Education

M.D.: The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1978
Residency: The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1978-82

Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry), 1985

Academic Interests

Eating disorders
Borderline personality disorder

Representative Publications

Journal Publications:

Sansone RA, Wiederman MW, Sansone LA. The Self-Harm Inventory (SHI): development of a scale for identifying self-destructive behaviors and borderline personality disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology 54:973-983, 1998.

Sansone RA, Wiederman MW. Spending too much: relationships with borderline personality symptomatology. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 16:316-318, 2012.

Sansone RA, Sellbom M, Chang J, Jewell B. An examination of racial differences in self-harm behavior. Psychiatry Research 200:49-51, 2012.

Sansone RA, Leung JS, Wiederman MW.  Aggressive behavior and employment histories in patients from an internal medicine outpatient clinic. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2013;54:70-73.

Sansone RA, Wiederman MW.  Driving recklessly: relationships with borderline personality symptomatology. Primary Care Companion 2013;15(1): doi:10.4088/PCC.12|01379.

Sansone RA, Kelley AR, Forbis JS.  The relationship between forgiveness and history of suicide attempt. Mental Health, Religion & Culture  2013:16:31-37.

Sansone RA, Lam C, Wiederman MW.  Victims of bullying in childhood, criminal outcomes in adulthood. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 2013;17:69-72.

Sansone RA, Wiederman MW.  Head-banging: relationships with borderline personality symptomatology. Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience 2013;10(1):10-13.

Sansone RA, Leung JS, Wiederman MW.  Externalized aggressive behaviors in patients with borderline personality symptomatology. Southern Medical Journal  2013;106:136-140.

Faber J, Sansone RA.  Buspirone: a possible cause of alopecia. Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience 2013;10:13.

Sansone RA, Wiederman MW.  Distancing oneself from God: relationships with borderline personality disorder. Journal of Mental Health, Religion, and Culture  2013;16(2):210-214.

Sansone RA, Chang J, Sellbom M, Jewell B.  Bully victims and borderline personality symptomatology. International Journal of Social Psychiatry  2013;59:193-194.

Sansone RA, Chang J, Jewell B, Marion BE.  Compulsive buying: relationship with body mass index. Obesity 2013;21(1). DOI:10.1002/oby.20076.

Sansone RA, Lam C, Wiederman MW.  The relationship between rages and criminal behavior in an internal medicine outpatient sample. Primary Care Companion  2013;15(2).  DOI:10.4088/PCC.12|0193.

Sansone RA, Kelley AM, Forbis JS.  The relationship between forgiveness and borderline personality. Journal of Religion and Health  2013;52:974-980.

Sansone RA, Chang J, Jewell B, Sellbom M, Bidwell M.  Compulsive buying and borderline personality symptomatology. Journal of Personality Disorders  2013;27:260-268.

Sansone RA, Wiederman MW.  Losing a job on purpose: relationships with borderline personality symptomatology. Early Intervention Psychiatry  2013;7:210-212.

Sansone RA, Sawyer JC.  Aripiprazole withdrawal: a case report. Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience  2013;10(5-6):10-13.

Sansone RA, Sansone LA.  The difficult pain patient—Perhaps borderline personality disorder? Primary Care Reports  2013;19:93-103.

Sansone RA, Kay J, Anderson JL.  Resident didactic education in borderline personality: a contemporary examination. Academic Psychiatry  2013;37:287-288.

Sansone RA, Farukhi S, Wiederman MW.  Perceptions of childhood caretakers and borderline personality symptomatology. Child Abuse & Neglect  2013; doi:pii: S0145-2134(13)00175-0. 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.06.008.

Sansone RA, Watts DA, Wiederman MW.  Childhood trauma and pain and pain catastrophizing in adulthood: A cross-sectional survey study. Primary Care Companion 2013;15(4):doi:10.4088/PCC.13m01506.

Book Chapters:

Sansone RA, Sansone LA. Borderline personality and eating disorders: a chaotic crossroads. In: Maine M, Bunnell D, McGilley B, eds. Special Issues in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Gaps. New York: Elsevier, 217-232, 2010.

Sansone RA, Fierros MG.  Chronic suicidal ideation in borderline personality disorder.  In: Shrivastava A, Kimbrell M, Lester D, eds. Suicide from a Global Perspective: Psychiatric Approaches. New York: Nova Science Publishers. 2012:209-214.

Sansone RA, Sansone LA. The eating disorders.  In: Klykylo WM, Kay J, eds. Clinical Child Psychiatry, 3rd Edition.  London: John Wiley.  2012;289-304.

Dennis AB, Sansone RA.  Issues in treating comorbidity in the eating disorders.  In: Levine MP, Smolak L, eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Eating Disorders (Vol. 2). West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. (in press)

Sansone RA, Sansone LA. Personality disorders in the medical setting. In Oldham JM, Skodol AE, Bender DS, eds. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Personality Disorders, 2nd edition. Washington, DC: APPI. (in press)

Books:

Levitt JL, Sansone RA, Cohn L. Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders: Dynamics, Assessment, and Treatment. Brunner-Routledge, 2004.

Sansone RA, Levitt JL. Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders. Exploring the Frontier. Routledge, 2006.

Sansone RA, Sansone LA. Borderline Personality in the Medical Setting. Unmasking and Managing the Difficult Patient. Nova Science, 2007.

Sansone RA, Wiederman MW. Transcending the Personality Disordered Parent. Psychological and Spiritual Tactics. Columbia, SC: Mindful Publications; 2013.

Copyrights:

Sansone RA, Sansone LA, Wiederman MW. Self-Harm Inventory (SHI), 1995.

Sansone RA. "Mental Health Issues in Primary Care" newsletter, 1995.