The Stress Check-Up Blog

This account is for posts by David Clarke, MD, from the blog on his website, www.stressillness.com. Posts Dr. Clarke makes to the blog on his web site are re-posted to this account.

David D. Clarke MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus and Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He is board-certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine and practiced Gastroenterology in Portland, Oregon from 1984 to 2009. During that time he diagnosed and treated over 7000 PPD patients. His book for patients with PPD, They Can’t Find Anything Wrong!, was praised as "truly remarkable" by a past president of the American Psychosomatic Society. (All royalties are donated to the PPDA.) He has received numerous awards for patient care and is a member of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, the American Psychosomatic Society and the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia and at Oxford University in England. He is an Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Clarke lectures on PPD frequently throughout the U.S. and internationally and he has appeared on over 100 TV and radio broadcasts. He is the current president of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association.

Dr. Clarke's website is www.stressillness.com and he is the author of They Can't Find Anything Wrong. He has completed the TMS Practitioner Survey on this site and is listed in our Find a TMS Doctor or Therapist page, under Oregon. Click here to view Dr. Clarke's personal account on this forum.