Frances R. Frankenburg, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Frances R. Frankenburg, MD, completed her medical and psychiatry training at the University of Toronto, and came to Boston in 1982. She worked at McLean Hospital, first as a research fellow and then as a staff psychiatrist, until 1995. She is now chief of Inpatient and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the Bedford VA and a professor of Psychiatry at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

Publications

  • Published 2/25/2025

    Zanarini MC, Temes CM, Glass IV, Frankenburg FR, Fitzmaurice GM, Unruh BT, Weiss RD. The 24-year course of substance use disorders in patients with borderline personality disorder and personality-disordered comparison subjects. Am J Addict. 2025 Feb 25. PMID: 40001161.

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  • Published 12/1/2024

    Glass IV, Frankenburg FR, Fitzmaurice GM, Zanarini MC. Longitudinal Course of Physical and Psychosocial Impairment in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Personality-Disordered Comparison Subjects: Description and Prediction. J Pers Disord. 2024 Dec; 38(6):503-519. PMID: 39705102.

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  • Published 11/27/2024

    Hein KE, Glass IV, Frankenburg FR, Fitzmaurice GM, Zanarini MC. Emptiness in patients with borderline personality disorder: Severity and predictors of outcome over 24 years of prospective follow-up. J Affect Disord. 2025 Mar 01; 372:234-240. PMID: 39613044.

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  • Published 10/23/2024

    Zanarini MC, Frankenburg FR, Hein KE, Glass IV, Fitzmaurice GM. Sustained Symptomatic Remission and Recovery and Their Loss Among Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Patients With Other Types of Personality Disorders: A 24-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2024 Oct 23; 85(4). PMID: 39480146.

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  • Published 9/19/2024

    Glass IV, Frankenburg FR, Fitzmaurice GM, Zanarini MC. Levels of grit in patients with borderline personality disorder: Description and prediction. Personal Ment Health. 2024 Nov; 18(4):414-423. PMID: 39297409.

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Education

  • University of Toronto, MD

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