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RESEARCH IN THE DIVISION OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
The field of child and adolescent psychiatry is still relatively
underrepresented in the medical and scientific literature. The department
is particularly committed to advancing the scientific knowledge
base regarding the mental health of children, and in training mental
health professionals in research investigation and academic writing
for the promotion of this knowledge.
Cambridge Health Alliance is a health care system with strong clinical,
academic and research programs and diverse faculty interests. The
training program and the faculty are committed to providing top
educational opportunities for our Fellows within Cambridge Health
Alliance, as well as at affiliated Harvard teaching hospitals.
Margarita Alegria, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Understanding caregivers' recognition of youngsters' mental health
problems; concordance in the mental health problem reports of parent-child
dyads; gender and ethnic/race differences on youngsters' expression
of illness; CBT intervention for youngsters with PTSD.
Nick Carson, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Clinical Research Associate, Center for Multicultural Mental Health
Research; Child Psychiatrist, Center for Child and Adolescent Development.
Cultural psychiatry; mental health needs and service use of ethnic
minority youth; clinical trials in psychopharmacology of severe
mental illness in youth; popular culture and mass media.
Jean Frazier, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Treatment of Early Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum (TEOSS); Ziprasidone
Open Trial treatment of Early Onset Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective
Disorders; At-Risk Study for Children with a first-degree relative
with schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder; Brain Anatomic MRI in Childhood
Bipolar Disorder; MRI and MRS at 4.0T of Children and Adolescents
with Bipolar Illness and Health Comparisons; Brain Anatomic Resonance
Imaging in Childhood Psychotic Disorders; Pediatric Magnetic Spectroscopy
of Psychosis; Lithium treatment of juvenile-onset bipolar disorder;
other treatment studies for juvenile-onset bipolar disorder and
autism.
Katherine Grimes, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Community systems of care outcomes for children with serious mental
health needs, when care is provided by integrated medical, mental
health, and social service interventions.
Melissa Lopez-Larson, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Research Fellow
in the Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Research Program.
The clinical and biological associations of mood disorders in youths
through imaging methodology. Clinical trials for youths with mood
and psychotic disorders.
Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School.
How genetic factors and qualities of parent-child attachment interact
to influence the adolescent's adaptation or psychiatric disorder.
Nancy Rappaport, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Optimizing special education delivery to students; conducting threat
assessments in school setting.
Lauren Shin, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Antipsychotic-induced obesity in children and adolescents with psychiatric
disorders; management of metabolic profile and weight using metformin.
Robert Ziegler, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Assessment of needs of children who witness violence; families with
children at risk for out-of-home placement; depression in a middle
school population identified through a school survey.
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