Adam Brenner, M.D. Titles and Appointments Distinguished Teaching Professor Professor Schools Medical School Departments Psychiatry You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Adam Brenner, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Director of General Psychiatry Residency Training, and Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry. He is a graduate of Emory University, Magna Cum Laude in Philosophy. He attended Harvard Medical School and then completed his psychiatry residency at McLean Hospital. Dr. Brenner’s clinical focus is in the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, and personality disorders with a combination of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. His publications include the book Psychotherapy: A Practical Introduction and the articles “Listening: An Underlying Competency in Psychiatry Education” and “Training as a Psychiatrist When Having a Psychiatric Illness,” both in the journal Academic Psychiatry. Dr. Brenner was recently elected Vice Chair of the Psychiatry Review Committee at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and is a Past President of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT). Among his educational honors, he has been elected to the University of Texas Academy of Health Science Educators, and he received the University of Texas Regents’ Outstanding Teacher Award and the Association for Academic Psychiatry’s Roberts Award for Inspirational Mentorship. A graduate of the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, Dr. Brenner is on the faculty of the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center. Dr. Brenner is Editor-in-Chief for the journal Academic Psychiatry. A partial listing of Dr. Brenner's publications is below, and a more complete listing is available to interested readers at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1FUz8FhlocnYkh/collections/58875399/public/. Education Medical Education Harvard Medical School (1990) Residency Harvard Medical School - McLean Hospital (1994), Psychiatry Research Interest Psychiatric Education Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis Publications Featured Publications What We Are Allowed to Say: Academic Freedom and Teaching Racial Disparities in Psychiatry Education. Brenner AM, Coverdale J, Castillo EG, Balon R, Morreale MK, Beresin EV, Seritan AL, Thomas LA, Aggarwal R, Guerrero APS, Acad Psychiatry 2025 May Is It Time to Rethink Psychiatry Residency Training? Part III: Training General Psychiatrists to Be General Psychiatrists. Brenner AM, Aggarwal R, Beresin EV, Seritan A, Louie AK, Guerrero APS, Acad Psychiatry 2024 Oct 48 5 409-415 Evolving Perspectives on Wellness and Stress. Brenner AM, Guerrero APS, Morreale MK, Seritan A, Aggarwal R, Castillo EG, Coverdale J, Thomas L, Balon R, Louie AK, Beresin EV, Acad Psychiatry 2024 Aug 48 4 303-306 We Must Maintain Our Focus on Burnout. Brenner AM, Acad Psychiatry 2023 Apr 47 2 122-123 Training as a Psychiatrist When Having a Psychiatric Illness. Brenner AM, Balon R, Guerrero APS, Beresin EV, Coverdale JH, Louie AK, Roberts LW Acad Psychiatry 2018 Aug Listening: An Underlying Competency in Psychiatry Education. Brenner AM Acad Psychiatry 2016 Nov Supervising the Tearful Trainee: Opportunities for Professional Growth and Learning. Brenner AM Acad Psychiatry 2014 Mar The Future of Psychotherapy Training. Sudak DM, Brenner AM, Acad Psychiatry 2024 Aug An Update on Trainee Wellness: Some Progress and a Long Way to Go. Brenner AM, Coverdale J, Guerrero APS, Balon R, Beresin EV, Louie AK, Roberts LW, Acad Psychiatry 2019 Jun A Winning Case? Assessing the Effectiveness of a Mock Trial in a General Psychiatry Residency Program. Baker SE, Ogundipe K, Sterwald C, Van Enkevort EA, Brenner A, Acad Psychiatry 2019 Apr Results 1-10 of 17 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Psychotherapy: A Practical Introduction Brenner AM, Howe-Martin LS (Ed.) (2020). Wolters-Kluwer Honors & Awards Roberts Award for Inspirational Mentorship in the Field of Academic Psychiatry (2017-2017) University of Texas Regents Outstanding Teacher Award (2014-2014) Elected to membership in The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine Academy of Health Science Education (2013-2013) Nancy C. A. Roeske Certificate for Recognition of Excellence in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Association (2013-2013) Elected to membership University of Texas Southwestern Academy of Teachers (2012-2012) Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents, American Psychiatric Association (2012) Professional Associations/Affiliations Editor-in-Chief, Academic Psychiatry (2019) Member, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (2005) Member, American Psychiatric Association (1996) Member, Association for Academic Psychiatry (2005) Member, Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (2005) Member, Dallas Psychoanalytic Center (2006) Member, North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (2007) The American College of Psychiatrists
