Chester Bruno Scrignar, M.D.

 

Office:     2625 General Pershing Street ▪ New Orleans, LA  70115 ▪ ph. (504) 899-2366 ▪  fx. (504) 899-5263

Email: cbscrign@bellsouth.net

                 

 

  

 

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona ▪1957

B.A.

 

Tulane University Graduate School, New Orleans, Louisiana ▪ 1961

M.S.

 

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana ▪ 1961

M.D.

 

  

 

Consultant, East Louisiana State Hospital, Forensic Division, Jackson, LA, 1965-69, 81, 93

 

Co-Director, Law-Psychiatry Training Program Tulane University School of Medicine - School of Law, New Orleans, LA, 1965-77

 

Director, Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Program, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 1968-71

 

Participant, Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO., 1968, 1969, 1973,1979

 

Clinician, Research Study Evaluation of Drug Programs for Drug Abusers, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 1968, 1969, 1973,1979

 

Director, New Orleans Metropolitan Area Program for Southern Association Alcoholic Educational and Training Program, Atlanta, GA., 1975

 

Consultant, New Orleans Police Department, New Orleans, LA., 1977-78

 

Consultant, Orleans Parish Correctional Center, New Orleans, LA., 1977-81

                           

  

 

BOOKS:

 

·         Stress Strategies:  The Treatment of the Anxiety Disorders, C. B. Scrignar, M. D., Karger Publishers, Basel, 1983

·         Post-traumatic Stress Disorder:  Diagnosis, Treatment, and Legal Issues
First Edition, C. B. Scrignar, M. D., Praeger Publishers, New York, 1984

·         Post-traumatic Stress Disorder:  Diagnosis, Treatment, and Legal Issues
Second Edition, C. B. Scrignar, M. D., Bruno Press, New Orleans, 1988, second printing 1991

·         From Panic to Peace of Mind:  Overcoming Panic and Agoraphobia, by C. B. Scrignar, M. D., Bruno Press, New Orleans, 1991

·         Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:  Diagnosis, Treatment, and Legal Issues
Third Edition, C. B. Scrignar, M. D., Bruno Press, 1996

·         Stress Strategies:  The Treatment of the Anxiety Disorders, C. B. Scrignar, M. D.  Reprinted by SelfHelpBooks.com, div. of Wellness Institute, Inc. Gretna, 2000
 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

·         Scrignar, C.B.1964. The simultaneous paper chromatographic separation of phosphatides, cerebrosides, and sulfatides.  Journal of Chromatography, 14, pp. 189-193.

·         Scrignar, C.B., and Sachse, H. R.  1966.  Tulane University School of Law-School of Medicine Training Program in Forensic Psychiatry.  The Bulletin of the Tulane University Medical Faculty, 25, pp. 311-315.

·         Gallant, D. B., Bishop, M. P., Scrignar, C. B., Horns, L., Moore, B., and Inturrisi, B. B. 1966.  A double-blind study of thozalinone (CL 39, 808) in depressed outpatients.  Current Therapeutic Research, 8, pp. 621-622.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1967. Tranquilizers and the psychotic defendant. American Bar Association Journal, 53, pp. 43-45.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1967. The physician and the law:  Determination of Mental Competency to Stand Trial.  J.A.M.A., 201, pp. 343-346.

·         Scrignar, C.B.  1967.  Narcotics addiction-an insurmountable problem?  Municipal Court Review, Vol. VII, 3, pp. 14-18.

·         Scrignar, C.B., Hornsby, L., Bishop, M. P., and Gallant, D. M.  1967. A controlled evaluation of butaperazine in the neurotic anxiety syndrome. Current Therapeutic Research.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1968.  Sex and the under-aged girl.  Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, 2, pp. 34-39.

·         Sachse, H.R., and Scrignar, C. B.  1968.  The evolution of a law and psychiatry program.  Journal of Legal Education, 21, pp. 192-195.

·         Scrignar, C. B., and Sachse, H. R.  1969.  A community and action-oriented training program in law and psychiatry.  Journal of Medical Education, 44, pp. 52-56.

·         Scrignar, C. B., and Swanson, W. C. (Eds.).  1969, October. Crime and Delinquency in Louisiana Today, published privately.

·         Scrignar, C. B., Alderette, E., Marr, L. S., Bloom, W. A., and Mehl, G.M. 1970.  The narcotic addict rehabilitation act:  A change in the federal response  to the treatment of narcotic addiction.  Southern Medical Journal, 63, pp. 109-112.

·         Scrignar, C. B., and Spiers, D.  1970.  Bigamy.  Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, pp. 116-122.

·         Scrignar, C.B., and Swanson, W. C.  1970.  The Louisiana narcotics rehabilitation commission.  Louisiana  Bar Journal, 18, pp. 23-28.

·         Scrignar, C.B., and Bloom, W. A.  1970.  Guidelines for using methadone in the outpatient treatment of narcotic addicts.  The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society, 122, pp. 167-172.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1971.  Food as the reinforcer in the outpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa.  The Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 2, pp. 31-36.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1971.  Maximum security hospitals:  Where the people are.  The Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. II, No. 3, pp. 4-22.

·         Montalvo, J., Scrignar, C. B., Alderette, E., Harper, B., and Eyer, D.  1972.  Flushing, pale color urines, and false negatives in the urine analysis of narcotic addicts. International Journal of the Addictions, 7, pp. 355-364.

·         Scrignar, C.B., Swanson, W., and Alderette, E.  1973.  Methadone maintenance in the medical treatment of heroin addiction.  Medical Digest, 19, pp. 49-54.

·         Swanson, W.C., Scrignar, C. B., Roman, R., Cruthirds, T., Eckert, G., Raymond,
F. B., and Newsom, R. T. 1972.  Planning for a Regional Prison in SoutheastLouisiana.  (Report of Sociological-Criminological Research Team, Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and St.Tammany.

·         Scrignar, C. B., Swanson, W. C., and Bloom, W. A.  1973.  Use of systematic desensitization in the treatment of airplane phobic patients.  Behavior Research and Therapy, II, pp. 129-131.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1973.  Food as the reinforcer in the outpatient treatment of anorexia  nervosa.  In James J. Stedman, W. F. Patton, and Kay F. Walton (Eds.), Clinical Studies in Behavior Therapy with Children, Adolescents, and Their Families.  Springfield, Charles C. Thomas Publishers, pp. 113-121.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1974.  Exposure time as the main hierarchy variable.  Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 5, 153-155.

·         Giarusso, C.B., Scrignar, C. B., Collins, H. M., and Lawless, D. E.  1978. New Orleans Police Department implements weight control program.  The Police Chief, Vol. XIV, No. 6, pp. 50-52.

·         Scrignar, C.B.  1979.  One session cure of a case of speech anxiety with a 10-year follow-up.  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 167, 315-316.

·         Scrignar, C.B.  1979.  Outpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa using food as the reinforcer.  In Charles E. Schaefer, Howard L. Millman, and Gary F. Levine (Eds.), Therapies for Psychosomatic Disorders in Children.  San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, pp. 161-162.

·         Scrignar, C.B.  1979.  Marijuana:  Current medical knowledge and future directions.  The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society, 131, pp. 205-207.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1980. Mandatory weight control program for 550 police officers choosing either behavior modification or "willpower."  Obesity and Bariatrics Medicine, 9, pp. 33-92.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1981. Rapid treatment of contamination phobia with flooding under hypnosis. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 4, pp. 252-257.

·         Scrignar,  C.B. 1983.  Stress Strategies:  The Treatment of the Anxiety Disorders.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1984.  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Legal Issues.  New York, Praeger Special Studies, Praeger Scientific.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1986.  Postpanic anxiety disorder:  Diagnosis and treatment. Southern Medical Journal, 79, pp. 400-404.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1987.  Posttraumatic stress disorder and sexual dysfunction.  Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, 21, pp. 102, 104, 106, 111-112.

·         Scrignar,  C.B.  1987.  Post-traumatic stress disorder.  The Psychiatric Times, Vol. IV, No. 7, pp. 1, 8-11.

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1988.  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Legal Issues (Second Edition).  New Orleans, Bruno Press. 

·         Figley, C.R., Scrignar, C. B., and Smith, W. H. 1988.  PTSD:  The aftershocks of trauma.  Patient Care, No. 9, pp. lll-127.

·         Scrignar, C.B.  1989.  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.  In L. J. Smith, Head and Neck  Injury Handbook, New York, Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, Inc.

·         Scrignar, C. B.  1990.  Group therapy with victims of post-traumatic stress disorder.  In M. Seligman and L. E. Marshak (Eds.), Group Psychotherapy: Interventions with Special Populations.  Boston, Allyn and Bacon (a subsidiary of Simon and Schuster).

·         Scrignar, C.B. 1991.  From Panic To Peace of Mind: Overcoming Panic and Agoraphobia.  New Orleans, Bruno Press.

·         Figley, C.R., Scrignar, C.B., and Smith, W.H.  1992  PTSD:  The aftershocks of trauma.  Patient Care, Vol. 26 No. 6, pp. 121-148.

·         Scrignar, C.B.  1996.  Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:  Diagnosis, Treatment, and Legal Issues (Third Edition). New Orleans, Bruno Press.

·         Scrignar, C. B.  1997.  "Massaging the Mind in Cyberspace," in Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association Newsletter, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 14-15.

·         Scrignar, C. B.  1998.  "Cognitive Behavior Therapy," in Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp 12-13.      

·         Scrignar, C. B.  1999.  "PTSD, the Traumatic Principle and Lawsuits," in Psychiatric Times, August 1999, Vol. XVI, No. 8, pp 53-54.

·         Scrignar, C.B.  2001.  "Anxiety Across the Ages," in Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association Newsletter, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp 4-5, 14.

·         Scrignar, C.B.  2002.  Toxic substances, psychiatric disorders, and class action litigation.  American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, Vol. 23, Issue 2, pp. 5-20.

 

 

 

At the Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.:

Instructor – Department of Psychiatry and Neurology n1965-66

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry – Department of Psychiatry and Neurology n 1966-1969
Director of Social Psychiatry – Department of Psychiatry and Neurology ▪1966 -71

Associate Professor of Psychiatry - Department of Psychiatry and Neurology ▪1969 -71

Clinical Associate Professor - Department of Psychiatry and Neurology ▪1971 -79

Clinical Professor - Department of Psychiatry and Neurology ▪1979 - Present

 

 

  

 

·         Resident in Psychiatry, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 1961-64

·         Research Fellow to Chairman of Department of Psychiatry and Neurology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 1964-65

·         Graduate, Second Behavior Therapy Institute, Temple University School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA, 1968

·         Graduate, Comprehensive Medical Training, Sexual and Marital Research,
Beverly Hills, CA, 1973

·         Graduate, Member of American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 1973
Certification in Clinical Hypnosis, The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 1995

 

 

 

¨                   Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA., 1979

¨                   Adjunct Professor of Law and Psychiatry, Tulane University School of Law, 1972

¨                   Adjunct Professor, Tulane School of Social Work, 1973

¨                   Adjunct Professor, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA, 1984

¨                   Chester B. Scrignar, M. D. Professorship in Forensic Psychiatry, established by Tulane University School of Medicine, 1999

 

  

 

            American Psychiatric Association

            Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association

            New Orleans Area Psychiatric Association

            American Medical Association

            Louisiana State Medical Society

            Orleans Parish Medical Association

            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

            American College of Forensic Psychiatry

            New Orleans Society for Clinical Hypnosis

 

 

 

¨                   Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 1972

¨                   Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 1997

¨                   Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2002

¨                   Chairman, Louisiana Narcotics Rehabilitation - Commission, by appointment of
the Governor

¨                   Chairman, Subcommittee on Dangerous Drugs of Louisiana Commission on Law
Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice

¨                   Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court

¨                   Chairman, New Orleans Action Task Force on Juvenile Delinquency Prevention by appointment of the Mayor

¨                   Chairman, Forensic Committee of Louisiana Psychiatric Association

¨                   President and founder of Behavior Therapy Society of New Orleans

¨                   President, New Orleans Chapter of American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, Societe' du Magnetisme de la Nouvelle Orleans            

¨                   Member, Subcommittee on Drug Abuse and Alcoholism of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Crime and Delinquency, New Orleans, LA.

¨                   Member, Advisory Committee on Narcotics Control and Drug Abuse of the Council of State Governments

¨                   Member, Mental Health Study Committee (Forensic Medicine) of the New Orleans Area Health Planning Council

¨                   Member, Advisory Committee of City Health Department, Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Program

¨                   Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council of Orleans Parish

¨                   Member, Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee to Study Drug Abuse

 

  

 

Organized and taught 20 national seminars for physicians, mental health professionals and attorneys on the subject of "Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Psychiatric Sequelae of Trauma".

 

Set of six audio-cassettes titled "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Psychiatric Sequelae of Trauma," produced by C. B. Scrignar, M.D.

 

 

 

Tulane/Columbia-DePaul Hospital, New Orleans, LA