Julie Holland, MD
摘要
This chapter profiles Dr. Julie Holland, an American psychopharmacologist, psychiatrist, and author of five books (Holland, Julie Holland, M.D. [Official website]. https://drholland.com/ , n.d.; MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, Julie Holland, M.D. [Staff profile]. https://mapspublicbenefit.com/staff/julie-holland-m-d/ , n.d.). After earning her MD from Temple University School of Medicine in 1992, she completed her residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, where she served as Chief Resident of the Schizophrenia Research Ward from January 1994 to February 1995, and received the Outstanding Resident Award from the National Institute of Mental Health in 1994 (Holland, Julie Holland, M.D. [Official website]. https://drholland.com/ , n.d.). From 1996–2005, she worked weekend nights at Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric emergency room (Holland, Julie Holland, M.D. [Official website]. https://drholland.com/ , n.d.; Psychotherapy.net, Weekends at Bellevue excerpt. https://www.psychotherapy.net/article/weekends-at-bellevue , n.d.), chronicling her experiences in her national bestseller “Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER” (2009) (Holland, Weekends at Bellevue. Bantam. https://www.amazon.com/Weekends-Bellevue-Years-Night-Shift/dp/0553386522 , 2009; Holland, Weekends at Bellevue: nine years on the night shift at the psych ER. Bantam Books. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/81793/weekends-at-bellevue-by-julie-holland/9780553386523/ , 2009). Her New York Times bestseller “Moody Bitches” (2015) was translated into 11 languages and challenged the pathologization of women’s emotions, as well as psychiatric overprescription (Holland, Moody bitches: the truth about the drugs you’re taking, the sleep you’re missing, the sex you’re not having, and what’s really making you crazy. Penguin Books. https://www.amazon.com/Moody-Bitches-Taking-Missing-Having/dp/0143107909 , 2015; Holland, Moody bitches: the truth about the drugs you’re taking, the sleep you’re missing, the sex you’re not having, and what’s really making you crazy. Penguin Press. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/314941/moody-bitches-by-julie-holland-md/ , 2015). Dr. Holland edited “Ecstasy: The Complete Guide: A Comprehensive Look at the Risks and Benefits of MDMA” (2001) as well as “The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis” (2010), both non-profit projects with proceeds funding therapeutic research (MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, Julie Holland, M.D. [Staff profile]. https://mapspublicbenefit.com/staff/julie-holland-m-d/ , n.d.; Holland, Ecstasy: the complete guide: a comprehensive look at the risks and benefits of MDMA. Park Street Press. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ecstasy-The-Complete-Guide/Julie-Holland/9780892818570 , 2001; Holland, The pot book: a complete guide to cannabis. Park Street Press. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pot-Book/Julie-Holland/9781594773686 , 2010). She also authored “Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics” (2020) (Holland, Good chemistry: the science of connection, from soul to psychedelics. HarperWave. https://www.harperwave.com/book/9780062862884/Good-Chemistry-Julie-Holland/ , 2020; Holland, Good chemistry: the science of connection, from soul to psychedelics. HarperWave. https://www.amazon.com/Good-Chemistry-Science-Connection-Psychedelics/dp/006286288X , 2020). As medical advisor to MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), she served as medical monitor for several clinical studies examining the efficacy of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of PTSD (MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, Julie Holland, M.D. [Staff profile]. https://mapspublicbenefit.com/staff/julie-holland-m-d/ , n.d.; Mithoefer et al., Lancet Psychiatry 5(6):486–497). Dr. Holland maintains a private Manhattan practice and continues to advocate for harm reduction drug policy.