Dr. Kaminer a child and adolescent psychiatrist joined UConn Health in 1993 from Brown University, Providence, RI.

Dr. Kaminer's main clinical interests and research lie in the spectrum of adolescent high risk behaviors. In particular, the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders (SUD), psychiatric comorbidity, and suicidal behavior. Dr. Kaminer is also a senior investigator at the Injury Prevention Center of the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford where he has been involved in research of adolescent risky driving behavior and youth suicide prevention at the emergency department.

Dr. Kaminer has been teaching on youth SUD at UConn Health, Institute of Living, and Yale Child Study Center. He has received funding for his research from NIDA, NIAAA, CSAT and the Donaghue Foundation. Dr. Kaminer is on the board of several peer review journals. He has authored/edited 5 books and 150 articles and book chapters. Dr. Kaminer has been a guest editor of several peer review journals on the topic of adolescent substance abuse. Most recently of Substance Abuse Journal, Vol.35(4), 2014. Recent published books include "Adolescent substance abuse, psychiatric comorbidity and high-risk behaviors", (2008) by Routledge/Francis & Taylor; "Brief Telephone Continuing Care Therapy for Adolescents" (2010) by Hazelden; "Clinical Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment"(2011); and "Youth substance abuse and co-occurring disorders" to be published in the fall of 2015 by the American Psychiatric Publication Inc. (APPI).

Dr. Kaminer has been consulting and training nationally and internationally on youth high-risk behaviors, program development, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI/MET) for youth. He is the primary author and trainer of the Teen Addiction Severity Index (T-ASI) and the Teen Treatment Services Review (T-TSR). The T-ASI has been translated into several languages and psychometrically tested including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew and Portuguese/Brazilian. It is in the process of being translated into additional languages including Arabic, German, Turkish, and Hindu.

Finally, Dr. Kaminer has published poetry, science fiction stories and has been writing children as well as psychological/political and fantasy stories.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
M.D.	Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University	Medicine
MBA	University of Hartford	Business

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Scientific Advisory Board of the NIDA funded Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR) at the University of Pittsburgh	Advisory Committee	Advisory Board	External	University	2008
Substance Abuse	Editorial Board	Editorial Board	External	National	2007
Research Society on Alcoholism	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2003
Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse	Editorial Board	Editorial Board	External	National	2003
College of Problems of Drug Dependence	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2002	2009
NIH Peer Review Committees, ad hoc reviewer	Advisory Committee	Ad Hoc Reviewer	External	National	2002
Founding member of the Int’l Society of Addictive Medicine, Chairperson of the Task Force on Youth & Families	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International	1999	2009
Member, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1986

Dr. Kaminer has published 200 articles, training manuals and research instruments. He published 6 books. The most recent one is Clinical Manual of Youth Addictive Disorders by APA Publication (2020)

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