This lecture was supported by Grant Number 6H79FG000999-01M001 from SAMHSA. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of SAMHSA. 

About the speaker

Dr. Frank, currently the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services at Henry Ford Health System earned her bachelor’s degree at Michigan State University and a Master’s degree in social work at the University of Michigan. After successfully practicing as a psychiatric social worker for nine years she decided to return to medical school graduating from the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University.  She competed her psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and was the Chief Resident of Primary Care Psychiatry. Following graduation, Dr. Frank joined the faculty at Henry Ford for 19 years and served in a variety of positions, including Director of Residency Training, Director of Psychiatric Education, Director of Forensic Psychiatry, and Director of Outpatient Psychiatry. Additionally, she had ongoing research grants and a clinical practice, specializing in mood disorders. Dr. Frank went on to serve as Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine for eight years prior to accepting the Chair at Henry Ford. 

Dr. Frank’s interests include mood disorders, forensic psychiatry, suicide prevention, opiate use disorders, and women’s health. Dr. Frank is one of the principle authors of Zero Suicide Prevention guidelines which were central to the award of The Joint Commission’s highest honor, the Codman Award and the American Psychiatric Association's Gold Award while she was at Henry Ford. She is committed to ongoing suicide prevention strategies which are supported by a number of current research grants. She is currently co-director of Mi Mind a funded program designed to eliminate suicide in the State of Michigan.

Disclosure Statements

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Cathrine Frank, MD, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. She will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. All relationships have been mitigated through review.

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis Marino, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Octavia Coit, MN, Heather Billings, RN, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.