James Recht

Jim has devoted his professional career to community psychiatry. He received his medical degree from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 1990 before moving to Boston for psychiatry residency training at Tufts Medical Center and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. He became a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School in 1996 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2011. He is interested in co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders, race- and class-based health disparities, and the mental health consequences of climate change.

Education & Training

• St Elizabeths Medical Center
  Residency, Psychiatry, 1993 - 1994

• Tufts Medical Center
  Internship, Psychiatry, 1990 - 1992

• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  Class of 1990

• Marquette University
  BA, Magna cum Laude, 1986

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

• Phi Beta Kappa
  Marquette University, 1986

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

• Pramipexole augmentation in the treatment of unipolar and bipolar depression: a retrospective chart review.
  Sporn J, Ghaemi SN, Sambur MR, Rankin MA, Recht J, Sachs GS, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Ann Clin Psychiatry 2000; 12:137–140