EDUCATION
Master of Social Work (MSW), 2000
Emphasis: Mental Health, Research
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

LICENSE
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Missouri), 2003

LIFE EXPERIENCE
Born in Japan
Lived in New Zealand as an exchange student
Lost sister to suicide
Adopted a daughter from China

LANGUAGE
English and Japanese (interpreter service available for certain health insurance clients)

PUBLISHED ARTICLES
North CS, Kawasaki A, Spitznagel EL, Hong BA, Longitudinal study of post-traumatic stress disorder after severe floods. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2004;192 (12): 823-829.

North CS, Pfefferbaum B, Narayanan P, Thielman S, McCoy G, Dumont C, Kawasaki A, Ryosho N, Kim Y, Spitznagel EL. Postdisaster psychiatric disorders after the US embassy bombing in Nairobi-comparison with Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City. British Journal of Psychiatry 2005 Jun;186:487-93.

North CS, Pfefferbaum B, Tivis L, Kawasaki A, Reddy C, Spitznagel EL. The course of posttraumatic stress disorder in a follow-up study of survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 2004; 16(4): 209-215.

North CS, Pfefferbaum B, Kawasaki A, Lee S, Spitznagel EL. Psychosocial adjustment of directly exposed survivors 7 years after the Oklahoma City bombing.  Comprehensive Psychiatry 2011 Jan-Feb;52(1):1-8.