Associate Professor

Ronald Ruskin

Psychotherapy, Humanities, and Psychosocial Interventions

(416) 586-4800 - ext: 8374

Location

Mount Sinai Hospital

Address

600 University Ave, 946, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 1X5

Appointment Status

Primary

Ron obtained his MD from Queen's and did his Psychiatry at McGill, Montreal, where he coordinated Day Hospital Services at the Centre Hospitalier Jewish General, before moving to McMaster in chronic care, and then U of T, as Director of OPD Psychiatry at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto. Ron has been a founding editor of Ars Medica, co-edited a textbook of psychotherapy supervision and a textbook on healing narratives, "Body and Soul", and published three novels, the most recent, "Confessions of a Medical Student" will be released in September 2018. Ron trained in psychoanalysis and is on faculty at Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Toronto Psychianalytic Institute.

Research Synopsis

Boundary Issues in Medical/Psychiatric Practice, Psychotherapy Supervision, Impact of Suicide on Caregivers, The Use and Relevance of Humanitites in Psychiatry Training and Practice

Recent Publications

"The Analyst Who Laughed to Death" 2016 karnac Books

"Confessions of a Medical Student" 2018 Aeon Books.

Appointments

Ontario Medical Association

Honours and Awards

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2014: The Psychotherapy Award for Academic Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

2001: Allan B. Tennen Award for Excellence in the Teaching and Supervision of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

1994: Abe Miller Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto