Michael H. Sherman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Michael.Sherman@Vanderbilt.edu
Dr. Michael Sherman has been a member of the faculty since 1990. He is the clinical director of the adolescent psychiatry inpatient service at the Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt, and also maintains a private practice in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Education
M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine
B.S., Colorado State University
Postgraduate Training
Resident in Psychiatry, University of Nebraska
Resident in Psychiatry, Harding Hospital
Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Colorado
Fellow in Family Psychiatry, Georgetown University
Areas of Clinical Expertise
Adolescent psychiatry, psychodynamic psychotherapy
Research interests
Attachment, family emotional process, affect regulation
Representative publications
1.Biringen Z, Matheny A, Bretherton I, Renouf A, Sherman MH (2000) Maternal representation of the self as parent: connections with maternal sensitivity and maternal structuring. Attachment and Human Development 2(2), 218-232.
2.Sherman MH (1990) Family Narratives: Internal Representations of Family Relationships and Affective Themes. Infant Mental Health Journal 11,253-258.
3. Bretherton I, Biringen Z, Ridgway D, Maslin C, Sherman MH (1989) Attachment: The Parental Perspective. Infant Mental Health Journal 10, 203-221.
