Department of Psychiatry Publications

* DOP faculty members in bold.

2025 - July

The Impact of a Mindful Compassion Program for Medical Trainees

BMC Medical Education

Features: Flora Wong, BS, Nikki Ashtiani, BS, Anaheed Shirazi, MD, Matthew Herbert, MA, PhD, and Desiree Shapiro, MD

2025 - June

Adolescent Smartphone Use, Sleep, and Physical Activity: Daily Associations Between Sensor-Based Measures in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study

Psychiatry Research

Features: Jordan D. Alexander, PhD, Tam T. Nguyen-Louie, PhD, Suhaani Gupta, BS, Kevin M. Cummins, PhD, and Natasha E. Wade, PhD

An Iterative Approach to Evaluating Impact of CTSA Projects Using the Translational Science Benefits Model

Frontiers in Health Services

Features: Nicole Stadnick, PhD, MPH, Lauren Brookman-Frazee, PhD, Gregory Aarons, PhD, and Emily Treichler, PhD

Caloric restriction mimetic 2-deoxyglucose alters metabolic and transcriptomic phenotype in association with changes in chromatin accessibility in human astrocytes

Scientific Reports

Features: Matthew Spencer, Jacqueline R. Kulbe, Anna Laird, Mary Ford, Ali Boustani, and Jerel Adam Fields, PhD

Cannabinoid Profiling Across Toxicology Samples in Adolescents and Young Adults by Route of Administration and in Relation to Depression Symptoms

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Features: Natasha E. Wade, PhD, Alexander L. Wallace, PhD, Rachel Baca, BS, Gianna Andrade, PhD, Joseph P. Happer, PhD, Kelly E. Courtney, PhD, Joanna Jacobus, PhD

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia With Prolonged Exposure Compared to Sleep Hygiene and Prolonged Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Features: Peter J. Colvonen, PhD; Christopher Hunt, PhD; Jane Park, BS; Abigail C. Angkaw, PhD; Philip Gehrman, PhD; Kira Clare, BS; Sonya B. Norman, PhD

Enhancing Interoceptive Awareness in Chronic Pain and Opioid Misuse via Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Features: Eric L. Garland, PhD

Exploring the Relationship Between Mean Performance and Within-Person Variability on Smartphone-Based Cognitive Testing in Adults Across the Lifespan

NPP Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Features: Laura Campbell, PhD, Jessica Bomyea, PhD, Colin A. Depp, PhD, Elizabeth W. Twamley, PhD, and Raeanne C. Moore, PhD

Genomic Structural Equation Study Reveals Links Between Anorexia Nervosa and Delay Discounting and Lack of Perseverance But Not Other Facets of Impulsivity

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Features: Sevim B. Bianchi, MD, Laura Vilar-Ribo, PhD, Abraham A. Palmer, PhD, Daniel Gustavson, PhD, and Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD

Growing Health Concern Regarding Gambling Addiction in the Age of Sportsbooks

JAMA Internal Medicine

Features: Kevin Yang, MD

Initial Subjective Response to Nicotine Vaping Predicts Subsequent E-Cigarette Use in Early Adolescence: An ABCD Investigation

Oxford Academic

Features: Kelly E. Courtney, PhD, Tam T. Nguyen-Louie, PhD, Wesley K. Thompson, PhD, Natasha E. Wade, PhD, Marybel R. Gonzalez, PhD, Joanna Jacobus, PhD, and Neal Doran, PhD

Integrating Community Perspectives to Improve Survey Completion Rates in Public Health Reserach by Refining Controversial Servey Elements

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Features: Nicole Stadnick, PhD, MPH

It is Time to Integrate Chronic Pain and Addiction Services for Patients with Opioid Misuse

Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Features: Eric Garland, PhD

Multi-Ancestral Genome-Wide Association Study of Clinically Defined Nicotine Dependence Reveals Strong Genetic Correlations with Other Substance Use Disorders and Health-Related Traits

Psychological Medicine

Features: Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD

Opportunities for Authentic Co-Production in Integrated Care Implementation

Science Direct SSM - Health Systems

Features: Marisa Sklar, PhD, Anna Brubaker, MS, Lilliana Conradi, BS, and Nicole A. Stadnick, MPH, PhD

Peer Perspectives on Challenges Encountered During a Multi-Site Digital Mental Health Intervention Project

National Institutes of Health

Features: Nicole Stadnick, MPH, PhD

Prescription Opioid Medication Survey: A tool to collect deep phenotypic data on the multifactorial pathways to opioid use disorder in clinical and population-based cohorts

Complex Psychiatry

Features: Natasia S. Courchesne-Krak, PhD, Murray Stein, MD, MPH, Carla Marienfeld, MD, Abraham Palmer, PhD, and Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD

Real-World Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination, Household Exposure, and Circulating SARS-CoV-2 Variants on Infection Risk and Symptom Presentation in a U.S./Mexico Boarder Community

Frontiers in Public Health

Features: Nicole A. Stadnick, PhD, MPH

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics Associated with Overdose Among Patients with a Substance Related Diagnosis in the Elementary Department of Southern California

Harm Reduction Journal

Features: Brian Maila, PhD, and Carla Marienfeld, MD

The pleiotropic architecture of human impulsivity across biological scales

American Journal of Psychiatry

Features: Mariela Jennings, PhD, Abraham Palmer, PhD, and Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD

Trends in Past-Month Cannabis Use Among Older Adults

JAMA Internal Medicine

Features: Kevin Yang, MD

Understanding Adaptations in a Community-Vetted COVID-19 Testing Program

National Institutes of Health

Features: Nicole Stadnick, PhD, MPH

May

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Prolonged Exposure Therapy With and Without Topiramate for Comorbid PTSD and Alchohol Use Disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Features: Sonya B. Norman, PhD, Matthew T. Luciano, PhD, Kaitlyn E. Panza, PhD, Brittany Davis, PhD, Michelle Lyons, PhD, Brian Martis, MD, MBA, Scott Matthews, MD, Abigail C. Angkaw, PhD, Moira Haller, PhD, Katherine Lacefield, PhD, Aurther L. Brody, MD, Paula P. Schnurr, PhD, Steven Batki, MD, Tracy L. Simpson, PhD, and Robert M. Anthenelli, MD

Associations Between a Genetic Liability Toward Externalizing and Behavioral Outcomes Spanning Toddlerhood Through Early Adulthood in Five Developmental Cohorts

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Features: Abraham Palmer, PhD

Beneficial and adverse effects of THC on cognition in the HIV-1 transgenic rat model: Importance of exploring task- and sex-dependent outcomes

Brain Behavior and Immunity

Features: Samantha Ayoub, PhD, Sunitha Vemuri, Elizabeth Hoang, Neal Jha, Arpi Minassian, PhD and Jared Young, PhD

Genome-wide association study for age-related hearing loss in CFW mice

Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Features: Oksana Polesskaya, PhD, Riyan Cheng, PhD, Thiago Missfeldt Sanches, PhD, and Abraham Palmer, PhD

Investigating the Role of Glyoxalase 1 as a Therapeutic Target for Cocaine and Oxycodone Use Disorder

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Features: Elizabeth Alcantara, Michelle R. Doyle, Clara Ortez, Anne Ilustrisimo, Bloom Stromberg, Amanda Barkley-Levenson, and Abraham Palmer, PhD

Mixed Methods Findings from a Stepped Wedge Hybrid Implementation Trial of ATTAIN NAV: A Mental Health Family Navigation Intervention for Autistic Youth

National Institutes of Health

Features: Nicole Stadnick, PhD, MPH, and Lauren Brookman-Frazee, PhD

Neurological Orientation and Verbal Assessment of Delirium—Hospital Clinical Decision Support Tool

Journal of Medical Systems

Features: Kyle Hendrie, DO

Predictive modeling of response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment-resistant depression

Translational Psychiatry

Features: Lindsay Benster, PhD, Cory Weissman, MD, Federico Suprani, MD, Kamryn Toney, BS, Houtan Afshar, MD, Noah Stapper, MS, Vanessa Tello, BS, Louise Stolz, BS, Mohsen Poorganji, PhD, Zafiris Daskalakis, MD, PhD, Lawrence Appelbaum, PhD and Jordan Kohn, PhD

Transdiagnostic and Disorder-Level GWAS Enhance Precision of Substance Use and Psychiatric Genetic Risk Profiles in African and European Ancestries

Biological Psychiatry

Features: Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD

April

Automating the Addiction Behaviors Checklist for Problematic Opioid Use Identification

JAMA Psychiatry

Features: Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD

Beneficial And Adverse Effects of THC On Cognition In The HIV-1 Transgenic Rat Model: Importance Of Exploring Task- and Sex- Dependent Outcomes

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Features: Samantha M. Ayoub, PhD, Sunitha Vemuri, Elizabeth B. Hoang, Neal A. Jha, Arpi Minassian, PhD, Jared W. Young, PhD

Cognitive Effects of Spaced Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Major Depression

Brain Stimulation

Features: Jean-Philippe Miron, MD

Dynamically Adjusting Intertemporal Choice Task in Rodents

European Journal of Neuroscience

Features: Morteza Salimi, PhD, Miranda Francoeur Koloski, PhD, Samuel A. Barnes, PhD, Jonathan Mishler, MD, Dhakshin S. Ramanathan, MD, PhD

Long-Read Genome Sequencing in Clinical Psychiatry: RFX3 Haploinsufficiency in a Hospitalized Adolescent With Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Behavioral Decompensation

American Journal of Psychiatry

Features: Aaron Besterman, MD

Mindfulness Versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain Treated with Opioids: Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network

Features: Eric Garland, PhD

Objective Criteria for Subtle Cognitive Decline in Aging and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease: A Systematic Review

Neurology

Features: Kelsey R. Thomas, PhD

Peripheral Blood Cytokines as Markers of Longitudinal Change in White Matter Microstructure Following Inpatient Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders

Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

Features: Eric Garland, PhD

Positive emotion dysregulation in opioid used disorder and normalization by Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement

JAMA Psychiatry

Features: Eric Garland, PhD

Psychiatric Genetics in Clinical Practice: Essential Knowledge for Mental Health Professionals

American Journal of Psychiatry

Features: Aaron Besterman, MD

Psychiatric Genetics in the Diverse Landscape of Latin American Populations

Nature Genetics

Features: Abraham A. Palmer, PhD, Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD

March

Delay discounting data in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study: Modeling and analysis considerations

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Featuring: Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD & Abraham Palmer, PhD

Dissociation of intake and incentive sensitization during intermittent- and continuous-access heroin self-administration in rats

Psychopharmacology

Features: Oksana Polesskaya & Abraham Palmer, PhD

Do polygenic indices capture “direct” effects on child externalizing behavior problems? Within-family analyses in two longitudinal birth cohorts

Clinical Psychological Science

Features: Natasia S Courchesne-Krak, PhD, MPH, Abraham Palmer, PhD & Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD

Genetic Propensity for Delay Discounting and Educational Attainment in Adults are Associated with Delay Discounting in Preadolescents: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Features: John Meredith, BSc, Renata Cupertino, PhD, Abraham Palmer, PhD & Sandra Sanchez Roige, PhD

Genomic Loci Influencing Cue-Reactivity in Heterogeneous Stock Rats

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Features: Apurva Chitre, PhD, Thiago Sanches, PhD Riyan Cheng, PhD, Oksana Polesskaya, PhD & Abraham Palmer, PhD

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Suicidal Ideation in a Naturalistic Setting

Brain Stimulation

Features: Noah Stapper, PhD, Jordan Kohn, PhD, Lindsay Benster, PhD, Hadley Daniels, PhD, Vanessa Tello, PhD, Aashi Patel, PhD, Vidhi Oswal, PhD, Louise Stolz, PhD, Mohsen Poorganji, PhD, Yinming Sun, PhD, Zafiris Daskalakis, Lawrence Appelbaum, & Cory Weissman

Sex-specific Concordance of Striatal Transcriptional Signatures of Opioid Addiction in Human and Rodent Brains

Biological Psychiatry

Features: Lisa Maturin, Abraham Palmer, PhD & Oliver George, PhD

The Farm Animal Genotype-Tissue Expression (FarmGTex) Project

Nature Genetics

Features: Abraham Palmer, PhD