CLINICAL UNIT BASED RESEARCH
Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program
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DBRP Mission
Our primary mission is to improve the lives of children, adolescents and adults by exploring the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders that arise during development. This is a multifaceted research program spanning both clinical and preclinical brain sciences.
Research Support
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
Donor Support
- Hall-Mercer Foundation (1988-1991)
- Snider Family (1988-1991)
- Callaghan Family – NARSAD (2001-2003)
- Simches Family (current)
Personnel
The DBRP Staff |
- Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D. - Director, and Director of the Laboratory of Developmental Neuropharmacology
- Susan L. Andersen, Ph.D. - Associate Director Preclinical Studies DBRP, and Chief, Laboratory of Developmental Neuropharmacology
- Cynthia E. McGreenery - Research Project Manager
- Ann M. Polcari, R.N., Ph.D. - Associate Director Clinical Studies DBRP
- Carl M. Anderson, Ph.D. - Assistant Psychobiologist DBRP and Brain Imaging Center
- Mary Foley, R.N., M.S.C.S. - Research Associate
- Charles S. Mirabile, M.D. - Clinical Investigator
- Kyoko Ohashi, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Jacqueline Samson-Jian, Ph.D. - Associate Psychologist, Chief Depression Research Facility
- Frederic Schiffer, M.D. - Clinical Investigator
- Akemi Tomoda, M.D., Ph.D. - Research Scientist
- Elizabeth A. Bolger, M.A. - Clinical Research Assistant and Activity Therapist
DBRP Collaborators
- Yvonne Sparling, Ph.D. - Director, Clinical Services, Massachusetts Department of Youth Services
Former Students and Trainees
Ongoing Studies
- Differential Effects of Exposure to Parental Verbal Aggression and Witnessing of Domestic Violence on Brain Morphology, Functional Activity and Neurochemistry
- Effects of Harsh Corporal Punishment on Brain Morphology, Functional Activity and Neurochemistry
- Effects of Harsh Corporal Punishment on Physiology and Neuroendocrinology of Stress Response
- Genetic Risk Factors and Psychiatric Mediating Factors that Link Exposure to Childhood Trauma to Increased Risk for Drug Abuse
- Development of Objective Tests to Aid in the Diagnosis of ADHD in Children, Adolescents and Adults
- Functional Brain Activity in Adolescent with Depression
- Preclinical Studies of Adolescent Brain Development
Technologies Used in Our Studies
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging T2-relaxometry
- Morphometric Brain Imaging and Image Analysis
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Optical Oximeter Brain Activity Measurements
- Infrared Motion Analysis
- Computerized Measures of Attention and Attention-State Shifts
- Actigraphy and Chronobiological Measures
- Trier Social Stress Test with Measures of Stress Hormones and Heart Rate Variability
- Spectral and Wavelet Analyses of Multisecond Oscillations in Physiologial Systems
See the McLean Research study page for these and other clinical trials at McLean.