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Brenda Bursch

Primary Position
Professor, Clinical Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics & Clinical Director, Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation Liaison, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Other
Other Job Responsibilities
Administrative, Teaching
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
As Clinical Director of the Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation - Liaison Service, I work closely with Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
UCLA Division of Child Psychiatry
760 Westwood Plaza, Semel 48-253C
Los Angeles, California 90024-1759
eMAIL
bbursch@mednet.ucla.edu
Keywords
functional symptom disorders
iatrogenic trauma
terminal illness
factitious disorders
education
Publications of Interest

Forgey, M., Bursch, B. (2013).  Assessment and Management of Pediatric Iatrogenic Medical Trauma. Current Psychiatry Reports, 15(2):340.

Bursch, B. (2014). Munchausen by Proxy and Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another.  Psychiatric Times. Aug;31(8):16-27.

Forgey, M., Bursch, B. (2014).   Psychopharmacology for Youth with Medical Illness. Minerva Psichiatrica. Minerva Psichiatrica December;55(4):181-91

Forgey, M., Bursch, B. (2014).  Psychopharmacology in Oncology and Palliative Care:  Childhood and Adolescence.  In Luigi Grassi & Michelle Riba (Editors)Clinical Psychopharmacology for Oncology and Palliative Care: A Practical Manual.  Springer.

Caplan R & Bursch B (2012).  “How Many More Questions?” Techniques for Clinical Interviews of Young Medically Ill Children, Oxford University Press.