Brent M. Kious,
MD, PhD
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Brent Kious, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, practices inpatient adult psychiatry, focusing on the management of severe persistent mental illness. He recently became the department's first Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in Bioethics
Clinical Locations
801-583-2500
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor Internal Medicine - Adjunct Instructor |
| Academic Divisions | Adult Psychiatry General Internal Medicine |
| Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry) |
Brent Kious, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, practices inpatient adult psychiatry, focusing on the management of severe persistent mental illness. He recently became the department's first Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in Bioethics
Academic Locations
Research Statement
Dr. Kious's current research encompasses theoretical work in bioethics and scientific research related to the epidemiology and treatment of depression. His research in bioethics is focused on the role of values in medicine, and in particular, on the role of suffering in the legalization of medical aid-in-dying. He was selected as a Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in bioethics in 2020. His scientific work focuses on developing novel interventions for the treatment of major depressive disorder. These interventions are inspired by epidemiological research related to the effects of altitude on the risk of major depressive disorder and suicide.
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Psychiatry
-
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine - Adjunct Instructor |
| Academic Divisions | Adult Psychiatry General Internal Medicine |
| Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry) |
Education History
| Chief Resident | University of Utah Psychiatry Chief Resident, 2015 |
| Residency | University of Utah Psychiatry Resident, 2014 |
| Professional Medical | University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 2011 |
| Doctoral Training | University of California, Los Angeles Philosophy Ph.D., 2009 |
| Undergraduate | California Institute of Technology Biology/Science, Ethics and Society B.S., 2000 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Kious BM (2022). Three kinds of suffering and their relative moral significance. Bioethics, 36(6), 621-627.
- Kious BM, Battin MP (2022). Suffering and the Completed Life. Am J Bioeth, 22(2), 62-64.
- Durns TA, OConnell PH, Shvartsur A, Grey JS, Kious BM (2021). Effects of temporary psychiatric holds on length of stay and readmission risk among persons admitted for psychotic disorders. Int J Law Psychiatry, 76, 101695.
- Kious BM, Docherty AR, Botkin JR, Brown TR, Francis LP, Gray DD, Keeshin BR, Stark LA, Witte B, Coon H (2020). Ethical and public health implications of genetic testing for suicide risk: family and survivor perspectives. Genet Med, 23(2), 289-297.
- OConnell PH, Durns T, Kious BM (2020). Risk of suicide after discharge from inpatient psychiatric care: a systematic review. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract, 25, 1-11.
- Kious BM, Bakian AV (2020). Evidence of new-onset depression among persons with migraine after discontinuing antidepressants. Psychiatry Res, 288, 112990.
- Grey JS, Durns T, Kious BM (2020). Pseudologia Fantastica: An Elaborate Tale of Combat-related PTSD. J Psychiatr Pract, 26(3), 241-245.
- Kious BM, Dobias L, OConnell PH (2019). Effect of Delays in Civil Commitment Hearings on Outcomes Among Psychiatric Inpatients. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 47(4), 467-475.
- Kious BM, Battin MP (2019). Physician Aid-in-Dying and Suicide Prevention in Psychiatry: A Moral Crisis? Am J Bioeth, 19(10), 29-39.
- Kious BM, Kondo DG, Renshaw PF (2019). Creatine for the Treatment of Depression. Biomolecules, 9(9).
- Shvartsur A, Kious BM (2019). Delirium and Dysarthria After Titration of Clozapine. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord, 21(3).
- Kious BM, Bakian A, Zhao J, Mickey B, Guille C, Renshaw P, Sen S (2019). Altitude and risk of depression and anxiety: findings from the intern health study. Int Rev Psychiatry, 31(7-8), 637-645.
- Kious BM (2018). Boorse's Theory of Disease: (Why) Do Values Matter? J Med Philos, 43(4), 421-438.
- Kious BM, Kondo DG, Renshaw PF (2018). Living High and Feeling Low: Altitude, Suicide, and Depression. Harv Rev Psychiatry, 26(2), 43-56.
- Kious BM (2016). Respect for autonomy: deciding what is good for oneself. J Med Ethics, 42(12), 769-775.
- Kious BM (2015). Autonomy and values: why the conventional theory of autonomy is not value neutral. Philos Psychiatr Psychol, 22(1), 1-12.
- Kious BM (2015). Autonomy, judgement, and theories of the good. Philos Psychiatr Psychol, 22(1), 21-24.
Commentary
Editorial
Letter
- Kious BM, Battin MP (2019). Response to Open Peer Commentaries on "Physician Aid-in-Dying and Suicide Prevention in Psychiatry". [Letter to the editor]. Am J Bioeth, 19(10), W14-W17.
- Kious BM, Lewis BR (2018). Classifying psychiatric disorders as communicable diseases. [Letter to the editor]. Lancet Psychiatry, 6(1), 13-14.