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Overview

Elizabeth D. Ballard is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine. Their work spans both foundational and applied topics within the mental health field.

The main areas of study for this researcher include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Subfields of particular focus include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry

The research topics they frequently address cover:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Elizabeth D. Ballard has authored several papers in high-profile venues. Recent publications include:

  • The role of dissociation in ketamine's antidepressant effects, 2020, Nature Communications
  • New Methods for Assessing Rapid Changes in Suicide Risk, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry

They have also co-authored influential work appearing in top journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and European Neuropsychopharmacology, where they have published multiple papers.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Carlos A. Zarate
  • Jessica R. Gilbert
  • Dede Greenstein
  • Steven J. Lamontagne
  • Cristan Farmer

These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in the neurobiology and treatment of depression and related disorders.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of a Single Dose of Intravenous Ketamine on Suicidal Ideation: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

    Samuel T. Wilkinson;Elizabeth D. Ballard;Michael H. Bloch;Sanjay J. Mathew

  • Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ): a brief instrument for the pediatric emergency department.

    Lisa M. Horowitz;Jeffrey A. Bridge;Stephen J. Teach;Elizabeth Ballard

  • Glutamate and Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Systems in the Pathophysiology of Major Depression and Antidepressant Response to Ketamine

    Marc S. Lener;Mark J. Niciu;Elizabeth D. Ballard;Minkyung Park

  • Improvement in suicidal ideation after ketamine infusion: Relationship to reductions in depression and anxiety

    Elizabeth D. Ballard;Dawn F. Ionescu;Jennifer L. Vande Voort;Mark J. Niciu

  • Allowing Adolescents and Young Adults to Plan Their End-of-Life Care

    Lori Wiener;Sima Zadeh;Haven Battles;Kristin Baird

  • Trends in Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits Among Youth and Young Adults in the US.

    Luther G. Kalb;Emma K. Stapp;Elizabeth D. Ballard;Calliope Holingue

  • Ketamine has distinct electrophysiological and behavioral effects in depressed and healthy subjects

    Allison C. Nugent;Elizabeth D. Ballard;Todd D. Gould;Lawrence T. Park

  • Suicide screening in schools, primary care and emergency departments

    Lisa M Horowitz;Elizabeth D Ballard;Elizabeth D Ballard;Maryland Pao

  • Ketamine and other N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists in the treatment of depression: a perspective review.

    Nicolas D. Iadarola;Mark J. Niciu;Erica M. Richards;Jennifer L. Vande Voort

  • How I Wish to be Remembered: The Use of an Advance Care Planning Document in Adolescent and Young Adult Populations

    Lori Wiener;Elizabeth Ballard;Tara Brennan;Haven Battles

  • Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in College Students: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Hopelessness, Alcohol Problems, and Social Support

    Dorian A. Lamis;Elizabeth D. Ballard;Alexis M. May;Robert D. Dvorak

  • The role of dissociation in ketamine's antidepressant effects

    Elizabeth D. Ballard;Carlos A. Zarate

  • Anhedonia as a clinical correlate of suicidal thoughts in clinical ketamine trials

    Elizabeth D. Ballard;Kathleen Wills;Níall Lally;Erica M. Richards

  • Features of dissociation differentially predict antidepressant response to ketamine in treatment-resistant depression.

    Mark J. Niciu;Bridget J. Shovestul;Brittany A. Jaso;Cristan Farmer

  • Latent classes of childhood trauma exposure predict the development of behavioral health outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood

    E. D. Ballard;K. Van Eck;R. J. Musci;S. R. Hart

  • Identification of At-Risk Youth by Suicide Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department.

    Elizabeth D. Ballard;Mary Cwik;Mary Cwik;Kathryn Van Eck;Kathryn Van Eck;Mitchell Goldstein

  • Therapeutic Modulation of Glutamate Receptors in Major Depressive Disorder.

    Brittany A. Jaso;Mark J. Niciu;Nicolas D. Iadarola;Niall Lally

  • International pooled patient-level meta-analysis of ketamine infusion for depression: In search of clinical moderators

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  • Suicide risk in youth with intellectual disabilities: the challenges of screening.

    Erica Ludi;Elizabeth D. Ballard;Rachel Greenbaum;Maryland Pao

  • The role of adipokines in the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine

    R Machado-Vieira;P W Gold;D A Luckenbaugh;E D Ballard

  • Feasibility of Screening Patients With Nonpsychiatric Complaints for Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Good Time to Talk?

    Lisa Horowitz;Elizabeth Ballard;Elizabeth Ballard;Stephen J. Teach;Abigail Bosk

  • Nocturnal Wakefulness Is Associated With Next-Day Suicidal Ideation in Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder.

    Elizabeth D. Ballard;Jennifer L. Vande Voort;Rebecca A. Bernert;David A. Luckenbaugh

Frequent Co-Authors

Maura L. Furey
Maura L. Furey Janssen (Belgium)
Dorian A. Lamis
Dorian A. Lamis Emory University
Kathleen R. Merikangas
Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health
Lori Wiener
Lori Wiener National Institutes of Health
Sanjay J. Mathew
Sanjay J. Mathew Baylor College of Medicine
Ian H. Stanley
Ian H. Stanley Florida State University
Tiffany C. Ho
Tiffany C. Ho University of California, San Francisco
Nicholas S. Ialongo
Nicholas S. Ialongo Johns Hopkins University
Roma A. Vasa
Roma A. Vasa Kennedy Krieger Institute
Prejaas Tewarie
Prejaas Tewarie University of Twente

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