Julie Holland Explained

Julie Holland
Birth Date:13 December 1965
Birth Place:Framingham, Massachusetts
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:University of Pennsylvania
Temple University School of Medicine
Occupation:Psychopharmacologist, psychiatrist, author, lecturer

Julie Holland (born December 13, 1965) is an American psychopharmacologist, psychiatrist, and author. She is the author of five books, including Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER, a memoir documenting her experience as the weekend head of the psychiatric emergency room at Bellevue Hospital in New York City[1] [2] An advocate for the appropriate use of consciousness expanding substances as part of mental health treatment, she is a medical monitor for MAPS studies, which involve, in part, developing psychedelics into prescription medication.[3]

Personal background

Julie Holland was born on December 13, 1965, in New York City. She grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.

She attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in the Biological Basis of Behavior, a series of courses combining the study of psychology and neural sciences, with a concentration on psychopharmacology. She received her medical degree from Temple University; during her residency, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, she served as Chief Resident of the Schizophrenia Research Ward. A principal investigator in a research study examining a new medication for schizophrenia, Holland earned a National Institute of Health Outstanding Resident Award in 1994.[4] [5]

While in college, Holland wrote an extensive research paper on MDMA; it became the foundation for her 2001 book Ecstasy: The Complete Guide.[6]

Professional background

From 1995 through 2004, Holland was an attending psychiatrist in the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Her national bestseller, Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER, was published in 2009.[7] In describing the book, The New York Times wrote: "Dr. Holland brings readers into the psychiatric emergency room, where she was in charge on weekends for nine years. She explains the language, characters, policies and politics of the highly charged environment of caring for those in crisis. At the same, she walks readers through her mind and its substantial struggles. The book is as much a story about her own internal dramas as it is about mental health care in New York City." Weekends at Bellevue was optioned by Fox for a television pilot in 2011;[8] the pilot was not picked up.[9] In November 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that HBO was developing a comedy based on Holland's book Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, the Sex You're Not Having, The Sleep You're Missing and What's Really Making You Crazy.[10]

From 1995 through 2012, Holland was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine.

Now a medical advisor to MAPS, Holland was the medical monitor for several therapeutic studies of MDMA assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.[11] [12] In addition to serving as a forensic consultant for drug-related cases, Holland is a frequent lecturer, and has appeared as a drug and behavior expert on CNN, National Geographic Channel, Fox, VH1, MTV and Good Morning America. She has appeared on The Today Show over twenty-five times[13] and is in private practice in New York.

Honors and awards

Published works

Books
Papers

Notes and References

  1. News: Reicher. Mike. From Bellevue's Psychiatric E.R., a Doctor's Memoir. October 19, 2009. New York Times. September 18, 2013. October 19, 2009.
  2. News: Moody Bitches by Julie Holland. March 4, 2015. Kirkus Reviews. March 3, 2015.
  3. Web site: Holl. Julie. Psychiatrist Explores Possible Benefits Of Treating PTSD With Ecstasy Or Cannabis. 2020-06-26. NPR.org. en.
  4. Web site: ORAP Award Recipients . Oft.nimh.nih.gov . 2013-09-14.
  5. Web site: Julie Holland . Erowid Julie Holland Vault . Erowid.org . 2013-09-14.
  6. Web site: Julie, M.D. Holland . Venturing Inside Bellevue's Psychiatric ER . NPR . October 23, 2009 . 2013-09-14.
  7. Web site: Julie Holland, M.D., author of the national bestseller WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER . Wellsphere . 2013-09-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150708111838/http://www.wellsphere.com/drug-addiction-article/julie-holland-m-d-author-of-the-national-bestseller-weekends-at-bellevue-nine-years-on-the-night-shift-at-the-psych-er/1267520 . 2015-07-08 .
  8. Web site: Weekends at Bellevue at IMDb. 2011. IMDb. September 17, 2013.
  9. News: Fox Orders 'Weekends at Bellevue' Pilot – Live Feed . The Hollywood Reporter . February 9, 2011 . 2013-09-14.
  10. News: Goldberg. Leslie. Diablo Cody, Oprah Winfrey Team for HBO Comedy (Exclusive). November 22, 2013. The Hollywood Reporter. November 22, 2013.
  11. News: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy: One story . CNN.com . 2013-09-14.
  12. Web site: Vastag . Brian . Can the Peace Drug Help Clean Up the War Mess? . Scientific American . May 6, 2008 . 2013-09-14.
  13. Web site: Dan Abrams Charlie Sheen | Today Show Meredith Vieira . Mediaite . October 27, 2010 . 2013-09-14.
  14. Web site: Presenters « Psychedemia . Psychedemia.org . 2013-09-14 . July 28, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130728001225/http://psychedemia.org/presenters/ . dead .

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