Victor Carrion

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)
• SUMC - Graduate Medical Education (1997) CA
• University of Pennsylvania Health System (1995) PA
• University of Pennsylvania Health System (1992) PA
• Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (1991) NY

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

• Converging evidence for abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex and evaluation of midsagittal structures in pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder: an MRI study. Carrion VG,  Weems CF, Watson C, Eliez S, Menon V, Reiss AL.  Psychiatry Res.  2009; 172 (3): 226-34
• Treatment manual for trauma-exposed youth: Case studies. Carrion VG,  Hull K.  Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry.  2009;
• Guilt and posttraumatic stress symptoms in child victims of interpersonal violence. Kletter H,  Weems CF, Carrion VG.  Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry.  2009; 14 (1): 71-83
• Brief report: diurnal salivary cortisol in youth--clarifying the nature of posttraumatic stress dysregulation. Weems CF,  Carrión VG.  J Pediatr Psychol.  2009; 34 (4): 389-95
• Posttraumatic stress symptoms and brain function during a response-inhibition task: an fMRI study in youth. Carrion VG,  Garrett A, Menon V, Weems CF, Reiss AL.  Depress Anxiety.  2008; 25 (6): 514-26
• The psychosocial impact of Hurricane Katrina: contextual differences in psychological symptoms, social support, and discrimination. Weems CF,  Watts SE, Marsee MA, Taylor LK, Costa NM, Cannon MF, Carrion VG, Pina AA.  Behav Res Ther.  2007; 45 (10): 2295-306
• State and trait emotions in delinquent adolescents. Plattner B,  Karnik N, Jo B, Hall RE, Schallauer A, Carrion V, Feucht M, Steiner H.  Child Psychiatry Hum Dev.  2007; 38 (2): 155-69
• The association between PTSD symptoms and salivary cortisol in youth: the role of time since the trauma. Weems CF,  Carrion VG.  J Trauma Stress.  2007; 20 (5): 903-7
• Divalproex sodium for the treatment of PTSD and conduct disordered youth: a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial. Steiner H,  Saxena KS, Carrion V, Khanzode LA, Silverman M, Chang K.  Child Psychiatry Hum Dev.  2007; 38 (3): 183-93
• Stress predicts brain changes in children: a pilot longitudinal study on youth stress, posttraumatic stress disorder, and the hippocampus. Carrion VG,  Weems CF, Reiss AL.  Pediatrics.  2007; 119 (3): 509-16
• Mixed lateral preference in posttraumatic stress disorder. Saltzman KM,  Weems CF, Reiss AL, Carrión VG.  J Nerv Ment Dis.  2006; 194 (2): 142-4
• IQ and posttraumatic stress symptoms in children exposed to interpersonal violence. Saltzman KM,  Weems CF, Carrion VG.  Child Psychiatry Hum Dev.  2006; 36 (3): 261-72
• Regional differences of the prefrontal cortex in pediatric PTSD: an MRI study. Richert KA,  Carrion VG, Karchemskiy A, Reiss AL.  Depress Anxiety.  2006; 23 (1): 17-25
• Development of anxiety disorders in a traumatized pediatric population: a preliminary longitudinal evaluation. Cortes AM,  Saltzman KM, Weems CF, Regnault HP, Reiss AL, Carrion VG.  Child Abuse Negl.  2005; 29 (8): 905-14
• Relationships of dissociation and childhood abuse and neglect with heart rate in delinquent adolescents. Koopman C,  Carrion V, Butler LD, Sudhakar S, Palmer L, Steiner H.  J Trauma Stress.  2004; 17 (1): 47-54
• An ecological-transactional model of significant risk factors for child psychopathology in outer mongolia. Kohrt HE,  Kohrt BA, Waldman I, Saltzman K, Carrion VG.  Child Psychiatry Hum Dev.  2004; 35 (2): 163-81
• Pathways to dissociation: intrafamilial versus extrafamilial trauma in juvenile delinquents. Plattner B,  Silvermann MA, Redlich AD, Carrion VG, Feucht M, Friedrich MH, Steiner H.  J Nerv Ment Dis.  2003; 191 (12): 781-8
• The treatment of separation anxiety disorder employing attachment theory and cognitive behavior therapy techniques Weems CF,  Carrion VG.  Clin Case Studies.  2003; 2 (3): 188-198
• A prospective test of the association between hyperarousal and emotional numbing in youth with a history of traumatic stress. Weems CF,  Saltzman KM, Reiss AL, Carrion VG.  J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol.  2003; 32 (1): 166-71
• Dissociative symptoms in posttraumatic stress disorder: diagnosis and treatment. Steiner H,  Carrion V, Plattner B, Koopman C.  Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am.  2003; 12 (2): 231-49, viii
• Toward an empirical definition of pediatric PTSD: the phenomenology of PTSD symptoms in youth. Carrion VG,  Weems CF, Ray R, Reiss AL.  J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2002; 41 (2): 166-73
• Diurnal salivary cortisol in pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder. Carrion VG,  Weems CF, Ray RD, Glaser B, Hessl D, Reiss AL.  Biol Psychiatry.  2002; 51 (7): 575-82
• Attenuation of frontal asymmetry in pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder. Carrion VG,  Weems CF, Eliez S, Patwardhan A, Brown W, Ray RD, Reiss AL.  Biol Psychiatry.  2001; 50 (12): 943-51
• Trauma and dissociation in delinquent adolescents. Carrion VG,  Steiner H.  J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2000; 39 (3): 353-9
• The coming out process: developmental stages for sexual minority youth Carrion VG,  Lock J.  Clin Child Psychol and Psychiatry.  1997; 2 (3): 369-377
• Naltrexone for the treatment of trichotillomania: a case report. Carrion VG,  J Clin Psychopharmacol.  1995; 15 (6): 444-5
• Roadblocks to do-not-resuscitate orders. A study in policy implementation. Paris BE,  Carrion VG, Meditch JS, Capello CF, Mulvihill MN.  Arch Intern Med.  1993; 153 (14): 1689-95