Prudence Fisher

Prudence Fisher is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatric Social Work in Psychiatry at Columbia University. Her research focuses on developmental psychopathology, adolescent mental health, and the refinement of psychiatric diagnostic criteria, particularly for nonverbal learning disability and developmental visual-spatial disorder. Her recent work includes validating the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale for predicting fatal and non-fatal suicide attempts, developing consensus criteria for developmental visual-spatial disorder for DSM consideration, and creating abbreviated screening tools for postpartum bonding and visual-spatial deficits. She has also investigated equine-assisted therapy for PTSD and published extensively on child psychiatric diagnoses and academic outcomes.