Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience; Director, Division of Human Genetics (Psychiatry)
VA-Yale Clinical Neurosciences PTSD Research Program
Mission
To investigate the neurobiology of traumatic stress, post traumatic stress disorder and resilience to stress; and to develop new biological approaches for the treatment of trauma-related disorders.
Research Portfolio
- Structural and functional brain imaging
- Clinical neuroscience and experimental therapeutics
- Functional Neuroimaging
- Molecular Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Molecular Genetics
Who is eligible?
Individuals with post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, addictive disorders and/or depression; traumatized individuals who do not have PTSD; and healthy individuals
Leadership
- John H. Krystal, MD , Professor of Psychiatry, Director
- Steven M. Southwick, MD , Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director
Yale Faculty
Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology; Director, PTSD Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment; Deputy Director, Evaluation Division at the National Center for PTSD
Professor of Psychiatry and of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director, Translational Psychiatric Epidemiology Laboratory, Clinical Neurosciences Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD
Contact Us
For more information about the clinic and our research programs, please call Kim Bellinger-Smith at 203-932-5711, Ext. 2629 or Jo Ann Duddling, Ext. 4448.
Location
Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit
National Center for PTSD
VA Connecticut HealthCare System
950 Campbell Avenue/151-E
West Haven, CT 06516
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