Doctoral Project
Ruffalo, M. L. (2019). Understanding schizophrenia: Toward a unified biological and psychodynamic approach. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 26(2), 185-200. doi:10.1080/15228878.2019.1616570
Selected Publications
Ruffalo, M. L., & Ray, A. M. (in press). Distinguishing mood temperaments from personality disorders: Diagnostic and clinical implications. Psychodynamic Psychiatry.
Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Moving beyond the biopsychosocial model in clinical social work. Clinical Social Work Journal.
Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Fundamental problems in borderline personality disorder. The Psychoanalytic Review.
Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Borderline personality disorder: A valid psychiatric diagnosis. The Archives of Psychiatry.
Newhill, C. E., & Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Trauma, diagnosis, and borderline personality disorder: The need for conceptual clarity. Social Work.
Ruffalo, M. L., Ray, A. M., Rasol, A., & Staal, C. (in press). Psychosis in borderline personality disorder: A neglected clinical phenomenon. The Psychoanalytic Review.
Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Psychiatric diagnosis in clinical social work. Social Work.
Hale, M., & Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). From stimulation to interpretation: Psychodynamic aspects of transcranial magnetic stimulation. Psychodynamic Psychiatry.
Ruffalo, M. L., Rasol, A., & Ray, A. M. (in press). Fifty years of borderline personality disorder: A history of the syndrome. Psychodynamic Psychiatry.
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Against oversimplification: The case for causal modesty and complexity in psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20250039
Rucker, J., & Ruffalo, M. (2025). Relationships between language use, working alliance, and personality pathology in an inpatient psychiatric sample. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-025-09694-6
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Some observations on paleologic thinking in borderline personality disorder. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 53(3), 294-300. https://doi.org/10.1521/pdps.2025.53.3.294
Le, T., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). The psychotherapy of delusional disorder: Theoretical models and therapeutic technique. American Journal of Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.202400
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). On the borderline syndrome and its relationship to schizophrenia. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 53(2), 162-167. https://doi.org/10.1521/pdps.2025.53.2.162
Pies, R. W., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Use of the PRiSM diagnostic instrument in clinical practice. Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/use-of-the-prism-diagnostic-instrument-in-clinical-practice
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Communication paradoxes in borderline personality disorder. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 53(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.1521/pdps.2025.53.1.27
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Heads I win, tails you lose: Interpersonal aspects of borderline personality disorder. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 89(1), 52-69. https://doi.org/10.1521/bumc.2025.89.1.52
Aftab, A., Banicki, K., Ruffalo, M. L., & Frances, A. (2024). Psychiatric diagnosis: A clinical guide to navigating diagnostic pluralism. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212(8), 445-454. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001791
MacDougald, Q., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2024). History of psychiatry: Its relevance in training and beyond. Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/history-of-psychiatry-its-relevance-in-training-and-beyond
Ruffalo, M. L., Kottapalli, M., & Anbukkarasu, P. (2023). Empathy in the care of individuals with schizophrenia: A vital element of treatment. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 77(1), 30-34. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20230022
Ruffalo, M. L. (2023). The psychotherapy of schizophrenia: A review of the evidence for psychodynamic and nonpsychodynamic treatments. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 33(3), 222-228. doi:10.5152/pcp.2023.23627
Ruffalo, M. L. (2022). Remembering Silvano Arieti 40 years later. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 75(3), 103-107. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20210039
Furiato, A. J., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2021). Schizophrenia in the emergency department: Psychologically and psychodynamically informed practices. Psychiatric Times, 38(11), 42-43.
Ruffalo, M. L., & Pies, R. W. (2018, August 19). The reality of mental illness: Responding to the criticisms of antipsychiatry. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freud-fluoxetine/201808/the-reality-mental-illness
Frances, A. J., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2018). Mental illness, civil liberty, and common sense. Psychiatric Times, 35(7), 14A-14C.
Ruffalo, M. L. (2017). A brief history of lithium treatment in psychiatry. The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, 19(5), ii. doi:10.4088/PCC.17br02140
Ruffalo, M. L. (2013, Fall). Self-responsibility and contractual psychoanalysis. Newsletter of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, 17-18.
Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Moving beyond the biopsychosocial model in clinical social work. Clinical Social Work Journal.
Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Fundamental problems in borderline personality disorder. The Psychoanalytic Review.
Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Borderline personality disorder: A valid psychiatric diagnosis. The Archives of Psychiatry.
Newhill, C. E., & Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Trauma, diagnosis, and borderline personality disorder: The need for conceptual clarity. Social Work.
Ruffalo, M. L., Ray, A. M., Rasol, A., & Staal, C. (in press). Psychosis in borderline personality disorder: A neglected clinical phenomenon. The Psychoanalytic Review.
Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Psychiatric diagnosis in clinical social work. Social Work.
Hale, M., & Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). From stimulation to interpretation: Psychodynamic aspects of transcranial magnetic stimulation. Psychodynamic Psychiatry.
Ruffalo, M. L., Rasol, A., & Ray, A. M. (in press). Fifty years of borderline personality disorder: A history of the syndrome. Psychodynamic Psychiatry.
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Against oversimplification: The case for causal modesty and complexity in psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20250039
Rucker, J., & Ruffalo, M. (2025). Relationships between language use, working alliance, and personality pathology in an inpatient psychiatric sample. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-025-09694-6
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Some observations on paleologic thinking in borderline personality disorder. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 53(3), 294-300. https://doi.org/10.1521/pdps.2025.53.3.294
Le, T., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). The psychotherapy of delusional disorder: Theoretical models and therapeutic technique. American Journal of Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.202400
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). On the borderline syndrome and its relationship to schizophrenia. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 53(2), 162-167. https://doi.org/10.1521/pdps.2025.53.2.162
Pies, R. W., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Use of the PRiSM diagnostic instrument in clinical practice. Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/use-of-the-prism-diagnostic-instrument-in-clinical-practice
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Communication paradoxes in borderline personality disorder. Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 53(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.1521/pdps.2025.53.1.27
Ruffalo, M. L. (2025). Heads I win, tails you lose: Interpersonal aspects of borderline personality disorder. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 89(1), 52-69. https://doi.org/10.1521/bumc.2025.89.1.52
Aftab, A., Banicki, K., Ruffalo, M. L., & Frances, A. (2024). Psychiatric diagnosis: A clinical guide to navigating diagnostic pluralism. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212(8), 445-454. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001791
MacDougald, Q., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2024). History of psychiatry: Its relevance in training and beyond. Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/history-of-psychiatry-its-relevance-in-training-and-beyond
Ruffalo, M. L., Kottapalli, M., & Anbukkarasu, P. (2023). Empathy in the care of individuals with schizophrenia: A vital element of treatment. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 77(1), 30-34. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20230022
Ruffalo, M. L. (2023). The psychotherapy of schizophrenia: A review of the evidence for psychodynamic and nonpsychodynamic treatments. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 33(3), 222-228. doi:10.5152/pcp.2023.23627
Ruffalo, M. L. (2022). Remembering Silvano Arieti 40 years later. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 75(3), 103-107. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20210039
Furiato, A. J., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2021). Schizophrenia in the emergency department: Psychologically and psychodynamically informed practices. Psychiatric Times, 38(11), 42-43.
Ruffalo, M. L., & Pies, R. W. (2018, August 19). The reality of mental illness: Responding to the criticisms of antipsychiatry. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freud-fluoxetine/201808/the-reality-mental-illness
Frances, A. J., & Ruffalo, M. L. (2018). Mental illness, civil liberty, and common sense. Psychiatric Times, 35(7), 14A-14C.
Ruffalo, M. L. (2017). A brief history of lithium treatment in psychiatry. The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, 19(5), ii. doi:10.4088/PCC.17br02140
Ruffalo, M. L. (2013, Fall). Self-responsibility and contractual psychoanalysis. Newsletter of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, 17-18.