Boris Birmaher, M.D. Dr. Birmaher's work has focused on early-onset mood and anxiety disorders. He has expertise in psychopharmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, and has directed related biological, phenomenological, and pharmacologic clinical trials. In addition, he has designed an anxiety-disorder screening instrument and participated in the creation of a psychiatric interview for children and adolescents, and a life-event inventory.

Positions

• Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Director, Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Program; Co-director, Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorders Service, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Education

• M.D., 1975, Valle University, Cali, Colombia

Relevant Publications

• Whalen DJ, Silk JS, Semel M, Forbes EE, Ryan ND, Axelson DA, Birmaher B, Dahl RE. Caffeine consumption, sleep, and affect in the natural environments of depressed youth and health controls. J Pediatr Psychol. 2008;33(4):358-367.
• Birmaher B. Review of understanding and evaluating research in applied and clinical settings. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007;46:105-106.
• Rende R, Birmaher B, Axelson D, et al. Childhood-onset bipolar disorder: Evidence for increased familial loading of psychiatric illness. J Am Acad Child Adol Psychiatry. 2007;46:197-204.
• Axelson D, Birmaher B, Strober M, et al. Phenomenology of children and adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorders. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006;63:1139-1148.
• Ladouceur CD, Dahl RE, Birmaher B, Axelson DA, Ryan ND. Increased error-related negativity (ERN) in childhood anxiety disorders: ERP and source localization. J Child Psychol and Psychiatry. 2006;47:1073-1082.

Contributed Content

• Bake Your Own Cake
• Have a Road Map
• In the Trenches
• It's Not a Job
• Origins of Research Questions
• Practice, Practice, Practice