Alan F. Schatzberg

Clinical Focus

• Psychiatry

Administrative Appointments

• Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (1991 - present)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Keith Sudheimer

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

Biological bases of depressive disorders;, glucocorticoid/dopamine interactions in delusional depression;, pharmacologic treatment of depressive disorders.

Clinical Trials

• Clinical and Biological Characteristics of Psychotic Depression Recruiting
• Genetics of Symptomatology and Treatment Response in Psychotic Major Depression Recruiting

Publications

• FKBP5 polymorphisms and antidepressant response in geriatric depression. Sarginson JE, Lazzeroni LC, Ryan HS, Schatzberg AF, Murphy GM. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2009
• Disrupted amygdalar subregion functional connectivity and evidence of a compensatory network in generalized anxiety disorder. Etkin A, Prater KE, Schatzberg AF, Menon V, Greicius MD. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009; 66 (12): 1361-72
• Developmental cascades linking stress inoculation, arousal regulation, and resilience. Lyons DM, Parker KJ, Katz M, Schatzberg AF. Front Behav Neurosci. 2009: 3 32
• The silver lining of recent effectiveness trials. Schatzberg AF, World Psychiatry. 2009; 8 (1): 30-2
• Prefrontal plasticity and stress inoculation-induced resilience. Katz M, Liu C, Schaer M, Parker KJ, Ottet MC, Epps A, Buckmaster CL, Bammer R, Moseley ME, Schatzberg AF, Eliez S, Lyons DM. Dev Neurosci. 2009; 31 (4): 293-9