About Dr Knox

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I've been interested in psychiatry for as long as I can remember. Partially because my mom was a psychiatrist, but partially because mental health issues ran in my family. I  have lived the experience of being a family member of someone with severe mental illness-  with witnessing a loved one on the Autism spectrum struggle to make friends, with watching symptoms of OCD arise seemingly overnight, with feeling helpless to the ups and downs of a family member with bipolar disorder, with being perplexed by a loved one hearing voices that no one else could, with mourning the loss of a loved one to suicide. But I also have also experienced the joys and victories- of seeing people grow and thrive despite (and at times through) their mental health issues. 

Because psychiatry was personal long before it was professional for me, I've always felt a personal connection to my patients - I understand they aren't just a "patient," but they are someone's child, someone's sibling, someone's parent, and that there is a whole family being impacted by the person's experiences. 

My first formal study of mental health came in college at UT Austin, where I studied psychology and was a graduate of the Plan II Honors program. I wrote my honors thesis on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). During medical school, I was inducted into the prestigious Gold Humanism Medical Society, an organization which honors physicians for excellence in clinical care, compassion, and dedication to humanism in service. During residency training at UT Southwestern, I become passionately involved in multi-disciplinary state and national advocacy efforts for improved care of victims of sexual assault who had serious mental illness. Following graduation from UTSW, I worked briefly at the Eating Recovery Center (ERC) before working on the inpatient psychiatric unit at the Seay Center (Texas Health Resources Plano). It was during that time that I became more interested in integrative psychiatry. I studied with James Greenblatt through the Psychiatry Redefined program, and completed courses with the Institute for Functional Medicine and the Kharrazian Institute. I am a member of the College of Functional and Integrative Medicine Physicians. 

Knox, E. (2023). Out of the Magnet, Into the Real World: Hyperscanning and Political Neuroscience. This Stuff is Really Cool, Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Conference, San Diego, CA. 

Downing, N., Valentine, J., Miles, L., Knox, E. (2022). Sexual Assault & Mental Illness: Developing a Strong Healthcare Response. [Delivered virtually] SUNY Upstate Medical University Project ECHO Presentation, Syracuse, NY. 

Miles, L., Knox, E., Downing, N., Valentine, J. (2022). Ability to consent to a sexual assault medical forensic examination in adult patients with serious mental illness. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 85. 

Fort, J., Knox, C., Knox, E. (2019). Utilizing Tools from Expressive Arts Therapies for Groups with the Medically Ill. American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 

Knox, E., Banik, A., Nizami, S. (2019). Strategies for Effectively Delivering the Diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder to Patients and their Families. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Conference, Chicago, IL.

Valentine, J., Miles, L., Downing, N., Knox, E. (2019). Assessing Appropriateness for Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations in Patients with Mental Illness: Ethical, Legal, and Safety Considerations. International Association of Forensic Nursing (IAFN) Conference, New Orleans, LA.