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  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Dennis S. Charney is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics focusing on Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research, Neonatal and fetal brain pathology, Pediatric Pain Management Techniques, Resilience and Mental Health, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research.

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • P.245 Intranasal administration of neuropeptide Y; development of a novel treatment for major depressive disorder (2020), European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Association of Psychological Resilience With Decelerated Brain Aging in Cognitively Healthy World Trade Center Responders (2025), Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • 439. Hippocampus CA2-3 Volume and Social Navigation in Very Chronic PTSD (2025), Biological Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are:

  • James W. Murrough
  • Saren H. Seeley
  • Zoe Schreiber
  • Daniela Schiller
  • Robert H. Pietrzak

Publication venues where Dennis S. Charney has contributed include:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • Biological Psychiatry

The scientist has received recognition including the Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017 and membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 2000.

Best Publications

  • The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: I. Development, Use, and Reliability

    Wayne K. Goodman;Lawrence H. Price;Steven A. Rasmussen;Carolyn Mazure

  • The development of a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale.

    Dudley David Blake;Frank W. Weathers;Linda M. Nagy;Danny G. Kaloupek

  • Antidepressant effects of ketamine in depressed patients

    Robert M Berman;Angela Cappiello;Amit Anand;Amit Anand;Dan A Oren;Dan A Oren

  • Subanesthetic effects of the noncompetitive NMDA antagonist, ketamine, in humans: Psychotomimetic, perceptual, cognitive, and neuroendocrine responses.

    John H. Krystal;Laurence P. Karper;John P. Seibyl;Glenna K. Freeman

  • A Randomized Trial of an N-methyl-D-aspartate Antagonist in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression

    Carlos A. Zarate;Jaskaran B. Singh;Paul J. Carlson;Nancy E. Brutsche

  • The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: II. Validity

    Wayne K. Goodman;Lawrence H. Price;Steven A. Rasmussen;Carolyn Mazure

  • MRI-based measurement of hippocampal volume in patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

    J. Douglas Bremner;Penny Randall;Tammy M. Scott;Richard A. Bronen

  • Psychobiological Mechanisms of Resilience and Vulnerability: Implications for Successful Adaptation to Extreme Stress

    Dennis S. Charney

  • Hippocampal volume reduction in major depression.

    J. Douglas Bremner;Meena Narayan;Eric R. Anderson;Lawrence H. Staib

  • Discovering the neural basis of human social anxiety: a diagnostic and therapeutic imperative.

    Dennis S. Charney

  • A clinician rating scale for assessing current and lifetime PTSD. The CAPS-1

    D D Blake;F W Weathers;L M Nagy;D G Kaloupek

  • Magnetic resonance imaging-based measurement of hippocampal volume in posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood physical and sexual abuse--a preliminary report.

    J. Douglas Bremner;Penny Randall;Penny Randall;Eric Vermetten;Lawrence Staib

  • Psychobiology and molecular genetics of resilience.

    Adriana Feder;Eric J. Nestler;Dennis S. Charney

  • Single photon emission computerized tomography imaging of amphetamine-induced dopamine release in drug-free schizophrenic subjects

    M Laruelle;A Abi-Dargham;C H van Dyck;R Gil

  • The psychobiology of depression and resilience to stress: implications for prevention and treatment.

    Steven M. Southwick;Meena Vythilingam;Dennis S. Charney

  • The cellular neurobiology of depression

    Husseini K. Manji;Wayne C. Drevets;Dennis S. Charney

  • Discovering endophenotypes for major depression.

    Gregor Hasler;Wayne C Drevets;Husseini K Manji;Dennis S Charney

  • Mood disorders in the medically ill: scientific review and recommendations.

    Dwight L. Evans;Dennis S. Charney;Dennis S. Charney;Lydia Lewis;Robert N. Golden

  • Antidepressant Efficacy of Ketamine in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression: A Two-Site Randomized Controlled Trial

    James W. Murrough;Dan V. Iosifescu;Lee C. Chang;Rayan K. Al Jurdi

  • Serotonin Function and the Mechanism of Antidepressant Action: Reversal of Antidepressant-Induced Remission by Rapid Depletion of Plasma Tryptophan

    Pedro L. Delgado;Dennis S. Charney;Lawrence H. Price;George K. Aghajanian

Frequent Co-Authors

George R. Heninger
George R. Heninger Yale University
John H. Krystal
John H. Krystal Yale University
Steven M. Southwick
Steven M. Southwick Yale University
Lawrence H. Price
Lawrence H. Price Brown University
Robert B. Innis
Robert B. Innis National Institutes of Health
James W. Murrough
James W. Murrough Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
J. Douglas Bremner
J. Douglas Bremner Emory University
John Seibyl
John Seibyl Yale University
Scott W. Woods
Scott W. Woods Yale University
Wayne C. Drevets
Wayne C. Drevets Johnson & Johnson (United States)

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