Michael Robert Clark
Associate Professor
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
Biography
Michael R. Clark is the Director of the Adolf Meyer Chronic Pain Treatment Programs in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and has joint appointments in the Departments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery in the School of Medicine and of Mental Hygiene in the Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr. Clark specializes in the care of patients with chronic medical illnesses. He is a member of the Blaustein Pain Treatment Center and the Vestibular & Balance Disorders Center at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. These interdisciplinary efforts deliver comprehensive medical care to patients with disabling conditions that are refractory to diagnosis and treatment. A fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Dr. Clark currently devotes his research work to psychiatric phenomenology of sensory abnormalities such as chronic dizziness and pain, including studies on neuropathic pain. He serves on the National Institutes of Health Division of Research Grants Risk Prevention and Health Behavior Study Section.
Research Interest
dult Psychiatry, Chronic Pain, Pain Management, Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Psychosomatic Medicine
Publications
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Clark MR, Cox TS. Refractory Chronic Pain. Psychiatric Clinics North America 2002;25:71-88.
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Larson SL, Clark MR, Eaton WW. Depressive Disorder as a Long-Term Antecedent Risk Factor for Incident Back Pain: A Thirteen-Year Follow-Up Study from the Baltimore Epidemiological Catchment Area Sample. Psychological Medicine 2004;34:211-219.
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Clark MR, Treisman GJ (eds). Pain and Depression: An Interdisciplinary Patient-Centered Approach. Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine. Volume 25, Karger, Basel, (2004).
