Handbook of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Across Cultures (PDF)

Medical Center (BIDMC) and holds academic appointments in the Department of Psychiatry at both the Harvard Medical and BIDMC. He is an expert in the identification and treatment of early stages of psychotic illness and currently directs the operations of a number of federally and privately funded clinical research grants aimed at better understanding the developmental trajectory and early warning signs of psychosis and other severe mental illness, as well as stigma associated with the development of mental health concerns. Within this work, he is particularly interested in the role stress and neurocognition play in the development and recovery from mental illness as well as how biological mechanisms may moderate treatment selection and response. Before joining the Commonwealth Research Center, Dr. Shapiro served as a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving advanced training in Cognitive Therapy at the Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Center. He is a practicing Clinical Psychologist, holding licensure in multiple states, and maintains a strong interest in the teaching and practice of Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Outside the Commonwealth Research Center, Dr. Shapiro is involved in the training of clinical psychology interns and psychiatry residents at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and is a clinician in the PREP-UP program, a clinic that aims to promote recovery in those who recently developed a first episode of psychosis.
Larry J. Seidman, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and Massachusetts General Hospital where he has conducted neuroimaging research since 1992. He is Director of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health sponsored "Center of Excellence in Clinical Neuroscience and Psychopharmacological Research" at BIDMC since 2002, and Vice Chair for Research at BIDMC Public Psychiatry Division at Massachusetts Mental Health Center since 2005. He has spent more than 30 years studying the causes of psychotic disorders and mapping the components of neurodevelopmental disorders of prefrontal cortex and executive control in schizophrenia and ADHD. He has focused primarily on cognition in schizophrenia and ADHD and studies of youth "at risk" for psychosis. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who has long worked with teenagers. He has published more than 380 peer-reviewed papers and he has been Principal Investigator of 31 grants, participating in 80 funded grants since 1978. His current focus is investigating the phase of clinical high risk for psychotic illnesses and treatment of psychosis in the early phases. He has long been involved in teaching and mentoring and has mentored more than 50 individuals with faculty appointments around the world as well as many clinicians. In the past, he was Director of Neuropsychological Training and Services at Massachusetts Mental Health Center and President of The Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society. He was recognized in August 2014 by Thompson Reuters Science Watch as one of the "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014" based on his highly cited papers.