Victor Carrion
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic 401 Quarry Rd MC 5719 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-5511 Fax (650) 723-5531Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Early Life Stress
- Brain Development
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1999) |
| Fellowship: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1997) |
| Residency: | University of Pennsylvania Health System, PA (1995) |
| Internship: | University of Pennsylvania Health System, PA (1992) |
| Medical Education: | Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NY (1991) |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Examines the interplay between brain development and stress vulnerability via a multi-method approach that includes psychophysiology, neuroimaging, neuroendocrinology and phenomenology. Treatment development that focuses on individual and community-based interventions for stress related conditions in children and adolescents that experience traumatic stress.
Publications
- Treatment manual for trauma-exposed youth: case studies. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2010; (1): 27-38
- Reduced Hippocampal Activity in Youth with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: An fMRI Study. J Pediatr Psychol. 2009
- Converging evidence for abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex and evaluation of midsagittal structures in pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder: an MRI study. Psychiatry Res. 2009; (3): 226-34
- Guilt and posttraumatic stress symptoms in child victims of interpersonal violence. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2009; (1): 71-83
- Brief report: diurnal salivary cortisol in youth--clarifying the nature of posttraumatic stress dysregulation. J Pediatr Psychol. 2009; (4): 389-95
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