Department / Division:
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences / Medical Psychology

Address:
DUMC 3270
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-2274

Office Telephone:
919-684-4306

Fax Telephone:
919-684-2632

• PhD, New York University, 1990

• Clinical Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine (Connecticut), 1989-1990

Clinical Interests:
Sports psychology, performance enhancement, cognitive assessment, psychotherapy

Research Interests:
Schizophrenia, psychosis, cognition, pharmacologic treatment of cognitive impairment, sport psychology, functional imaging (PET, fMRI), frontal cortex, motor functions.

Representative Publications:
Keefe, R.S.E., Silverman, J., Mohs, R.C., Siever, L.J, Harvey, P.D., Friedman, L., Lees Roitman S.E., DuPre R.L., Smith C.J., Schmeidler, J., and Davis, K.L. Eye tracking, attention, and schizotypal personality symptoms in nonpsychotic relatives of schizophrenic patients. Archives of General Psychiatry 54: 169-177, 1997. (1997)

Keefe, R.S.E., Lees Roitman, S.E., Harvey, P.D. Blum, C., DuPre, R.L., Davidson, M., and Davis, K.L. A pen-and-paper human analogue of a monkey prefrontal cortex activation task: spatial working memory in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 1995; 17:25-33. (1995)

Keefe, R.S.E. The contribution of neuropsychology to psychiatry. American Journal of Psychiatry 1995; 152:6-15. (1995)

Keefe, R.S.E., Silverman, J.M., Lees Roitman, S.E., Harvey, P.D., Duncan, A., Alroy, D., Siever, L.J, Mohs, R.C., and Davis, K.L. Performance of nonpsychotic relatives of schizophrenic patients on cognitive tests. Psychiatry Research 1994; 53:1-12. (1994)

Keefe, R.S.E., Mohs, R.C., Losonczy, M.F., Davidson, M., Silverman, J.M., Kendler, K.S., Nora, R., Horvath, T.B., and Davis, K.L. Characteristics of very poor outcome schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry 1987; 144:889-895. (1987)