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Evan Kanter, MD, PhD

Evan Kanter
State: Washington
Medical Specialty: Psychiatry
PSR Affiliation: National PSR Board of Directors
Professional Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine; Staff Psychiatrist, VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Areas of Expertise:

  • Health Effects of War in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • War and Mental Health
  • Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War

Publications:

Kanter ED. Shock and Awe Hits Home: U.S. Health Costs of the War in Iraq. Physicians for Social Responsibility, November 2007. Released at U.S. Capitol in joint press conference with Senators Patty Murray and Robert Menendez. Available at http://www.psr.org/site/DocServer/ShockandAwe.pdf?docID=3161.

Kanter ED. The Impact of War on Mental Health. In: Levy BS, Sidel VW (eds.), War and Public Health. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Kanter ED. Posttraumatic stress disorder. In: Levy B, Wagner G, Rest K, Weeks J (eds.), Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2005.

Raskind MA, Peskind ER, Kanter ED, Petrie EC, Radant A, Thompson CE, Dobie DJ, Hoff D, Rein RJ, Straits-Troster K, Thomas RC, McFall, M. Reduction of nightmares and other PTSD symptoms in combat veterans by prazosin: A placebo-controlled study. Am J Psychiatry 160:371-373, 2003.

Kanter ED, Wilkinson CW, Radant AD, Petrie EC, Dobie DJ, McFall ME, Peskind ER, Raskind MA. Glucocorticoid feedback sensitivity and adrenocortical responsiveness in PTSD. Biol Psychiatry 50:238-245, 2001.

In the Spotlight

  • August 16, 2010
    Countdown to Zero
    On the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, the Sacramento Annual August Peace Event and Physicians for Social Responsibility-Sacramento screened "Countdown To Zero," a film that traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs. Read more about this month’s chapter in the spotlight event on Hiroshima.