Regina K. Casper

Title
Professor

Department
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Research Interests
Alterations in brain morphology and organization during starvation and anorexia nervosa.

Email
rcasper@forsythe.stanford.edu

Phone
725-2406

Fax
725-1353

Address
401 Quarry Rm 2365
Mail Code: 5723

Faculty Research Description
Eating disorders ; anorexia nervosa: endocrinology and subtypes; risk factors for restricting anorexia nervosa: personality traits and starvation-induced mental and behavioral activation.

Women's health: depression with atypical physical symptoms; depression during pregnancy and postnatal depression: effects on the offspring.

Casper et el. (1980) Bulimia, its incidence and clinical significance in patients with anorexia nervosa. Arch.Gen Psych. 37:1030-1035

Casper et al. (1988) Cortisol measures in primary major depressive disorder with hypersomnia or appetite increase. J. Affect. Disorders.15: 131-140

Casper et al. (1990) Personality features of women with good outcome from anorexia nervosa. Psychosom.Medicine: 52, 156-170

Casper (1998) Behavioral activation and lack of concern, core symptoms of anorexia nervosa ? Intern.J. Eat Dis. 24: 381-393

Casper (1998) Women's Health. Cambridge University Press.

Areas of Study
SBRC