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Bio-Behavioral Treatments for Depression and Anxiety: Leveraging Neuroplasticity

Rebecca Price PhD is Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. Her innovative integrated research on brain plasticity coupled with computer based cognitive therapy has gained much visibility in the psychiatric literature and at Pitt where she has recently received the Chancellors Distinguished Research Award. This Podcast discusses her research work and methodology as this relates to Ketamine infusion for refractory depression and TBS, Transcranial Brain Stimulation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Released: 6/30/21

References

1. Price RB, Gillan CM, --------Ahmari SE, Effect of Experimental Manipulation of the Orbitofrontal Cortex on Short -Term Markers of Compulsive Behavior: A Theta Burst Stimulation Study, American Journal of Psychiatry 178:5 (2021) pgs. 469- 468

2. Price RB, Duman R, Neuroplasticity in cognitive and psychological mechanisms of depression: an integrative model, Molecular Psychiatry (2020) 25:530-543. A Review Article.

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