Trauma-Care for Professionals | Work Comp Evals

Trauma-Care and Worker-Compensation Evaluation Clinic for Professionals

Arnold Andersen, M.D. joins Virtue Medicine to offer a specialty clinic focused on independent psychiatric evaluation and treatment of professionals who have psychiatric injuries in the workplace and workers injured in health-care settings.

Dr. Andersen’s integrative interests span the worlds of medicine and psychiatry including the process of careful and accurate diagnosis, medication management and psychotherapy, with attention to co-morbid medical conditions, psychosocial dimensions, brain development, and culture. He is an experienced researcher and writer and passionate about humanism and medicine. His background includes training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and forensic psychiatry.

Among his current projects include co-author revision of the textbook on Medical Complications of Eating Disorders and conducting the first study in Iowa on time to attaining competence to stand trial in criminal defendants according to psychiatric diagnosis. He has served as faculty of the Johns Hopkins Medical School Department of Psychiatry and is now adjunct lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has been part of the Iowa City community and at the University of Iowa since 1991, now as Professor Emeritus. His private consulting practices focus on his areas of passion and interest, bringing his experience and compassion to bear on medical best-practices.

Licensure and Professional History
Active Medical License, Iowa
Board-Certified Diplomate in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) – 1980 – present
- Cornell University School of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY—1960-1964, cum laude
- Weill-Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY—1964-1968, AOA
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA—Medical Internship
- Psychiatry Resident 1^st Year, Cornell University Department of Psychiatry Westchester Division—1969-1970
- Research Associate, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1970-1974 (Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service)
- Clinical Associate, National Institute of Mental Health, 1974-1975 (Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service)
- Third Year Resident, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore MD-1975-1976
- Instructor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore MD—1976-1977
- Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore MD—1977-1984
- Associate Professor (Tenure Track), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore MD—1984-1991
- Professor of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Iowa City, IA—1991-2011
- Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Iowa City, IA—2011 to Present
- National Reviewer, Independent Medical Expert Consulting Services—2009 to present
- Private Practice, Meadowlark, North Liberty Iowa—2018-2019
Scheduling
Clinical Services
$4500+ – Independent Adult Psychiatric Evaluation or New Worker Compensation Referral

$400/hour – Worker’s Compensation Psychiatric Clinic, specializing in the care of Health Care Workers and Professionals injured in line of duty

Details – Workers’ Compensation Evaluations and Clinic

Work Comp Clinic – New Referral Intake and Agreement Form (encrypted digital form)

The following fillable PDF’s are available for review/mailing as an alternative to our digital form.

Work Comp Agreement Form (PDF format)

Work Comp Registration Form (PDF format)

Teleconference Zoom Agreement

Posted Privacy Policy and Other Forms
Awards
- Karen Carpenter Memorial Foundation: Unrestricted Gift for Research, 1988
- Maryland Occupational Therapy Association: Certificate of Recognition, 1989
- National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders: Annual National Award, 1991
- Mental Health Association of Iowa: Nelson Urban Research Award, 1996
- Academy of Eating Disorders: Outstanding Clinician of the Year, 1998
- Fellow, Academy of Eating Disorders, 2001
- Best Doctors in America (Psychiatry)–Multiple Years
- Distinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2011
- IMCC Service Award 2015
- Eating Disorders Coalition of Iowa Lifetime Service Award, 2019
Sampling of Scholarship
Dr. Andersen is a prolific speaker at academic settings and conferences around the world, including topics invited lectures, papers, and clinical teaching. The following include a partial list of his academic scholarship, in addition to which he has authored or co-authored 55 book chapters.

Basic Science Research

Andersen AE & McHugh PR (1971). Oat cell carcinoma with hypercortisolemia presenting to a psychiatric hospital as a suicide attempt. J Nerv Ment Dis 152(6):427-31.

Andersen AE & Guroff G (1972). Enduring behavioral changes in rates with experimental phenylketonuria. Proc Natl Acad Sci 69(4):863-7.

Rowe VD, Zigler S, Andersen AE, Sidbury JB & Guroff G (1973). Some characteristics of the p-chlorophenylalanine-induced cataract. Exp Eye Res 17(3):245-50.

Andersen AE & Guroff G (1974). Phenylketonuria in rats. Comp Pathol Bull 5:2-4.

Andersen AE, Rowe V & Guroff G (1974). The enduring behavioral changes in rats with experimental phenylketonuria. Proc Natl Acad Sci 71(1):21-5.

Mecklenburg RS, Loriaux DL, Thompson RH, Andersen AE & Lipsett MB (1974). Hypothalamic dysfunction in patients with anorexia nervosa. Medicine 53(2):147-59.

Rowe VD, Fales HM, Pisano JJ, Andersen AE & Guroff G (1975). Urinary metabolites of phenylalanine in the preweanling rat treated with p-chlorophenylalanine and phenylalanine. Biochem Med 12(2):123-36.

Andersen AE (1976). Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia: an experimental method in rats. Dev Psychobiol 9:157-66.

Andersen AE & Avins LA (1976). Lowering brain phenylalanine levels by giving other large neutral amino acids. A new experimental therapeutic approach to PKU. Arch Neurol 33(10):684-6.

Clinical Research

Andersen AE, Wirth JB & Strahlman ER (1982). Reversible weight-related increase in plasma testosterone during treatment of male and female patients with anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord 1(2):74-83.

Andersen AE (1983). Anorexia nervosa and bulimia: diagnosis and comprehensive treatment [Review]. Compr Ther 9(11):9-17.

Andersen AE (1983). Anorexia nervosa and bulimia: a spectrum of eating disorders. J Adolesc Health Care 4(1):15-21.

Andersen AE (1983). Brief guide to office counseling: anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Med Aspects Hum Sex 17(12):57-62.

Andersen AE, Hedblom JE & Hubbard FA (1983). A multidisciplinary team treatment for patients with anorexia nervosa and their families. Int J Eat Disord 2(4):181-92.

Andersen AE & Mickalide AD (1983). Anorexia nervosa in the male: an underdiagnosed disorder. Psychosomatics 24(12):1066-76.

Robinson RG, Tortosa M, Sullivan J, Buchanan E, Andersen AE & Folstein MF (1983). Quantitative assessment of psychologic state of patients with anorexia nervosa or bulimia: response to caloric stimulus. Psychos Med 45(4):283-92.

Andersen AE (1984). Drug therapy for bulimia. Consultant 24(10):21-5.

Andersen AE (1984). Anorexia nervosa and bulimia in adolescent males. Pediatr Ann 13(12):901-

Gershon ES, Schreiber JL, Hamovit JR, Dibble ED, Kaye W, Nurnberger JI Jr, Andersen AE & Ebert M (1984). Clinical findings in patients with anorexia nervosa and affective illness in their relatives. Am J Psychiatry. 141(11):1419-1422.

Goodwin R & Andersen AE (1984). The MMPI in three groups of patients with significant weight loss. Hillside J Clin Psychiatry 6(2):188-203

Robinson P & Andersen AE (1985). Anorexia nervosa in American Blacks. J Psychiatr Res 19(2-3):183-8.

Andersen AE (1986). Sexuality and fertility: women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Med Aspects Hum Sex 20:138-43.

Andersen AE (1986). Bulimia and mood disorders. Md Med J 35(7):552.

Andersen AE (1986). Today’s psychiatry. Bones, ovaries, and anorexia nervosa. Md Med J 35(9):739.

Andersen AE (1987). Contrast and comparison of behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and comprehensive treatment methods for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Behav Modif 11(4):522-43.

Yager J, Andersen AE. Clinical Practice: Anorexia Nervosa. N Engl JMed (2005) 353(14): 1481-8.

Andersen A Unmasking a Current Medical Pretender: Anorexia Nervosa in Gastrointestinal Practice. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2004) 1611 1123-5.

Authored Books

Andersen AE (1985). Practical Comprehensive Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press.

Andersen AE, Ed. (1990). Males with Eating Disorders. New York, NY, Brunner/Mazel.

Mehler PS & Andersen AE, Eds. (2000). Eating Disorders: Guide to Medical Care and Complications. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press.

Andersen AE, Cohn L & Holbrook T (2000). Making Weight: A Men’s Guide to Problems with Food, Weight and Shape. Carlsbad, CA, Gürze Books.

Andersen AE Ed. (2001) The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders.

Andersen AE and Yager J(2004;2009) Eating Disorders. In: Saddock and Saddock Textbook,

Bowers, W.A., Evans, K., Andersen, A.E. Management of Eating Disorders: Inpatient and Partial Hospitalization Programs. In: Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders, Brewerton T., Editor.

Andersen AE: Males with Eating Disorders (Academic Textbook Update 2005)

Mehler P and Andersen AE: Eating Disorders: Medical Care and Complications (2^nd edition), Johns Hopkins Press. 2010

Andersen A with Cohn L: Stories I Tell My Patients: 101 Myths, Metaphors, Fables and Tall Tales for Eating Disorders Recovery, Gurze Press, 2016.

Mehler P and Andersen AE: Eating Disorders: Medical Care and Complications (4^rd edition), in press for Spring 2021.

Arnold Andersen, M.D.

Trauma-Care and Worker-Compensation Evaluation Clinic for Professionals

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