Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2025 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Metformin add-on vs. antipsychotic switch vs. continued antipsychotic treatment plus healthy lifestyle education in overweight or obese youth with severe mental illness: results from the IMPACT trial.
Journal Article World Psychiatry · February 2020 Antipsychotics are used for many psychiatric conditions in youth. Although developmentally inappropriate weight gain and metabolic abnormalities, which are risk factors for premature cardiovascular mortality, are especially frequent in youth, optimal strat ... Full text Link to item CiteImproving metabolic parameters of antipsychotic child treatment (IMPACT) study: rationale, design, and methods.
Journal Article Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health · August 15, 2013 BACKGROUND: Youth with serious mental illness may experience improved psychiatric stability with second generation antipsychotic (SGA) medication treatment, but unfortunately may also experience unhealthy weight gain adverse events. Research on weight loss ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteA Pilot Study of Neuroplasticity Based Cognitive Remediation in Adolescents with Psychosis
Conference BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY · May 1, 2013 Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine ·
2003
M.D.