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December 2

Contemplating the Unthinkable: What Clinical Psychiatrists Need to Understand about Mass Violence

Jack Rozel, MD, MSL Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Director. resolve Crisis Services, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital.
December 9

Development and Maintenance of Dysregulated Eating in Youth with Overweight and Obesity: Towards an Understanding of Affective and Neurocognitive Mechanisms

Andrea Goldschmidt, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
December 16

Antidepressant Placebo Effects: Endogenous Opioids, Reinforcement Learning, and Beyond

Marta Peciña, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
January 6

Intimate Partner Violence and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Midlife Women

Karen Jakubowski, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Leveraging Teams and Implementation Science to Improve Children's Mental Health Services

Elizabeth McGuier, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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