Victor Carrion
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Key Documents
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
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 498-5164Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
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
- Brain activation to facial expressions in youth with ptsd symptoms. Depress Anxiety. 2012; (5): 449-59
- Decreased prefrontal cortical volume associated with increased bedtime cortisol in traumatized youth. Biol Psychiatry. 2010; (5): 491-3
- Reduced hippocampal activity in youth with posttraumatic stress symptoms: an FMRI study. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010; (5): 559-69
- Treatment manual for trauma-exposed youth: case studies. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2010; (1): 27-38
- Brief report: diurnal salivary cortisol in youth--clarifying the nature of posttraumatic stress dysregulation. J Pediatr Psychol. 2009; (4): 389-95
