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Adrian Christopher Angold

Adrian Christopher Angold

Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
adrian.angold@duke.edu
Box 3454 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Brightleaf SQ Ste 22B, 905 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701

Overview

Developmental epidemiology seeks to apply developmental and epidemiological principles to the study of psychopathology. Within this overall framework, my main research interests relate to the study of depression, anxiety, and disruptive behavior disorders and their effects on service use in children and adolescents. Current activities include studies of (1) relationships among pubertal hormonal changes, morphological changes, life strain, and psychopathology; (2) the development of measures of psychopathology and their links with psychiatric nosology (at the levels of symptoms, diagnoses, and disability); (3) parental burden and service use resulting from child and adolescent psychopathology; (4) comorbidity among psychiatric disorders; (5) factors affecting mental health service use; and (7) psychological predictors of risk for cardiovascular disorders in adolescence.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2015 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Recent Publications

Early Pubertal Timing and Testosterone Associated With Higher Levels of Adolescent Depression in Girls.

Journal Article J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · December 2019 OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of depression increases dramatically during puberty in girls. Earlier work in this sample reported that the sex steroids estradiol and testosterone were associated with increased depression in girls. Using three additional data wa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use, Persistence, and Intensity: Patterns of Care for Children’s Mental Health Across One Year

Chapter · January 1, 2017 This paper explores the use, persistence, and intensity of services for children’s mental health problems across a variety of service sectors during a one year period. Data come from the Great Smoky Mountains Study. Analyses focus on children’s psychiatric ... Full text Cite

The Great Smoky Mountains Study: developmental epidemiology in the southeastern United States.

Journal Article Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · May 2016 AIMS: To describe the Great Smoky Mountains Study (GSMS). METHODS: GSMS is a longitudinal study of child psychiatric disorders that began in 1992 to look at need for mental health services in a rural area of the USA. Over 20 years it has expanded its range ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants

Vulnerability to Drug Abuse:Pathways to Recovery

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2017

A developmental model of gene-environment interplay in SUDs

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2014

Prefrontal Function in Adolescent Limited vs Life Course Persistent SUD

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2014

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Education, Training & Certifications

University College London (United Kingdom) · 1979 M.B.B.S.