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Evan Kanter, MD, PhD

Evan Kanter
New Zealand
Speaker Topic: Nuclear Weapons, War & Public Health
Medical Specialty: Psychiatry
PSR Affiliation: Past President of PSR; former member, National Board
Professional Affiliation: Staff Psychiatrist, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
School Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine

Areas of Expertise:

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

To request Dr. Kanter as a speaker, please email psrnatl@psr.org or call 202-667-4260.

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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.

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.