Mark L. Ruffalo

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry


Curriculum vitae


mlruffalo@gmail.com


(813) 694-4238 (office)


Department of Psychiatry

University of Central Florida; Tufts University (Adjunct)

10335 Cross Creek Boulevard
Suite 15
Tampa, FL 33647



Publications


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. (in press). On the borderline syndrome and its relationship to schizophrenia. Psychodynamic Psychiatry.

Ruffalo, M. L. (in press). Communication paradoxes in borderline personality disorder. Psychodynamic Psychiatry.

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. (2024). A double bind: Communication in patients with borderline personality disorder. Psychiatric Times, 41(5), 1, 9.

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

Ruffalo, M. L. (2022). Self-blaming depression: Theory and technique. Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/self-blaming-depression-theory-and-technique

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. (2020). On the psychoanalytic treatment of conversion disorder. Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/psychoanalytic-treatment-conversion-disorder

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. (2018). The psychoanalytic tradition in American psychiatry: The basics. Psychiatric Times. http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/history-psychiatry/psychoanalytic-tradition-american-psychiatry-basics

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
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