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Elaine Orabona Mantell, Phd., is one of the first prescribing psychologists in the United States. She holds a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). Elaine received a B.A. in psychology from New York University and a Ph.D. from Nova University. She then joined the U.S. Air Force and completed a Fellowship at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Psychopharmacology. She’s worked extensively with soldiers afflicted with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Elaine has taught classes and symposia on women’s issues, anxiety, depression, and cultural factors in medicine throughout the US, Canada and Europe. Her articles have been featured in World News Network and she’s contributed to several books including: The Psychologist’s Desk Reference, Pharmacotherapy for Psychologists: Prescribing and Collaborative Roles, and Trauma Psychology [2 volumes]: Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health, and Illness. After her retirement as a Lt Col Elaine devoted her time to writing about psychology, relationships and the therapeutic value of the "journey".

Life
Elaine Orabona Foster was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.[5] Her father was Winslow Orabona (born c. ???),[6] from the area of ??????, Puerto Rico,[7][8][9] and her mother was Lydia ????? (born ????),[10] from the ????, a still mostly rural area on Puerto Rico's southwest coast?????.[9] They met in ??????, and were married in ????.[12][13] Winslow Orabona had a ????-grade education, accounting, law school;[7] Lydia Orabona worked as a ?????.[6] Elaine's older sister,Janet (Orabona) urge (born c. ????), is a ?????? and professor at ?????.[14][15]

Elaine was raised a Catholic[2] and grew up among other Puerto Ricans who settled in the South Bronx and East Bronx??????; she self-identifies as a "Nuyorican".[12] At first, she lived in a South Bronx tenement??????.[16] In 19???, the family moved to the well-maintained, racially and ethnically mixed, working-class Bronxdale Houses housing project[16][17][18] in Soundview (which has at times been considered part of both the East Bronx and South Bronx).[19][20][21] Her relative proximity to Yankee Stadium led to her becoming a lifelong fan of the New York Yankees.[22] The extended family got together frequently[16] and regularly visited Puerto Rico during summers.[23]

Elaine grew up with an alcoholic father and a mother who was emotionally distant; she felt closest to her grandmother, who she later said gave her a source of "protection and purpose".[11] Sonia was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age seven,[7] and began taking daily insulin injections.[24] Her father died of heart problems at age 42, when she was nine years old.[6][16] After this, she became fluent in English.[7] Sotomayor has said that she was first inspired by the strong-willed Nancy Drew book character, and then after her diabetes diagnosis led doctors to suggest a different career from detective, she was inspired to go into a legal career and become a judge by watching the Perry Mason television series.[7][22][24] She reflected in 1998: "I was going to college and I was going to become an attorney, and I knew that when I was ten. Ten. That's no jest."[22]

Both Lydia and Winslow Orabona put great stress on the value of education; she bought the Encyclopædia Britannica for her children, something unusual in the housing projects.[12] Despite the distance between the two, which became even worse after her father's death and which was not fully reconciled until decades later,[11] Sotomayor has credited her mother with being her "life inspiration".[25] For grammar school, Sotomayor attended Blessed Sacrament School in Soundview,[26] where she was valedictorian and had a near-perfect attendance record.[21][27] Although underage, Sotomayor worked at a local retail store; she also worked at a hospital.[28] Sotomayor passed the entrance tests for, then commuted to, Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx.[29][30] Meanwhile, the Bronxdale Houses had fallen victim to increasing heroin use, crime, and the emergence of the Black Spades gang.[16] In 1970, the family found refuge by moving to Co-op City in the Northeast Bronx.[16] At Cardinal Spellman, Sotomayor was on the forensics team and was elected to the student government.[29][30] She graduated as valedictorian in 1972.[12]

College and Psychology[edit] When Elaine entered??????,[31] there were few women students and fewer Latinos (about 20).[12][32] She knew only of the Bronx and Puerto Rico,[33] and she later described her initial Princeton experience as like "a visitor landing in an alien country."[34] She was too intimidated to ask questions for her first year there;[34] her writing and vocabulary skills were weak, and she lacked knowledge in the classics.[35] She put in long hours in the library and over summers, worked with a professor outside class, and gained skills, knowledge, and confidence.[12][32][35] She became a moderate student activist[29][36] and co-chair of the Acción Puertorriqueña organization, which looked for more opportunities for Puerto Rican students and served as a social and political hub for them.[12][37][38] She worked in the admissions office, traveling to high schools and lobbying on behalf of her best prospects.[39] Sotomayor focused in particular on faculty hiring and curriculum; at the time, Princeton did not have a single full-time Latino professor nor any class on Latin America.[40] Sotomayor later addressed the curriculum issue in an opinion piece in the college paper: "Not one permanent course in this university now deals in any notable detail with the Puerto Rican or Chicano cultures."[41] After a visit to university president William G. Bowen in her sophomore year did not produce results,[38] the organization filed a formal letter of complaint in April 1974 with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, saying the school discriminated in its hiring and admission practices.[37][40][42] Sotomayor told The New York Times at the time that "Princeton is following a policy of benign neutrality and is not making substantive efforts to change,"[42] and she wrote opinion pieces for the Daily Princetonian with the same theme.[12] The university began to hire Latino faculty,[36][40] and Sotomayor established an ongoing dialogue with Bowen.[39] Sotomayor also successfully persuaded historian Peter Winn to create a seminar on Puerto Rican history and politics.[40] Sotomayor joined the governance board of Princeton's Third World Center and served on the university's student–faculty Discipline Committee, which issued rulings on student infractions.[39][43] She also ran an after-school program for local children[36] and volunteered as an interpreter for Latino patients at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital.[12][33][44]

A formal pose of a young woman in her early twenties, dark straight hair parted near the center, wearing a dark floral print top.

Elaine's 19??? yearbook photo A ???? major, Elaine received almost all A's in her final two years of college.[43] Sotomayor wrote her senior thesis at Princeton on Luis Muñoz Marín, the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico, and on the territory's struggles for economic and political self-determination.[12] The 178-page work, "La Historia Ciclica de Puerto Rico: The Impact of the Life of Luis Muñoz Marin on the Political and Economic History of Puerto Rico, 1930–1975",[45] won honorable mention for the Latin American Studies Thesis Prize.[46] As a senior, Sotomayor won the Pyne Prize, the top award for undergraduates, which reflected both strong grades and extracurricular activities.[12][29][43] In 1976, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa[12][47] and awarded an A.B. from Princeton, graduating summa cum laude.[48] Sotomayor has described her time at Princeton as a life-changing experience.[49]

On August 14, 1976??????, just after graduating from ?????, Elaine married Robert Rushakoff, whom she had dated for ????,[8][12] in a small chapel at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.[30] She used the married name Sonia Sotomayor de Noonan.[50][51][52] He became a biologist and a patent lawyer.[12]

In the fall of 1976, Sotomayor entered Yale Law School, again on a scholarship.[22] This, too, was a place with very few Latinos.[38] She fit in well and was known as a hard worker, but she was not considered among the top stars of her class.[17][51] Yale General Counsel and professor José A. Cabranes was an early mentor to her and helped her to understand how she could be successful within "the system".[53] She became an editor of the Yale Law Journal[8] and was also managing editor of the student-run Yale Studies in World Public Order publication, which is now known as the Yale Journal of International Law.[54] Sotomayor published a law review note on the effect of possible Puerto Rican statehood on the island's mineral and ocean rights.[12][29] She was a semi-finalist in the Barristers Union mock trial competition.[54] She was co-chair of a group for Latin, Asian, and Native American students, and in her advocacy pushed for hiring more Hispanics for the faculty of the law school.[32][38]

Following her second year, she gained a job as a summer associate with the prominent New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.[55] By own her later evaluation, her performance there was lacking.[56] She did not receive an offer for a full-time position, an experience that she later described as a "kick in the teeth" and one that would bother her for years.[55][56] In her third year, she filed a formal complaint against the established Washington, D.C., law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge for suggesting during a recruiting dinner that she was at Yale only via affirmative action.[29][38] Sotomayor refused to be interviewed by the firm further and filed her complaint with a faculty–student tribunal, which ruled in her favor.[38][40] Her action triggered a campus-wide debate,[53] and news of the firm's subsequent December 1978 apology made The Washington Post.[50] In 1979, she was awarded a J.D. from Yale Law School.[8] She was admitted to the New York Bar in 1980.[52][57]

Early psychology career[edit]

Elaine divorced Robert Rushakoff in 19????;[62] they had 2 children, Benjamin and Andrew.[20] She has said that the pressures of her working life were a contributing factor, but not the major factor, in the breakup.[64][67]

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Walter-Reed AMC	    Cert. 1994-1996	Psychopharmacology Nova University	Ph.D.	1986-1988	Clinical Psychology (APA Approved) Nova University	M.A.	1983-1986	Clinical Psychology (APA Approved) New York University	B.A.	1978-1982	Psychology (cum laude)

DISSERTATION TITLE Development and Evaluation of an Early Intervention Program to Reduce the Dropout Rate Among DUI Offenders, 1988.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION New Mexico Prescribing Psychology License #0021 New Mexico Psychology License #1197 Florida Psychology License, PY4337 (since 1991) Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology (2001) Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology, Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (2007)

TEACHING Faculty, Alliant International University   	1996-present Faculty, Fairleigh Dickinson University                	2006-present Faculty, New Mexico State University	20010-present Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Mississippi   	1998-1999 Graduate Program, Clinical Psychology

Pilot Psychopharmacology Program Elaine...

PUBLICATIONS Levine, E & Orabona, E. (2007). The Integration of Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In E. K. Carll (Ed.), Trauma Psychology: Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health, and Illness. Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. Kenkel, M. B., DeLeon, P.H., Orabona, E., & Steep, A. (2005). Divided no more: Psychology’s role in integrated health care. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 46, 189-202. Kenkel, M. B., DeLeon, P.H., Orabona, E., & Steep, A. (2005). A psychologist by any other name...: Response to commentary by John L. Arnett. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 46, 212-214. Orabona, E., Ortiz, S., & Planthara, P. M. (2004). What price prescribing?: A commentary on the effect of prescription authority on psychological practice. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 35, page numbers. Dunivin, D. L. & Orabona, E. (1999). Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Project fellows' perspectives on didactic curriculum. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 30, 510-518. Orabona, E. (2003). Adult psychopharmacology 2: Side effects and warnings. In G. P. Koocher, J. C. Norcross, & S. S. Hill  (Eds.),  Psychologists' desk reference (2nd Ed.) (pp. 460-465). New York: Oxford University Press. Orabona, E. (1998). Adult psychopharmacology 2: Side effects and warnings. In G. P. Koocher, J. C. Norcross, & S. S. Hill  (Eds.),  Psychologists' desk reference (pp. 400-403). New York: Oxford University Press. Orabona, E. (1997). Women and psychopharmacology: A PDP perspective. Register Report, 23, 15.

OTHER PUBLICATION ACTIVITIES Ad hoc Reviewer –	Professional Psychology: Research and Practice –	Psychological Services

PRESENTATIONS Orabona, E. (2007, February). Professional Issues in Ethnopsychopharmacology. Continuing Education Course presented at the Division 55 Summit: Advocacy in Service of Psychology and the Public Welfare. Santa Fe, NM. Orabona, E. (2007, February). A Synthesis of the State and APA Efforts. In (K. Harowski) (Chair). RxP Advocacy in Service of Psychology and the Public Welfare. Santa Fe, NM Orabona, E., Levine, E., Planthara, P., & Quillen, J., (2006, August). How knowledge of transcultural psychopharmacology changed my practice. In E. O. Mantell (Chair), Transcultural psychopharmacology in the real world. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans LA. Crow, B., Orabona, E., & Krantz, D. S., (2006, August). Center for Deployment Psychology: The Curriculum Focus. In M. V. Ingram (chair), Center for Deployment Psychology—Training Psychologists to Treat Combat Injured. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans LA. DeLeon, P., Newman, R., Quillen, J., Levine, E., Feldman S., Rivas-Vazquez, A., Shapiro, G., & Orabona, E. (2006, July). Opportunities and Challenges for the Psychologists in the new Millenium. Continuing Education Workshop presented at the Summer Convention of the Florida Psychological Association, Sarasota FL. Orabona, E., Ally, G. A., Levine, E. S., McGrath, R. E., & Rom-Rymer, B. N. (2005, August). Ethical Challenges in Transcultural Psychopharmacology. In M. T. Sammons & B N. (Co-chairs), Ethical challenges for a new era--prescriptive authority for psychologists. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC. Brown, A., & Orabona E, (2006, April). Integrative Treatment of the Post-Deployment Service Member in CONUS Outpatient Mental Health Setting: Army and Air Force Perspective. Continuing Education Workshop presented at the Spring Conference of the Medical Surgical – Behavioral Science Symposium, Eastern Regional Medical Command, Willingen Germany. Ally, G. A., Marquez, E. M., & Orabona, E. (2005, August). The Role of the Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice in Legislative Successes Securing Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists. In G. A. Ally (chair), Organizational and Legislative Strategies to Secure Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists. Town Hall Plenary Session held at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC. Orabona, E. (2005, March). (Chair), Marquez, M., Quillin, J., Ciuccio, J., Chandler, D. (Implementing Prescriptive Authority Laws:  The Experiences of New Mexico and Louisiana, Continuing Education Workshop presented at the 2005 State Leadership Conference, Washington, DC. Orabona, E. (2005, March).  (Chair)  Marquez, M., Quillin, J., Ciuccio, J., & Chandler, D. Implementing Prescriptive Authority Laws:  The Experiences of New Mexico and Louisiana.  Continuing Education  Workshop presented at the 2005 State Leadership Conference, Washington D.C. Brown A., Levine E., Orabona E. (2005, February).  The Practical Concerns of the Prescribing Psychologist, Continuing Education Workshop presented at the Winter Conference of the American Psychological Association’s Division 55, Orlando FL.                            Sullivan, M., Ally G., Quillin, J., Orabona, E, Levine, E. (2005, February). What Price Advocacy? What Price Prescribing? Continuing Education program presented at the Winter Conference of the American Psychological Association’s Division 55, Orlando FL. McNamara, K.M., Meredith, J., Orabona, E., Taylor, R. (2005, April). Challenges and Benefits of Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists. Symposium presented at the Association of Veterans Administration Psychologist Leasders and APA Division 18-Pschologists in Public Service Conference, Dallas TX. Orabona, E. (2005, June). Pharmacological Treatment of Depression. Workshop presented at the Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Ontario. Orabona, E., Meredith J., Pfeiffer, B., Sammons, M., & Sexton, J. (2004, March). How Prescribing Has Changed Our Practice. Symposium presented at the State Leadership Conference, Washington D.C. Orabona, E. (2003, August). Prescriptive Authority Incidental or Integral to Psychology’s Public Policy Agenda. Discussion presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto Canada. Orabona, E. (2003, August). Pitfalls for Prescribers. Plenary—Prescription Privileges: Potential Prospects and Pitfalls. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto Canada. Orabona, E. (2003, July). Drug Therapy Toolbox. Continuing Education Workshop presented at the Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard Substance Abuse Conference, San Diego CA. Henderson-Daniel, J. & Orabona, E. (2003, August). (Co-chairs) Resilience in the War Zones of Life. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto Canada. Orabona, E. and Pfeiffer, B. (2000, August). Case Studies in Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy. Continuing Education Workshop presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC. Orabona E. (2000, August). Presidential Miniconvention on Prescription Privileges--The DoD Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project: Years of Effective Prescribing. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC. Orabona E. (1999, August). Life as a Prescribing Psychologist: Three Years after Graduation. Symposium presented that the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston MA. (invited address) Orabona, E. (1999, August) Advances in Psychopharmacology for Adults--Implications for Clinical Practice. Continuing Education Workshop presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston MA. Orabona, E. (!999, August) Prescribing Psychologists and Women of Color: One DOD/PDP Account. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston MA. (invited address) Orabona, E. (1999, June) Psychopharmacology:  A Training Program for Practicing Psychologists. Continuing Education program presented through California School of Professional Psychology, Baton Rouge LA. Orabona, E., Brown T., (1999, March) Disease Management Series, Treatment of Depression in the Primary Care Setting. National Disease Management Video-conference, Keesler AFB MS. Orabona, E. (1998, August). Advances in Psychopharmacology for Adults--Implications for Clinical Practice. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco CA. Orabona, E. (1998, August). Psychopharmacological Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco CA. Orabona, E. (1997, November). Experiences of a Pharmacopsychologist. Keynote Address for the annual Convention of the Louisiana Psychological Association, Baton Rouge LA. Orabona, E. (1997, September). Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Depression. Continuing Education Workshop presented at the Convention of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi MS. Orabona, E., (1997, August). First Person Accounts: Experiences in the DOD Psychopharmacology Training Program. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago IL. Orabona, E. discussant (1997, August). Prescription Privileges: Emerging State Legislative Initiatives. Symposium presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago IL. Orabona, E (1996, September). Prescription Privileges for Psychologists: Issues in Training and Practice. Keynote Address for the annual Convention of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi MS. Dunivin D., Pfeiffer, B., & Orabona, E. (1996 February). Psychopharmacology and Psychology: The Next Generation. Symposium presented at the Convention of the Maryland Psychological Association, Columbia MD. Oleshansky, M., Orabona, E., Sammons, M. (1996, May) Review and Update of Psycho-pharmacology, Division of Psychological Services. Invited workshop, National Security Agency, Ft., Meade MD

AWARDS, HONORS, DISTINCTIONS 2009 Psychologist of the Year, Florida Psychological Association 2004 U.S. Air Force Meritorious Service Medal 2005 Fellow, American Psychological Association 2004 U.S. Air Force Meritorious Service Medal 1998 Officer of the Year, Federal Women's Program 1997 American Psychological Association Presidential Citation for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession of Psychology 1997 Air Force Psychologist of the Year, Keesler AFB 1989 Medical Officer of the Year, Hanscom Air Force Base 1980 Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology

SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS 2010	 Certificate of Completion, CBT and CBCT for treatment of PTSD 2008	 Certificate of Completion, Prolonged Exposure Therapy 2008 Certificate of Completion, Center for Deployment Psychology (January 7-18) 2007 Certificate of Training/Proficiency, Behavioral Health Optimization Program 2000 Certificate of Training, FBI Hostage Negotiation 1990 Certificate of Training in Clinical Hypnosis (Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis)