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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...

Corticostriatothalamic Reward Prediction Error Signals and Executive Control in Late-Life Depression Dombrovski AY, Szanto K, Clark L, Aizenstein HJ, Chase HW, Reynolds CF and Siegle GJ Psychological Medicine, 2015, 45(7):1413-24 The vascular depression hypothesis posits that prefrontal disconnection by vascular lesions causes depression and executive dysfunction. In a study recently published in Psychological...

WPIC Adolescent Acute Partial Hospitalization Program Selectedfor Beckwith Institute Innovation Award The Beckwith Institute?s Frontline Innovation Program has awarded funding to Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic's (WPIC) Adolescent Acute Partial Hospitalization Program (AAPHP) to support their Virtual School Consultation initiative. The Virtual School Consultation initiative aims to improve the transition...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Dr. Amy Herschell to Associate Professor of Psychiatry Congratulations to Amy Herschell, PhD on her promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Herschell is a graduate of West Virginia University where she earned Master?s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology. She also attended the...

Please join us in welcoming Sarah T. Stahl, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry to the Department of Psychiatry faculty. Dr. Stahl earned her PhD in Life-span Developmental Psychology in 2011 from West Virginia University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Clinical Research Training in Geriatric Psychiatry program (T32) at the University of Pittsburgh prior to her appointment to the Department of...

Decreased Delta Sleep Ratio and Elevated Alpha Power Predict Vulnerability to Depression during Interferon-Alpha Treatment Lotrich FE and Germain A Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Volume 40, Supplement, September 2014, Page e2 Although poor sleep sometimes accompanies depression, it is unknown which specific sleep abnormalities precede depression. Drs. Francis Lotrich and Anne Germain prospectively determined which...