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Eric A. Youngstrom

Eric A. Youngstrom, Ph.D.

Dr. Youngstrom's areas of specialty are child and adolescent bipolar disorders and developmental psychopathology. He is PI on a five-year study of assessing bipolar disorders in children in community-based mental health settings. In addition, he is associate director of the Center for Excellence in Research and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (CERT-BD) in the Psychology Department of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Positions

  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Associate Director, Center for Excellence in Research and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1998, University of Delaware, Clinical Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Youngstrom E.A., Green J., Joseph M. (2008) Comparing the psychometric properties of multiple teacher report instruments as predictors of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64 382-401.
  • Frazier, T. W., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2007). Historical increase in the number of factors measured by commercial tests of cognitive ability: Are we overfactoring? Intelligence, 35(2), 169-182.
  • Frazier, T. W., Youngstrom, E. A., Glutting, J. J., & Watkins, M. W. (2007). ADHD and achievement: Meta-analysis of the child, adolescent, and adult literatures and a concomitant study with college students. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(1), 49-65.
  • Youngstrom, E. A., Duax, J., & Hamilton, J., (Ed). (2005). Evidence-based assessment of pediatric bipolar disorder, part I: Base rate and family history. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 44(7), 712-717.
  • Youngstrom, E. A., & Youngstrom, J. K. (2005). Evidence-based assessment of pediatric bipolar disorder, part II: Incorporating information from behavior checklists. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 44(8), 823-828.

 

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