Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center

Daniel Dickstein, MD

Director of the Pediatric Mood, Imaging and Neurodevelopment Program
Assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Background Information

Daniel Dickstein, MD, recently joined the staff at Bradley Hospital as Director of the Pediatric Mood, Imaging and Neurodevelopment Program (Pedi-MIND). Board certified in pediatrics, psychiatry, and child/adolescent psychiatry, he is also an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

He was previously an assistant clinical investigator with the pediatric and developmental neuropsychiatry branch at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Dickstein earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University, and is a graduate of the school’s triple board program, a combined residency in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry, that leads to board eligibility in all three specialties after five years of training.

Research Interests

Dickstein will lead Bradley’s Pedi-MIND research program, which uses brain imaging techniques, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and behavioral measures to identify biological markers of psychiatric illness, including bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Such markers could help physicians make more accurate diagnoses. Dickstein will also treat outpatients at Bradley on a limited basis.

Honors

Dickstein is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NIMH's Richard J. Wyatt, MD, Memorial Fellowship Training Award for outstanding scientific accomplishment, NIMH's Mentor of the Year Award, National Institutes of Health Fellows’ Award for Research Excellence, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outstanding Resident Award.

Selected Publications

A member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dickstein has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Dickstein DP, Treland JE, Snow J, McClure EB, Mehta MS, Towbin KE, Pine DS, Leibenluft E. Neuropsychological Performance in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Biological Psychiatry (2004); 55(1): 32-39.
Dickstein DP, Milham MP, Nugent AC, Drevets WC, Charney DS, Pine DS, Leibenluft E. Fronto-Temporal Alterations in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: Results of a Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. Archives of General Psychiatry (2005); 62(7): 734-741.
Dickstein DP, Rich BA, Binnstock AB, Pradella AG, Towbin KE, Pine DS, Leibenluft E. Comorbid Anxiety in Phenotypes of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology (2005); 15(4): 534-48.
Dickstein DP, Garvey M, Pradella AG, Greenstein D, Sharp W, Castellanos, FX, Pine DS, Leibenluft E. Neurological Examination Abnormalities in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Bipolar Disorder. Biological Psychiatry (2005); 58(7): 517-24.
Dickstein DP, Leibenluft E. Emotion Regulation in Children and Adolescents: Boundaries Between Normalcy and Bipolar Disorder. Development and Psychopathology (2006);18: 1105-1131.
Dickstein DP, Nelson EE, McClure EB, Grimley ME, Knopf LV, Brotman MA, Rich BA, Pine DS, Leibenluft E. Cognitive Flexibility in Phenotypes of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2007 Mar); 46(3): 341-355.
Dickstein DP, Rich BA, Roberson-Nay R, Berghorst L, Vinton D, Pine DS, Leibenluft E. Neural Activation During Encoding of Emotional Faces in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar Disorders (In Press 2007).

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