John R. Peteet
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Biography
After receiving his M.D. degree at Columbia and completing a medical internship at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. John Peteet trained in psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He is now a staff psychiatrist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Peteet’s major areas of interest are psychosocial oncology, addiction, and the clinical interface between spirituality/religion and psychiatry. His recent work focuses on the moral dimensions of psychiatric practice, including cultivation of the virtues.
Academic biography
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/rshm/people/john-r-peteet-mdAcademic CV
Research topics
- What is the place of virtues (e.g. gratitude, forgiveness, humility, love) in psychiatry, for both patients and clinicians?
- What mindsets that contribute to mental health stigma do religious leaders and communities sometimes reinforce, and how should these be addressed?
- What is the role of a clinician in addressing moral problems that arise in treatment?