Gretchen L Haas, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email haasgl@upmc.edu
Education & Training
PhD
Clinical Psychology, Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
MA
Psychology, Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Clinical Psychology (Child), Children's Hospital of Michigan
Clinical Psychology (Adult), VA Medical Center, Allen Park
Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health
Professional Affiliations
Chair, Scientific Council, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Member, American Psychological Association
Member, Society for Biological Psychiatry
Member, Society for Neuroscience
Member, International Early Psychosis Association
Selected Honors & Awards
Research Award for Schizophrenia Research, Levy Foundation Research Award for Schizophrenia Research
Research Interests
Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders; Prodromal indicators of risk for psychosis; Etiology & risk for suicide in psychosis
Selected Research Publications & Products- Horton, L.E., Bridgwater, M.A., Haas, G. L. Emotion recognition and social skills in child and adolescent offspring of parents with schizophrenia. Cogn Neuropsychiatry. In press.
- Hill SY, Jones BL, Haas GL. Suicidal ideation and aggression in childhood, genetic variation and young adult depression. J Affect Disord. 2020 Jul 24;276:954-962. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.049. PMID: 32745832
- Horton LE, Smith AA, Haas GL. The nature and timing of social deficits in child and adolescent offspring of parents with schizophrenia: Preliminary evidence for precursors of negative symptoms. Schizophr Res 2014 Oct;159(1):27-30. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.07.007. Epub 2014 Aug 10. PMID: 25112161. PMCID: PMC4243614
- Haas GL, Garratt LS, Sweeney JA: Delay to first antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: Impact on symptomatology and clinical course of illness. J Psychiatr Res May-Aug 1998, 32(3-4):151-9. PMID: 9793868.
- Haas GL, Sweeney JA: Premorbid and onset features of first-episode schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 1992, 18(3):373-86. PMID: 1411328
Clinical Interests
Schizophrenia & psychotic disorders; Premorbid & prodromal indicators of risk; Suicidal behavior in schizophrenia
Selected Clinical Publications & Products- Kasckow, J., Appelt, C., Haas, G., Huegel, S., Fox, L., Gurklis, J. & Daley, D. Development of a recovery manual for suicidal patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res, 130(1-3): 287-288,2011. PMID: 21601429
- Rubin LH, Haas GL, Keshavan MS, Sweeney JA, Maki PM. Sex difference in cognitive response to antipsychotic treatment in frist-episode schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharm, 33(2):290-7, 2008 Jan. PMID: 17392734; PMCID: PMC4394734; NIHMSID: NIHMS478562
- Haas, GL: Psychotherapeutic interventions for recent-onset schizophrenia: A review and guidelines. Prim Care Companion to J Clin Psychiatry Dec 2000, 7(12):63-8.
- Haas GL, Glick ID, Clarkin JF, Spencer JH, Lewis AB: Gender and schizophrenia outcome: a clinical trial of an inpatient family intervention. Schizophr Bull 1990, 16(2):277-92. PMID: 2197716
- Haas GL, Glick ID, Clarkin JF, Spencer JH, Lewis AB, Peyser J, DeMane N, Good-Ellis M, Harris E, Lestelle V: Inpatient family intervention: a randomized clinical trial. II. Results at hospital discharge. Arch Gen Psychiatry Mar 1988, 45(3):217-24. PMID: 3277578.
Education Interests
Research mentorship; Medical student/resident education; Psychology internship training
