Alberto B.(Al) Santos, MA, MD

Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Biometry
& Epidemiology; Director of Psychiatry Residency Training Programs,
Medical University of South Carolina

Tel: (843) 792-0192
Fax: (843) 792-6894
Email: santosab@musc.edu


Education:

B.S. Psychology - University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia, SC. 1971;
M.A. Experimental Psychology - University of South Carolina (USC), 1972;
M.D., Medicine - Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, 1976;
Residency, Psychiatry - Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, S.C. 1976-1980;
NIH/NIMH Faculty Scholar Award (T1MH19466) 1990-1993, Schizophrenia.

Research Interests:

Schizophrenia

Publications:

Meisler N, Blankertz L, Santos AB, McKay C. Impact of assertive community treatment on homeless persons with co-occurring severe psychiatric and substance use disorders. Community Mental Health Journal, 33:113-121, 1997

Leonard I. Stein & Alberto B. Santos (Au.). Assertive Community Treatment of Persons with Severe Mental Illness. WW Norton & Company, Inc, NY, 1998

Meisler N, McKay CD, Gold PB, Schales-Elkins P, Benasutti R, Santos AB. Assertive community treatment of dually-diagnosed persons with mental illness and mental retardation. J of Psychiatric Practice and Behavioral Health, 6:(2)77-83, 2000

Burns BJ, Schoenwald SK, Burchard JD, Faw L, Santos AB. Comprehensive community-based interventions for youth with severe emotional disorders: Multisystemic therapy and the wraparound process. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 9: 283-314, 2000

Frueh BC, Deitsch SE, Santos AB, Gold PB, Johnson MR, Meisler N, Magruder KM, BallengerJC.  Procedural and methodological issues in telepsychiatry research and program development. Psychiatric Services,  51:1522-1527, 2000

Joseph J. Zealberg and Alberto B. Santos (Au). Comprehensive Emergency Mental Health Care. Beard Books, Washington, D.C., 2003

Gold PB, Meisler N, Keleher J, Williams O, Drake RE, Becker DB. Assertive Community Treatment and Individual Placement and Support: moving evidenced-based rehabilitation interventions for persons with severe mental illness from the laboratory into clinical practice. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 10:290-303, 2003