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Samuel Dotson

  • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • samuel.dotson@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Dotson is board certified in adult psychiatry. He received his Doctor of Medicine with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017. He then completed his psychiatry residency at the combined Massachusetts General and McLean Hospital program at Harvard Medical School where he served as a chief resident. His research interests have included comparative psychopharmacology for severe mental illness and work on health inequities. In 2020, he was awarded the George Winokur Clinical Research Award from the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists for his research on antipsychotics. In addition to his adjunct work with Emory, Dr. Doson provides outpatient clinical care at the Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) in Gainesville where he serves as the associate program director for their adult psychiatry residency program. He is also a member of the editorial board for the journal Psychiatric Services, which is the American Psychiatric Association's leading publication on serious mental illness and community psychiatry.

Academic Appointment

  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of North Carolina School of Medicine
  • Psychiatry Residency from Massachusetts General Hospital

Research

Publications

  • Growing Concerns Over Valproate Teratogenicity Present an Opportunity for Lithium.
    J Clin Psychopharmacol Volume: 45 Page(s): 65 - 66
    03/01/2025 Authors: Dotson S; Nierenberg A
  • Psychedelic Therapeutics for Adolescents: Ethics, Safety, Opportunities, and Equipoise.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
    12/19/2024 Authors: Dotson S; Luccarelli J
  • Determining Clinical Follow-Up in the Context of Widening LAI Intervals: How Long Is Too Long?
    J Clin Psychiatry Volume: 84
    05/31/2023 Authors: Dotson SJ; Cotes RO; Freudenreich O
  • The Rich Nonprofits Get Richer: Centering Psychiatric Grant Funding at the Margins.
    Psychiatr Serv Volume: 74 Page(s): 547 - 550
    05/01/2023 Authors: Dotson S; Swartz MS; Dennis N
  • Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Inpatient Psychiatric Civil Commitment.
    Psychiatr Serv Volume: 73 Page(s): 1322 - 1329
    12/01/2022 Authors: Shea T; Dotson S; Tyree G; Ogbu-Nwobodo L; Beck S; Shtasel D
  • Unknown risks of psychosis and addiction with delta-8-THC: A call for research, regulation, and clinical caution.
    Addiction Volume: 117 Page(s): 2371 - 2373
    09/01/2022 Authors: Dotson S; Johnson-Arbor K; Schuster RM; Tervo-Clemmens B; Evins AE
  • Demilitarizing Hospital Restraints: Recognizing the Stones in Our Glass Houses.
    Psychiatr Serv Volume: 73 Page(s): 100 - 102
    01/01/2022 Authors: Dotson S; Ogbu-Nwobodo L; Shtasel D
  • Race-Based Medicine, Clozapine, and Benign (Ethnic) Neutropenia: A Call for Nuance.
    Psychiatr Serv Volume: 72 Page(s): 232 - 233
    02/01/2021 Authors: Dotson S; Shtasel D; Freudenreich O
  • Disaster psychiatry and homelessness: creating a mental health COVID-19 response.
    Lancet Psychiatry Volume: 7 Page(s): 1006 - 1008
    12/01/2020 Authors: Dotson S; Ciarocco S; Koh KA
  • Clozapine Toxicity in the Setting of COVID-19.
    Psychosomatics Volume: 61 Page(s): 577 - 578
    01/01/2020 Authors: Dotson S; Hartvigsen N; Wesner T; Carbary TJ; Fricchione G; Freudenreich O
  • Delirium in COVID-19: A case series and exploration of potential mechanisms for central nervous system involvement.
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry Volume: 65 Page(s): 47 - 53
    01/01/2020 Authors: Beach SR; Praschan NC; Hogan C; Dotson S; Merideth F; Kontos N; Fricchione GL; Smith FA
  • Rising placebo response rates threaten the validity of antipsychotic meta-analyses.
    Ann Clin Psychiatry Volume: 31 Page(s): 249 - 259
    11/01/2019 Authors: Dotson S; Mischoulon D; Lee H; Fava M
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