Psychiatry Grand Rounds

The Psychiatry Department's Grand Rounds are typically held on Friday mornings, between September and June, in the auditorium of the Connecticut Mental Health Center. To see the details of upcoming Grand Rounds and other department events, please visit the department's web calendar.

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A lunch is often hosted after Grand Rounds by outside Yale speakers. Psychiatry Department trainees and junior faculty who may be interested in attending should email tricia.dahl@yale.edu.

Archive of Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Below is an archive of past Grand Rounds. Links will take you to a video of a presentation. The Department will continue to add talks as they are digitized.

2018 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

June 8, 2018: Glen O. Gabbard, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor School of Medicine; Training and Supervising Analyst, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, Houston: Commencement: The Obsessive-Compulsive Physician
May 25, 2018: Aaron Alexander-Bloch, MD, PhD; João P. De Aquino, MD; Alfred Kaye, MD, PhD; Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MD: The Lustman Awards
May 18, 2018: Jill M. Goldstein, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School: The Impact of SeXX on the Comorbidity of Depression and Cardiovascular Disease
May 11, 2018: Jennifer H. McFadden, Associate Directory and Lecturer in the Practice of Entrepreneurship, Yale School of Management: Introduction to the Lean Startup Methodology
May 4, 2018: Rebecca Campbell, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University: Shelving Justice; Understanding the Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)
April 27, 2018: John H. Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Neuroscience; Chair, Yale Department of Psychiatry: State of the Department
April 20, 2018: Angela M. Kuemmel, PhD, ABPP, Rehabilitation Psychologist, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Erin E. Andrews, PsyD, ABPP, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin Medical School: Cultural Competence in Working with People with Disabilities
April 6, 2018: Leslie Jamison, author; Assistant Professor, Columbia University School for the Arts: The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
March 23, 2018: Marsha E. Bates, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Recovery from Addiction: Harnessing the Body to Support the Brain
March 16, 2018: Klaas Enno Stephan, MD, PhD, Professor of Translational Neuromodeling; Director, Translational Neuromodeling Unit, University of Zurich: Translational Neuromodeling, Computational Psychiatry, and Computational Psychosomatics
March 2, 2018: David Tolin, PhD, Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital: Buried in Treasures: The Nature and Treatment of Hoarding Disorder
February 23, 2018: Robert J. Alpern, MD, Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology); Dean, Yale School of Medicine: State of the Medical School
February 16, 2018: Darin Latimore, MD, Deputy Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, Yale School of Medicine: Everyday Bias for Healthcare Professionals
February 9, 2018: Robert D. Kerns, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychology; Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-Morbidities, and Education Center (PRIME), Yale School of Medicine: Transforming Pain Care in America: Promoting Adaptive Pain Self-Management
February 2, 2018: Paul L. Wachtel, PhD, Distinguished Professor, City College of New York, CUNY Graduate Center: Blatt Lecture: Revisiting the Dynamics of Personality: Beyond Diagnostic Categories, Developmental Levels, and Linear Formulations
January 26, 2018: Donald Collins, BA, Emerson College; Mary Collins, MA, Professor of English, Central Connecticut State University: At the Broken Places: A Mother and Trans Son Pick Up the Pieces
January 19, 2018: Guoping Feng, PhD, James W. and Patricia T. Poitras Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Flynn Lecture: Genetic Engineering in Non-Human Primates for Psychiatric Research
January 12, 2018: Chadi Abdallah, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Associate Director of Research, Director of Clinical Trials, and Director of Neuroimaging, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA National Center for PTSD: Prefrontal Connectivity and Glutamate Neurotransmission: Ketamine a Treatment and a Tool
January 5, 2018: David A. Fiellin, MD, Professor of Medicine (General Medicine), in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and of Public Health (Health Policy); Professor, Investigative Medicine; Director, Yale Program in Addiction Medicine; Director, Community Research and Implementation Core, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA): Are We There Yet? America's Opioid Epidemic, the Yale DSA and Integrating Treatment Into General Health Care

2017 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

December 15, 2017: Nancy R. Angoff, MD, MPH, MEd, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Yale School of Medicine; Michael L. Schwartz, PhD, Associate Dean for Curriculum, Yale School of Medicine: The Learning Environment at Yale: Student Mistreatment and Harassment
December 8, 2017: Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine: Gun Violence, Mental Illness, and the Law: Balancing Risk and Rights for Effective Policy
December 1, 2017: Benjamin S. Bunney, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry; Selby C. Jacobs, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry; George Heninger, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry: The Roads Ahead: Senior Colleagues' Reflections on Career and Life Beyond Yale
November 17, 2017: Tanzeem Choudhury, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Cornell University: Making the Tracking of Mental Health as Easy as Tracking Steps
November 3, 2017: Richard D'Aquila, President, Yale New Haven Health System; Thomas Balcezak, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Yale New Haven Health System: State of Yale New Haven Hospital and Health System
October 27, 2017: Scott A. Langenecker, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology; Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Center, University of Illinois at Chicago: The Neuroscience of Prediction in Depression: Sub-types, Treatment Response, Course and Disease Burden
October 20, 2017: Christy L. Olezeski, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center; Susan D. Boulware, MD, Clinician in Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics; Anisha D. Patel, DO, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology): Working With the Transgender and Gender Expansive Population: Health Considerations
October 13, 2017: Ivan E. De Araujo, DPhil, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine: Neural Circuits for Hunting, Feeding, and Aggression
October 6, 2017: Murray Stein, MD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine & Public Health, University of California, San Diego: Traumatic Mind Injury
September 29, 2017: Jurgen Unutzer, MD, MPH, MA, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington: Collaborative Care: Moving from Research to Practice
June 23, 2017: Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Co-Director, Mood Disorders Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: The Uses of Adversity
June 16, 2017: John H. Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Neuroscience; Chair, Yale Department of Psychiatry: State of the Department
June 9, 2017: Youngsun Cho, MD, PhD; Adam Mecca, MD, PhD; Samuel Wilkinson, MD: The Lustman Awards
June 2, 2017: David Spiegel, MD, Jack, Samuel and Lulu Willson Professor in Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University: Brain to Body: Coping with Cancer and Tranceforming Pain with Hypnosis
May 12, 2017: Richard Belitsky, MD, Harold W. Jockers Associate Professor of Medical Education; Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Deputy Dean for Education, Yale School of Medicine: Yale Medical School Curriculum
May 5, 2017: Constance Hammen, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Behavioral Health, Psychology and Psychiatry, UCLA: Depression and Stress: Old Issues and New Questions
April 28, 2017: Susan McDaniel, PhD, President, American Psychological Association; Professor of Families and Health, University of Rochester School of Medicine: Physician-Patient Communication: Improving Quality and Satisfaction for Patients and Providers
April 21, 2017: Mindy Fullilove, MD, Professor of Urban Policy and Health, The New School for Public Engagement: RebPsych Conference: Urbanism and Mental Health
March 31, 2017: Amit Anand, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Center for Behavioral Health, Cleveland Clinic: Functional Connectomics of Mood Disorders
March 24, 2017: Brigitte Kieffer, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Scientific Director, Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University: Opioid Receptors and Brain Function
March 10, 2017: Margarita Alegria, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital: Lessons from an International Latino Research Partnership on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems Among Immigrants
March 3, 2017: Robert J. Alpern, MD, Ensign Professor of Medicine and Dean, Yale School of Medicine: State of the Medical School
February 24, 2017: Roger P. Weissberg, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Psychology and Education, University of Illinois at Chicago: Advances in Social and Emotional Learning, Practice, and Policy: Implications for the Well-Being and Mental Health of Children
February 17, 2017: Frances R. Levin, MD, Kennedy-Leavy Professor of Psychiatry, Division of Substance Abuse, Columbia University Medical Center: ADHD and Substance Use Disorders in Youth and Adults
February 10, 2017: Hannah B. Harvey, PhD, Professional Storyteller and Lecturer, The Great Courses: Finding the Person: The Importance of Storytelling and Storylistening in Mental Health
February 3, 2017: Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Global Health, and Anthropology, Duke University: Mental Health Care Responses to the Nepal Earthquakes: From Humanitarian Emergencies to Sustainable Mental Health Systems
January 27, 2017: Sonya Norman, PhD, Director, National Center for PTSD; Associate Professor, University of California San Diego School of Medicine: Double Trouble: Treating PTSD and Substance Use Disorder
January 20, 2017: Susumu Tonegawa, PhD, Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director, RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics; Director, RIKEN Brain Science Institute; Principal Investigator, Tonegawa Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute: The Flynn Lecture: Monitoring and Engineering Memory Engram Cells and Their Circuits
January 13, 2017: Deepak Cyril D'Souza, MD, MBBS, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Director Schizophrenia Neuropharmacology Research Group, Neuropsychiatry Firm, VA Connecticut Healthcare System: Medical Marijuana for Psychiatric Indications: Is the Cart Before the Horse?
January 6, 2017: Kimani Paul-Emile, JD, PhD, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law: Dealing with Racist Patients

2016 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

December 16, 2016: Petros Levounis, MD, MA, DFASAM, Chair of Psychiatry, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; Chief of Psychiatry Service, University Hospital: It's Not OK Not to Know What Grindr Is: Crystal Methamphetamine Use Among Gay Men
December 9, 2016: Lisa Fucito, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Tobacco Treatment Service, Smilow Cancer Hospital: Call it a Night: Improving Sleep to Engage and Treat Young Adult Heavy Drinkers
December 2, 2016: Kirsten Wilkins, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Kali Cyrus, MD, Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: Training in the Trenches: Cultivating a Positive Learning Environment with Difficult Patients
November 18, 2016: Carrie Bearden, PhD, Professor, Psychiatry, Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles: Convergent Mechanisms of Psychosis Risk in Clinical and Genetic High Risk Populations
November 4, 2016: Froma Walsh, PhD, Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Chicago Center for Family Health: Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita in the School of Social Service Administration and Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago: Psychiatry Grand Rounds in Honor of W. Leonard Hill, Jr.
October 28, 2016: Hedy Kober, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology; Director, Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab: Regulation of Craving: From Neural Mechanisms to Treatment Development
October 21, 2016: Peter Uhlhaas, PhD, Reader, University of Glasgow: Using MEG to Identify Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Cognitive Dysfunctions in Schizophrenia
October 14, 2016: Oren Frank, co-founder and CEO, Talkspace; Anita Iyer, PhD, Vice President, Contact Center Services at the Mental Health Association of New York City; Seth Feuerstein, MD, JD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: From Silicon Valley to New Haven: A Survey of Three Technology Driven Innovations in Mental Health Delivery
October 7, 2016: David Michelson, MD, Vice President of Clinical Research, Neuroscience, Merck & Co., Inc.: Drug Hunting in the CNS: A Case Study and the Challenges that Lie Ahead
September 30, 2016: Anita Everett, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration: CMHC'S 50th Anniversary - Public Mental Health: Our Heritage and Possibilities
September 23, 2016: Mehmet Sofuoglu, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Mental Illness Research, VA New England: VA Addiction Studies: Focus on Sex Differences
September 16, 2016: Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, author, educator, mental health advocate, Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery: WRAP: An Evidence-Based and Essential Component of First Line Care
September 9, 2016: A Celebration to Honor the Career of Laurie Harkness, PhD
June 10, 2016: Rebecca Ann Muhle, MD, PhD, Clinical Fellow, Yale Child Study Center; Albert R. Powers III, MD, PhD, Resident, Yale Department of Psychiatry: Lustman Awards
June 3, 2016: John H. Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and Professor of Neurobiology & Chair of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Chief of Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital: State of the Department
May 27, 2016: Robert J. Alpern, MD, Dean, Yale School of Medicine: State of the Medical School
May 20, 2016: David C. Page, MD, Director, Whitehead Institute; Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Sex and Disease: Do Males and Females Read Their Genomes Differently?
May 6, 2016: David R. Rubinow, MD, Assad Meymandi Distinguished Professor, Chair of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Depression in Women: This is Our Brain on Steroids
April 29, 2016: Philip J. Resnick, MD, Professor, Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine: The Colorado Batman Movie Massacre: Delusion, Disinhibition, or Depravity?
April 22, 2016: Elissa Epel, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco: Adversity and Accelerated Cell Aging: Telomere Maintenance Across the Life Course
April 15, 2016: Mitchell R. Lunn, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, University of California, San Francisco: The PRIDE Study: Understanding the Health Needs of Sexual and Gender Minorities
April 8, 2016: David Glahn, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale School of Medicine: Capitalizing on Psychiatric Genetics: Strategies for Translating Genetic Findings into Clinical Care
April 1, 2016: Constantine Lyketsos, MD, MHS, Elizabeth Plank Althouse Professor; Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: Treatment Development for Agitation in Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia: Where Are We in 2016?
March 11, 2016: Brian Kiluk, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Technology Based Interventions, Yale School of Medicine: Identifying and Enhancing the Mechanisms of a Computer-Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
February 26, 2016: Marc I. Rosen, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: Assignment of Representative Payees: A Money Management Approach to Improving Self-Care
February 12, 2016: Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn.: Sen. Christopher Murphy Discusses Mental Health
February 5, 2016: James Potash, MD, MPH, Paul W. Penningroth Chair: Professor and Head of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine: Common Thread, Rare Bliss: Bipolar Disorder Genetics
January 29, 2016: Yale Department of Psychiatry Diversity Task Force Report and Town Hall Forum: Report on Yale Department of Psychiatry Diversity Study
January 15, 2016: Nii A. Addy, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Cellular Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine: Cholinergic and Dopaminergic Regulation of Motivated Behavior: Insight into the Neurobiological Bases of Substance Abuse and Depression
January 8, 2016: Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Radiology, University of Pennsylvania: Paths to Psychosis: Is Precision Medicine in the Cards for Psychiatry?

2015 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

December 18, 2015: Gyorgy Buzsaki, MD, PhD, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, Neuroscience Institute: Emergence of Cognition from Action
December 11, 2015: Oliver Howes, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London: Dopamine and Beyond in Psychosis: Implications for Treatment
December 4, 2015: Yin Paradies, PhD, MPH, MA, Professor and Chair, Race Relations; Deputy Director, Research, Alfred Deakin Research Institute for Citizenship and Globalization: Understanding and Addressing Racism as a Fundamental Determinant of Health
November 20, 2015: Bruce Wexler, MD, Professor Emeritus, Senior Research Scientist, Yale School of Medicine: Harnessing Neuroplasticity Through Computer-Presented and Physical Brain-Training Exercises: Medical and Educational Outcomes
November 13, 2015: Kristen Jennifer Brennand, PhD, Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital: "Modelling Predisposition to Schizophrenia Using Stem Cells
November 6, 2015: James Hamblin, MD, Senior Editor, The Atlantic: "Poynter Fellowship Presents: "Mental Health in Media"
October 23, 2015: Adam Levy, Singer-Songwriter, Teacher, Activist: "Surviving an Adult Child's Suicide: Mental Illness, Grief, and Creativity
October 16, 2015: Emily Ansell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Stress and Substance Use: Risk Processes in Daily Life"
October 9, 2015: Meiram Bendat, JD, PhD, Attorney, Psych Appeal: "Addressing Treatment Incursions by Insurers in the Era of Mental Health Parity"
September 25, 2015: Lillian Comas-Diaz, PhD, Clinical Professor, George Washington University Department of Psychiatry: "Cultural Competence in Clinical Practice"
September 18, 2015: Alan Anticevic, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology, Yale University: "Developing Translational Neuroimaging Biomarkers via Pharmacology and Computational"
June 19, 2015: John H. Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and Professor of Neurobiology & Chair of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Chief of Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital: "State of the Department"
June 12, 2015: Alan Lewis, MD, PhD; Gerrit van Schalkwyk, MBChB; and Samuel Wilkinson, MD: "Lustman Resident Research Award Presentations"
June 5, 2015: Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Training, Personality Disorders Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University & Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Center for Psychoanalysis: "Resident & Fellow Commencement Address: 'Are We Still Biopsychosocial? Will We Continue to Be?'"
May 29, 2015: Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD, FAAA, Chief Medical Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: "The Changing Landscape of Behavioral Health: A Perspective from SAMHSA"
May 8, 2015: Larry Cahill, PhD, Professor of Neurolgy and Behavior, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine: "Division of Women's Behavioral Health Lecture: 'Sex Influences on Brain and Memory: An Issue Whose Time has Come'"
May 1, 2015: Paul Summergrad, MD, Dr. Francis S. Arkin Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine: "Integrating Medical and Psychiatric Care"
April 17, 2015: Patricia Deegan, PhD, Independent Consultant, Creator of CommonGround, and Adjunct Professor at Dartmouth College Medical School and Boston University: "Shared Decision Making in Mental Health"
April 10, 2015: Godfrey Pearlson, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine; and Director, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living: "Beyond Schizophrenia and Bipolar Illness: Reconceptualizing Psychiatric Diagnosis Using Biological Measures"
March 27, 2015: Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Yerkes Research Center, Emory University: Flynn Lecture: "Pavlov to PTSD: Genetic, Cellular, and Circuit Approaches to Fear-Related Disorders"
March 20, 2015: J. Reid Meloy, PhD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego: Yochelson Lecture: "Lone Terrorists: Psychiatric States, Psychological Dynamics, and Social Behaviors"
March 13, 2015: Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, and Professor of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University: "Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, and the Politics of American Firearms"
March 6, 2015: Arthur Kleinman, MD, the Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University; and Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School: Yale Global Health Program Lecture: "Global Mental Health: Where we are Today and Where we are Headed"
February 27, 2015: Benjamin Saunders, PhD, Professor and Associate Director, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina: "How Can we Possibly Help all these Traumatized Kids? Challenges and Innovations in Scaling up Effective Treatments"
February 20, 2015: Ann Masten, PhD, Regents Professor, Irving B. Harris Professor, and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Child Psychology, University of Minnesota: "Iseman Lecture: 'Resilience in Children: Transforming Science and Practice'"
February 13, 2015: Tami Sullivan, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, and Director of Family Violence Programs and Research, The Consultation Center: "Beyond Physical Abuse: Intimate Partner Violence, Risky Behaviors, and Treatment Engagement"
February 6, 2015: Robert Alpern, MD, Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Dean, Yale School of Medicine: "State of the Medical School" (There will be no video posted from this Grand Rounds.)
January 30, 2015: Matthew State, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco: "The Ribicoff Lecture: 'Passing the Tipping Point: De Novo Mutations and the Emerging Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders'"
January 23, 2015: Larry Davidson, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry (Program for Recovery and Community Health), Yale School of Medicine; Maria O'Connell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Program for Recovery and Community Health), Yale School of Medicine; and Chyrell Bellamy, MSW, PhD, Assistant professor of Psychiatry (Program for Recovery and Community Health), Yale School of Medicine: "Involving Patients and Family Members in the Conduct of Patient-Centered Outcome Research"
January 16, 2015: Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Understanding E-cigarette Use Among Adolescents"
January 9, 2015: Helena Hansen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Anthropology, New York University: "The Bertram H. Roberts Memorial Lecture: 'Structural Competency: New Medicine for the Inequalities that are Making Us Sick'"

2014 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

December 19, 2014: Kamiar Alaei, MD, MPH, MS, DrPH, Public Service Professor in Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York; and Arash Alaei, MD, Clinical Associate Professor in Health Policy, Management and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York: "Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds: 'Rights to Physical and Mental Well-being of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Iran'"
December 5, 2014: Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry: "Creative Resilience & Aging: Louis Armstrong, Race, & Growing Old in the '60s" (There will be no video posted of this lecture.)
November 21, 2014: Clinical Innovation in Psychiatry Awards - "The CMHC Wellness Center: Development of a Person-Centered Health Home" Jeanne Steiner, DO, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine and Medical Director, Connecticut Mental Health Center; Robert Cole, MHSA, Lecturer in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine and Chief Operating Officer, Connecticut Mental Health Center; Aniyizhai Annamalai, MBBS, MD; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; and Maria O'Connell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine. "Integrating Primary Medical Care and Mental Health for Homeless Veterans at Errera Community Care Center of VA Connecticut Healthcare System: The Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (HPACT)" Theddeus Iheanacho, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; and David Rosenthal, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine), Yale School of Medicine
November 14, 2014: Town Hall Meeting (There will be no video posted of this event.)
November 7, 2014: Gerard Sanacora, PhD, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Yale Depression Research Program, Yale School of Medicine: "Translating Evolving Concepts on the Treatment of Mood Disorders to Clinical Practice"
October 31, 2014: Charles O'Brien, MD, PhD, the Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania: "Update on Medications for Alcoholism"
October 24, 2014: "A Tribute to Drs. George Aghajanian and George Heninger: Over 100 years of Leadership, Research, and Mentoring Excellence at Yale" - John H. Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil Jr. Professor of Translational Research, Professor of Neurobiology, and Chair of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Dennis Charney, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Dean, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Mark S. Gold, MD, Dizney Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine; Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD, Nash Family Professor and Chairman, Department of Neuroscience and Director of the Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; and Ronald S. Duman, PhD, Mears and Jamison Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology and Director of the Ribicoff Research Facilities, Yale School of Medicine
October 17, 2014: Benjamin G. Druss, MD, MPH, Professor and Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health, Emory University: "Improving Health and Healthcare in People with Serious Mental Illness: From Research to Practice and Back Again"
October 10, 2014: Steven S. Sharfstein, MD, MPA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sheppard Pratt Health System: "The effects of Health Care Reform on Psychiatry"
October 3, 2014: Scott Stossel, Editor of The Atlantic magazine, and author of My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind: "My Age of Anxiety"
September 19, 2014: Daniel Geschwind, MD, the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair of Human Genetics, and Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine: "Transcriptomic Networks in Autism Spectrum Disorders"
September 12, 2014: Wayne Goodman, MD, Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine: "DBS for Psychiatric Disorders and Depression"
September 5, 2014: Ronald J. Vender, MD, Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Yale School of Medicine; CMO, Yale Medical Group: "YMG: A commitment to Excellence"
June 20, 2014: Seymour Lustman Research Awards in Psychiatry - First Place: Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MBBS, MD, "Understanding Vulnerability to the Psychotomimetic Effects of Cannabinoids: Contribution of GABA Deficit"; Second Place: Sarah Fineberg, MD, PhD, "Word Use in First Person Accounts May Relate to Perceptual, Cognitive and Social Dysfunction in Schizophrenia" and Jerome Taylor, Jr., MD, "Predictors of Anxiety Recurrence in the Primary Care Setting: CALM"
June 13, 2014: John H. Krystal, MD, the Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research, Chair of Psychiatry, Professor of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine; and Chief of Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital: "State of the Department"
June 6, 2014: TBA: "Psychiatry Residency Commencement"
May 30, 2014: Helen Mayberg, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, of Neurology, and of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine: "Flynn Lecture: 'What Has DBS Taught Us About the Neurocircuitry of Depression?'"
May 23, 2014: Roger Kathol, MD, President, Cartesian Solutions, Inc.: "Psychiatrists' Clinical and Fiscal Contribution to Health in Accountable Care Organizations"
May 16, 2014: Katharine Phillips, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior & Director of Residency Training for Research in Adult Psychiatry, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University: "Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Update on a Severe Yet Under-Recognized Disorder"
May 2, 2014: Maxine Stitzer, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medicine: "National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network: Research and Dissemination"
April 25, 2014: Stuart C. Yudofsky, MD, The D.C. and Irene Ellwood Professor and Chairman of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; The Drs. Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Presidential Chair in Neuropsychiatry and Distinguished Service Professor, Baylor College of Medicine: "The Assessment and Psychopharmacological Treatment of People with Aggression and Agitation"
April 11, 2014: Douglas Mossman, MD, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Program Director of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; and Director of the Glenn M. Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College of Law: "Yochelson Lecture: 'Kant Meets Tarasoff: The Limits and Limitations of Risk Assessment'"
April 4, 2014: Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University; Chief Psychologist, Grady Health System; and President, American Psychological Association: "Assessment and Treatment of Abused, Suicidal, Low-Income African American Women"
March 28, 2014: John Strauss, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Janice Jones, Director of Education & Training and Client Rights Officer, Connecticut Mental Health Center; Claude Grazia, MSW, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry (Social Work), Yale School of Medicine; Lila Fain, Occupational Therapist, Connecticut Mental Health Center; Jaak Rakfeldt, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Dolly Jacobson, MSW, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; and Dave Sells, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Clinicians as People, Writing About Patients as People"
March 21, 2014: Ed Bullmore, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Cambridge: "The Economics of Brain Networks in Health and Disease"
March 14, 2014: Robert J. Alpern, MD, Dean, Yale School of Medicine: "State of the Medical School" (There will be no video posted of this Grand Rounds.)
March 7, 2014: Vikram Patel, MSc, MRCPsych, PhD, FMedSci, Professor of International Mental Health & Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: "Yale Global Mental Health Program Lecture: "Transforming Lives, Enhancing Communities: Innovations in Global Mental Health"
February 28, 2014: Joseph Gone, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and of American Culture, University of Michigan: "Division of Prevention and Community Research Presents: Cultivating American Indian Culture as a Remedy for Substance Abuse: Creation of an Indigenous Intervention"
February 21, 2014: Susannah Cahalan, Journalist, New York Post and Author; Christina Janelle Azevedo MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine (Discussant): "Poynter Fellowship - Brain on Fire: A Patient's Perspective on Autoimmune Encephalitis"
February 14, 2014: David Sheff, Journalist and Author: "Ribicoff Lecture / Poynter Fellowship: "Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy"
February 7, 2014: Kirk Wilhelmsen, MD, PhD, Professor of Genetics and of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine: "Mapping Alcohol Dependence Risk Genes by Whole Genome Sequencing"
January 31, 2014: Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD, Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Harvard Medical School: "Advances in Imaging in the Human Connectome"
January 24, 2014: Avshalom Caspi, PhD, the Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Duke University: "Self-Control, Health, and Wealth" (There will be no video posted of this Grand Rounds.)
January 17, 2014: Sheena Josselyn, PhD, Senior Scientist in Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Research Institute; and Associate Professor of Psychology and of Physiology, and in the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto: "Making, Breaking, and Linking Memories" (Yale NetID & password login req'd to view video.)

2013 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

December 20, 2013: Carolyn M. Drazinic, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and in the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut; & Charles Dike, MBChB, MD, MPH, FRCPsych, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, and Director of the Whiting Forensic Division, Connecticut Valley Hospital : "DSM-5: An Overview and Update on Important Changes" (Video Part I / Video Part II)
December 6, 2013: Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, PhD, President and CEO of Partners Healthcare and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University: "The Critical Role of Psychiatry and All of Behavioral Health in the Evolving Health Care Marketplace"
November 22, 2013: Jeffrey Lichtman, the Jeremy R. Knowles Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University: "Connectomics: What, Why, and How"
November 15, 2013: Marek Chawarski, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Improving Drug Treatment Efficacy in International Settings"
November 1, 2013: Robert Innis, MD, PhD, Molecular Imaging Branch Chief, National Institute of Mental Health: "PET imaging of translator protein as a putative marker of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease and of phosphodiesterase 4 marker of cAMP cascade in depression"
October 25, 2013: Eric Schadt, PhD, Professor and Chair of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Director of the Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine: "Integrating the Digital Universe of Data to Build Predictive Models of Disease"
October 18, 2013: Clinical Innovations in Psychiatry Awards - Linda Godleski, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; "Designing and Implementing an Innovative National Comprehensive Telemental Health (TMH) Program" / Kathleen Carroll, PhD, the Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; "Computer-based Training for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy"
October 4, 2013: Daphne Miller, MD, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California San Francisco: "Biodiversity and Health: Lessons from Sustainable Agriculture"
September 27, 2013: David Lewis, MD, Endowed Professor in Translational Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Chair of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences: "The Flynn Lecture: A Neural Circuitry Basis for Impaired Cortical Network"
September 20, 2013: Edward Phillips, MD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School and Founder and Director of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine: "Lifestyle Medicine: Your Role in Promoting Healthier Behaviors"
September 13, 2013: Tony George, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Endowed Chair in Addiction Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Clinical Director for the Schizophrenia Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: "Understanding Tobacco and Cannabis Addiction in Schizophrenia: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts"
September 6, 2013: Jesse Fann, MD, MPH, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington: "Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Cancer Patients with Integrated Care"
June 14, 2013: Seymour Lustman Research Awards in Psychiatry - First Place: Paul Geha, MD, "Decreased food pleasure and disrupted satiety signals in chronic back pain"; Second Place: Christopher Hammond, MD, "Marijuana, problem gambling severity, and health correlates among adolescents" and Daniel Moreno De Luca, MD, PhD, "New clinical perspectives from the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders"
June 7, 2013: Mark Schaefer, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Medicaid Director in the Connecticut Department of Social Services, and Medicaid Leadership Institute Fellow: "Residents' Commencement Address - Psychiatrists in the Value Equation"
May 31, 2013: John H. Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil Jr Professor of Translational Research and Psychiatry Department Chair, Yale School of Medicine: "State of the Department"
May 24, 2013: Tamar Gendler, PhD, Vincent J. Scully Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Professor of Psychology, Yale University: "The Five Ancient Secrets to Modern Flourishing"
May 10, 2013: Frances Kay-Lambkin, PhD, Psychologist and Lecturer, Faculty of Health, University of New South Wales, Australia: "Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Mental Health Problems: The Future, or Just Part of the Puzzle?"
May 3, 2013: Corinne Moss-Racusin, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology, Yale University: "How Gender Stereotypes Function Within Academic Science Contexts"
April 26, 2013: Patricia Resick, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology, Boston University & Director of Women's Health Sciences, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Health Care: "Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD: Where We Are Now, and What's Next"
April 19, 2013: The Yochelson Lecture. Gwen Adshead, MBBS, Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital, Berkshire, UK: "Three Faces of Justice: Philosophical Forensic Psychiatry"
April 12, 2013: Laurence Kirmayer, MD, James McGill Professor and Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University: "Revisioning Psychiatry: Cultural Phenomenology and Critical Neuroscience"
April 5, 2013: Kimberly Ann Yonkers, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases); Director, PMS and Perinatal Psychiatric Research Program: "Major Depressive Disorder in Pregnancy, Antidepressant Treatment and Their Impact on Birth Outcomes"
March 22, 2013: Emilie Phillips Smith, PhD, Professor of Human Development & Family Studies & Director of The Center for Family Research in Diverse Contexts, Penn State University: "Prevention of Problem Behavior in Community-Based Afterschool Settings"
March 15, 2013: Deepak D'Souza, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine & Director, Schizophrenia VA Research Program, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven, CT: "Gone to Pot: The Link Between Cannabinoids and Psychosis"
March 8, 2013: John Strauss, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Monica Kalacznik, MD, Lecturer in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Claude Grazia, MSW, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Janice Jones, Director of Education & Training and Client Rights Officer, Connecticut Mental Health Center; Brandeis Green, Postdoctoral Associate in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Dolly Jacobson, MSW, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; and Lila Fain, Occupational Therapist, Connecticut Mental Health Center: "Clinicians as People, Writing About Patients as People"
March 1, 2013: Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Psychology, Yale University; Director, Yale OCD Research Clinic: "Histamine Disruption in Tourette Syndrome: A Translational Story"
February 22, 2013: Bruce L. Rollman, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, Biomedical Informatics, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh: "Impact and Treatment of Depression in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease"
February 15, 2013: Geoffrey Schoenbaum, MD, PhD, Branch Chief and Senior Investigator, Intramural Research Program, National Institute for Drug Abuse, NIH: "The Ribicoff Lecture: "Does the Orbitofrontal Cortex Signal Value?"
February 8, 2013: Richard Saitz, MD, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health: "Research-Based Approaches to Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The View of a Primary Care Physician-Scientist"
February 1, 2013: Robert Alpern, MD, Dean and Professor of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine: "State of the Medical School" (There will be no video posted of this presentation.)
January 25, 2013: Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; and Medical Director, Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic: "Please Pay Attention Now (It Could Change Your Brain): Clinical Efficacy and Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation"
January 18, 2013: Karen Nakamura, PhD, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Yale University: "A Disability of the Soul: Community-Based Psychiatric Healthcare in Japan"
January 11, 2013: Mark Thomas, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and of Psychology, University of Minnesota: "Plasticity in the Neural Circuits for Reward: Challenges and Opportunities"

2012 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

December 14, 2012: Randy Buckner, PhD, Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience, Harvard University: "Exploring the Large-Scale Architecture of the Human Brain"
December 7, 2012: Rani Hoff, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology, Yale School of Medicine: "Evaluation of Mental Health Systems: Report Cards to Dashboards and Back"
November 30, 2012: Robin Masheb, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "The Overweight Patient with an Eating Disorder: Weight Management, Psychiatric Treatment, or Something Else"
November 16, 2012: Caryn Lerman, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Nicotine Addiction Research, University of Pennsylvania: "Translational Research on Nicotine Dependence Treatment"
November 9, 2012: Marcus Raichle, MD, Professor of Radiology, of Neurobiology and of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis: "The Restless Brain"
November 2, 2012: Monique Yohanan, MD, MPH, Editor of Behavioral Health and Psychiatry, Milliman Care Guidelines: "The Top Ten Medical Stories That Every Psychiatrist Should Know About: 2012"
October 26, 2012: Michael Rowe, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; and Marc Rosen, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Clinical Innovation in Psychiatry Honors"
October 19, 2012: John Kelly, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Program Director of Addiction Recovery Management Service, Harvard Medical School: "Elucidating the Mechanisms of Behavior Change Within Alcoholics Anonymous"
October 12, 2012: Idil Cavus, MD, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine: "LTP-Like Cortical Plasticity in Humans: View From Schizophrenia"
October 5, 2012: Jean King, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts: "Understanding Nicotine Addiction: Utilizing Translational Neuroimaging"
September 28, 2012: Nancy Suchman, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School Of Medicine: "Mothering from the Inside Out: A Parenting Program for At-Risk Mothers Based on Attachment Theory"
September 21, 2012: Neil Finn, New Zealand recording artist of Crowded House, The Finn Brothers, 7 Worlds Collide, Pajama Club, and Split Enz: "Unknown Pathways: Neil Finn on Songwriting and Creativity"
September 14, 2012: Philip Corlett, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Delusions and the Brain: Learning About Odd Beliefs Through Cognitive Neuroscience"
September 7, 2012: Deanna Barch, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Radiology, Washington University at St. Louis: "Motivation and Reward Processing in Schizophrenia: Neural and Psychological Mechanisms"
June 15, 2012: John H. Krystal, MD, Robert L. McNeil Jr. Professor of Translational Research and Psychiatry Department Chair, Yale School of Medicine: "Chairman's Address: State of the Department"
June 8, 2012: John M. Kane, MD, Vice President, Behavioral Health Services, North Shore-LIJ Health System and Chairman of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital: "Commencement Address: Further Evolution of Psychiatry in the Age of Health Care Reform: Implications for Career Development"
June 1, 2012: Chadi Abdallah, MD, Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; and Kyle Williams, MD, Child Integrated Resident, Yale School of Medicine: "The Lustman Research Awards"
May 25, 2012: Pauline Maki, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, and Director Women's Mental Health Research, University of Illinois at Chicago: "Hormone Therapy and Cognitive Function: A Scientific Update Ten Years After the WHI"
May 11, 2012: Marc Caron, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology, Medicine, and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center: "The Flynn Lecture: Concepts for Better Psychotropic Agents from Genetically Engineered Animal Models" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
April 27, 2012: Thomas Gutheil, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Law, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University: "The Yochelson Lecture: "Boundary Issues in Clinical Practice"
April 20, 2012: Nora Volkow, MD, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH: "Addiction: Conflict Between Brain Circuits"
March 30, 2012: Ronald Duman, PhD, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology and of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities, Connecticut Mental Health Center: "New Treatments for Depression: Keeping Neurons Alive, Healthy, and Connected"
March 23, 2012: Amy Arnsten, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine: "Molecular Regulation of Prefrontal Cortical NMDA Circuits; Vulnerabilities for Neuropsychiatric Disorders"
March 16, 2012: Frederick Altice, MD, Professor of Medicine (AIDS) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases), Yale School of Medicine: "Prison Release Interventions for HIV+ Prisoners: Treating Substance Use Disorders with Medication-Assisted Therapies"
March 9, 2012: Rebecca Miller, PhD, MA, Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry; Ani Annamalai, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Claude Grazia, MSW, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry (Social Work); Sarah Mourra, MD, PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident; David Sells, PhD, MA, Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry; Michelle Joy, YSM Medical Student, Class of 2012; Lila Fain, Occupational Therapist, CMHC; and John Strauss, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry: "Clinicians as People Writing About Patients as People"
March 2, 2012: Carole Goldberg PsyD of Yale University Health and Director of the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response & Education Center; Gwendolyn Bassett, LCSW of the VA Medical Center; and Noemie Zador LCSW of the VA Medical Center: "Resident Grand Rounds: 'Goldmine or Minefield? A Workshop for Trainees on Managing and Understanding Erotic Transference'" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
February 24, 2012: Robert Alpern, MD; Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Dean, Yale School of Medicine: "The State of the Medical School"
February 17, 2012: Helena Rutherford, PhD, MSc, Associate Research Scientist, Yale Child Study Center; with with Linda Mayes, MD, Professor in the Child Study Center, of Public Health, of Pediatrics and of Psychology, Yale University: "A Psychobiological Model of Parenting"
February 10, 2012: Paul L. Wachtel, PhD; Distinguished Professor in the Doctoral Program of Clinical Psychology, CUNY: "Patient-Sensitive Therapeutic Communication and Evidence-Based Practice: Alternatives or Allies?"
February 3, 2012: Marlene Schwartz, PhD; Deputy Director of Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University: "Creating Health Food Environments: What Mental Health Professionals Can Do"
January 27, 2012: Ronald Stall, PhD, MPH; Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and Director of Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Research, University of Pittsburgh: "On Syndemics and Strengths Among Gay Men"
January 20, 2012: Mary Carskadon, PhD; Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University and Director, Chronobiology and Sleep Research, Bradley Hospital: "Roots of Insufficient Sleep in Adolescents: Is Depressed Mood a Risk and Do Genes Play a Role?"
January 6, 2012: R.H. Belmaker, MD; Professor of Psychiatry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: "Individual Differences and Evidence Based Psychopharmacology"

2011 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

December 16, 2011: Peter Fonagy, PhD, Freud Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London; and David Zuroff, PhD, Chair, Department of Psychology, McGill University: "Honoring Sidney J. Blatt, PhD"
December 9 , 2011: Carolyn Sartor, PhD; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Links Between Trauma, Alcohol Use Disorders, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women"
December 2 , 2011: William Sledge, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Caroline Easton, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Morris Bell, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; and Bruce Wexler, MD, Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Clinical Innovation in Psychiatry Honors"
November 18 , 2011: Akira Sawa, MD, PhD; Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University: "Human Cell/Tissue Engineering in Psychiatry: iN, iPS, and Olfactory Cell Technology for Clinically Useful Information"
November 4 , 2011: Myrna Weissman, PhD; Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Columbia University; Chief of Clinical-Genetic Epidemiology at NYS Psychiatric Institute: "Translating Epidemiology Into Familial Risk for Depression: A Yale Legacy"
October 28 , 2011: Marina Picciotto, PhD; Professor of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology, Assistant Chair for Basic Science Research in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine. Yann Mineur, PhD; Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "The Skinny on Nicotine: How Nicotinic Acetycholine Receptors Regulate Appetite"
October 21 , 2011: Tian Xu, PhD; Professor and Vice Chair of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Yale Center for Functional Genomics: "New Forward Genetic Screens in Model Organisms for Deciphering Genetic Basis of Behavior" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
October 14 , 2011: Kathleen Bucholz, PhD; Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis: "Substance Abuse Disorders in DSM-5: Empirical Basis for the Proposed Revisions"
October 7 , 2011: Hochang (Ben) Lee, MD; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Being a Psychiatrist Among Surgeons: Toward Partnership in Research and Clinical Practice"
September 30 , 2011: Tyrone Cannon, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Neuroscience, and Psychology at UCLA School of Medicine: "Developmental Disruptions in Neural Connectivity in the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia"
September 23 , 2011: Gary Greenberg, PhD; Psychotherapist and Author: "Dragons Live Here, or DSM 5: A Report From the Front"
September 16 , 2011: Matthew State, MD, PhD; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, of Genetics, and Donald J. Cohen Associate Professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine; Co-Director, Yale Program on Neurogenetics; Deputy Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry: "Sipping From the Fire Hose: The Genomics of Autism Spectrum Disorders"
September 9 , 2011: Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School: "Neuronal Epigenome Mapping in Developing and Diseased Prefrontal Cortex"
June 17 , 2011: John Krystal, MD; Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, "State of the Department"
June 10 , 2011: Commencement; Dennis S. Charney, MD, Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "Further Down the Road: A Prescription for a Career of Self-Fulfillment, Happiness, and Success"
June 3 , 2011: Seymour L. Lustman Resident Research Awards; Ke Xu, MD, Yale Psychiatry Resident (First Place), "Understanding Stress and Addiction: From Single Gene to Systems Genetics"; Kalyani Subramanyam, MD, Yale Psychiatry Resident (Honorable Mention), "Brain Glucose Metabolism During Experimental Endotoxemia"
May 27 , 2011: The Flynn Lecture; Carol A. Tamminga, MD, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, "Examining Learning and Memory Mechanisms in Schizophrenic Psychosis"
May 13 , 2011: Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, Emory University, "Depression and Heart Disease: Is There Gender-Specific Risk?"
May 6 , 2011: Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "PTSD: From Behavioral Neuroendocrinology to Molecular Biology"
April 29 , 2011: The Yochelson Lecture; Robert Phillips, MD, PhD, Forensic Consultation Associates, "Understanding the Behavioral Motivations of Those Who Threaten, Approach or Assassinate Presidents of the United States" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
April 15 , 2011: James Noonan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Yale University, "Developmental Gene Regulation in Human Disease and Evolution"
April 9 , 2011 : Neuroscience 2011: Promoting Recovery with New Treatments

Representative Patrick Kennedy, Keynote Address
Joan Kaufman, PhD, "Genetics and the Brain"
John Krystal, MD, "Treatment of PTSD"
Matthew State, MD, PhD, "Common Genetic Factors Associated with PDD and Schizophrenia"
Ronald S. Duman, PhD, "New Mechanisms Elicited with Ketamine in Treatment Resistant Depression"
Deepak Cyril D'Souza, MD, "Glycine Site Drugs and Other Novel Treatments for Psychosis"

April 8 , 2011: John Strauss, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Yale University, "Clinicians as People Writing About Patients as People"
April 1 , 2011: Mark Gold, MD, Distinguished Professor and Chair, University of Florida Department of Psychiatry, "Obesity and Food Addiction: From Bench to Bedside"
March 25 , 2011: Hedy Kober, MA, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University, "Craving and the Regulation of Craving: Insights From fMRI and Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies"

2009 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

March 6, 2009: Beth Shinn, PhD, Professor of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, "Causes and Cures for Homelessness: Families and Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities"
February 20 , 2009: Deborah Hasin, PhD, Columbia University, "Alcohol Disorders: Comorbidity, Course and DSM-V Considerations"
February 13 , 2009 : Col. Charles Hoge, U.S. Army, "PTSD and Mild TBI in Veterans of Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan"
January 16 , 2009 : Andrew H. Miller, MD, William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of Psychiatric Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University

2008 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

December 12, 2008: Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Smoking Cessation Among Adolescents: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?
December 5 , 2008 : Visiting Lecture: Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, An Evidence-based Psychodynamic Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
November 21 , 2008 : Yale Forum: Eleni Markakis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Of Mice and Men: A Tale of Two Stem Cells
November 7 , 2008 : Visiting Lecture: David Kupfer, MD, Thomas Detre Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Medical Comorbidity of Bipolar Disorder: Current Status
October 24 , 2008 : Visiting Lecturer Ken Thompson, MD, US Department of Human Services, Recovery, Transformation and Public Service: Will Psychiatry survive?
September 26 , 2008 : Visiting Lecturer: Luis de Lecea, PhD, Stanford University, Sex, Drugs and Hypocretins
September 19 , 2008 : Visiting Lecturer: David Oslin, MD, U Penn Medical Center, Late Life Addictions: The emerging clinical challenge
September 12 , 2008 : Visiting Lecturer: Gary Sachs, MD, Harvard University, Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, MASS General, Treatment of Bipolar Depression: Principles and Practice
June 6 , 2008 : Lustman Awards Winning Presentation
May 30 , 2008 : Yale Forum: Arthur Simen, MD, PhD, Department of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Molecular Mechanisms Influencing Prefrontal Function in Aging Brain
May 23 , 2008 : Visiting Lecturer: Martha K. McClintock, PhD, University of Chicago, Human Pheromones and Social Scents: Regulation of Fertility, Sexuality and Emotion
May 16 , 2008 : The Flynn Lecture: Trevor Robbins, Cambridge University, Fractionating Impulsivity: Neural Substrates and Neuropsychiatric Implications
May 9 , 2008 : Visiting Lecturer: Karen Faith Berman, M.D. Section Chief, Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, Gonadal Steroid Hormones and Neural Mechanisms of cognition and emotion in Women
April 25 , 2008 : The Yochelson Lecture: Jeffrey Metzner, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, An Introduction to Correctional Psychiatry
April 18 , 2008 : Visiting Lecture: Brian Flay, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Oregon State, Dr. Flay's Lecture
April 11 , 2008 : Visiting Lecture: The John Strauss Group: Clinicians as People Writing about Patients as People
April 5 , 2008 : Annual Neuroscience Symposium - Stress, Resilience & Recovery
Opening Remarks
Dr. John Krystal
Dr. Joan Kaufman
Dr. Michael Sernyak
Dr. Ismene Petrakis
Dr. Kimberly Yonkers
Dr. Alex Neumeister
General Discussion
April 4 , 2008 : Visiting Lecture: Jeff Lyness, University of Rochester & Paul Kirwin, Yale Dept of Psychiatry, Creative Resilience and Aging: Dreams, Schemes and Themes from Music and Poetry
March 14 , 2008 : Visiting Lecture: Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Stanford University, Optogenetics: technology development and application to questions in neuropsychiatric disease
February 1 , 2008 : Visiting Lecture: Cindy Ehlers, PhD, Scripps Institute, Understanding Firewater: Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Alcohol and Drug Dependence in Southwest California Indians
January 11 , 2008 : Yale Forum: Sandra Alfano, PharmD, Chair, Yale HIC Committee, Research Involving Decisionally-Impaired Adults: Ethical Guidance in a Regulatory Void

Festschrifts

May 14, 2013: Festschrift for Thomas H. McGlashan, M.D.: Speakers included John Krystal, the Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology and Chair of Psychiatry, Yale University; Scott Woods, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University; Carlos Grilo, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University; John Gunderson, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University; Ralph Hoffman, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University; Svein Friis, Professor of Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Norway; Will Carpenter, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Maryland; and Robert Heinssen, Director, Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health

2018 Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds

July 20, 2018: Resident Showcase: Advocacy in Action: "Selected Residents Highlight Their Work in Narrative Style and Participate in a Guided Discussion"
June 29, 2018: David N. Berg, PhD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: "Dissent: An Examination of Power Dynamics in Medicine"

2017 Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds

July 7, 2017: Christine Montross, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Brown University: "From Introspection to Advocacy: Writing, Medicine, and the Mind"
June 30, 2017: Alice Flaherty, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Movement Disorders Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital: "The Art and Neuroscience of Illness Behavior"

2016 Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds

July 29, 2016: Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP, Professor, Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University; "Rethinking Madness: Implications of Viewing Psychosis Dimensionally"
July 15, 2016: Philip Corlett, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; "The I's Have it ... or Do They? Lexical Markers of Psychosis in Speech and Writing"
July 8, 2016: Matthew Dicks, international best-selling author; co-founder and director of Speak Up; "How to Tell a Story"

2015 Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds

August 7, 2015: Peter W. Meineck, PhD, Clinical Professor, Classics Department, New York University; "Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks: Does Ancient Greek Literature Reflect a Society Dealing with the Stresses of War and Can it be Used to Help the Veteran Community Today?"
July 31, 2015: Srijan Sen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Bioinformatics, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan; "The Intern Health Study: Insights into Medical Education and the Biology of Stress Response"
July 24, 2015: Various speakers; "National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative: 'This 'Stuff' is Really Cool: Cutting-edge Neuroscience and the Future of Psychiatry" (To see video that includes the slides, please visit the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative course website; profile/log-in required)
July 17, 2015: Stephen Ross, MD, Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine; Director, Division of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, Bellevue Hospital; Director, Addiction Psychiatry, NYU Tisch Hospital; Director, NYU Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship; and Director, NYU Psychedelic Research Group; "The NYU Psilocybin Cancer Project"
July 10, 2015: Rev. Marilyn B. Kendrix, Associate Pastor for Faith Formation, The Church of the Redeemer United Church of Christ; Member of the Board, Malta Justice Initiative; "The Injustice of the Criminal Justice System and the Poverty it Produces"

2014 Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds

August 15, 2014: Emily Bazelon, JD, Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School; Senior Editor of Slate; "Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy"
July 25, 2014: Meir Kryger, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary), Yale School of Medicine; "Killer Dreams"
July 18, 2014: Paul Bloom, PhD, the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, Yale University; "Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil"
July 11, 2014: Andrew Solomon, Author and Lecturer in Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical College; "Forge Meaning, Build Identity"
June 27, 2014: Rachel Aviv, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; "Writing About Psychosis"

2013 Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds

August 23, 2013: Glen O. Gabbard, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston; "Whatever Happened to the 'Person' in Contemporary Psychiatry?"
August 9, 2013: Marc A. Brackett, PhD, Director of the Center for Emotional Intelligence and Faculty Fellow in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at the Yale Child Study Center; "Creating Emotionally Intelligent Schools and Communities"
July 26, 2013: Steven Marans, MSW, PhD, Harris Professor in the Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine and Director of the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence/Childhood Violent Trauma Center; "Responding to Trauma: Intervening Early with Children and Families"
July 19, 2013: Matt Pelak, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Team Rubicon; "Team Rubicon: Military Veteran Reintegration Through Continued Service"
July 12, 2013: Mitchell Cohen, MD, Vice Chair for Education, Director of the Pain Medicine Program, and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College; "Pain-Brain Perturbations: New Insights into Brain Pathophysiology and Their Implications in Chronic Pain"
June 28, 2013: Harold G. Koenig, MD, Director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University; "Religion and Mental Health: Research and Clinical Implications"

2012 Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds

August 10, 2012: Lt. Col (Dr.) Paul Morrissey, U.S. Army psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry (adjunct) at Yale School of Medicine; "Caring for Soldiers After Deployment"
August 3, 2012: Glen Triesman, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry and internal medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; "The Psychiatry of AIDS" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
July 27, 2012: Andrew Solomon, lecturer in psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical College; "Disordered Identities: The Transgender Conundrum"
July 20, 2012: Elizabeth Lunbeck, PhD, professor of psychiatry and Nelson Tyrone Jr Professor of History, Vanderbilt University; "Deja vu All Over Again: Is Ours a "Culture of Narcissism?" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
July 13, 2012: Steven Southwick, MD, Glenn H. Greenberg Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; & Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; "'The Resilient Clinician' & Wellness Program Launch" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
July 6, 2012: Nancy McWilliams, PhD, professor, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University; "Masochism Revisited: Reflections on Self-Defeating Dynamics" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
June 29, 2012: Annita P. Sawyer, PhD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; "Is Diagnosis Destiny?" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
June 22, 2012: "VolunteerFest 2012" (No video will be posted of this lecture.)
May 25, 2012: David R. Williams, MPH, PhD; Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Professor of African and African American studies, and Professor of Sociology, Harvard University; "Making America Healthier for All: What Each of Us Can Do"

2011 Psychiatry Resident Grand Rounds

August 12 , 2011: Andres Martin MD, MPH, Professor in Yale School of Medicine's Child Study Center; "Your Very Flesh: A Glimpse into the World of the Tattooed"
July 29 , 2011: Andrew Solomon, Lecturer in Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical College and Author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression; "The Autism Rights Movement: Various Perspectives"
July 22 , 2011: David Mintz, MD, Director of Psychiatric Education at Austen Riggs Center, Massachusetts; "Meaning and Medication: Psychodynamic Approaches to the Treatment Resistant Patient"
July 15 , 2011: Panel discussion featuring Dr. Patrick Fox, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital; Dr. Mark Mercurio, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Chair of the Yale New Haven Hospital Ethics Committee and Director of the Yale Program for Biomedical Ethics; and Sue Asher, Director of Yale-New Haven Hospital Department of Religious Ministries and co-chair of the Ethics Committee; "Death with Dignity?: Physician-Assisted Suicide, Psychiatry, and the Right to Die"
July 8 , 2011: Ralph DiLeone, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine; "Molecules and Neural Circuits That Influence Models of Obesity and Food Addiction"
June 24 , 2011: C. A. Morgan, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; "The Science of False Memories: What Does It Teach us? Why Is It Relevant to Clinicians?"