Projects and Publications
Here are a few recent examples of publications, posters, and presentations from our residents during their training:
- Burton B, Drogin E. Acquisition and Interpretation of Digital Information in Forensic Assessments. Harvard Review of Psychiatry 2021;29(3): 234-9.
- Fagen PJ, Saleh F. Perspectives on Sex and Normality. Sex Offenders: Identification, Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Legal Issues. 2nd Edition. Saleh et al. (Eds). Oxford University Press, New York: 2021.
- Fox S, Gallagher E, Boyd JW. "When the treatment is torture: ICE must stop using solitary confinement for Covid-19 quarantine". STAT News, 7 Aug 2020.
- Griffin RH, Pachankis JE. Minority stress, social integration, and the mental health needs of LGBTQ asylum seekers in North America. Social Science & Medicine 2020;246:112727.
- Forensic Evaluation of LGBTQ asylum seekers. Asylum Medicine: A Clinician’s Guide. 2022.
- Ackerman M, Greenwald E, Noulas P, Ahn C. Patient Satisfaction with and Use of Telemental Health Services in the Perinatal Period: A Survey Study. Psychiatric Quartlery, 2021.
- Hartstein GL, Menon SN. New Territory: Ethical challenges associated with MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD. Am J Psychiatry Residents' Journal;20(1):2024.
- Bay C, Burton F, Hem Lee M, Igwe P, Ross A. Breaking the frame: Changing the tide of black male representation in film. Presented at American Psychiatry Association Annual Meeting, 17 May 2025.
- Hem Lee MA.Fundamentals of Curriculum Design: A resident-focused model. Poster presented at Harvard Psychiatry Research Day, 26 Feb 2025.
- Scarella TM. Assessment of Burnout and Associated Factors in a Group of Psychiatry Residents at a Major Academic Medical Center. Presented at Annual Meeting of AADPRT, Dallas TX, March 4, 2020.
- Saleh FM, Jackson A, Burton B, Ahmed A. Assessment and Management of Violent Behavior. In Tasman's Psychiatry 5th ed. 2024.
- Johnson M, Fox S, Florman J, Leo J. Refeeding a Corpse: A young patient with cotard delusions, avoidant eating, and catatonia on the medical floo. Poster accepted for Academy of Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting, 2020.
- Johnson M, Lizano P. Autoantibodies and language deficits: Syntax and fluency deficits assisting the psychiatrist's diagnosis of psychosis attributed to systemic lupus erythematosus in a sixteen year old female. Poster accepted to Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting, 2020.
- Jones NM, Torous J. Mental Health Apps in the Workplace. Psychiatric Annals 2020;51(2):76-83.
- Luccarelli J, Smith JR, Kalinich M et al. The Population-Based Incidence and Prevalence of Catatonia. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2025.
- Luccarelli J, Kalinich M, Wilson JE et al. The Catatonia Quick Screen (CQS): A Rapid Screening Tool for Catatonia in Adult and Pediatric Populations. medRxiv, 2024.
- Luccarelli J, Kalinich M, Fricchione G et al. Diagnostic and demographic factors of pediatric and adult catatonia hospitalizations: A 2016–2020 National Inpatient Sample Study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2024.
- Luccarelli J, Kalinich M, McCoy Jr TH et al. Co-occurring catatonia and COVID-19 diagnoses among hospitalized individuals in 2020: a national inpatient sample analysis. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-liaison Psychiatry, 2023.
- Kim H. Simulating Success: A Novel Curriculum to Improve Psychiatry Residents' Preparedness for Overnight Call. Presented at Harvard Psychiatry Research Day, March 2024.
- Nicholas Shumate J et al. Navigating the AI Frontier: Regulatory Policy Flux in US Mental Healthcare. Poster presented at Harvard Psychiatry Research Day, 2/26/2025.
- Nicholas Shumate J, Song SH, Saleh FM. Paraphilic disorders, psychopathy, and those who sexually offend: a narrative review of treatment modalities. Int J Impot Res (2023).
- Levinsohn EA, Twark C, Anxiety in Athletes. In Sports and Mental Health: Research to Everday Practice, 2023.
- Hill KP. Clinical uses of cannabis and cannabinoids in the United States. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2020; 411:116717.
- Levinsohn E, Herschkopf M. What should health professions students know about countertransference in inpatient psychiatric environments? AMA J Ethics. 2024 Mar 1;26(3):E232-236.
- et al. Juvenile sex offenders: Epidemiology, risk management, and treatment. In Saleh, F. M., et al (Eds.) Sex offenders: Identification, risk assessment, treatment, and legal issues. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. In Press.
Program Chief Resident Radu Iliescu with Program Director Christie. Sams and Associate Program Director Tim Scarella in front of his poster describing a research study on factors associated with resident burn-out at the annual AADPRT meeting in March 2020
- Radhakrishnan V, Wu A, Tourous J. Burnout in Mental Health Professionals: Using Podcasts to Explore more and Empower All Voices. Psychology Today, Posted 6/21/2020. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digital-mental-health/202006/burnout-in-mental-health-professionals
- Schulte VP et al. Outcomes of boarding in geriatric patients awaiting psychiatric hospitalization in the ED. Presented at Harvard Psychiatry Research Day, 2 Feb 2025.
- Guasch C, Schulte V, Rojas-Velasquez D. Association of Antidepressants and Apathy in the Geriatric Populatin: A Systematic Literature Review. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychaitry: Open Science, Educatin, and Practice. 2025.
- Baca C, Torous J, Dunn E, “Impact of Collateral on Emergency Department Length of Stay in College-Aged Patients.” American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. To be presented: October 19-24, 2020
- Song, S.H., Nicholas Shumate J., Dunn, E. Pseudologia fantastica on the medical floor: a case study. Harvard Review of Psychiatry 2025. Accepted.
- Song SH*, Shumate JN*, Friedman RS, Drogin EY, Feldman JJ, Dunn E. Badge of Courage: Pain and Suffering after Military Service in a Non-Veteran. Harv Rev Psychiatry (2025). Accepted. *Co-first authors
- Price GD, Heinz MV, Song SH, Nemesure MD, Jacobson NC. Using digital phenotyping to capture depression symptom variability: detecting naturalistic variability in depression symptoms across one year using passively collected wearable movement and sleep data. Transl Psychiatry 13(1): 381 (2023).
- Park SH*, Song SH*, Burton FA*, Arsan C, Jobst B, Feldman M. Machine Learning Characterization of a Rare Neurologic Disease via Electronic Health Records: a proof-of-principle study on Stiff Person Syndrome. BMC Neurology. 24: 272 (2024).
- Song SH, Hayirli TC, Shore O, Coconcea C, Keshavan M. Atypical presentation of schizophrenia with ablution avoidance: a case report. Schizophr Res 272: 96-97 (2024).
- Heinz MV, Price GD, Song SH, Bhattacharya S, Jacobson NC. Digital Biomarkers and Passive Digital Indicators of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In Digital Mental Health (Passos IC, Rabelo-da-Ponte FD, Kapczinski F, eds). Springer, Cham (2023).
- Tom MR, Vago DR. Equanimity in the Practice of Psychiatry. In The Virtues in Psychiatric Practice, Ed. Peteet JR. Oxford University Press: New York, MY. In press.
- Tom MR, Dearborn-Tomazos JL. Impact of COVID-19-Related Physical Distancing on Mental and Physical Health of People with Recent Stroke. Ann Neurol 2020;88:S91-92. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Neurologic Association, Oct 6 2020.
- Vicari ME, Chin Feman SP, Harris MT, Hill KP. Attitudes toward overdose prevention centers: A survey of healthcare providers and professional students at American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 2024 Annual Meeting. Mysell Research Day, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, February 26th, 2025.
- Sarkar, P. R., Vincent, C., Szeto, A., Zhai, X., Keshavan, M. S., & Hill, K. P. (2025). Medicine vs. Myth: Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Cannabis for Opioid Use Disorder and Pain. Current Addiction Reports, 12(1), 1-10.
- Wu A, Parris RS, Scarella TM, Tibbles CD, Torous J, Hill KP. What gets resident physicians stressed and how would they prefer to be supported? A best-worst scaling study. Postgrad Med J, 2022 Dec;98(1166):930-5. .
- Wu A, Radhakrishnan V, Targan E, Scarella TM, Torous J, Hill KP. Self-reported preferences for help-seeking and barriers to using mental health supports among internal medicine residents: exploratory use of an econometric best-worst scaling framework for gathering physician wellness preferences. JMIR Med Educ. 2021 Oct 6;7(4):e28623.
- Zhang Y, Song SH, Lizano P. Learning by Experience: Using Simulation-Based Learning in Psychiatric Teaching. Learning laboratory. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York City NY (05/2024).
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