Lawrence R. Herz, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Herz is a general adult psychiatrist who has spent most of his career working with veterans. He has been the principal evaluations clinic psychiatrist and Chief of General Outpatient Mental Health at the Bedford VAH for 20 years. Recently, he became Acting Chief of Psychiatry. Dr. Herz is the director of the Bedford VAH MH Grand Rounds (a Boston Univeristy CME series).
After training in Psychiatry at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (BUSM), Dr. Herz completed a fellowship in Clinical Geriatrics and Gerontology. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at BUSM, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
Dr. Herz’s other professional interests include research in antipsychotic therapy, geriatric psychiatry, psychiatric nosology, chronobiology, and sleep medicine.

Publications

  • Published 6/20/2018

    Bormann JE, Thorp SR, Smith E, Glickman M, Beck D, Plumb D, Zhao S, Ackland PE, Rodgers CS, Heppner P, Herz LR, Elwy AR. Individual Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using Mantram Repetition: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2018 10 01; 175(10):979-988. PMID: 29921143.

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  • Published 4/1/2017

    Osei-Bonsu PE, Bolton RE, Wiltsey Stirman S, Eisen SV, Herz L, Pellowe ME. Mental Health Providers' Decision-Making Around the Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatment for PTSD. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2017 Apr; 44(2):213-223. PMID: 26743770.

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  • Published 10/1/2015

    Stankiewicz BW, Smith EG, Herz L. Brief CBT and Suicide Risk: Ruling Out Nonspecific Effects of Individual Therapy. Am J Psychiatry. 2015 Oct; 172(10):1022. PMID: 26423482.

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  • Published 7/17/2012

    Osei-Bonsu PE, Spiro A, Schultz MR, Ryabchenko KA, Smith E, Herz L, Eisen SV. Is DSM-IV criterion A2 associated with PTSD diagnosis and symptom severity? J Trauma Stress. 2012 Aug; 25(4):368-75. PMID: 22806767.

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  • Published 4/19/2011

    Kalman D, Herz L, Monti P, Kahler CW, Mooney M, Rodrigues S, O'Connor K. Incremental efficacy of adding bupropion to the nicotine patch for smoking cessation in smokers with a recent history of alcohol dependence: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Nov 1; 118(2-3):111-8. PMID: 21507585.

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Education

  • University of Kentucky, MD
  • Harvard College, BA

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