The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is a national leader in public sector psychiatry. Our mission is to provide excellent state-of-the-art and recovery-informed patient care, research, training, and community engagement in an effort to enhance the mental health of all citizens in Massachusetts and beyond. We are the largest provider of psychiatric service in Central Massachusetts, with a team of over 300 faculty and 2000 staff. We take pride in our outstanding clinical services, innovative educational and training programs, research advances, and workplace of choice. We are working to become the best integrated department of psychiatry in the nation. This collection showcases selected journal articles and other publications and presentations written by faculty and researchers of the Department of Psychiatry.
Publications from 2008
BK channel subunit composition modulates molecular tolerance to ethanol, Paula Leslie Feinberg-Zadek, Gilles E. Martin, and Steven N. Treistman
A Comparison of Exclusion and Trial-and-Error Procedures: Primary and Secondary Effects, Christiana Ferrari, Julio C. de Rose, and William J. McIlvane
The Collaborative Lithium Trials (CoLT): specific aims, methods, and implementation, Robert L. Findling, Jean A. Frazier, Vivian Kafantaris, Robert Kowatch, Jon McClellan, Mani Pavuluri, Linmarie Sikich, Stefanie A. Hlastala, Stephen R. Hooper, Christine A. Demeter, Denise Bedoya, Bernard Brownstein, and Perdita Taylor-Zapata
Impact of a 16-community trial to promote judicious antibiotic use in Massachusetts, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Susan S. Huang, Kenneth P. Kleinman, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Christopher J. Stille, James Daniel, Nancy L. Schiff, Ron Steingard, Stephen B. Soumerai, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Donald A. Goldmann, and Richard Platt
Promoting Recovery, Daniel B. Fisher
Using Criminal Justice Involvement as a Mental Health Outcome Measure: Issues in Interpretation and Measurement, William H. Fisher
The phenomenon of drug craving, Jeffrey L. Fortuna and David A. Smelson
Disparities in Child and Adolescent Psychoactive Medication Prescription Practices by Race and Ethnicity, Lisa R. Fortuna, Carl E. Fulwiler, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Lisa M. Smith, and Kathleen Biebel
Political violence, psychosocial trauma, and the context of mental health services use among immigrant Latinos in the United States, Lisa R. Fortuna, Michelle V. Porche, and Margarita Alegria
Multicultural Academic Interest Group: Promoting Multicultural Research, Education & Services, Lisa R. Fortuna, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Sun Kim, and Felicia Kuo
Child psychiatry: addressing emerging clinical challenges. Introduction, Jean A. Frazier
Atypical Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Early Onset Bipolar Disorder, Jean A. Frazier, Hallie Bregman, and Joseph A. Jackson
Diagnostic and sex effects on limbic volumes in early-onset bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, Jean A. Frazier, Steven M. Hodge, Janis L. Breeze, Anthony J. Giuliano, Janine E. Terry, Constance M. Moore, David N. Kennedy, Melissa P. Lopez-Larson, Verne S. Caviness Jr., Larry J. Seidman, Benjamin Zablotsky, and Nikos Makris
Commentary: is CIT today's lobotomy, Jeffrey L. Geller
Validation of an abbreviated version of the structured interview of reported symptoms in outpatient psychiatric and community settings, Debbie Green, Barry Rosenfeld, Tia Dole, Ekaterina Pivovarova, and Patricia A. Zapf
Adolescent Offenders with Mental Disorders, Thomas Grisso
Correspondence between self-report and interview-based assessments of antisocial personality disorder, Laura S. Guy, Norman G. Poythress, Kevin S. Douglas, Jennifer L. Skeem, and John F. Edens
The relationship of personal assistance service utilization to other Medicaid payments among working-age adults with disabilities, Lobat Hashemi, Alexis D. Henry, Marsha Langer Ellison, Steven M. Banks, Raymond E. Glazier, and Jay S. Himmelstein
Foundations of Forensic Mental Health Assessment, Kirk Heilbrun, Thomas Grisso, and Alan M. Goldstein
Epigenetic Determinants of Altered Gene Expression in Schizophrenia: a Dissertation, Hsien-Sung Huang
Epigenetics in the nervous system, Yan Jiang, Brett Langley, Farah D. Lubin, William Renthal, Marcelo A. Wood, Dag H. Yasui, Arvind Kumar, Eric J. Nestler, Schahram Akbarian, and Andrea C. Beckel-Mitchener
Isolation of neuronal chromatin from brain tissue, Yan Jiang, Anouch Matevossian, Hsien-Sung Huang, Juerg R. Straubhaar, and Schahram Akbarian
When Parents with Severe Mental Illness Lose Contact with Their Children: Are Psychiatric Symptoms or Substance Use to Blame, Danson Jones, Rosemarie Lillianne Macias, Paul B. Gold, Paul J. Barreira, and William H. Fisher
Does major depressive disorder with somatic delusions constitute a distinct subtype of major depressive disorder with psychotic features, Taafoi S. Kamara, Ellen M. Whyte, Benoit H. Mulsant, Catherine Peasley-Miklus, Anthony J. Rothschild, Alastair J. Flint, Moonseong Heo, Eros Papademetriou, Erin R. Mathis, and Barnett S. Meyers
Effectiveness of lamotrigine in bipolar disorder in a clinical setting, Terence A. Ketter, John O. Brooks, Jennifer C. Hoblyn, Laurel M. Champion, Jennifer Y. Nam, Jennifer L. Culver, Wendy K. Marsh, and Julie C. Bonner
Psychometric properties of the alcohol use disorders identification test: a Korean version, Sun S. Kim, Elsie E. Gulick, Kyoung A. Nam, and Seong-Ho Kim
Tobacco use and dependence in Asian American and Pacific Islander adolescents: a review of the literature, Sun S. Kim, Douglas M. Ziedonis, and Kevin Chen
Assessment of depressive symptom severity among patients with co-occurring bipolar disorder and substance dependence, Monika E. Kolodziej, Margaret L. Griffin, Rachel Bender, and Roger D. Weiss
Evaluation of Juveniles' Competence to Stand Trial, Ivan Kruh and Thomas Grisso
Waiver of Postconviction Relief (PCR) and PCR Counsel, Kimberly A. Larson and Albert J. Grudzinskas Jr.
Right frontal mass presenting as depression with dementia, John B. Levine, Julie C. Callanan, Gregory L. Fricchione, and Sheldon Benjamin
Reversal learning set and functional equivalence in children with and without autism, Karen M. Lionello-DeNolf, William J. McIlvane, Daniela S. Canovas, Deisy das GraCas de Souza, and Romariz da Silva Barros
Imaging brain activation in nicotine-sensitized rats, Zhixin Li, Joseph R. DiFranza, Robert J. Wellman, Praveen P. Kulkarni, and Jean A. King
Meeting Students Where They Are: Educating Students with Varying Life Experiences About the Health Care Needs of Persons with Disabilities, Linda M. Long-Bellil, Julie A. Jonassen, Mai-Lan A. Rogoff, Susan V. Barrett, Candace Cassin, Darlene M. O'Connor, and Martin H. Young
The Massachusetts Family Networks Implementation Study, Susan Maciolek, Joanne Nicholson, Jodi Adams, Bernice Gershenson, Katherine Woolsey, and Brenda Warren
The Family Networks Implementation Study, Susan Maciolek, Joanne Nicholson, Nicole Dube, Jodi Adams, and Bernice Gershenson
Child and adolescent schizophrenia: pharmacological approaches, Vishal Madaan, Yael Dvir, and Daniel R. Wilson
Increased frequency of depressive episodes during the menopausal transition in women with bipolar disorder: preliminary report, Wendy K. Marsh, Amanda Templeton, Terence A. Ketter, and Natalie L. Rasgon
Identification of a BK channel auxiliary protein controlling molecular and behavioral tolerance to alcohol, Gilles E. Martin, Linzy M. Hendrickson, Krista L. Penta, Ryan M. Friesen, Andrzej Z. Pietrzykowski, Andrew R. Tapper, and Steven N. Treistman
Interleukin-4 activates large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium (BKCa) channels in human airway smooth muscle cells, Gilles E. Martin, Robert J. O'Connell, Andrzej Z. Pietrzykowski, Steven N. Treistman, Michael F. Ethier, and John M. Madison
A chromatin assay for human brain tissue, Anouch Matevossian and Schahram Akbarian
Neuronal nuclei isolation from human postmortem brain tissue, Anouch Matevossian and Schahram Akbarian
Incorporating Tobacco Cessation with Health Promotion Activities in a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Clubhouse, Colleen E. McKay, Gregory Seward, and Douglas M. Ziedonis
What are we talking about at the annual meetings of ABCT? An analysis of presentations from 1997-2006, Dean McKay and Ekaterina Pivovarova
A set of differentially expressed miRNAs, including miR-30a-5p, act as post-transcriptional inhibitors of BDNF in prefrontal cortex, Nikolaos Mellios, Hsien-Sung Huang, Anastasia P. Grigorenko, Evgeny I. Rogaev, and Schahram Akbarian
Nlz1/Znf703 acts as a repressor of transcription, Mako Nakamura, Seong-Kyu Choe, Alexander Peter Runko, Paul D. Gardner, and Charles G. Sagerstrom
Mothers with Mental Health Disorders: Mental Health Promotion in the Context of Parenting, Joanne Nicholson, Elizabeth A. Aaker, Michael Agar, Karen Albert, Steven M. Banks, Kathleen Biebel, Bernice Gershenson, Antonia Seligowski, Valerie Williams, Brenda Warren, Sierra Williams, and Katherine Woolsey
Building the Foundation for the Family Options Project, Joanne Nicholson, Kathleen Biebel, Valerie Williams, and Karen Albert
Children of Parents with Mental Illnesses, Joanne Nicholson, Janice Cooper, Rachel Freed, and Mareasa R. Isaacs
Implementation Challenges in Wrapping Interventions Around Families Living with Parental Mental Illness, Joanne Nicholson, Beth R. Hinden, Joan Mikula, Kathleen Biebel, Valerie Williams, Katherine Woolsey, and Elizabeth A. Aaker
Parenting, Joanne Nicholson and Laura Miller
Effect of a pediatric practice-based smoking prevention and cessation intervention for adolescents: a randomized, controlled trial, Lori Pbert, Alan J. Flint, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Martin H. Young, Susan Druker, and Joseph R. DiFranza
Prevalence and Correlates of Everyday Discrimination among U.S. Latinos, Debra Joy Perez, Lisa R. Fortuna, and Margarita Alegria
Posttranscriptional regulation of BK channel splice variant stability by miR-9 underlies neuroadaptation to alcohol, Andrzej Z. Pietrzykowski, Ryan M. Friesen, Gilles E. Martin, Sylvie I. Puig, Cheryl L. Nowak, Patricia M. Wynne, Hava T. Siegelmann, and Steven N. Treistman
Music therapy: a novel motivational approach for dually diagnosed patients, Stephen Ross, Indra Cidambi, Helen Dermatis, Jason Weinstein, Douglas M. Ziedonis, Serena Roth, and Marc Galanter
The Rothschild Scale for Antidepressant Tachyphylaxis: reliability and validity, Anthony J. Rothschild
Missed diagnosis of psychotic depression at 4 academic medical centers, Anthony J. Rothschild, Jesse Winer, Alastair J. Flint, Benoit H. Mulsant, Ellen M. Whyte, Moonseong Heo, Susan Fratoni, Michelle Gabriele, Sonja Kasapinovic, and Barnett S. Meyers
Correlates of suicidality among patients with psychotic depression, Ayal Schaffer, Alastair J. Flint, Eric Smith, Anthony J. Rothschild, Benoit H. Mulsant, Katalin Szanto, Catherine Peasley-Miklus, Moonseong Heo, Eros Papademetriou, and Barnett S. Meyers
Drug-induced activation of dopamine D(1) receptor signaling and inhibition of class I/II histone deacetylase induce chromatin remodeling in reward circuitry and modulate cocaine-related behaviors, Frederick Albert Schroeder, Krista L. Penta, Anouch Matevossian, Sara R. Jones, Christine L. Konradi, Andrew R. Tapper, and Schahram Akbarian
Olfactory axon guidance: the modified rules, Gerald A. Schwarting and Timothy R. Henion
Transcription factor assembly on the nicotinic receptor beta4 subunit gene promoter, Michael D. Scofield, Lei Bruschweiler-Li, Zhongming Mou, and Paul D. Gardner
Exploring the Concept of “Young Carer” in Families Living with Parental Mental Illness, Antonia Seligowski, Peter McNamee, Karen Albert, Valerie Williams, and Joanne Nicholson
The role of 5-HT1A receptors in the behavioral responses associated with innate fear, Jessica Shields and Jean A. King
An overview of obesity in children with psychiatric disorders taking atypical antipsychotics, Lauren Shin, Hallie Bregman, Jean A. Frazier, and Nancy Noyes
Double-blind comparison of first- and second-generation antipsychotics in early-onset schizophrenia and schizo-affective disorder: findings from the treatment of early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders (TEOSS) study, Linmarie Sikich, Jean A. Frazier, Jon McClellan, Robert L. Findling, Benedetto Vitiello, Louise Ritz, Denisse Ambler, Madeline Puglia, Ann E. Maloney, Emily Michael, Sandra DeJong, Karen Slifka, Nancy Noyes, Stefanie A. Hlastala, Leslie Pierson, Nora K. McNamara, Denise Delporto-Bedoya, Robert Anderson, Robert M. Hamer, and Jeffrey A. Lieberman
Weight gain during olanzapine treatment for psychotic depression: effects of dose and age, Eric Smith, Anthony J. Rothschild, Moonseong Heo, Catherine Peasley-Miklus, Melynda Caswell, Eros Papademetriou, Alastair J. Flint, Benoit H. Mulsant, and Barnett S. Meyers
Neurobiology of pediatric mood disorders:are we there yet, Jair C. Soares and Jean A. Frazier
Mental health and the run for the White House, Stephen M. Soreff and Patricia H. Bazemore
The forgotten flu, Stephen M. Soreff and Patricia H. Bazemore
Co-occurring Mental & Physical Disorders Among Adults Under 65 Years of Age, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Marie Hobart, and Usha Sambamoorthi
Supporting Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities and Promoting Recovery: An International Challenge, Peter van der Ende and Joanne Nicholson
The use of the MacCAT-CA with adolescents: an item response theory investigation of age-related measurement bias, Jodi L. Viljoen, Kathleen L. Slaney, and Thomas Grisso
Juvenile Psychopathy: A Clinical Construct in Need of Restraint?, Gina M. Vincent and John F. Edens
Sex and race differences in mental health symptoms in juvenile justice: the MAYSI-2 national meta-analysis, Gina M. Vincent, Thomas Grisso, Anna Terry, and Steven M. Banks
The Use of Psychopathy in Violence Risk Assessments of Adolescent Females, Gina M. Vincent and Robert Kinscherff
The PCL: YV and recidivism in male and female juveniles: a follow-up into young adulthood, Gina M. Vincent, Candice L. Odgers, Amanda V. McMcormick, and Raymond R. Corrado
Migraines and meditation: does spirituality matter, Amy B. Wachholtz and Kenneth I. Pargament
Effect of computer order entry on prevention of serious medication errors in hospitalized children, Kathleen E. Walsh, Christopher P. Landrigan, William G. Adams, Robert J. Vinci, John B. Chessare, Maureen R. Cooper, Pamela M. Hebert, Elisabeth G. Schainker, Thomas J. McLaughlin, and Howard C. Bauchner
Impact of Mental Health Screening with the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI-2) in Juvenile Detention, Valerie F. Williams and Thomas Grisso
Mental Health Screening: Pennsylvania's Experience In Juvenile Detention, Valerie Williams, Thomas Grisso, Melissa Valentine, and Nicole Remsburg
Ethanol Sensitivity and Tolerance of Rat Neuronal BK Channels: A Dissertation, Patricia M. Wynne
Tobacco use and cessation in psychiatric disorders: National Institute of Mental Health report, Douglas M. Ziedonis, Brian Hitsman, Jean C. Beckham, Michael Zvolensky, Lawrence E. Adler, Janet Audrain-McGovern, Naomi Breslau, Richard A. Brown, Tony P. George, Jill Williams, Patrick S. Calhoun, and William T. Riley
Addressing tobacco use through organizational change: a case study of an addiction treatment organization, Douglas M. Ziedonis, Lucy Zammarelli, Gregory Seward, Karen Oliver, Joseph Guydish, Marie Hobart, and Bruce Meltzer
Publications from 2007
Anatomic brain magnetic resonance imaging of the basal ganglia in pediatric bipolar disorder, Mary S. Ahn, Janis L. Breeze, Nikos Makris, David N. Kennedy, Steven M. Hodge, Martha R. Herbert, Larry J. Seidman, Joseph Biederman, Verne S. Caviness Jr., and Jean A. Frazier
Persisting low use of antipsychotics in the treatment of major depressive disorder with psychotic features, Carmen Andreescu, Benoit H. Mulsant, Catherine Peasley-Miklus, Anthony J. Rothschild, Alastair J. Flint, Moonseong Heo, Melynda Caswell, Ellen M. Whyte, and Barnett S. Meyers
Re-evaluating the therapeutic misconception: response to Miller and Joffe, Paul S. Appelbaum and Charles W. Lidz
Chronic illness with complexities: mental illness and substance use among Veteran clinic users with diabetes, Ranjana Banerjea, Usha Sambamoorthi, David A. Smelson, and Leonard M. Pogach
Self-reported data from patients with bipolar disorder: frequency of brief depression, Michael Bauer, Tasha Glenn, Paul Grof, Andrea Pfennig, Natalie L. Rasgon, Wendy K. Marsh, Rodrigo A. Munoz, Kemal Sagduyu, Martin Alda, Danilo Quiroz, Johanna Sasse, and Peter C. Whybrow
Sleep Disorders, Sheldon Benjamin
Access to health care for nonmetro and metro Latinos of Mexican origin in the United States, Terceira A. Berdahl, James B. Kirby, and Rosalie A. Torres Stone
Developmental Considerations for Forensic Assessment in Delinquency Cases, Randy Borum and Thomas Grisso
Changes in smoking associated with an acute health event: theoretical and practical implications, Edwin D. Boudreaux, Brigitte M. Baumann, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., Erin O'Hea, and Douglas M. Ziedonis
Professional development in forensic psychiatry: the role of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Philip J. Candilis and Joseph B. Layde
Forensic Ethics and the Expert Witness, Philip J. Candilis, Robert Weinstock, and Richard Martinez
Gender differences in mental health symptoms among delinquent and community youths, Elizabeth Cauffman, Frances J. Lexcen, Asha Goldweber, Elizabeth P. Shulman, and Thomas Grisso
Imaging unconditioned fear response with manganese-enhanced MRI (MEMRI), Wei Chen, Jeffrey R. Tenney, Praveen P. Kulkarni, and Jean A. King
Conduct disorder subtype and comorbidity, Daniel F. Connor, Julian D. Ford, David B. Albert, and Leonard A. Doerfler
Dopamine receptor activation modulates GABA neuron migration from the basal forebrain to the cerebral cortex, James E. Crandall, Deirdre M. McCarthy, Kiyomi Y. Araki, John R. Sims, Jia-Qian Ren, and Pradeep G. Bhide
Acculturative stress, social support, and coping: relations to psychological adjustment among Mexican American college students, Lisa J. Crockett, Maria I. Iturbide, Rosalie A. Torres Stone, Meredith McGinley, Marcela Raffaelli, and Gustavo Carlo
Pioneering Transition Programs; The Establishment of Programs that Span the Ages Served by Child and Adult Mental Health, Maryann Davis