Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Expertise on Development and Disabilities

Depression

Causes and treatment of depression; psychobiology of depression
Richard Shelton, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology; Chief of Adult Psychiatric Division, Department of Psychiatry; Director of Adult Outpatient Clinic, Department of Psychiatry

Child depression and adolescent suicide
David A. Cole, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Child psychotherapy
Bahr Weiss, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of Center for Psychotherapy Research, Vanderbilt Institute of Public Policy Studies

Depression in adults; cognitive and pharmacological therapy
Steven Hollon, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Depression and vocal communication between mothers and infants
Jo-Anne Bachorowski, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology

Family dysfunction among offspring of depressed parents, and preventive interventions for children and adolescents
Judy Garber, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry

Molecular genetics of mental illness
Randy Blakely, PhD, Allan D. Bass Chair in Pharmacology and Professor of Pharmacology, and Director of Center for Molecular Neuroscience

See also Behavioral Disorders Clinic