Our Resilience-Focused Research

Academic publications alongside news and press coverage highlighting our groundbreaking work in the field of mental health

In the News

A visualizing of the neural pathways within the brain

Greater Neural Connectivity Provides Resilience to Major Depressive Disorder

Psychiatry Advisor

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Visual comparison of two brains differing from each other

Brains of Teen Girls Resilient to Depression Differ From Brains of Others

Psychiatric News

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Visualization of neural pathways within the brain

Study Offers Clues About Neural Biomarkers of Resilience to Depression

American Psychiatric Association

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A table which helps visualize neural connectivity

Depression Resilience and Neural Connectivity

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Publications

Reward-Circuit Biomarkers of Risk and Resilience in Adolescent Depression

Adina S. Fischer, MD, PhD, Monica E. Ellwood-Lowe, BA, Natalie L. Colich, PhD, Anna Cichocki, BA, Tiffany C. Ho, PhD, and Ian H. Gotlib, PhD

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Neural Markers of Resilience in Adolescent Females at Familial Risk for Major Depressive Disorder

Adina S. Fischer, MD, PhD, M. Catalina Camacho, BA; Tiffany C. Ho, PhD; et al

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Intrinsic Connectivity and Family Dynamics: Striatolimbic Markers of Risk and Resilience in Youth at Familial Risk for Mood Disorders

Adina S Fischer, Bailey Holt-Gosselin, Kelsey E Hagan, Scott L Fleming, Akua F Nimarko, Ian H Gotlib, Manpreet K Singh 

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Family Dynamics and Emotion Processing: Functional Connectivity Biomarkers of Risk and Resilience in Youth at Familial Risk for Mood Disorders

Adina Fischer, Bailey Holt-Gosselin, Akua Nimarko, Kayla Carta, Jaskanwaljeet Kaur, Yvonne Lu, Nicholas Rodriguez, Crystal Takada, Ian Gotlib, Manpreet Singh

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Neural Correlates of Positive Emotion Processing That Distinguish Healthy Youths at Familial Risk for Bipolar Versus Major Depressive Disorder

Akua F. Nimarko BS, Adina S. Fischer MD, PhD, Kelsey E. Hagan PhD, Aaron J. Gorelik BS, Yvonne Lu BS, Caroline J. Young MS, Manpreet K. Singh MD, MS

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Intrinsic reward circuit connectivity profiles underlying symptom and quality of life outcomes following antidepressant medication: a report from the iSPOT-D trial

Adina S Fischer, Bailey Holt-Gosselin, Scott L Fleming, Laura M Hack, Tali M Ball, Alan F Schatzberg, Leanne M Williams

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Cannabis and the Developing Adolescent Brain

Adina S Fischer, Susan F Tapert, Dexter Lee Louie, Alan F Schatzberg, Manpreet K Singh

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