The mission of the Mood Disorders Research Program is to expand our understanding of the causes of depression and bipolar disorder using the best available means of investigation. This is for the purpose of finding better ways of treating these complex conditions and developing early detection and intervention methods to prevent them.

Director: Richard Shelton, M.D.
Assistant: Waverly DeMers (e-mail)

Faculty
Brown, Laurel
Gardner, Virginia
Haman, Kirsten
Manier, Donald (Hal)
Scroggie, Jennifer
Seidel, Sandra
Tucker, Dorothy

Staff
Stephanie Addington
Nathan Ford
Kerry Hook
Margaret Lovett
Tynya Patton
Brian Pollock
Marijean Rue
Dorothy Smith
Emily Sumner
Jeffrey Wilhelm

Projects (Starred ones are recruiting)
1. Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study of 6(S)-5-MTHF among SSRI-Resistant Outpatients with Major Depressive Disorder*
2. Orally-Disintegrating vs. Regular Olanzapine Tablets: Effects on Weight and GI Hormones*
3. Signal Transduction in Depression*
4. Monoamine Transporter and Receptor Variants in Major Depression*
5. Prevention of Recurrence in Depression with Drugs and Cognitive Therapy
6. MRI studies of stress and cognitive controls in MDD: Affective Modulation of Attention*
7. MRI studies of stress and cognitive controls in MDD: Reappraisal*
8. Hippocampal Damage and Breast Cancer*
9. Structural Genomics of Norepinephrine Transporters (Psychiatric Effects in Orthostatic Intolerance and Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy)*


Click here for information on current studies.