Publications

Family-Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Preadolescents: Examining Efficacy and Potential Treatment Mechanisms Dietz LJ, Weinberg RJ, Brent DA, MD and Mufson L Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Published Online A recent study by Dr. Laura Dietz, pictured here with co-author Dr. Rebecca Weinberg, and their colleagues finds that Family Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy...

Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study: Evaluating Safety Rynn MA, Walkup JT, Compton SN, Sakolsky DJ, Sherrill JT, Shen S, Kendall PC, McCracken J, Albano AM, Piacentini J, Riddle MA, Keeton C, Waslick B, Chrisman A, Iyengar S, March JS and Birmaher B. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 54:180-190, 2015 Anxiety disorders are among the most common childhood psychiatric disorders...

Decreased vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 availability in the striatum following chronic cocaine self-administration in nonhuman primates Narendran R, Jedema HP, Lopresti BJ, Mason NS, Himes ML and Bradberry CW Biological Psychiatry, 77:488-492, 2015 In a recent positron emission tomography study, Drs. Rajesh Narendran, Charles Bradberry and their colleagues demonstrated less [(11)C]-(+)-dihydrotetrabenazine...

Research by Dr. Konasale Prasad and his colleagues featured in Special Issue of Schizophrenia Research Schizophrenia Research, 161, 2015 Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders may be due to impaired anatomical and functional connections. Recent studies suggest a pattern of impaired connections in the fronto-temporal regions. However, its relationship to cognitive performance and future risk for schizophrenia...

Subjective-objective sleep discrepancy among older adults: associations with insomnia diagnosis and insomnia treatment Kay DB, Buysse DJ, Germain A, Hall M and Monk TH Journal of Sleep Research, 24:32-39, 2015 Discrepancy between subjective and objective measures of sleep is associated with insomnia and increasing age. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia improves sleep quality and decreases subjective...

In Vivo Evidence of Neurophysiological Maturation of the Human Adolescent Striatum Larsen B and Luna B Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Published Online Maturation of the striatum has been posited to play a primary role in observed increases in adolescent sensation-seeking. However, evidence of neurophysiological maturation in the human adolescent striatum is limited. In collaboration with his mentor in the...