the   

                            War on Drugs, the Israel Anti Drugs and Alcohol Authority

 

1997-2006       Chairman, the Standards and Regulations
                                 Committee in Mental Health, Ministry of Health

 

2006-                  Member, the Standards and Regulations
                                    Committee in Mental Health, Ministry of Health

 

1997-Current   Mental Health Consultant, Medical Technologies Committee,
                                    Ministry of Health

 

1997-Current   Mental Health Consultant, Quality Assurance Committee,
                                    Ministry of Health

 

1997-Current   Appointed by the Director General to Various Ad-Hoc 
                                    Committees, Ministry of Health

 

2001-2006       Appointed as the Israeli Delegate to the WHO Multi- National
                                    Committee for the Directors of Mental Health Services

 

2000-Current  Board Examiner, appointed by the Israel Psychiatric Association 
                                    Oral Boards

 

2003-Current  Consultant, Psychiatric Licensing Board, Scientific Council

2007-                 Chairperson of the Administration Committee for physicians in the     

                          Civil Service

2010-                Board Examiner, appointed by the Israel Mental Health Administration

                         Oral Boards

                                                                                                                                                                                

PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

2006-2008          Appointed by the Minister of Health for Coordinator of Israel and   

                           Georgia Mental Health cooperation

March 2010       Prime Minister's Office Delegate To Russia For Medical And Aliyah  

                   Relations

 

List of Publications

Thesis -   “Assessing needs of psychiatric inpatients - a basis for allocation of resources and service delivery”, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

 

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

 

 

Basic Research

1.    Biegon A, Grinshpoon A, Blumenfeld B, Bleich A, Apter A, Mester R. Increased serotonin 5-H2 receptor finding on blood platelets of suicidal men. Psychopharmacol 1990; 100: 165-7.

2.    Bar E, Wezman A, Karp L, Grinshpoon A, Bidder M, Kotler M, Tyano S, Bleich A, Gavish M. Platelet peripheral benzodiazepine receptors in repeated stress. Life Sci 1991; 42: 341-6.

3.    Bleich A, Grinshpoon A, Solomon Z, Mikolinski M, Isaacs G, Kotler M. Evaluating Parachute-drop Stress by Measuring Blood Lipids. Harefuah 1991; 6(102):313-7.

4.    Rapoport A, Stein D, Grinshpoon A, Elizur A. Akathisia and pseudoakathisia-clinical observations and accelerometric recordings. J Clin Psychiatry 1994, 55: 473-7.

5.    Kotler M, Barak P, Cohen H, Averbuch IE, Grinshpoon A, Gritsenko I, Nemanov L, Ebstein RP. Homicidal behavior in schizophrenia associated with a genetic polymorphism determining low catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity. Am J Med Genet 1999; 88 (6):628-33.

6.    Grinshpoon A, Barchana M, Ponizovsky A, Lipshitz I, Nahon D, Tal O, Weizman A, Levav I. Cancer in schizophrenia: is the risk higher or lower? Schizophr Res 2005; 73(2-3):333-341.

Clinical Research

 

7.    Levav I, Grinshpoon A,  Zilber N. Community mental health ideology among psychiatrists and social workers.  Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 1986; 23(4):259-7

8.    Bleich A, Grinshpoon A, Grab R. Paranoid reaction following Alprozolam withdrawal. Psychosom 1987;28(11):599-600 .

9.    Grinshpoon A, Bleich A, Kotler M. Diagnostic and therapeutic issues of combat reaction arising from an exceptional case. Harefuah 1989;5(3):250-1.

10. Grinshpoon A, Levy A, Margolin Y, Issacs G, Lerner Y, Bleich A, Kotler M. Competency for military arrest as a psychiatric problem.  Int  J Med Law 1990;9(3):910-6.

11. Koslovsky M, Bleich A, Grinshpoon A, Wagner B, Apter A, Solomon Z. Assessing the validity of the Plutchick suicide risk scale. Psychiatric Res 1991; 25(4):155-8.

12. Grinsphoon A, Levy A, Mester R. The Day Care Unit as a framework for successful Community Rehabilitation. Harefuah 1992;7-8(123)247-9.

13. Koslowsky M, Bleich A, Solomon Z, Wagner B, Grinshpoon A. Structural equation modeling of some of the determinants of suicide risk. Brit J Med Psychol 1992;65: 157-65.

 

14. Grinshpoon A., Mester R., Spivak, B., Berg Y., Bleich A., Weizman A. Delayed amnesia and disorientation after electroconvulsive treatment. J Psychiatr Neurosci 1992; 17(5):191-3.

15. Grinshpoon A., Berg Y., Mozes T., Mester R., Weizman A. Seizures induced by combined levomepromazine-fluvoxamine treatment. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 1993; 8:61-2.

16. Grinshpoon A., Mark M., Bleich A., Apter A., Rehavi M., Weizman A. Failure of fixed-dose verapamil treatment in adult sleep enuresis. Eur Psychiatry 1994;9:101-103.

17. Witztum E, Grinshpoon A, Margolin J, Kron S. The erroneous diagnosis of malingering in a military setting. Mil Med 1996,161:225-9.

18. Zeenreich, B. Gochstein, A, Grinshpoon, M. Miron, I. Rosenman, I. Ben-Dov. Recurrent tuberculosis in a psychiatric hospital. Harefuah 1998;3 (134):164-7.

19. Katz G, Spivak B, Mester R, Grinshpoon A, Weizman A. Desmopressin (DDAVP) treatment in adult sleep-related enuresis. Hum Psychopharmacol 1997; 12: 505-7.

20. Grinshpoon A, Moskowitz M, Valevski A, Mark M, Weizman A. Zuclopenthixol, a combined dopamine D1/D2 antagonist in the treatment of chronic aggressive schizophrenia and psychotic oligophrenic patients. Eur Psychiatry 1998; 13:273-5.

21. Lichtenberg P, Kaplan Z, Grinshpoon A, Feldman D, Nahon D. The goals and limitations of Israel's psychiatric case register. Psychiatr Serv 1999; 50(8): 1043-8.

22. Grinshpon A, Naisberg Y, Dashevski I, Mester R. Has Israel and Russian Federation Legislation a Full Set of Laws Securing the Protection of Mental Patients Due to United Nations Proposals and What Requires Modification? Med Law 2000; 20: 267-82.

 

 

23. Grinshpoon A, Valevski A, Moskowitz M, Weizman A. Beneficial effect of the addition of the 5-HT 2A/2C and alpha2 antagonist mianserin to ongoing haloperidol treatment in drug-resistant chronically hospitalized schizophrenic patients. Eur Psychiatry 2000;15(6):388-90.

24. Yagur A, Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky A. Primary care attenders under war stress. Isr Med Assoc J 2002;4:568-72

25. Grinshpoon A, Bauer A, Mark M, Mester R. The evaluation of mental capability to use firearms: practical and ethical questions. Harefuah 2002; 141(1):26-9.

26. Bauer A, Gruszniewski A, Khawaled R, Grinshpoon A, Mark M, Mester R. Reflections on dangerousness and its prediction- a truly tantalizing task? Med Law 2002; 21(3):495-520.

27. Bauer A, Grinshpoon A, Garashonvinski A, Kalian M, Mester R. A comparison of firearms --related legislation on four continents. Med Law 2003; 22(1):105-11.

28. Bauer A, Rosca P, Grinshpoon A, Khawaled R, Mester R. Complaints in mental health services in Israel: a one year-study .Harefuah 2003;142(5):332-5.

29. Ramon T, Grinshpoon A, Zusman SP, Weizman A. Oral health and treatment needs of institutionalized chronic psychiatric patients in Israel. Eur Psychiatry 2003;18 (3):101-5.

30. Bauer A, Rosca P, Grinshpoon A, Griner E, Mester R. Risk versus confidentiality: the therapist's responsibility for his psychiatric patient's acts. Harefuah 2003;142 (4):304-8.

31. Mester R, Bauer A, Rosca P, Glezer J, Grinshpoon A, Reznik I, Kotler M. Compulsory treatment of nondelinquent drug-alcohol abusers in Israel: the present situation and feasible solutions. Harefuah 2003;142: 456-8.

32. Arieli M, Grinshpoon A, Glaser J, Blackman S, Kahan N. The impact of continuing terror and stress on the use of psychoactive drugs in Israel. Heroin Addict Relat Clin Probl 2003;5(1):33-8.

33. Ponizovsky A, Grinshpoon A, Levav I, Ritsner M. Life satisfaction and suicidal attempts among persons with schizophrenia. Compr Psychiatry 2003;44:442- 447

34. Grinshpoon A, Shershevsky Y, Levinson D, Ponizovsky A. Should patients with chronic psychiatric disorders remain in hospital? Results from a service inquiry. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2003;40: 268-73.

35. Ponizovsky A, Grinshpoon A, Sasson R, Baidani-Auerbach A, Ben-Eliezer D, Shershevsky Y. Knowledge and attitudes about mental disorders among principals of adult education schools. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2003;40: 283-9.

36. Zilber N, Grinshpoon A, Lichtenberg P. Effect of Transfer of Long-Stay Psychiatric Inpatients from Hospital to Hospital. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2003; 40:290-6.

37. Bauer A, Rosca P, Khawalled R, Gruzniewski A, Grinshpoon A. Dangerousness and risk assessment: the state of the art. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2003; 40:182-90.

38. Levav I, Grinshpoon A. Mental health services in Israel. Int Psychiatry 2004;4:10-14.

39. Levinson D, Haklai Z, Shemesh A, Grinshpoon A, Ben-Nun G. National health survey 2003-2004 on physical and mental health. Harefua 2004;143:450-2

40. Elisha D, Levinson D, Grinshpoon A. A need-based model for determining staffing needs for the public sector outpatient mental health services system: A ministerial perspective. J Behav Health Serv Res 2004;31(3):324-33.

41. Ponizovsky A, Grinshpoon A, Sasson R. Stress in adult students with schizophrenia in a supported education program. Compr Psychiatry 2004 ;45: 399-405.

 

 

42. Levinson D, Haklai Z, Shemesh A, Grinshpoon A, Ben-Nun G. National Health Survey 2003-2004 on physical and mental health. Harefuah. 2004 Jun; 143(6):450-2.

43. Levav I, Shemesh A, Grinshpoon A, Aisenberg E, Shershevsky Y, Kohn R. Mental health-related knowledge, attitudes and practices in two kibbutzim. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2004 Sep;39(9):758-64.

44. Ben-Gershon B, Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky A. Mental Health Services Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma 2005;10(3/4):743-753.

45. Levav I, Grinshpoon A.  Beds in mental hospitals or beds in general hospitals, where should they be located?  Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2004;41 (3):157-9.

46. Bauer A, Rosca P, Grinshpoon A, Khawalled R, Mester, R. Regional psychiatric boards in Israel: Expectations and realities. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2005; 28(6):661-669.

47. Sasson R, Grinshpoon A, Lachman M, Ponizovsky A. A program of supported education for adult Israeli students with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2005; 29:139-141.

48. Levav I, Shemesh AA, Kohn R, Baidani-Auerbach A, Boni O, Borenstein Y, Dudai R, Lachman M, Grinshpoon A. What is in a name? Professionals and service users' opinions of the Hebrew terms used to name psychiatric disorders and disability. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2005; 42(4):242-7.

49. Grinshpoon A, Zilber N, Lerner Y, Ponizovsky A. Impact of a rehabilitation legislation on the survival in the community of long-term patients discharged from psychiatric hospitals in Israel. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology 2006;41:87-94

50. Ponizovsky A, Grinshpoon A, Margolis A, Cohen R, Rosca P. Well-being, psychosocial factors, and side-effects among heroin-dependent inpatients after detoxification using buprenorphine versus clonidine. Addictive Behaviors 2006;31: 2002-2013.

51. Bauer A, Rosca P, Grinshpoon A, Khawalled R, Mester R.  Monitoring long-term court order psychiatric hospitalization: a pilot project in Israel. Med Law. 2006 Mar;25(1):83-99.

52. Levav I, Novikov I, Grinshpoon A, Rosenblum J, Ponizovsky A. Health services utilization in Jerusalem under terrorism. American Journal of Psychiatry 2006; 163: 1355-1361. 

53. Rosca P, Bauer A, Grinshpoon A, Khawaled R, Mester R, Ponizovsky AM. Predicting rehospitalizations among first admitted psychiatric patients: A 10-year follow-up study. Isr J Psychiatry 2006;43(1):57-64.

54. Ponizovsky AM, Grinshpoon A, Nahon D, Pugachev I, Ritsner M, Abramowitz MZ. Changes in stability of first-admission psychiatric diagnoses over 14 years, based on cross sectional data at three time points. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2006;43(1)34-39. 

55. Ashke H, Grinshpoon  A, Cohen R, Geraisy N, Ponizovsky A. Suicidal attempts admitted in a general hospital in the Western Galilee. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2006;43 (2):137-145. 

56. Grinshpoon A, Naisberg Y, Weizman A. A 6-month outcome of long-stay inpatients resettled in hostel. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2006:30:2:89-95

57. Levav I, Al-Krenawi A, Ifran A, Geraisy M, Grinshpoon A, Kwaled R,  Levinson D. Common mental disorders among Arab-Israelis: Findings from the Israel-based World Mental Health Survey. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2007;44(2)104-113

58. Bauer A, Rosca P, Grinshpoon A,  Khawaled R, Mester R, Yoffe R, Ponizovsky AM. Trends and predictors of compulsory hospitalizations in Israel 1991-2000. International Journal of Law Psychiatry .2007Jan-Feb;30(1):60-70.

59. Levinson D, Lerner Y, Zilber N, Grinshpoon A, Levav I. Twelve-month service utilization rates for mental health reasons:  Data from the Israel National Health Survey (INHS) . Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2007;44(2)114-125.

60. Levinson D, Zilber N, Lerner Y,Grinshpoon A, Levav I. Prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders:  results from the Israel National health Survey. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2007;44(2)94-103.

61. Mansback-Kleinfeld I, Sasson R, Schwartz S, Grinshpoon A. What education means to people with psychiatric disabilities:  a content analysis. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 2007, Volume 10 Issue 4, 301-316.

62. Grinshpoon, M. Z. Abramowitz, Y. Lerner, N. Zilber. Re-hospitalization of first-in-life admitted schizophrenic patients before and after rehabilitation legislation; a comparison of two national cohorts. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2007 May;42 (5):355-9.

63. R.Khwaled, A. Grinshpoon.  Mental Health Law (in Israel) Amendments Past and Future. Medicine and Law 2006:35:100-114.

64. Elisha D, Grinshpoon A.  Mental health reform in Israel: how to increase the opportunities and reduce the threats. Harefuah. 2007 April; 146(4):291-296

65. Ponizovsky A.M, Grinshpoon A, Quality of Life Outcomes Among Heroin Users in a Maintenance Treatment Program: Buprenorphine versus Methadone. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2007. 33(5):631-42.

66. Ponizovsky AM, Jeraizy J, Shoshan E, Kramer I, Smetannikov E, Grinshpoon A. Emotional distress among first-time patients attending outpatient mental health clinics in Israel: An Arab-Jewish comparative study. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2007;44(1):62-70.

67. Grinshpoon A, Margolis A, Weizman A, Ponizovsky AM. Sildenafil citrate in treatment of sexual dysfunction in alcohol dependent men: a quality of life outcome. Alcohol & Alcoholism. 2007. 42(4):340-6.

68. Ponizovsky AM, Margolis A, Heled L, Rosca P, Radomyslansky I, Grinshpoon A. Improved quality of life, clinical and psychosocial outcomes among heroin dependence patients on buprenorphine maintenance. Substance Use & Misuse 2010,45,288-313.

69. Ponizovsky A, Sasson R, Schwartz S, Grinshpoon A. Mental Health Knowledge and attitudes concerning mental disorders among social workers employed in a program of supported education for adult Israeli students with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation   2008 :11:279-294.

70. Abramovitz M, Grinshpoon A, Priebe S, Ponizovsky A. A new institutionalization as a rebound phenomenon. The case of Israel. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2007, 2008;45(4):272-7.

71. Neumark Y.D, Lopez-Quintero C, Grinshpoon A , Levinson D .Alcohol drinking patterns and prevalence of alcohol-abuse and dependence in a national sample of Israeli adults. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2007;44(2)126-135.

72. Grinshpoon A, Marom E, Weizman A, Ponizovsky AM. Psychotropic drug use in Israel: Results from the National Health Survey (INHS). Primary Care Companion Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2007;9(5):356-363.

73. Grinshpoon A, Friger M, Orev E, Schvartz S, Kaplan Z, Abramowitz MZ, Ponizovsky AM. Staff and relative perceptions of the needs of inpatients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders. Israel Journal of Psychiatry 2008 , 45(3):201-9.

74. Bar Chana M,  Levav I,  Lipshitz I, Pugachova I, Kohn R,   Weizman A ,Grinshpoon A  . Enhanced Cancer Risk among  Patients with Bipolar Disorder .Journal of Affective Disorders J Affect Disord. 2008 May; 108(1-2):43-8. 

75.  Levav I, Kohn R,  BarChana M, Lipshitz I, Pugachova I,  Weizman A, Grinshpoon A. The risk for cancer among patients with schizoaffective disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders 2009 April; 316-320.

76. Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky A. The relationships between need profiles, clinical symptoms, functioning and the wellbeing of inpatients with severe mental disorders. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2008; 14:218-225.

77. Ponizovsky A, Radomyslansky I,  Grinshpoon A. Psychological distress and its demographic associations in an immigrant population: Findings from the Israeli National Health Survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry,43:1,68-75.

78. Ponizovsky A, Zusman S.P, Dekel D, Masarwa A, Ramon T, Natapov L, Yoffe R, Weizman A, Grinshpoon A. Improvement in Oral and Dental Health of Psychiatric Inpatients After Reorganization of Dental Services in Israeli Hospitals Psychiatric Service. Psychiatric Service. 60:799–803, 2009

79. Ponizovsky A, Grinshpoon A. Mood and Anxiety Disorders.  Health service utilization and psychotropic drug use in an immigrant population: Findings from the Israeli National Health Survey. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry:2009:54:6,409-419.

80.  Mirsky J, Kohn R, Levav I, Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky AM. Psychological Distress and Common Mental Disorders Among Immigrants: Results From the Israeli-Based Component of the World Mental Health Survey. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008:69:1715-1720.

81. Zusman S.P, Ponizovsky A, Dekel D, Masarwa A, Ramon T, Natapov L, Grinshpoon A. An assessment of the dental health of chronic institutionalized psychiatric patients in Israel. Special Care in Dentistry 2010;30:18-22. 

82. Ponizovsky A ,Averbuch L, Radomislevslensky I, Grinshpoon A. A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Labeled, Parallel Group Trial of Sildenafil in Alcohol-Associated Erectile Dysfunction: The Impact on Psychosocial Outcomes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009,6(9), 2510-2525 doi:10.3390/ijerph6092510

83.  Grinshpoon A, Khawaled R, Polakiewicz J, Appelbaum P.S, Ponizovsky A, Psychiatric Hospitalization by Court Observation Order in Israel:A Ten-Year Follow-up Study. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 2011;48(3)201-206

84. Grinshpoon A, Lerner Y, Hornik-Lurie T, Zilber N,  Ponizovsky A.M. Post discharge Contact with Mental Health Clinics and Psychiatric Readmission: A 6-month Follow-up Study. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci - Vol. 48 - No 4 (2011),262-267

85. Ponizovsky A.M, Margolis A, Heler L, Roshka P, Radomislavsky I, Grinshpoon A . Original Article Improved Quality of Life, Clinical, and Psychosocial Outcomes Among Heroin-dependent Patients on Ambulatory Buprenorphine Maintenance Substance Use & Misuse,2010(1) 45:288–313

86. Grinshpoon A, Barchana M, Lipshitz I, Rosca P, Weizman A, Ponizovsky A M. Cancer incidence in people under methadone maintenance treatment: an Israeli case registry. Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence,2011:88-92

87.  Kreinin ,A; Novitski ,D;  Rabinowitz ,D, Weizman ,A, Grinshpoon,A. Association between tobacco smoking and bipolar affective disorder: Clinical, epidemiological, cross-sectional, retrospective study in outpatients. Comprehensive Psychiatry,2012:269–274

88. Abramowitz ,M.ZPolackiewicz ,J, Grinshpoon,A. Is it Time to Use Checklists in Mental Health Care Auditing? Mental illness.2011;3:e9:33-35

89. Grinshpoon, A, Khawaled, R , Levy ,T, Rosca,P, Ponizovsky,A.M. Changes in Psychiatric Nurse Attitudes towards Legal Representation of inpatients at District Psychiatric Board Hearings in Israel: A Pilot Study. Open Journal of Psychiatry,2011:88-92

90. Ponizovsky,A.M, Vitenberg,E, Baumgarten-Katz,I , Grinshpoon,A. Attachment Styles and Affect Regulation among Outpatients with Schizophrenia: Relationships to Symptomatology and Emotional Distress. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice ,2011.

91.  Ritsner, M, Lisker, A, Arbitman, M, Grinshpoon, A. Perceived needs of schizophrenia patients: latent structure and its relationships with dimensions of illness, personality and quality of life. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.(Submitted)

 

 

 

Case Reports

1.    Grinshpoon A, Levy A, Rappaport A, Rabinovich S. Androcur treatment of sexual disinhibition. (Review of Literature - Case Report). Int J Med Law 1991;10: 609-14.

2.    Grinshpoon A, Berg Y, Mester R, Weizman A. Late onset schizophrenia - diagnostic issues and case history. Clin Gerontol 1992;12 (2):97-101.

 

 

 

        Review Articles

3.    Belmaker R.M., Bleich A., Grinshpoon A. Adult enuresis: A Review. Enuresis Nocturna  J. Psychiatry and Neurology in. Korsakoff (Moscow) 1989, 6:131-135.

Book Chapters

4.    Ben-Gershon B, Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky A. Mental Health Services Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism. In: The Trauma of Terrorism (Y. Danieli, D. Brom, J. Sills, Eds.). The Haworth Press, Inc., 2005, pp. 743-753.

5.    Ponizovsky A, Grinshpoon A, Yagur A, Ben-Gershon B. War stress in a primary care clinic in Gilo, a neighborhood of Jerusalem. In Terror and Medicine: Medical Aspects of Biological, Chemical and Radiological Terrorism (J. Shemer and Y. Shoenfeld, Eds.). Lengerich: PABST Science Publishers, 2003, pp.533-546.

6.    Sasson R, Grinshpoon A. Supportive education for the mentally impaired and its contribution to their integration into the community.   In:  Yearbook for Adult Education, Volume 10, Gadish.  Ed.  Kirmaer P, Basok I.  Jerusalem, 2006.

7.    Sasson R, Grinshpoon A. Social Inclusion though Supportive Education: A program for Adults with Mental Disabilities In:  Yearbook for Adult Education, Volume 10,  Ed.  Kirmaer P.  Jerusalem, 2007.

8.     Ianco J, Herman I, Weiner A, Shani M, Mester R, Grinshpoon A.  Mental capacity to drive and over awareness of traffic accidents:  clinical and legal aspects. [Hebrew] In:Forensic Israel  Psychiatry (Grinshpoon A ,Margolin Y, Witztum E, Eds.) Arie Nir Publishers 2009,pp.215.

9.    Bauer A, Waled R, Rosca P, Mester R, Grinshpoon A. Legislation in Forensic Psychiatry. [Hebrew]  In: Forensic Israel  Psychiatry (Grinshpoon A, Margolin Y, Witztum E, Eds.) Arie Nir Publishers 2009,pp.21-40

 

10. Grinshpoon A, Rosca P, Bauer A, Waled R, Nahon D, Mester R. Licensing of weapons. Legal and psychiatric aspects.  . [Hebrew] In: Forensic Israel  Psychiatry (Grinshpoon A, Margolin Y, Witztum E, Eds.) Arie Nir Publishers 2009,251-272.

11. Rosca P, Grinshpoon A. The buprenorphine treatment and maintenance among heroin dependence patients. [Hebrew] In: Drug addiction, violence and sexual abuse. The Legal treatment. (Meil H, Hovev M, Golan M, Eds.) Carmel Publishers, Jerusalem.2008 pp:36-46.

12.  Ponizovsky AM, Weizman A, Grinshpoon A. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Risk for Cancer Morbidity and Mortality. In Handbook of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Volume II: Phenotypic and Endophenotypic Presentations. M.S. Ritsner (Ed.). Springer: Basel, 2011, pp. 481-503.

Letters to the Editor

13. Levav I, Grinshpoon A, Novikov I, Ponizovsky A. Terrorism and psychiatric disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry 2004;161:2136-2137 letter

14. Levav I, Ponizovsky A, Grinshpoon A. Cancer and schizophrenia. British Journal of Psychiatry 2006; 188: 190-191 letter

Conferences

          Invited lecture

          Grinshpoon A., Zemishlany Z. Chairmen, Epidemiology session.  12th National

           Conference of the Israel Psychiatric Association, Tel –Aviv, May 10, 2006 .

          Grinshpoon A., Economic session (12). 13th National Conference of the Israel 

            Psychiatric Association, Tel –Aviv, May 6,   2009 .

          Grinshpoon A., Basic research in psychiatry: Residence's competition .14th

           National Conference of the Israel Society of Biological Psychiatry, Gosh rim,   

           March 9-11, 2010.

           Grinshpoon A., Basic research in psychiatry: Residence's competition .15th

           National Conference of the Israel Society of Biological Psychiatry, Gosh rim,  

           March 20-22, 2012

          Grinshpoon A., Economic session (21). 14th National Conference of the Israel 

            Psychiatric Association ,Tel-Aviv, May 15-17,2012

          Contributed talks

  1. Grinsphoon A., Levy A. “Androcur treatment for sexual disinhibition”. The Sixth National Conference of the Israeli Psychiatric Society. 1988 Kfar Hamaccabiah, Israel.
  2. Grinshpoon A., Levy Y. “Cyproterone Acetate as Treating Agent in Sexual disinhibitions”. XVth International Congress on law and Mental Health of the International Academy on law and Mental Health. Jerusalem 1989.
  3. Grinshpoon A., Levy A., Lerner Y., Bleich A., Kotler M. “Competency for military arrest as a psychiatric problem”.  VXth International Congress on Law and Mental Health of the international Academy on Law and Mental Health. Jerusalem 1989.
  4. Grinshpoon A., Mester R., Spivak B., Bery Y., Bleich A. “Delayed amnesia after electroconvulsive therapy”. The III International Congress on Psychiatry. Jerusalem 1991.
  5. Grinshpoon A., Kron S., Kaplan Z. “the Role of the Military District Psychiatrist”.The III International Congress on Psychiatry, Law and Ethics. Jerusalem. 1991.
  6. Witztum E., Grinshpoon A., Kron S. “Misdiagnosis of Malingering, silent boundaries and problems of countertransference”. The III International Congress of the on Psychiatry, Law and Ethics. Jerusalem 1991.
  7. Grinsphoon A., Bery Y., Witzmann A. and Mester R. “Diagnostic problems in Schizophrenic Disorder Beginning at an advanced Age.” The Seventh National Conference of he Israel Psychiatric Society. 1991, Israel.

 

 

  1. Rapoport A., Stein D., Grinsphoon A. and Elitzur A. Clinical observation and quantification of Akathisia and Pseudo-Akathisa in Consequence of the use of  Neurolepics.” The Eighth National Conference of the Israel Psychiatric Society 1994, Israel.
  2. Rapoport A., Stein D., Grinsphoon A. and Elitzur A. Akathisia and pseudoakathisia - Clinical observation and accelerometria recordings. Biol. Psychiatry 1993; 33:37A-162A.
  3. Naisberg Y, Grinshpoon A. Multiplex biophysical analyzer (BMA) for medical technologic model (MTM): Theory and practice. The 28th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering. 14-15 June, Beersheba, Israel.
  4. Grinshpoon A, Shershevsky Y, Levinson D, Ponizovsky A. Should patients with chronic psychiatric disorders stay in hospital? 11th National Conference of the Israel Psychiatric Association. Haifa, Israel, 2003.
  5. Levav I, Novikov I, Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky A. Health services use in Jerusalem under the Intifada. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 1-6, 2004, New York, NY
  6. Rosca P, Khawalled R, Bauer A, Geraisi N, Greener E, Grinshpoon A. Legislation on mental health: Israel, Egypt and other Arab countries. 3rd International Conference on Psychiatry, Law and Ethics. March 23-25, 2004, Eilat, Israel.
  7. Bauer A, Rosca P, Grinshpoon A. Khawalled R, Mester R. Regional psychiatric boards in Israel: Focus on risk assessment. 3rd International Conference on Psychiatry, Law and Ethics. March 23-25, 2004, Eilat, Israel.
  8. Grinshpoon A. Psychiatric reform in Israel. WHO European Ministerial Conference on Mental  Health : Facing the challenges, building solutions. 12-15 January, 2005, Helsinki, Finland.
  9. Abramowitz M.Z., Levav I., Grinshpoon, A. Prisons and the human rights of persons with mental disorders. XIII World Congress of Psychiatry, September 10-15, 2005, Cairo, Egypt.
  10. Levav I, Novikov I, Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky A. Health services utilization in Jerusalem under terrorism. 13th AEP Congress “European Psychiatry: The interface between biological and social factors“, April 2-6, 2005, Munich,  Germany.
  11. Rosca P, Haled R, Grinshpoon A. Legal Representation of Mental Health Patients before Regional Psychiatric Boards in Israel. XXIX th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, July 2–8, 2005, Paris, France.
  12. Mester R, Barel Y, Grishpoon A. Study and Follow-Up of the Use of Legal Representation of Psychiatric Patients in Regional Psychiatric Boards in Israel. XXIX th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, July 2–8, 2005, Paris, France. 
  13. Ponizovsky AM, Rosca P, Grishpoon A. Trends in Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization in Israel 1991-2000. XXIX th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, July 2–8, 2005, Paris, France.
  14. Rosca P, Margolis A, Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky A. Buprenorphine versus Clonidine: well-being, psychosocial factors, and side-effects after detoxification. Drug Addiction Conference, September 27-28, 2005, Ljublijana, Slovenia.
  15. Rosca P, Margolis A, Grinshpoon A, Ponizovsky A. Buprenorphine versus Clonidine: well-being, psychosocial factors, and side-effects after detoxification. 12th Conference of the Israel Psychiatric Association, May 9-11, 2006, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
  16. Neumark Y, Levinson D, Grinshpoon A (2006) Drinking and drug-use patterns and disorders in Israel: results of a national household survey (oral).  68th Annual Scientific Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Arizona, US, June 17-22.
  17. Neumark Y, Levinson D, Grinshpoon A (2006) Drinking and drug-use patterns and disorders in Israel: results of a national household survey (poster). 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Maryland,   US, June 23-28.
  18. Ponizovsky A, Margolis A, Grinshpoon A.(2007) Erectile dysfunction in alcohol dependent men: A multicenter, randomized, open-labeled, parallel group trial of sildenafil. XIV Russian National Congress “The man and the medication”, April 16-20, 2007, Moscow, Russia.
  19. Grinshpoon, M. Z. Abramowitz, Y. Lerner, N. Zilber. (2007) Re-hospitalization of first-in-life admitted schizophrenic patients before and after rehabilitation legislation; a comparison of two national cohorts. 6th Annual Scientific Conference of the NIHP for Health Policy,  December 12, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

27.  Abramovitz M, Grinshpoon A, Priebe S, Ponizovsky A.(2007) A new institutionalization as a rebound phenomenon. The case of Israel. 6th Annual Scientific Conference of the NIHP for Health  Policy , December 12, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

28.  Abramowitz, M.  Polackiewicz, Y. Shemaya, M.  Grinshpoon,A.(2009) New Tools for Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Professional Clinical Auditing in Mental Health , The Fourth International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy .December, Jerusalem

29.  Grinshpoon A, Elisha D, Ponizovsky A.(2009) Managed behavioral healthcare. 13th.National Conference of the Israel  Psychiatric Association, Tel –Aviv, May 6, 2009 .

30.  Grinshpoon A,Goifman Y,Belgorodsky B,Gur O,Zchafrir S,Atad Z,Melamed E,Ben Ami S,Hirshman S,Kreinin A. Computerization medical record in psychiatria.9th National Conference of the Israel  Logistics in Health Care. Tel-Aviv, February 29, 2012.

 

SPECIAL  PROFESSIONAL  ACTIVITIES

 

       2006              Reviewer for professional journals: 
British Journal of Psychiatry,                                              
Archives of General Psychiatry

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Clinical Psychiatry Journal

Harefuah

              Journal of Psychosomatic Research

2008            The Israel Medical Association Journal (IMAJ)

2009                          Psychiatric Services

STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTION

                 Post-Graduate Students = 1

                Residents’ Research=3

  

     RESEARCH  GRANTS

2003-2005 Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Finance (Statistic  

                    Department). 6 mill shekel. The Israel National  (Mental) health Survey.

2004-        Pfizer Pharmaceutical.35 thousands shekel. Erectile dysfunction in alcohol  

   dependent men: A multicenter, randomized, open-labeled, parallel group trial  

  of  sildenafil.

2009- Anti Drug Committee. 60 thousands shekel. Maintenance treatment with   Baclofen in        

          Alcohol  dependent patients.

 

 
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