Kyle Dean Pruett MD
Clinical Professor in the Child Study Center; Clin Prof Psychiatry & Sch of Nursing
Departments & Organizations
Child Study CenterResearch Interests
1. Developmental consequences of father involvement in child development. Longitudinal study - 10 yrs. (in progress) 2. Development of creativity in children 3. Effects of Divorce Process on Families with Young Children 4. Reducing child neglect, abandonment and abuse by engaging at-risk fathers early in the lives of their children; randomized clinical trial of 700 families. International replication underway in Canada 5. Developmental effects of media exposure on young children
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Education
- M.D., Tufts University , 1969
Selected Publication
- Pruett, K., Shashank, J., Martin, A., (2010) Thinking About Prescribing; The Psychology of Psychopharmacology, The Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, ed. Martin, A, Scahill, L., Kratochvil C., Oxford University Press, London
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Lifetime Teaching Award(2008) , Yale School of Medicine, Child Study Center
Articles
Summer 2000
Fatherneed: Why Father Care is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child
by Kyle D. Pruett, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry in the Child Study Center, Free Press (N.Y.), 2000.
Spring 2001
Parental prospects
A national survey of 3,000 adults, one-third of them parents of young children, found a surprising lack of...
Summer 1998
Kyle D. Pruett, M.D.
Kyle D. Pruett, M.D., clinical professor of child psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center and the School of Nursing,...
Winter/Spring 1998
Music and medicine
What was the first human music? A whistled imitation of a bird call? A rhythmic pounding that mimicked a heartbeat or...
Fall 1998
Children thrive when fathers stay at home
Fathers can play the traditional child-rearing role of mothers with no detriment to the children, according to a...
