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
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