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Prakash Thomas, MD

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Biography

Prakash K. Thomas, MD, is a lecturer on faculty at the Child Study Center of Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Thomas is a medical director for Intensive In-Home Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Services (IICAPS), which seeks to address the comprehensive needs of children with psychiatric concerns whose families are unable to maintain them safely at home and for whom traditional outpatient treatment is not sufficient.

Dr. Thomas is a rounds team leader for the Child Study Center Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic, supervises psychiatry residents, and teaches medical students. He works as a staff psychiatrist at the Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic in New Haven, CT.

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Education & Training

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Yale Medical School (2007)
Adult Psychiatry Residency
Yale University (2005)
MD
University of Connecticut (2002)
BA
Yale University (1994)

Research

Publications

  • Poncin, Y. B., & Thomas, P. K. (September 2009). Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review: 1400 Questions to Help You Pass the Boards. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Mayes, L. C., & Thomas, P. K. (2009). Social Neuroscience and theories of therapeutic action: Some implications for child psychotherapy. In Child Psychotherapy and Research: New Directions, Emerging Findings (pp. 216-229). Routledge.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Thomas, P.K., & Poncin Y.B. (2011). Psychopharmacology and Child Psychiatry Review: With 1200 Board-Style Questions. Oxford University Press.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Mayes, L. C., & Thomas, P. (2009). Theories of Development. In M. E. Laur (Ed.), Chicago Companion To The Child. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

Academic Achievements and Community Involvement

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    The John E. Schowalter Chief Resident

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