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Peter Morgan, MD, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry
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Chair, Bridgeport Hospital, Department of Psychiatry

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Psychiatry

Bridgport Hospital, 267 Grant Street

Bridgeport, CT 06610

United States

About

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Professor of Psychiatry

Chair, Bridgeport Hospital, Department of Psychiatry

Biography

YCCI K Scholar

Project: 09/30/06 - 06/30/09

Sleep and cognition in cocaine dependece

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Education & Training

MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (2000)
PhD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1999)
MS
University of California Davis-LLNL, Engineering and Applied Science (1993)
BS
Yale University, Physics (1992)

Research

Overview

My recent and current human subject studies have examined sleep and learning in cocaine dependence and the relevance of GABA neurotransmission thereon, and have sought neurophysiological markers of alcohol craving. Experimental tools used include EEG/ERP, polysomnography (PSG), cocaine self-administration, neuroimaging, and a variety of standard and newly developed cognitive tasks including visual, motor, and verbal learning tasks, as well tasks of attention and memory.

Another project examines lucid dreaming and what differentiates lucid dreamers from non-lucid dreamers in terms of brain function. This project is directed at understanding the brain processes that lead to different types of consciousness.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Sleep Wake Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Peter Morgan's published research.

Publications

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Clinical Trials

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    College for Problems on Drug Dependence

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    Winter Conference on Brain Research

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    Winter Conference on Brain Research

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    NIH

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    Winter Conference on Brain Research

Clinical Care

Overview

Peter Morgan, MD, PhD, is chair of psychiatry at Yale New Haven Health’s Bridgeport Hospital.

Dr. Morgan says he grew up interested in both physics and medicine.

“I like to understand how the world works, which is why I fell in love with physics,” he says. “As for psychiatry, people have always come to me to help fix things and I have enjoyed helping others.”

Dr. Morgan says the best part of his job is feeling like he can make a positive difference in patients’ lives. “Many of the patients we serve have run into issues of not having access to treatment, being rejected from treatment, or not being comfortable accepting treatment,” he says. “When that happens, we need to find ways to get them in or bring them back. Seeing their lives improve as a result is very rewarding.”

By framing every patient interaction as having the potential to be positive or negative from a psychotherapeutic perspective, Dr. Morgan says he is mindful that how patient care is delivered affects how patients respond to treatment. “You want to have a trusting relationship, and I like to be thoughtful about every interaction going toward promoting care and building that relationship,” he says.

Dr. Morgan’s research interests include the neurophysiology of substance dependence with a focus on sleep disturbances in the setting of chronic substance use and mental illnesses.

Clinical Specialties

Psychiatry; Addiction Medicine; Forensic Psychiatry

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Psychiatry

Bridgport Hospital, 267 Grant Street

Bridgeport, CT 06610

United States