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David Carl Steffens

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
Box 3903 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
3547 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


Geriatric Affective Disorders

Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Alzheimer's Disease

ECT

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2013 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Recent Publications


The Independent Effect of Depression on Financial Decision-Making in Older Adults.

Journal Article Am J Geriatr Psychiatry · April 2026 OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between clinically significant depressive symptoms in late life or late-life depression (LLD) and financial and healthcare-related decision-making in older adults. METHODS: 821 older adults from the Rush Memory and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Memoriam for James A. Greene, MD, DLFAPA, FACPsych.

Journal Article Am J Geriatr Psychiatry · April 2026 Full text Link to item Cite

Right anterior supramarginal gyrus-cerebellum hyperconnectivity and rumination partially mediate the link between childhood abuse and anger in late-life depression.

Journal Article J Affect Disord · March 15, 2026 BACKGROUND: Childhood abuse is linked to emotional dysregulation and anger across the lifespan, but its neural correlates in late-life depression (LLD) remain unclear. METHODS: Ninety-eight adults aged ≥60 years with LLD underwent resting-state functional ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Anhedonia, Aging, and the Neural Correlates of Attentional Control in Depression

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Emotion Regulation in Late-Life Depression: Effectiveness and Neural Mechanisms

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2015

Cognitive Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2012

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Education


Duke University · 2000 M.H.S.
University of Texas, Dallas · 1988 M.D.