Research

WPIC strives to establish research programs that will produce the critical knowledge necessary to offer the highest quality of mental health care. Our formal research and training programs and extensive mentorship opportunities remain highly competitive, yielding trainees and future independent investigators with strong academic credentials and great professional promise.

The Department of Psychiatry currently houses several federally funded Centers of Excellence:

Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders
The Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research for Late-Life Mood Disorders
Pittsburgh Mind/Body Center (Understanding Shared Psychobiological Pathways)
Affect Regulation and Adolescent Brain Center
Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research for Early-Onset Mood and Anxiety Disorders

To view all RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS, please click here. To view a specific research program, please see below.

Childhood and Adolescence

Affective and Related Disorders

Schizophrenia

Geriatrics

Health and Disease

Addictive Medicine

Women's Smoking Cessation Project

Basic and Translational

Neurophysics Research in Schizophrenia, Alcoholism, Autism, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease

WPIC Research Committee

Seed Money Programs

Tools for Researchers

Assessment Instruments

The K-SADS-PL, a semi-structured research instrument for diagnosis of child psychiatric disorders, is available online.
K-SADS Mania Rating Scale (K-MRS)
K-SADS Depression Rating Scale (K-DEP)
A Comparative Scoring Guide for the K-MRS and K-DEP to the K-SADS-PL: Cut-offs of Positive Symptomatology
The Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale (PIRS)
The Self-Report for Childhood Anxiety Related Disorders - Child Form (SCARED)
The Self-Report for Childhood Anxiety Related Disorders - Parent Form (SCARED)

WPIC Research Day