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Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, PhD, ABPP

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

Contact Information

Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, PhD, ABPP

Office Location

Mailing Address

  • Psychiatry

    300 George Street

    New Haven, CT 06511

    United States

Research Summary

My research interests lie in three primary areas: (1) The neuroscience of trauma related psychopathology and posttraumatic stress disorder (2) Translational research of posttraumatic stress disorder (3) Improving the treatment of trauma related psychopathology. My current work is focused, primarily, on the efficacy of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and the failure of many to experience significant improvement at the course of treatment; Multimodal PET-fMRI approach to better understand trauma related psychopathology and, use of psychedelics to improve PTSD treatment.

Coauthors

Research Interests

Afghanistan; Anxiety Disorders; Depression; Iraq; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mental Health Services; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Veterans; Biomarkers, Pharmacological; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Selected Publications

Clinical Trials

ConditionsStudy Title
Mental Health & Behavioral ResearchEligibility for Participation in Neuroimaging Studies
Child Development & Autism; Diseases of the Nervous System; Genetics - Adult; Genetics - Pediatric; Mental Health & Behavioral ResearchGenetic and molecular studies of developmental neuropsychiatric disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System; Mental Health & Behavioral ResearchNeurofeedback of Amygdala Activity for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Mental Health & Behavioral ResearchImaging mGluR5 and synaptic density in psychiatric disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System; Mental Health & Behavioral ResearchIntensive 7-day Treatment for PTSD Combining Ketamine With Exposure Therapy (PTSD)
Diseases of the Nervous System; Mental Health & Behavioral ResearchNeurofeedback for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Addictive Behaviors; Diseases of the Nervous System; Genetics - Adult; Mental Health & Behavioral ResearchImaging Cannabinoid Receptors Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning
Using Neuroimaging to track symptom change in PTSD treatment