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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 Duke Appointments & Affiliations


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

Recent Scholarly Works


Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia Receiving Medicaid-Funded Home- and Community-Based Services.

Journal article Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · August 2026 This research determined how dementia status is associated with emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations among older adults receiving Medicaid-funded home- and community-based services (HCBS). We conducted a retrospective cohort study of HCBS ... Full text Cite

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
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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.