Ayala Danzig, MDAssistant Professor of PsychiatryDownloadHi-Res PhotoCardsAppointmentsPsychiatryPrimaryContact Infoayala.danzig@yale.eduLearn moreabout Contact InfoAboutResearchAchievementsLinksGet In TouchAboutCopy LinkTitlesAssistant Professor of PsychiatryAppointmentsPsychiatryAssistant ProfessorPrimaryPsychiatryOther Departments & OrganizationsAll InstitutionsDivision of Law and PsychiatryPsychiatryEducation & TrainingMDUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2017)MSWNew York University (2005)BAThomas Edison State University (2001)ResearchCopy LinkResearch at a GlanceYale Co-AuthorsFrequent collaborators of Ayala Danzig's published research.David Ross, MD, PhDView Full ProfileView Common PublicationPublications2025My Patients are Veterans. Their Lives Depend on Nonproductive Work. Danzig, A. My Patients are Veterans. Their Lives Depend on Nonproductive Work. Boston Globe Magazine. March 2025.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters2024From Social Isolation to Social Justice: The Neuroscience of Solitary ConfinementDanzig A, Novick A, Chang W, Ross D. From Social Isolation to Social Justice: The Neuroscience of Solitary Confinement. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: e13-e15. PMID: 38479978, PMCID: PMC11247959, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH KeywordsHumansMental DisordersNeurosciencesPrisonersSocial IsolationSocial JusticeSuicide Risk AssessmentDanzig A, Wortzel H. Suicide Risk Assessment. 2024, 155-176. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52589-6_13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicide risk assessmentPsychiatric assessmentIndividualized safety plansSuicidal crisisTherapeutic relationshipPsychiatric competenceSafety planningRisk assessmentLethal meansStructured instrumentClinical risk assessmentSuicideInformation treatmentMitigate riskAssessmentStandard of careTreatment of patientsStratify riskCliniciansPatient-centeredCompetenceSeverityMedicolegal reasonsTreatmentPatients2020Looking Within: The Inside Problem of Racism in PsychiatryDanzig A, Looking Within: The Inside Problem of Racism in Psychiatry. Psychiatric Times, 2020.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersThank You for the 7 PM Clapping, But Camaraderie Is Needed More Than EverDanzig A, Thank You for the 7pm Clapping, But Camaraderie is Needed More than Ever. Nautilus Magazine, 2020.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersThe Invisible Beast: COVID in the Psychiatric ED Danzig A, The Invisible Beast: COVID in the Psychiatric ED. Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, 2020. Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAcademic Achievements & Community InvolvementCopy LinkHonorshonorThe Howard Zonana Award in Psychiatry and the Law06/25/2021Yale School of Medicine AwardYale School of MedicineDetailsUnited StateshonorLeadership Fellow06/20/2020National AwardAmerican Psychiatric AssociationDetailsUnited StateshonorRappeport Fellow06/01/2020National AwardAmerican Association of Psychiatry and the LawDetailsUnited StateshonorDepartment of Psychiatry Resident Teaching Award06/28/2019Yale School of Medicine AwardYale School of MedicineDetailsUnited StateshonorIra R. Levine Award for Clinical Excellence06/28/2019Yale School of Medicine AwardYale School of MedicineDetailsUnited StatesView full list of honorsNewsCopy LinkNewsApril 28, 2026How to Protect Your Mental Health Yet Stay Informed About the Suffering of Others So You Can HelpSource: The Boston GlobeRead moreabout How to Protect Your Mental Health Yet Stay Informed About the Suffering of Others So You Can HelpApril 03, 2024Wasser, Zhong Edit 'Psychiatry and the Law, Second Edition'Read moreabout Wasser, Zhong Edit 'Psychiatry and the Law, Second Edition'June 30, 2022Residents, Fellows, Faculty, Staff Honored at 2022 Commencement CeremoniesRead moreabout Residents, Fellows, Faculty, Staff Honored at 2022 Commencement CeremoniesGet In TouchCopy LinkContactsEmailayala.danzig@yale.edu
My Patients are Veterans. Their Lives Depend on Nonproductive Work. Danzig, A. My Patients are Veterans. Their Lives Depend on Nonproductive Work. Boston Globe Magazine. March 2025.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
From Social Isolation to Social Justice: The Neuroscience of Solitary ConfinementDanzig A, Novick A, Chang W, Ross D. From Social Isolation to Social Justice: The Neuroscience of Solitary Confinement. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: e13-e15. PMID: 38479978, PMCID: PMC11247959, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH KeywordsHumansMental DisordersNeurosciencesPrisonersSocial IsolationSocial Justice
Suicide Risk AssessmentDanzig A, Wortzel H. Suicide Risk Assessment. 2024, 155-176. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52589-6_13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicide risk assessmentPsychiatric assessmentIndividualized safety plansSuicidal crisisTherapeutic relationshipPsychiatric competenceSafety planningRisk assessmentLethal meansStructured instrumentClinical risk assessmentSuicideInformation treatmentMitigate riskAssessmentStandard of careTreatment of patientsStratify riskCliniciansPatient-centeredCompetenceSeverityMedicolegal reasonsTreatmentPatients
Looking Within: The Inside Problem of Racism in PsychiatryDanzig A, Looking Within: The Inside Problem of Racism in Psychiatry. Psychiatric Times, 2020.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
Thank You for the 7 PM Clapping, But Camaraderie Is Needed More Than EverDanzig A, Thank You for the 7pm Clapping, But Camaraderie is Needed More than Ever. Nautilus Magazine, 2020.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
The Invisible Beast: COVID in the Psychiatric ED Danzig A, The Invisible Beast: COVID in the Psychiatric ED. Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, 2020. Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
honorThe Howard Zonana Award in Psychiatry and the Law06/25/2021Yale School of Medicine AwardYale School of MedicineDetailsUnited States
honorRappeport Fellow06/01/2020National AwardAmerican Association of Psychiatry and the LawDetailsUnited States
honorDepartment of Psychiatry Resident Teaching Award06/28/2019Yale School of Medicine AwardYale School of MedicineDetailsUnited States
honorIra R. Levine Award for Clinical Excellence06/28/2019Yale School of Medicine AwardYale School of MedicineDetailsUnited States
April 28, 2026How to Protect Your Mental Health Yet Stay Informed About the Suffering of Others So You Can HelpSource: The Boston GlobeRead moreabout How to Protect Your Mental Health Yet Stay Informed About the Suffering of Others So You Can Help
April 03, 2024Wasser, Zhong Edit 'Psychiatry and the Law, Second Edition'Read moreabout Wasser, Zhong Edit 'Psychiatry and the Law, Second Edition'
June 30, 2022Residents, Fellows, Faculty, Staff Honored at 2022 Commencement CeremoniesRead moreabout Residents, Fellows, Faculty, Staff Honored at 2022 Commencement Ceremonies