Faculty

Aliona Tsypes, PhD

Aliona Tsypes, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

PhD
Clinical Psychology, State University of New York, Binghamton
Clinical Psychology, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Clinical Research Training for Psychologists, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Selected Honors & Awards

Career Development Institute (CDI) for Psychiatry Program Award,

Research Interests

Suicide; Learning & decision-making; Neurocomputational modeling
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Tsypes, A., Hallquist, M.N., Ianni, A., Kaurin, A., Wright, A.G.C., & Dombrovski, A.Y. Exploration-exploitation and suicidal behavior in borderline personality disorder and depression. JAMA Psychiatry, 81(10), 1010-1019.
  2. Tsypes A, Szanto K, Bridge JA, Brown VM, Keilp JG, & Dombrovski AY. (2022). Delay discounting in suicidal behavior: Myopic preference or inconsistent valuation? Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 131(1), 3444.
  3. Tsypes A, Kaurin A, Wright AGC, Hallquist MN, & Dombrovski AY (2022). Protective effects of reasons for living against suicidal ideation in daily life. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 148, 174180.
  4. Tsypes A, Owens M, & Gibb BE (2021). Reward Responsiveness in Suicide Attempters: An Electroencephalography/Event-Related Potential Study. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 6(1), 99-106.

Clinical Interests

Suicide prevention; Acceptance & commitment therapy (transdiagnostic)

Education Interests

Research mentorship; Clinical supervision; Teaching (suicide/suicide prevention)

JAMA Psychiatry: Exploration-Exploitation and Suicidal Behavior in Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression

Drs. Tsypes and Dombrovski

People who survive suicide attempts usually come to regret their choice of suicide attempt over constructive alternatives, suggesting that this choice is often an error of decision-making. In a crisis, decisions are often made during a complex sensorimotor interaction, with real or perceived time pressure, and a vast number of options that may become available and vanish dynamically. While there may be many choices...

The 2024 Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting in Austin, TX

Collage of Photos from 2024 SOBP Meeting

The 2024 Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Annual Meeting was held in Austin, TX. Pitt Psychiatry faculty and trainees gathered for a program that explored whether the translational medicine approach is living up to its promise in psychiatry. The conference additionally presented the opportunity to network and meet up with Pitt Psychiatry friends and alums! Gold Medal Award Mary Phillips, MD, MD (Cantab)...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Aliona Tsypes, PhD, to the Faculty

Dr. Aliona Tsypes

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to new faculty member Aliona Tsypes, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry). Dr. Tsypes earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Binghamton University, having completed her clinical internship at the American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Clinical Psychology Internship program. Dr. Tsypes then remained at the University of...