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William Thornton, M.D.

William Thornton, M.D.

Professor

Endowed Title
McKenzie Foundation Chair in Psychiatry II
School
Medical School
Department
Psychiatry

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  • Biography

    Much of my clinical work is with general psychiatric inpatients, including persons with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and dementia. My outpatient work focuses primarily on persons with mood disorders. I also work with patients in psychoanalytically based psychotherapy. My research interest is in neuro-stimluation. I am especially interested in the ways in which psychoanalysis, philosophy, history and literature may inform one another.

  • Education
    Medical School
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (1987)
    Internship/Residency
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (1991), Psychiatry
    Residency
    UTSW Dept of Psychiatry (1991)
  • Research Interest
    • Neuro-stimluation
  • Publications

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  • Honors & Awards
    • Outstanding Teaching Site, Zale-Lipshy Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
      (2001)
    • Junior Faculty Development Award, Association for Academic Psychiatry
      (1995)
    • Nominated Outstanding Teacher, PGYII and/or PGYIII
      (1993)
    • Outstanding Resident in Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
      (1991)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Dallas Psychoanalytic Institute