Faculty

Lauren M Bylsma, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology

Contact Details

100 N. Bellefield Avenue
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

PhD
University of South Florida Clinical Psychology
VA Puget Sound, Seattle DivisionClinical Psychology
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineChild and Adolescent Psychiatry

Specialty Certifications

Licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology

Professional Affiliations

Member, Society for Affective Science
Member, Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Member, Society for Research in Psychopathology
Member, Society for Ambulatory Assessment
Member, Society for Psychophysiological Research
Member, FLUX: International Congress for Integrative Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Selected Honors & Awards

Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology, Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
McGuigan Dissertation Award, American Psychological Foundation

Research Interests

Depression risk, developmental neuroscience; Emotional reactivity & regulation, reward process; Multimodal assessment of emotion, psychophysiology
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Hamilton, J. L., Ladouceur, C. D., Silk, J. S., Franzen, P. L., & Bylsma, L. M. (2020). Higher Rates of Sleep Disturbance Among Offspring of Parents With Recurrent Depression Compared to Offspring of Nondepressed Parents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(1), 1-11.
  2. Bylsma, L.M., Yaroslavsky, I., Jennings, J.R., Rottenberg, J., Baji, I., Benak, I, Dochnal, R., Halas, K, Kapornai, K., Kiss, E., Osyath, V., Varga, H., & Kovacs, M. (2015). Deficits in autonomic balance to a psychological and physical challenge in youth with a history of childhood onset depression. Biological Psychology, 110, 167-174. PMID: 26225465
  3. Bylsma, L. M., Salomon, K., Taylor-Clift, A., Morris, B. H., and Rottenberg, J. (2014). Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Reactivity in Current and Remitted Major Depressive Disorder. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76, 66-73. PMID: 24367127.
  4. Bylsma, L. M., Clift, A., & Rottenberg, J. (2011). Emotional reactivity to life events in major and minor depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 155-167. PMID: 21319928.
  5. Bylsma, L. M., Morris, B. H & Rottenberg, J. (2008). A meta-analysis of emotional reactivity in major depressive disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 676-691. PMID: 18006196.

Clinical Interests

Adult mood and anxiety disorders; Child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders; Cognitive behavioral therapy
Selected Clinical Publications & Products
  1. Bylsma, L. M., Mauss, I. B., & Rottenberg, J. (2016). Is the Divide a Chasm? Bridging Affective Science with Clinical Practice. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38, 42-47. PMID: 27524858.
  2. Vingerhoets, A. & Bylsma, L. (2007). Crying and health: Popular and scientific conceptions. Psychological Topics, 16, 275-296.

Education Interests

Research mentoring; Clinical supervision: cognitive behavioral therapy; Research methodology training: psychophysiology

Lauren Bylsma Receives Early Career Award from Society for Psychophysiological Research 

Dr. Lauren Bylsma Receives SPR's Highest Honor

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that Lauren Bylsma, PhD, has received a Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Dr. Bylsma received this prestigious award at the Society’s annual meeting in Washington, DC (September 25–29, 2019), where she also delivered the Early Career Award Address, “A...

Findings by Dr. Cecile Ladouceur et al. Indicate that Error-Related Negativity (ERN) Amplitude in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Remains Elevated Following Treatment

Ladouceur et al Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2018

Pediatric anxiety disorders begin in childhood or early adolescence and frequently lead to other psychiatric disorders in adulthood, including anxiety disorders and depression. Anxiety disorders are associated with an overactive action monitoring system, as indexed by a larger event-related potential named the error-related negativity (ERN). This leads researchers to hypothesize that it could represent a potential...