Dr. Burns graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College, received his
M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine, and completed his
psychiatry residency at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine. He has served as Acting Chief of Psychiatry at the Presbyterian/
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (1988) and Visiting Scholar at
the Harvard Medical School (1998) and is certified by the National Board
of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Currently Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, his
awards include the Outstanding Contributions Award from the National
Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists, and Teacher of the Year
three times from the class of graduating residents at Stanford University
School of Medicine.
American mental health professionals rate his Feeling Good: The New
Mood Therapy (over 4 million copies sold) as the #1 book on depression,
out of 1,000 self-help books.
He conducts workshops for mental health professionals throughout
the United States and Canada.
