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We hope you will join us on Friday, February 24th when the Department of Psychiatry will feature the work of Dr. Susan Perlman as part of its Meet the PI lecture series. The lecture will take place from 12:00-1:30pm in the Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Room S120. Dr. Perlman founded the Laboratory for Child Brain Development upon her recruitment to the Department of Psychiatry faculty in 2011. She also serves as...

Psychosomatic medicine remains a challenging field. Subspecialty areas in psychosomatic medicine make it more complicated to diagnose, treat, and refer patients with complex medical comorbidities. Providers need to provide best practice comprehensive psychiatric consultation evaluations with thorough consideration of psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial factors. The 2017 UPMC Psychosomatic Medicine Conference...

The Department of Psychiatry will welcome Dr. Diego Pizzagalli to Pittsburgh on February 17, 2017 as the featured speaker for its Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series. Dr. Pizzagalli is Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. He is the founding director of the Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, as well as the Director of Imaging Center at McLean Hospital. Dr. Pizzagalli's research...

Dr. Erika Forbes has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Forbes began her career at the University of Pittsburgh as a graduate student. After earning a master's degree and PhD in child clinical and developmental psychology from Pitt, she completed a clinical psychology internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) and obtained...

Longitudinal predictors of cannabis use and dependence in offspring from families at ultra high risk for alcohol dependence and in control families Hill SY, Jones BL, Steinhauer SR, Zezza N and Stiffler S American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatrics Genetics, 171:383-95, 2016 Cannabis use is common among adolescents. Identifying the factors associated with continued heavy use into young adulthood...

The Department of Psychiatry is well known as a leader in research examining the causes of mental health disorders and the development of innovative diagnostic and treatment methods to improve the lives of people living with these disorders. The recent appointment of four new research faculty has contributed to that reputation in the field and expanded the Department's research activities focusing on the brain and...