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Bassir Nia Chosen to Participate in ACNP Early-Stage Investigator Assistance Program
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been selected as a funding recipient of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Early-Stage Investigator Assistance Program.
18 Nov 2024
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Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Clinical Trials of Psychedelics for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
Ardavan Mohammad Aghaei, MD, MPH; Anahita Bassir Nia, MD; Jeremy Weleff, DO; and Bradford Martins, MD, PhD, are co-authors of a review of literature on psychedelic studies on individuals with alcohol use disorder. The review was published in Current Addiction Reports.
Source: Current Addiction Reports
13 May 2024
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Four Yale Psychiatry Researchers Awarded Grants to Study Alcohol Use Disorder
Four Yale Department of Psychiatry researchers have received grants for two investigations related to the study of alcohol use disorder.
16 Aug 2023
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Bassir Nia the PI for Test of Compound in Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, is the PI in a clinical trial that will test a compound for treatment of alcohol use disorder.
Source: Globe Newswire
24 Jul 2023
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Yale Study: Regular Cannabis Use is Associated With History of Childhood and Lifetime Trauma
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD; Jeremy Weleff, DO; Nia Fogelman, PhD; and Rajita Sinha, PhD, are co-authors of a paper in Journal of Psychiatric Research that found people who use cannabis regularly have higher rates of childhood trauma and lifetime trauma.
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Research
8 Mar 2023
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Cannabis Use is Associated With Low Plasma Endocannabinoid Anandamide in Individuals With Psychosis
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Claire Gibson, MD, fourth-year resident, are lead and contributing authors, respectively, of a study in Journal of Psychopharmacology reporting that among individuals with psychosis, cannabis use is associated with lower levels of Anandamide, one of the main endogenous cannabinoids. This is the first published study on the peripheral levels of endocannabinoids in individuals with psychosis.
Source: Journal of Psychopharmacology
11 Jan 2023
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Bassir Nia Receives National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has received a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for a study titled, “Endocannabinoid System Alterations in Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).”
15 Sep 2022
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Olayinka Accepted to Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) Program
Olaniyi Olayinka, MD, MPH, an Addiction Psychiatry fellow in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, has been accepted to the Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) Program 2021-2023 based at Boston University School of Medicine.
16 Sep 2021
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Connecticut Mental Health Center Announces Faculty Appointments
The Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) announces the appointment of several faculty to new positions at the center, according to Jeanne Steiner, DO, Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director at CMHC.
15 Jun 2021
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Cannabinoid Use in Psychotic Patients Impacts Inflammatory Levels and Their Association with Psychosis Severity
In a new study, Yale researchers, including first author and resident Claire Gibson, MD, and contributor Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, measured inflammatory markers in individuals admitted to a psychiatric unit with acute psychosis who had toxicology positive for natural and/or synthetic cannabinoids compared to patients with negative cannabinoid toxicology.
Source: ScienceDirect
19 Aug 2020
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Bassir Nia Receives New Investigator Award from American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry was recently selected as a 2020 American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) Annual Meeting New Investigator Award (NIA) recipient.
12 Mar 2020
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Endocannabinoid System Alterations in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of Developmental and Accumulative Effects of Trauma
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, is the first author of a paper published in Chronic Stress which reviews the long-lasting effects of trauma and chronic stress on the endocannabinoid system.
Source: Chronic Stress
2 Aug 2019
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Study: The Relevance of Sex in the Assocition of Synthetic Cannabinoid Use With Psychosis and Agitation in an Inpatient Population
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, is the first author of a paper published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry that investigates the relevance of sex in the association of synthetic cannabinoid use in people with psychosis and agitation.
Source: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
12 Jul 2019
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Cannabis use: Neurobiological, behavioral and sex/gender considerations
Anahita Bassir Nia, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Mohini Ranganathan, MBBS, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, are the first and senior authors, respectively, of a paper published in Current Behavior Neuroscience Reports that summarizes the current literature on the effects of cannabinoids in humans and discusses the existing literature on the sex- and gender-related differences in the effects of cannabinoids.
Source: Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports
21 Jan 2019