David G. Bienenfeld, M.D.

Department:
Psychiatry
Title:
Professor Emeritus
Email:
david.bienenfeld@wright.edu

Currenlty in private practice of general adult psychiatry in Israel:

6/5 Harav Yaakov Yosef, Ramat Beit Shemesh

הרב יעקב יוסף 6/5

רמת בית שמש

053-8468487

david.bienenfeld@outlook.com

Academic Interests

  • Graduate medical education, particularly competency assessment
  • Forensic psychiatry, particularly disability assessment
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Psychotherapy ­ psychodynamic and cognitive

Representative Publications

Papers

  • Knapp V, Bienenfeld D, Electroconvulsive Therapy.  Hospital Physician 5(4):1-12, 2001.
  • Bullock JD, WarwarRE, Bienenfeld DG, Marciniszyn SL, Markert RJ, Psychosocial implications of belpharoptosis and dermatochalasis. Tr Am Ophth Soc 99:65-72, 2001.
  • Gillig P, Markert R, Bienenfeld D, Klykylo W, Rudisill J, Kay J, Bourgeois J, Community vs. private-practice psychiatrists: lifestyle and role as related to career track.  Admin and Policy in Mental Health 29(2):173-176, 2001.
  • Bienenfeld D, Klykylo W, Lehrer D.  Closing the loop: Assessing the effectiveness of psychiatric competency measures. Acad Psychiatry, 27(3):131-135, 2003.
  • Yager J, Bienenfeld D.  How competent are we to assess residents’ competence in psychotherapy?  Acad Psychiatry, 27(3):174-181, 2003.
  • Allen D M, Wahid Z, Khan H, Bienenfeld, D, Gillig PM, Kramer S I, Mintz D.  Clinical Exchange: Integrating Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology: - The Case of the Certified Nursing Assistant.  J  Psychotherapy Integration, 16 (3):263-312, 2006.
  • Bienenfeld D.  Guest Editorial: Personality disorders. Psych Annals 37:2, 84-85, 2007.
  • Bienenfeld D. Cognitive therapy of patients with personality disorders. Psych Annals 37:2, 133-139, 2007.
  • Ladson DL, Bienenfeld D.  Delayed reaction to trauma in an aging woman.  Psychiatry 2007 June:46-50, 2007.
  • Bienenfeld D, Yager J.  Issues of Religion and Spirituality in Psychotherapy Supervision.  Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 44(3):178-186, 2007.
  • Bienenfeld D.  Guest Editorial: Psychotherapy in Late Life. Psych Annals 39:9, 825-826, 2009.
  • Bienenfeld D. Cognitive therapy with older adults. Psych Annals 39:9, 828-832, 2009.
  • Mossman D, Bowen MD, Vanness DJ,  Bienenfeld D,  Correll T,  Kay J, Klykylo WM,  Lehrer DS. Quantifying the Accuracy of Forensic Examiners in the Absence  of a ‘‘Gold Standard.’’  Law Hum Beh  DOI 10.1007/s10979-009-9197-5, 2009.
  • Bienenfeld D. Geriatric Psychiatry: Substance Abuse and Aging. MedEdPORTAL; 2012. Available from: www.mededportal.org/publication/9258.

Books

Bienenfeld D (Ed.):  Verwoerdt's Clinical Geropsychiatry (3rd ed.).  Baltimore:  Williams & Wilkins (1990).

Bienenfeld D: Psychodynamic Theory for Clinicians.  Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2006).

Book and Online Chapters

  • Bienenfeld D, Administration of Residency Programs. In J Kay, E Silberman, L Pessar (Eds.): Handbook of Psychiatric Education and Faculty Development. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1999, p.351-361.
  • Bienenfeld D, Geriatric Psychiatry. In J Kay, A Tasman (Eds): Psychiatry: Behaviroal Science and Clinical Essentials. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1999, p. 627-643.
  • Bienenfeld D, The Nosology and Classification of Neurotic Disorders in the Elderly. In JRM Copeland, MT Abou-Saleh, D Blazer (Eds.): Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry (2nd Edition). London: John Wiley & Sons, 2002, pp. 537-540.
  • Schulte J, Bienenfeld D, Other Neurotic Disorders. In JRM Copeland, MT Abou-Saleh, D Blazer (Eds.): Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry (2nd Edition). London: John Wiley & Sons, 2002, pp. 579-583.
  • Bienenfeld D, Malingering. In S Pflantz, et al.: emedicine.com, http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/293206-overview, 2001.
  • Bienenfeld D, Personality disorders. In S Pflantz, et al.: emedicine.com, http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/294307-overview, 2001.
  • Bienenfeld D, History of Psychotherapy. In M Hersen, W Sledge (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. New York: Academic Press, 2002, pp. 925-935.
  • Bienenfeld D, Administration of Residency Programs.  In J Kay, E Silberman, L Pessar (Eds.):  Handbook of Psychiatric Education and Faculty Development (2nd ed).  Washington, DC:  American Psychiatric Press, 2005, 125-142.
  • Nolan B, Roman B, Bienenfeld D, Teaching Residents to Teach.  In J Kay, E Silberman, L Pessar (Eds.):  Handbook of Psychiatric Education and Faculty Development (2nd ed).  Washington, DC:  American Psychiatric Press, 2005, 189-206.
  • Bienenfeld D.  Late Life.   In A Tasman, J Kay, JA Lieberman (Eds.): Psychiatry (3rd Edition).  Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2008, 196-202.
  • Saranga V, Bienenfeld D, Caring for Elders with Mental Illness.  In L Roberts, J Hoop, T Heinrich (Eds.): Clinical Psychiatry Essentials.  Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010, 543-558.
  • Bienenfeld D, Anklesaria A. Parasomnias. eMedicine from WebMD. Updated November 19, 2010. Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/291931-overview.
  • Bienenfeld D, The Nosology and Classification of Neurotic Disorders in the Elderly.  In, MT Abou‑Saleh, CLE Katona, A Kumar (Eds.):  Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry (3rd Edition).  London:  John Wiley & Sons, 2011, pp. 611-615.
  • Schulte J, Bienenfeld D, Other Neurotic Disorders.  In, MT Abou‑Saleh, CLE Katona, A Kumar (Eds.):  Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry (3rd Edition).  London:  John Wiley & Sons, 2011, pp. 640-646.
  • Slusher C, Bienenfeld D, Electroconvulsive therapy machine. emedicine.com from WebMD.  Updated Jan 6, 2012.  Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2015450-overview
  • Bienenfeld D, Stinson K, Depression screening measures. emedicine.com from WebMD.  Updated November 12, 2012. Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1859039-overview.
  • Bienenfeld D, Personality disorders.  emedicine.com from WebMD.  Updated January 7, 2013.  Available at:  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/294307-overview
  • Bienenfeld D., Malingering. Medscape Reference. Updated April 15, 2015. Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/293206-overview
  • West J, Bienenfeld D, Therapeutic hypnosis.  emedicine.com from WebMD.  Updated August 7, 2014.  Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1948365-overview
  • Bienenfeld D. Possible Malingering: Recognition, Responsibilities and Management [audio/transcript]. CMEtoGO®. American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies. May 19, 2017

Education History

M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1974-78

Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1978-81

Fellowship: Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1981-82

Specialist observership:   Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah Medical Center, 2018

 

 

Licensure and Certification

 

Licensed to practice medicine in Ohio and Georgia

Licensed to practice medicine in Israel

Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology:  Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry

Certified Specialist in Psychiatry, Israel Ministry of Health

 

Teaching

Current Positions

 

            Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry (2015 ‑ )

            Professor Emeritus of Geriatric Medicine (2015 - )

                           Wright State University School of Medicine

            Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

 

Academic Positions

 

1980 ‑ 1982     Instructor – Freshman, sophomore and junior medical student courses in Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

1981 ‑ 1982     Internship preceptor ‑ University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry.

1983 ‑ 1989     Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

1984 ‑ 1985     Acting Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry.

1984 ‑ 1990     Core Faculty, Ohio Valley Appalachia Regional Geriatric Education Center.

1985 ‑ 1990     Visiting Lecturer, Hebrew Union College,    Cincinnati, Ohio.

1985 ‑              Examiner ‑ American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

1986 ‑ 1990     Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry,    University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry.

1987 ‑ 1990     Educational Coordinator, Alzheimer's Research Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

1988 ‑ 1990     Assistant Professor of Family Medicine University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

1989 ‑ 1990     Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

1990 ‑ 1997     Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine

1997 - 2015     Professor of Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine

1990 ‑ 2013     Director of Residency Training, Wright State University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

1990 ‑ 2013     Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine

1991 ‑ 1993     Visiting Lecturer, University of Dayton Law School

1995                Consultant, Educational Testing Service, Guidance Research Program

1998-1999       Acting Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University

2015  -             Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

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