Douglas Rait
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Psychiatry Clinic 401 Quarry Rd MC 5722 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 323-3219 Fax (650) 723-2269
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Tel Work (650) 723-5868Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Couples and family therapy, child and adolescent mental health, coping with medical illness, influence of technology on family relationships
- Psychiatry
Administrative Appointments
- Chief, Couples and Family Therapy Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (1993 - present)
- Director, Family Therapy Program, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (1992 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium (2011)
- Academic Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2010)
- Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium (2009)
- Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (1997)
- Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (1994)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Cornell University Medical College NY (1986) |
| Fellowship: | Harvard Medical School - Children's Hospital MA (1985) |
| Professional Education: | University of Colorado at Boulder CO (1/1/85) |
| A.B., magna cum laude w/Honors: | Brown University, Religious Studies (1979) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Therapeutic alliance in couples and family therapy, family adaptation to chronic health conditions, work/family balance, family therapy training, and the influence of technology on family relationships. Currently studying the relationship between therapeutic alliance, treatment process, and treatment outcomes in marital therapy in the VA health care system.
Publications
- Family therapy training in child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship programs. Academic Psychiatry.
- Primary treatment approaches in child and adolescent psychiatry training. Academic Psychiatry.
- Opening steps: A structural approach to working with couples. In A. Gurman (Ed.), Clinical casebook of couple therapy. New York: Guilford.. 2010: 232-254
- Schizophrenia: A family psychoeducational approach. In C. Taylor (Ed.), How to practice evidence-based psychiatry: Basic principles and case studies. Washington: American Psychiatric Press.. 2010: 225-233
- A model for reintegrating family therapy training in psychiatric residency programs. Academic Psychiatry. 2008: 81-86
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