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Leigh J. Ruth

Leigh J. Ruth, MD

Associate Professor, Program Director, College of Medicine Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

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Education

  • MD, Medicine, University of Southern California, 2012
  • BA (Honors) First Class, Political Science, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 1996
  • BA, Japanese Language and Political Science, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 1995
  • Post-baccalaureate Premedical Program, Premedical, Bryn Mawr College, 2003

Biography

I have a special interest in treating child and adolescent catatonia, OCD, ADHD, anxiety disorders and PTSD. I am an expert in the field of pediatric catatonia in Florida. I am the Training Director for the USF Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship program.

Memberships

  • President, Tampa Bay Association (Regional Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), 2022 - Present)
  • Secretary (Regional Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), 2019 - 2022)

Recent Publications

  • George KC, Kebejian L, Ruth LJ, Miller CW, Himelhoch S. Meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of prazosin versus placebo for the treatment of nightmares and sleep disturbances in adults with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD). 17(4) : 494-510, 2016.
  • Gum, A. M., Goldsworthy, M., Guerra, L., Salloum, A., Grau, M., Gottstein, S., Horvath, C., Fields, A., Crowder, J., Holley, R., Ruth., L.J., Hanna, K. Trauma-informed patient and public-engaged research: Development and evaluation of an online training programme Health Expectations. , 2022.
  • Cervin, M., Salloum, A., Ruth, L.J., and Storch, E.A., Posttraumatic symptoms in young trauma-exposed children: links to other mental health symptoms and PTSD and stress in caregivers. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 52: 1173-1183, 2021.
  • Jiang, S.; Burke, H., Hernandez, M., Ruth, L.J., Sertraline-Induced Urinary Retention Reversed by Mirtazapine in an Adolescent Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 24(6) , 2022.
  • Iannuzzi, G., Ruth, L.J., Wagoner, R., and Currier, G., Evaluating the Suicidal Patient Emergency Psychiatry: Principles and Practice. , 2019.
  • Ward, L.J Second-Class MPs: New Zealand’s Adaptation to Mixed-Member Parliamentary Representation Political Science. 49: 125-152, 1998.