Eric Youngstrom
| Eric Youngstrom | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Eric Youngstrom United States |
| Residence | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Clinical psychologist, professor, researcher |
| Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Alma mater | University of Delaware |
| Known for | his research on bipolar disorder in children, evidence-based assessment in psychology, |
Eric Arden Youngstrom, Ph.D. is an American clinical child and adolescent psychologist, professor of psychology and neuroscience, and psychiatry, at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] He is currently the acting director of the Center for Excellence of research and treatment of bipolar disorder.[2]
Impact
Dr. Youngstrom is internationally noted for his research in evidence based assessment and other effective assessments for children with bipolar disorder.[3][4][5] He has also developed or co-developed several self- and parent-report psychological measures including the parent version of the General Behavior Inventory and the 7 Up 7 Down Inventory.[6]
Professional roles and memberships
Dr. Youngstrom is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association,[7] the Association for Psychological Science[8] and an elected full member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He also serves on Boards for several organizations, including, nationally as current president of the Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.
Dr. Youngstrom has also consulted on the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). He chairs the Work Group on Child Diagnosis for the International Society for Bipolar Disorders.
References
- ↑ Hill, The University of North Carolina at Chapel. "Welcome! - Eric A. Youngstrom, Ph.D.". Eric A. Youngstrom, Ph.D.
- ↑ "UNC Creates Center for Bipolar Research, Treatment - UNC General Alumni Association". alumni.unc.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Eric Youngstrom Ph.D. This Emotional Life". thisemotionallife.org. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ "Eric Youngstrom". CREST.BD.
- ↑ "Myths and Realities About Bipolar Disorder". http://www.apa.org. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Youngstrom, EA; Murray, G; Johnson, SL; Findling, RL (December 2013). "The 7 up 7 down inventory: a 14-item measure of manic and depressive tendencies carved from the General Behavior Inventory.". Psychological assessment. 25 (4): 1377–83. PMID 23914960.
- ↑ "Division 53 Division Fellows". www.clinicalchildpsychology.org.
- ↑ "Association for Psychological Science: APS Fellows". www.psychologicalscience.org. Retrieved 18 August 2016.