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  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Geoffrey M. Reed is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, philosophy, social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and epidemiology. Their research spans a range of topics that include mental health and psychiatry, mental health treatment and access, personality disorders and psychopathology, sexuality, behavior and technology, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, schizophrenia research and treatment, and chronic disease management strategies.

Reed has co-authored numerous papers with frequent collaborators such as Tahilia J. Rebello, Rebeca Robles, Jared W. Keeley, Dan J. Stein, and Cary S. Kogan. Their work appears regularly in several prominent publication venues, including World Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Consortium Psychiatricum, and BMC Medicine.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • "Emerging experience with selected new categories in the ICD-11: complex PTSD, prolonged grief disorder, gaming disorder, and compulsive sexual behaviour disorder" (2022), published in World Psychiatry
  • "An organization- and category-level comparison of diagnostic requirements for mental disorders in ICD-11 and DSM-5" (2021), published in World Psychiatry
  • "Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in the ICD-11: an international perspective on key changes and controversies" (2020), published in BMC Medicine
  • "Estimating the Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction Using the New ICD-11 Guidelines" (2020), published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt international
  • "The Evolution of the Female Sexual Disorder/Dysfunction Definitions, Nomenclature, and Classifications: A Review of DSM, ICSM, ISSWSH, and ICD" (2020), published in Sexual Medicine Reviews

In addition to journal publications, Reed has contributed to academic literature through book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press named Making Sense of the ICD-11 (2023).

Their work predominantly engages with the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), exploring diagnostic criteria and classification of mental and sexual health disorders. This focus highlights their involvement in updating and refining psychiatric nosology and classification systems aligned with global health standards.

Among professional recognitions, Geoffrey M. Reed was awarded the status of Fellow by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Psychological resources, positive illusions, and health.

    Shelley E. Taylor;Margaret E. Kemeny;Geoffrey M. Reed;Julienne E. Bower

  • Psychological Testing and Psychological Assessment: A Review of Evidence and Issues.

    Gregory J. Meyer;Stephen E. Finn;Lorraine D. Eyde;Gary G. Kay

  • Diagnosis and classification of disorders specifically associated with stress: proposals for ICD-11.

    Andreas Maercker;Chris R Brewin;Richard A Bryant;Marylene Cloitre

  • Classification, assessment, prevalence, and effect of personality disorder

    Peter Tyrer;Geoffrey M Reed;Mike J Crawford

  • Vignette methodologies for studying clinicians’ decision-making: Validity, utility, and application in ICD-11 field studies ☆

    Spencer C. Evans;Michael C. Roberts;Jared W. Keeley;Jennifer B. Blossom

  • Innovations and changes in the ICD-11 classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders

    Geoffrey M. Reed;Michael B. First;Cary S. Kogan;Steven E. Hyman

  • Three Approaches to Understanding and Classifying Mental Disorder: ICD-11, DSM-5, and the National Institute of Mental Health’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC):

    Lee Anna Clark;Bruce Cuthbert;Roberto Lewis-Fernández;William E. Narrow

  • Proposals for mental disorders specifically associated with stress in the International Classification of Diseases-11

    Andreas Maercker;Chris R Brewin;Richard A Bryant;Marylene Cloitre

  • A Review of Current Evidence Regarding the ICD-11 Proposals for Diagnosing PTSD and Complex PTSD

    Chris R. Brewin;Marylène Cloitre;Philip Hyland;Mark Shevlin

  • Intellectual developmental disorders: towards a new name, definition and framework for "mental retardation/intellectual disability" in ICD-11.

    Luis Salvador Carulla;Geoffrey M. Reed;Leila M. Vaez-Azizi;Sally-Ann Cooper

  • Disorders related to sexuality and gender identity in the ICD-11: revising the ICD-10 classification based on current scientific evidence, best clinical practices, and human rights considerations.

    Geoffrey M. Reed;Jack Drescher;Richard B. Krueger;Elham Atalla

  • Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder in the ICD-11.

    Shane W. Kraus;Richard B. Krueger;Peer Briken;Michael B. First

  • The WPA-WHO Global Survey of Psychiatrists’ Attitudes Towards Mental Disorders Classification

    Geoffrey M. Reed;João Mendonça Correia;Patricia Esparza;Shekhar Saxena

  • Self-generated feelings of control and adjustment to physical illness.

    Shelley E. Taylor;Vicki S. Helgeson;Geoffrey M. Reed;Laurie A. Skokan

  • Realistic acceptance as a predictor of decreased survival time in gay men with AIDS.

    Geoffrey M. Reed;Margaret E. Kemeny;Shelley E. Taylor;Hui-Ying J. Wang

  • The development of the ICD-11 Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines for Mental and Behavioural Disorders

    Michael B First;Geoffrey M Reed;Steven E Hyman;Shekhar Saxena

  • Toward ICD-11: Improving the Clinical Utility of WHO's International Classification of Mental Disorders

    Geoffrey M. Reed

  • The rationale for the reclassification of personality disorder in the 11th revision of the international classification of diseases (ICD‐11).

    Peter Tyrer;Mike Crawford;Roger Mulder;Roger Blashfield

  • Proposed declassification of disease categories related to sexual orientation in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11)

    Susan D Cochran;Jack Drescher;Eszter Kismödi;Alain Giami

  • Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in the ICD-11: an international perspective on key changes and controversies.

    Dan J. Stein;Peter Szatmari;Wolfgang Gaebel;Michael Berk

  • Operationalizing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in clinical settings

    Geoffrey M. Reed;Jayne B. Lux;Lynn F. Bufka;Christine Trask

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Roberts
Michael C. Roberts University of Kansas
Spencer C. Evans
Spencer C. Evans University of Miami
José Luis Ayuso-Mateos
José Luis Ayuso-Mateos Autonomous University of Madrid
Peer Briken
Peer Briken Universität Hamburg
Shelley E. Taylor
Shelley E. Taylor University of California, Los Angeles
Naomi A. Fineberg
Naomi A. Fineberg University of Hertfordshire
Andreas Maercker
Andreas Maercker University of Zurich
Chris R. Brewin
Chris R. Brewin University College London
Margaret E. Kemeny
Margaret E. Kemeny University of California, San Francisco
Leonardo F. Fontenelle
Leonardo F. Fontenelle Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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