Alan F. Schatzberg
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
- Member, Bio-X
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Psychiatry Department 401 Quarry Rd MC 5723 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-8335 Fax (650) 498-5294
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-6811Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Psychiatry
Administrative Appointments
- Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (1991 - present)
- Director, Stanford Mood Disorders Center (2009 - present)
- Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (1991 - 2010)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1975) |
| Fellowship: | Harvard Medical School MA (1972) |
| Residency: | Massachusetts Mental Health Center MA (1972) |
| Internship: | Lenox Hill Hospital NY (1969) |
| Medical Education: | New York University School of Medicine NY (1968) |
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Biological bases of depressive disorders;, glucocorticoid/dopamine interactions in delusional depression;, pharmacologic treatment of depressive disorders.
Publications
- The mineralocorticoid receptor agonist, fludrocortisone, differentially inhibits pituitary-adrenal activity in humans with psychotic major depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013; (1): 115-21
- Aberrant brain activation during a working memory task in psychotic major depression. Am J Psychiatry. 2011; (2): 173-82
- Common abnormalities and disorder-specific compensation during implicit regulation of emotional processing in generalized anxiety and major depressive disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2011; (9): 968-78
- Markers in the 15q24 nicotinic receptor subunit gene cluster (CHRNA5-A3-B4) predict severity of nicotine addiction and response to smoking cessation therapy. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2011; (3): 275-84
- Somatic and neuroendocrine responses to standard and biologically salient acoustic startle stimuli in monkeys. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011; (4): 547-56
- Using treatment process data to predict maintained smoking abstinence. Am J Health Behav. 2010 Nov-Dec; (6): 801-10
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