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Priya Wickramaratne

Priya Wickramaratne

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Psychology

D-Index
76
Citations
28631
World Ranking
1696
National Ranking
1001

Overview

Priya Wickramaratne is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and psychology, focusing extensively on mental health and its various determinants.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these fields, they have contributed to several subfields, such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Their research topics cover a diverse range of mental health-related themes, including:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

They have published frequently in venues such as:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE

Some recent papers include:

  • Social connectedness as a determinant of mental health: A scoping review, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Extracting social determinants of health from electronic health records using natural language processing: a systematic review, 2021, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
  • Putamen Structure and Function in Familial Risk for Depression: A Multimodal Imaging Study, 2022, Biological Psychiatry
  • Depression and cognition are associated with lipid dysregulation in both a multigenerational study of depression and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2024, Translational Psychiatry
  • Altruism and "love of neighbor" offer neuroanatomical protection against depression, 2021, Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Myrna M. Weissman
  • Ardesheer Talati
  • Marc J. Gameroff
  • Euijung Ryu
  • Joanna M. Biernacka

Best Publications

  • Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder

    M. M. Weissman;R. C. Bland;G. J. Canino;C. Faravelli

  • Depressed Adolescents Grown Up

    Myrna M. Weissman;Susan Wolk;Risë B. Goldstein;Donna Moreau

  • Offspring of depressed parents: 20 years later.

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Yoko Nomura;M.P.H. Virginia Warner

  • Offspring of Depressed Parents: 10 Years Later

    Myrna M. Weissman;Virginia Warner;Priya Wickramaratne;Donna Moreau

  • Remissions in maternal depression and child psychopathology: A STAR*D-child report

    Myrna M. Weissman;Daniel J. Pilowsky;Priya J. Wickramaratne;Ardesheer Talati

  • Prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide attempts in nine countries.

    Myrna M. Weissman;R. C. Bland;G. J. Canino;S. Greenwald

  • Group interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in rural Uganda: a randomized controlled trial.

    Paul Bolton;Judith Bass;Richard Neugebauer;Helen Verdeli

  • A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents

    Laura Mufson;Kristen Pollack Dorta;Priya Wickramaratne;Yoko Nomura

  • Brief screening for family psychiatric history: the family history screen.

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Philip Adams;Susan Wolk

  • The Cross-national Epidemiology of Panic Disorder

    M M Weissman;R C Bland;G J Canino;C Faravelli

  • National survey of psychotherapy training in psychiatry, psychology, and social work

    Myrna M. Weissman;Helen Verdeli;Marc J. Gameroff;Sarah E. Bledsoe

  • Families at high and low risk for depression: a 3-generation study.

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Yoko Nomura;Virginia Warner

  • Children With Prepubertal-Onset Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety Grown Up

    Myrna M. Weissman;Susan Wolk;Priya Wickramaratne;Risë B. Goldstein

  • Parent and child reports of depressive symptoms in children at low and high risk of depression.

    Adrian Angold;Myrna M. Weissman;Karen John;Kathleen R. Merikancas

  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy and psychopathology in offspring followed to adulthood

    Myrna M. Weissman;Virginia Warner;Priya J. Wickramaratne;Denise B. Kandel

  • Onset of Major Depression in Early Adulthood: Increased Familial Loading and Specificity

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Kathleen R. Merikangas;James F. Leckman

  • Assessing Psychiatric Disorders in Children: Discrepancies Between Mothers' and Children's Reports

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Virginia Warner;Karen John

  • Family discord, parental depression, and psychopathology in offspring: ten-year follow-up.

    Daniel J. Pilowsky;Priya Wickramaratne;Yoko Nomura;Myrna M. Weissman

  • Religiosity and Major Depression in Adults at High Risk: A Ten-Year Prospective Study

    Lisa Miller;Priya Wickramaratne;Marc J. Gameroff;Mia Sage

  • Offspring of Depressed Parents: 30 Years Later

    Myrna M. Weissman;Priya Wickramaratne;Marc J. Gameroff;Virginia Warner

  • Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Rural Uganda

    Paul Bolton;Richard Neugebauer;Helen Verdeli;Kathleen F. Clougherty

Frequent Co-Authors

Myrna M. Weissman
Myrna M. Weissman Columbia University
Marc J. Gameroff
Marc J. Gameroff Columbia University
Helen Verdeli
Helen Verdeli Columbia University
Lisa Miller
Lisa Miller Columbia University
Risë B. Goldstein
Risë B. Goldstein National Institutes of Health
Yuval Neria
Yuval Neria Columbia University
Judy Garber
Judy Garber Harvard University
Cheryl A. King
Cheryl A. King University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan E. Hodge
Susan E. Hodge Columbia University
Carroll W. Hughes
Carroll W. Hughes The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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