Rajita Sinha PhD
Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neurobiology; Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center; Chief, Psychology Section in Psychiatry; Deputy Director, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (Yale CTSA)
Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group
Neurobiology
Child Study Center
Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program | Psychology Section: Division of Substance Abuse | Yale Stress Center
Research Interests
Stress; Relaxation; Chronic Disease; Addiction; Addictive behaviors; Clinical Prevention more...
Education
- Ph.D., Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, 1990
- Ph.D. Clin, Yale University, 1992
Selected Publications
- Arnsten AFT, Mazure C, Sinha R. This is your brain in meltdown. Scientific American, 2012, April, 48-53.
- Sinha R, Fox HC, Hong KI, Hansen J, Tuit K, Kreek MJ (2011) Effects of Adrenal Sensitivity, Stress- and Cue-Induced Craving, and Anxiety on Subsequent Alcohol Relapse and Treatment Outcomes. Arch Gen Psychiatry. May 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21536969.
- Potenza MN, Hong KI, Lacadie CM, Fulbright RK, Tuit KL, Sinha R. Neural correlates of stress-induced and cue-induced drug craving: influences of sex and cocaine dependence. Am J Psychiatry. 2012 Apr 1;169(4):406-14.
Articles

March 2012
Stress, adversity take a toll on the brain
Trauma significantly affects brain structure, but so can more common challenging events when our ability to control...

July/August 2011
Authority on stress and addiction is named Foundations’ Fund Professor of Psychiatry
Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., has been appointed as Foundations’ Fund Professor of Psychiatry. Sinha is director of the Yale...

March/April 2009
Doing the right thing: can neuroscience research make it easier?
Despite the health risks, about 1.1 billion people smoke tobacco worldwide, and cigarette manufacturers spend more than...

Sept/Oct 2007
$23 million grant enables fresh look at stress and addiction
People are much more likely to stick their hand in a cookie jar, smoke a cigarette, or gulp cocktails when they’re...




