Publications by Archie Brodsky

Publications by Archie Brodsky

Books

Peele S, Brodsky A. Informed consent: missing in action in addiction treatment. In S. Peele, C Bufe, & A. Brodsky eds, Resisting 12-Step coercion: How to fight forced participation in AA, NA, or 12-Step treatment. Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press, 2000:130-142.

Peele S, Bufe C, Brodsky A. Resisting 12-Step coercion: How to fight forced participation in AA, NA, or 12-Step Treatment. Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press, 2000.

Brodsky A, Kadushin C, Kelner S, Saxe L, Adamczyk A, Stern R. Being a Jewish Teenager in America: Trying to Make It. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, December 2000.

Gutheil TG, Brodsky A. Preventing Boundary Violations in Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide. New York: Guilford Press, in preparation.

Brodsky A, Powell, DJ. Clinical supervision in alcohol & drug abuse counseling. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004

Powell DJ, Brodsky A. Clinical Supervision in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling: Principles, Models, Methods (Revised Edition). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, in press (first edition published by Lexington Books, 1993).

Peele S, Bufe C, Brodsky A. Resisting 12-Step Coercion: How to Fight Forced Participation in AA, NA, or 12-Step Treatment. Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press, 2000.

Edelwich J, Brodsky A. Diabetes: Caring For Your Emotions As Well As Your Health (Revised Edition). Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1998 (first edition published by Addison-Wesley, 1986).

Epstein S, Brodsky A. You’re Smarter Than You Think: How to Develop Your Practical Intelligence for Success in Living. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. (Selection of Book-of-the-Month Club, Fortune Book Club, Quality Paperback Book Club.)

Edelwich J, Brodsky A. Group Counseling for the Resistant Client: A Practical Guide to Group Process. New York: Lexington Books, 1992.

Edelwich J, Brodsky A. Sexual Dilemmas for the Helping Professional (Revised and Expanded Edition). New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1991 (first edition pub. 1982). (Selection of Behavioral Sciences Book Club, Psychotherapy and Social Sciences Book Club.)

Gutheil TG, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A, Alexander VG (eds.). Decision Making In Psychiatry and the Law. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1991.

Peele S, Brodsky A, Arnold M. The Truth About Addiction and Recovery: The Life Process Program for Outgrowing Destructive Habits. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. (Selection of Psychotherapy Book Club.)

Bursztajn HJ, Feinbloom RI, Hamm RM, Brodsky A. Medical Choices, Medical Chances: How Patients, Families, and Physicians Can Cope With Uncertainty. New York: Routledge, 1990 (orig. pub. Delacorte, 1981).

Hindy CG, Schwarz JC, Brodsky A. If This Is Love, Why Do I Feel So Insecure? New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1989; Ballantine, 1990.

Sagov SE, Feinbloom RI, Spindel P, with Brodsky A. Home Birth: A Practitioner’s Guide to Birth Outside the Hospital. Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems, 1984.

Silverstein LM, Edelwich J, Flanagan D, with Brodsky A. High on Life: A Story of Addiction and Recovery. Hollywood, FL: Health Communications, 1981.

Edelwich J, with Brodsky A. Burnout: Stages of Disillusionment in the Helping Professions. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1980. (Selection of Psychotherapy and Social Sciences Book Club.)

Sagov SE, with Brodsky A. The Active Patient’s Guide to Better Medical Care: Strategies for Working Together With Your Doctor. New York: McKay, 1976.

Peele S, with Brodsky A. Love and Addiction. New York: Taplinger, 1975; New American Library, 1976. (Main Selection, Psychology Today Book Club, June 1975.)

Scholarly Articles

Saxe L, Kelner S, Kadushin C, Brodsky A. Jewish adolescents: American teenagers trying to `make it.’ Agenda: Jewish Education, December 2000: 3-7.

Saxe L, Kadushin C, Beveridge A, Livert D, Tighe E, Rindskopf D, Ford J, Brodsky A. The visibility of illicit drugs: implications for community-based drug control strategies. American Journal of Public Health 2001; 91:1987-1994.

Saxe L, Kadushin C, Brodsky A. An experiment to strengthen Jewish identity. Contact (Jewish Life Network), 2001; 3-4.

Saxe L, Kadushin C, Pakes J, Kelner S, Sternberg L, Horowitz B, Sales A, Brodsky A. Birthright Israel Launch Evaluation: Preliminary Findings (Birthright Israel Research Report 1). Waltham, MA: Brandeis University, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, August 2000.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Managed-health-care complications, liability risks, and clinical remedies. Primary Psychiatry 2002; 4:37–41.

Brodsky A. A classic holds its ground: a review of Stanton Peele’s The Meaning of Addiction. International Journal of Drug Policy 2001; 12:273–277.

Saxe L, Kadushin C, Beveridge A, Livert D, Tighe E, Rindskopf D, Ford J, Brodsky A. The visibility of illicit drugs: implications for community-based drug control strategies. American Journal of Public Health 2001; 91:1987–1994.

Gutheil TG, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A, Strasburger LH. Preventing “critogenic” harms: minimizing emotional injury from civil litigation. Journal of Psychiatry and Law 2000; 28:5–18.

Peele S, Brodsky A. Exploring psychological benefits associated with moderate alcohol use: a necessary corrective to assessments of drinking outcomes? Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2000; 60:221–247.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Captive patients, captive doctors: clinical dilemmas and interventions in caring for patients in managed health care. General Hospital Psychiatry 1999; 21:239–248.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Ethical and legal dimensions of benzodiazepine prescription: a commentary. Psychiatric Annals 1998; 28:121–128.

Bursztajn HJ, Gutheil TG, Brodsky A. Ethics and the triage model in managed care hospital psychiatry. Psychiatric Times 1998; 15(9):33–38.

Peele S, Brodsky A. Gateway to nowhere: how alcohol came to be scapegoated for drug abuse. Addiction Research 1997; 5:419–426.

Strasburger LH, Gutheil TG, Brodsky A. On wearing two hats: role conflict in serving as both psychotherapist and expert witness. American Journal of Psychiatry 1997; 154:448–456.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. A new resource for managing malpractice risks in managed care. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1996; 156:2057–2063.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Authenticity and autonomy in the managed-care era: forensic psychiatric perspectives. Journal of Clinical Ethics 1994; 5:237–242.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Clear, convincing, and authentic advance directives in the context of managed care? Journal of Clinical Ethics 1994; 5:364–366.

Bursztajn HJ, Scherr AE, Brodsky A. The rebirth of forensic psychiatry in light of recent historical trends in criminal responsibility. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 1994; 17:611–635.

Bursztajn HJ, Harding HP, Gutheil TG, Brodsky A. Beyond cognition: the role of disordered affective states in impairing competence to consent to treatment. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 1991; 19:383–388.

Bursztajn H, Gutheil TG, Brodsky A, Swagerty EL. “Magical thinking,” suicide, and malpractice litigation. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 1988; 16:369–377.

Bursztajn H, Gutheil TG, Hamm RM, Brodsky A, Mills MJ. Parens patriae considerations in the commitment process. Psychiatric Quarterly 1988; 59(3):165–181.

Gutheil TG, Bursztajn H, Kaplan AN, Brodsky A. Participation in competency assessment and treatment decisions: the role of a psychiatrist-attorney team. MPDLR 1987; 11:446–449.

Bursztajn H, Gutheil TG, Mills M, Hamm RM, Brodsky A. Process analysis of judges’ commitment decisions: a preliminary empirical study. American Journal of Psychiatry 1986; 143:170–174.

Bursztajn H, Gutheil TG, Warren MJ, Brodsky A. Depression, self‑love, time, and the “right” to suicide. General Hospital Psychiatry 1986; 8:91–95.

Gutheil TG, Bursztajn H, Brodsky A. The multidimensional assessment of dangerousness: competence assessment in patient care and liability prevention. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 1986; 14:123–129.

Bursztajn H, Hamm RM, Gutheil TG, Brodsky A. The decision‑analytic approach to medical malpractice law: formal proposals and informal syntheses. Medical Decision Making 1984; 4:401–414.

Edelwich J, Brodsky A. Sexual dynamics of the client‑counselor relationship. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 1984; 1(3):99–117.

Gutheil TG, Bursztajn H, Brodsky A. Malpractice prevention through the sharing of uncertainty: informed consent and the therapeutic alliance. New England Journal of Medicine 1984; 311:
49–51.

Gutheil TG, Bursztajn H, Hamm RM, Brodsky A. Subjective data and suicide assessment in the light of recent legal developments: I. Malpractice prevention and the use of subjective data. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 1983; 6:317–329.

Bursztajn H, Gutheil TG, Hamm RM, Brodsky A. Subjective data and suicide assessment in the light of recent legal developments: II. Clinical uses of legal standards in the interpretation of subjective data. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 1983; 6:331–350.

Articles in Professional Trade Journals

Peele S, Brodsky A. Exploring psychological benefits associated with moderate alcohol use: a necessary corrective to assessments of drinking outcomes? Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2000; 60:221-247.

Brodsky A. A classic holds its ground: a review of Stanton Peele’s The Meaning of Addiction (review essay). International Journal of Drug Policy 2001; 12:273-277.

Saxe L, Kadushin C, Brodsky A. An experiment to strengthen Jewish identity. Contact (Jewish Life Network), Spring 2001:3–4.

Saxe L, Kelner S, Kadushin C, Brodsky A. Jewish adolescents: American teenagers trying to ‘make it.’ Agenda: Jewish Education, December 2000:3–7.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Responsibility without scapegoating. Health Decisions, May 1997:3.

Bursztajn HJ, Saunders LS, Brodsky A. Keeping a jury involved during a long trial. Criminal Justice, Winter 1997:8–9.

Bursztajn HJ, Saunders LS, Brodsky A. Medical negligence and informed consent in the managed care era. The Health Lawyer 1997; 9(5):14–17.

Bursztajn HJ, Saunders LS, Brodsky A. Daubert without prejudice: achieving relevance and reliability without randomness. Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, January 1996:54–58.

Bursztajn HJ, Saunders LS, Brodsky A. National certification for forensic psychiatrists: a preview of the post-Daubert expert. Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, April 1995:53–56.

Hauser MJ, Brodsky A. Paternalism in mental health facilities: resolving conflicts over telephone access, mail, and visits. Advisor, Fall 1995:3–6,20.

Saunders LS, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Recovered memory and managed care: HB 236’s post-Daubert “science” junket. N.H. Trial Bar News, Spring 1995:27–37.

Peele S, Brodsky A. Cost-effective treatments for substance abuse: avoid throwing the baby out with the bath water. Medical Interface, February 1994:78–84.

Brodsky A. The 12 steps are not for everyone—or even for most. Addiction and Recovery 1993; 13(2):21.

Gutheil TG, Bursztajn H, Brodsky A. Liability prevention through informed consent: some new approaches for the clinician. Risk Management Foundation Forum 1986; 7:8–9.

Peele S, Brodsky A. Addiction is a social disease. Addictions, Winter 1976:2–21. (Reprinted as pamphlet by Hazelden, Center City, MN, 1977.)

Institutional Publications

Kadushin C, Kelner S, Saxe L, Brodsky A, Adamczyk A, Stern R. Being a Jewish Teenager in America: Trying to Make It. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, December 2000.

Kadushin C, Saxe L, Livert D, Tighe E, Rindskopf D, Beveridge A, Brodsky A, Buteau E. Fighting Back Household Survey: Interim Report of 1995–1999 Findings. Report to the Technical Advisory Committee of the Fighting Back Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, August 2000.

Popular Articles

Brodsky A. Parents must prepare kids to pass college alcohol test. Boston (MA) Herald, August 19, 2001. (Variants of article published in Birmingham (AL) News, August 19, 2001; Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, August 26, 2001)

Brodsky A. Preventing teenage alcohol abuse: substituting common sense for hysteria. Jewish Family and Life (on-line publication), December 1998.

Brodsky A. Midwifery’s rebirth. National Review, August 11, 1997:46,60.

Brodsky A. Demon rum. The Boston TAB, October 24, 1995:19.

Brodsky A. Planning a home birth: why some families prefer a “traditional birth.” Boston Parents’ Paper, May 1995:46–48.

Yanco J, Brodsky A. Don’t mandate two-day stay. The Boston TAB, November 21, 1995:21.

Brodsky A. Home delivery: midwifery works—so should midwives. Reason 1992; 23(10):28-34.

Brodsky A, Peele S. A.A. abuse. Reason 1991; 23(6):34-39.

Peele S, Brodsky A. What’s up to Doc? Reason 1991; 22(9):34-36.

Brodsky A. Writing in Boston—and in another place entirely. Back Bay View, Spring 1978:
41–42.

Peele S, Brodsky A. Addicted to food? Life and Health, November 1975:18–21.

Peele S, Brodsky A. Interpersonal heroin: love can be an addiction. Psychology Today, August 1974:22–26.

Book Chapters

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Competence and insanity. In J.L. Jacobson & A.M. Jacobson (eds.), Psychiatric Secrets (Second Edition). Philadelphia, PA: Hanley & Belfus, 2001:485–498.

Deaton RJS, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. The role of the mental health professional in employment litigation. In J.J. McDonald Jr. & F.B. Kulick (eds.), Mental and Emotional Injuries in Employment Litigation (Second Edition). Washington, DC: The Bureau of National Affairs, 2001:50–71.

Peele S, Brodsky A. Informed consent: missing in action in addiction treatment. In S. Peele, C. Bufe, & A. Brodsky, Resisting 12-Step Coercion: How to Fight Forced Participation in AA, NA, or 12-Step Treatment. Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press, 2000:130–142.

Brodsky A, Peele S. Psychosocial benefits of moderate alcohol consumption: alcohol’s role in a broader conception of health and well-being. In S. Peele & M. Grant (eds.), Alcohol and Pleasure: A Health Perspective. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel, 1999:187–207.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Ethical and effective testimony after Daubert. In L.E. Lifson & R.I. Simon (eds.), The Mental Health Practitioner and the Law: A Comprehensive Handbook. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998:262–280.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Patients who sue and clinicians who get sued in the managed care era. In L.E. Lifson & R.I. Simon (eds.), The Mental Health Practitioner and the Law: A Comprehensive Handbook. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998:237–249.

Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Competence and insanity. In J.L. Jacobson & A.M. Jacobson (eds.), Psychiatric Secrets. Philadelphia, PA: Hanley & Belfus, 1996:501–515.

Peele S, Brodsky A. The antidote to alcohol abuse: sensible drinking messages. In A.L. Waterhouse & J.M. Rantz (eds.), Wine in Context: Nutrition, Physiology, Policy (Proceedings of the Symposium on Wine & Health 1996). Davis, CA: American Society for Enology and Viticulture, 1996:66–70.

[The eight chapters that follow are in: Gutheil TG, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A, Alexander VG (eds.). Decision Making In Psychiatry and the Law. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1991.]

Bursztajn HJ, Hamm RM, Brodsky A, Alexander V, Levi L. Probability, decision analysis, and conscious gambling (pp. 37-51).

Bursztajn HJ, Hamm RM, Brodsky A, Gutheil TG, Alexander V. Subjective assessment in clinical decision making and malpractice liability (pp. 53-68).

Gutheil TG, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A, Alexander V. Managing uncertainty: the therapeutic alliance, informed consent, and liability (pp. 69-86).

Alexander V, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A, Hamm RM, Gutheil TG, Levi L. Involuntary commitment (pp. 89-112).

Kaplan E, Bursztajn HJ, Alexander V, Hamm RM, Brodsky A, Barnard D, Kaplan AN. Making treatment decisions (pp. 113-132).

Alexander V, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A, Gutheil TG. Deciding for others: autonomy and protection in tension (pp. 133-151).

Bursztajn HJ, Gutheil TG, Brodsky A. Affective disorders, competence, and decision making (pp. 153-170).

Warren M, Commons ML, Gutheil TG, Swagerty EL, Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A. Suicide, magical thinking, and liability (pp. 189-208).

Alexander BK, Peele S, Hadaway PF, Morse SJ, Brodsky A, Beyerstein BL. Adult, infant, and animal addiction. In S. Peele, The Meaning of Addiction: Compulsive Experience and Its Interpretation. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1985:73–96.

Edelwich J, Brodsky A. Training guidelines: linking the workshop experience to needs on and off the job. In W.S. Paine (ed.), Job Stress and Burnout: Research, Theory, and Intervention Perspectives. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1982:133–153.

Feinbloom RI, Bursztajn H, Hamm RM, Brodsky A. Bringing the family into family practice. In T.B. Brazelton & V.C. Vaughan III (eds.), The Family: Setting Priorities. New York: Science & Medicine Publishing Co., 1979:169–179.

Peele S, Brodsky A. Alcoholism and drug addiction. In R. Stark (ed.), Social Problems. New York: CRM/Random House, 1975:85–121.

Brodsky A. Four record reviews. In The Rolling Stone Record Review. New York: Pocket Books, 1971:184,187–188,195–200.

Presentations:

Book collaborations and collaboration agreements (panel). National Writers Union (Boston Local), Brookline, MA, October 26, 2003.

Mental health reform: policy in practice (panel discussant). XXIVth International Congress on Law and Mental Health: Mental Health Summit, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 17, 1999.

International trends in mental health reform III: global and regional approaches (panel chair). XXIVth International Congress on Law and Mental Health: Mental Health Summit, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 16, 1999.

Natural recovery and harm reduction in addiction treatment (co-presenter). Addiction Services, Eastern Regional Health Board, Province of Nova Scotia, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 29–30, 1999.

Legal issues for bookpeople (panel). Women’s National Book Association, Boston, MA, January 21, 1999.

The psychosocial benefits of moderate alcohol consumption. Presented at conference, “Permission for Pleasure: Alcohol and Pleasure from a Health Perspective” (International Center for Alcohol Policies), New York, NY, July 1, 1998.

Employment disability and accommodation dilemmas (panel). American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 4, 1998.

“Two Hats” revisited: contexts, complications, and compromises between clinical and forensic roles. Manfred S. Guttmacher Award Lecture (co-presenter), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 31, 1998.

Childbirth, midwifery, and civil rights. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, February 26, 1998.

Roles and functions of new Human Rights Committee members. Metro Boston Area Human Rights Training Conference, Department of Mental Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, February 11, 1998.

Addiction and recovery as a natural part of the life process. School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 9, 1997.

Addiction and recovery as life processes: putting the problem and the solution back in context. School of Education, Portland State University, Portland, OR, May 8, 1997.

Customs and values of moderate wine drinkers. Presented at conference, “Wine’s Place at a Healthy Table: Education, Communication, and the Scientific Evidence” (Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust), New York, NY, September 18, 1996.

A developmental approach to substance-abuse treatment. Presented at the 11th Annual Adult Development Symposium of the Society for Research in Adult Development, Boston, MA, June 30, 1996.

The antidote to alcohol abuse: sensible drinking messages. Presented at the Symposium on Wine & Health, American Society for Enology and Viticulture, Reno, NV, June 25, 1996.

Addiction and recovery as life processes: putting the problem and the solution back in context. Presented at conference of the Treaty 6 First Nations of Alberta, “Alternative Approaches to Addictions & Destructive Habits,” Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, November 8, 1995.

Early discharge and continuity of care: the midwifery response. Presented at conference of the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery, Tampa, FL, October 28, 1995.

Sensible drinking messages: society’s best antidote to alcohol abuse? Presented at conference, “Wine and Health: What Americans Should Know,” National Press Club, Washington, DC, May 15, 1995.

Alternative treatments for addictions. Boston College, Newton, MA, March 17, 1993.

Brodsky A, Commons ML. An interdisciplinary university program attempts to move to moral stage 6. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA, April 4, 1992.

Hindy CG, Schwarz JC, Brodsky A. If this is love, why do I feel so insecure? Paper presented at 97th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, August 11–15, 1989.