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Janet B. W. Williams

Janet B. W. Williams, D.S.W.

Dr. Williams founded the Society for Social Work and Research in 1994 and served for two years as its first president. Her research has spanned the areas of schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, multiaxial assessment, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and Parkinson's disease. She is known for her work on DSM-III, DSM-III-R, and DSM-IV, and she has authored many rating instruments and interview guides.

Positions

  • Professor of Clinical Psychiatric Social Work, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Research Scientist VI and Deputy Chief, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Biometrics Research Department

 

Education

  • D.S.W., 1981, Columbia University School of Social Work, Social Welfare

 

Relevant Publications

  • Kobak, K. A., Lipsitz, J. D., Williams, J. B. W., Engelhardt, N., Bellew, K. M. (2005). A new approach to rater training and certification in a multi-center clinical trial. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25, 407-412.
  • Williams, J. B. W. (2001). Standardizing the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale: Past, present, and future. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 251(Suppl 2), II6-II12.
  • Spitzer, R. L., Kroenke, K., Williams, J. B. W., & the Patient Health Questionnaire Primary Care Study Group. (1999). Validation and utility of a self-report version of PRIME-MD: The PHQ Primary Care Study. Journal of the American Medical Association, 282, 1737-1744.
  • Williams, J. B. W. (1999). Psychiatric classification. In R. E. Hales, S. C. Yudofsky, & J. A. Talbott (Eds.), The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry (3rd ed., pp. 227-252). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
  • Williams, J. B. W., Gibbon, M., First, M. B., Spitzer, R. L., Davies, M., Borus, J., Howes, M. J., Kane, J., Pope, H. G., Jr., Rounsaville, B., & Wittchen H. U. (1992). The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID).II: Multi-site test-retest reliability. Archives of General Psychiatry, 49, 630-636.

 

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