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Organization profile
Organization profile
Penn State College of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry is committed to enhancing quality of life through improved mental health services, training the next generation of providers and the discovery of knowledge and design of cutting-edge interventions. The department’s vision is to achieve excellence through the integration of education, research, patient care and service to the community.
The department has more than 60 faculty members including psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. The department also offers the services of psychiatry-trained advanced practice clinicians and master’s-level therapists. This team of clinicians offers a comprehensive array of psychiatric and psychological care at three locations: Penn State Health Medical Group Psychiatry Clinic and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, and Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Harrisburg.
The department’s exceptional educational programs attract medical students, physician assistant students, psychiatry residents and psychology trainees. The department offers three fellowship programs: Public and Community Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine.
The research interests of the department include basic science, clinical, translational, health services and epidemiology research. Current active research areas include addiction, attention and behavioral disorders, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral neuroscience, clinical assessments (suicide risk factors and diagnostic psychopathology), health service/behavioral health integration, molecular neuropharmacology, mood disorders, neuronal modeling, measurement-based care (Penn State Clinical Assessment and Rating Evaluation System - PCARES - registry), quality improvement, social determinants of health and sleep disorders.
The department values community engagement, fostering collaborations with institutions that serve individuals with autism spectrum disorder (The Vista School), uninsured and underinsured individuals with mental health issues through the Penn State College of Medicine's LionCare medical student-run clinic at Bethesda Mission, and engagement with several advocacy groups. The department has also initiated several community-serving endeavors, including a summer treatment program for children with ADHD and a community arts initiative to combat stigma and promote engagement in mental health care.
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Profiles

Brian Allen, PsyD
- Department of Pediatrics - Associate Professor
- Department of Psychiatry - Associate Professor
- Center for the Protection of Children
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
- Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
Person: Academic

Colin Barnstable, DPhil
- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences - Professor
- Department of Psychiatry - Professor
Person: Academic

Alfredo Bellon, MD, PhD
- Department of Psychiatry - Assistant Professor
- Department of Pharmacology - Assistant Professor
Person: Academic

George Blackall, PsyD, MS, MBA
- College of Medicine (Hershey) - Assistant Dean for Student Development
- Department of Psychiatry - Professor
- Department of Pediatrics - Professor
- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences - Professor
- Department of Humanities - Professor
- Division of Hematology and Oncology
Person: Academic
Research Output 1967 2019
ACA’s contraceptive coverage requirement: Measuring use and out-of-pocket spending
Weisman, C. S., Chuang, C. H., Snyder, A. H., Liu, G. & Leslie, D. L., Sep 2019, In : Health Affairs. 38, 9, p. 1537-1541 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Acceptability of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) among HIV positive smokers
Yingst, J., Foulds, J., Zurlo, J., Steinberg, M. B., Eissenberg, T. & Du, P., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Acute Postoperative Pain Management After Major Limb Amputation in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report
Grap, S., Fox, E., Freeman, M., Blackall, G. & Dalal, P., Aug 1 2019, In : Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing. 34, 4, p. 801-809 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
A Longitudinal Healthcare Use Profile of Children with a History of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Liu, G., Kong, L., Leslie, D. & Corr, T., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of Pediatrics. 204, p. 111-117.e1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Am I (hyper)aroused or anxious? Clinical significance of pre-sleep somatic arousal in young adults
Puzino, K., Frye, S. S., LaGrotte, C. A., Vgontzas, A. & Fernandez-Mendoza, J., Aug 1 2019, In : Journal of Sleep Research. 28, 4, e12829.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
An Experimental Investigation of Antisocial Lie-Telling Among Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Typically Developing Children
Mugno, A. P., Malloy, L. C., Waschbusch, D., Pelham, W. E. & Talwar, V., May 1 2019, In : Child development. 90, 3, p. 774-789 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Answering questions about electronic cigarettes using a multidisciplinary model
Breland, A., Balster, R. L., Cobb, C., Fagan, P., Foulds, J., Koch, J. R., Lipato, T., Saliba, N., Shihadeh, A., Sun, S. & Eissenberg, T., Apr 1 2019, In : American Psychologist. 74, 3, p. 368-379 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
A Pilot Study of Emotional Response to Time-Out in Children With Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits
Bansal, P. S., Haas, S. M., Willoughby, M. T., Coles, E. K., Pelham, W. E. & Waschbusch, D. A., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Psychological reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Assessing toddlers and preschool children using the checklist for autism spectrum disorder
Mayes, S., Apr 1 2019, In : Infants and Young Children. 32, 2, p. 99-106 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Assessment of irritability in school-aged children by pediatric, family practice, and psychiatric providers
Hameed, U., Dellasega, C. & Scandinaro, A., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Projects 1984 2023
Identifying circuit-level neuromarkers of smoking dependence that change in response to intervention
7/15/18 → 6/30/23
Project: Research project
Prescription Opioid Dependence Physiology Emotion and Treatment Outcome
Bunce, S. & Meyer, R. E.
9/15/13 → 7/31/17
Project: Research project
Examining Tolerance to CNS Stimulants in ADD
Waxmonsky, J., Pelham, W. & Swanson, J.
4/17/13 → 2/28/19
Project: Research project
Sleep and cardio-metabolic risk factors: a prospective study of adolescents
Bixler, E. & Liao, D.
5/1/10 → 4/30/15
Project: Research project
Designing a Novel Behavioral Treatment Protocol for Children Characterized by Con
Waschbusch, D. & Coles, E.
4/1/10 → 2/28/14
Project: Research project
A Novel Approach to Stimulant-Induced Weight Suppression and its Impact on Growth
Waxmonsky, J. & Pelham, W.
7/1/09 → 4/30/16
Project: Research project
A Novel Multimodal Intervention for Children with ADHD and Impaired Mood
4/1/08 → 2/28/12
Project: Research project
Development of Automated Noninvasive DiskTreadmills for Sleep Deprivation in Mice
Fang, J. & Xinmin Simon, X.
8/15/06 → 5/31/17
Project: Research project
Activities 2012 2019
Psychiatrists and Law Enforcement Agencies: When Do We Really Have to Tell on our Patients?
Yassir Mahgoub (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
Catatonia and the delirium interface. A prospective, observational study in the general medical setting
Charles Mormando (Speaker), N Genova (Speaker), A Rehim (Speaker), I Yel (Speaker), Adeeb Yacoub (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in a Patient with Clivus Chordoma
J Nguyen (Speaker), V Acharya (Speaker), Aum Pathare (Speaker), J Acharya (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Catatonia and The Delirium Interface, Grand Rounds for the Department of Psychiatry at Stony Brook University
Charles Mormando (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Legal and Ethical Issues of Pregnancy Management in Schizophrenics: The Dilemma of Affording Autonomy Versus Beneficence
Yassir Mahgoub (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
Storms and Silence: Catatonia and Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity following Cerebral Hypoxia
Aum Pathare (Speaker), A Khan (Speaker), N Hussain (Speaker), A Francis (Speaker), M Rapp (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
The use of patient-derived stem cells to understand schizophrenia
Alfredo Bellon (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Open Educational Resources (OER) as a Solution for Challenges of Expanding Access to Psychoeducation
Lidija Petrovic-Dovat (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Development of Integrated Mental Health Services within Pediatric Ambulatory Settings Across an Academic Medical Center
Lidija Petrovic-Dovat (Speaker), James Waxmonsky (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
A discussion on Schizophrenia
Alfredo Bellon (Speaker)Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Prizes
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Lidija Petrovic-Dovat (Recipient) & Maria Baker (Recipient), 2015
Prize