Christopher Monk, Ph.D.
| 2000 East Hall |
Our lab uses a multi-level (genetic, brain, cognitive-affective, clinical symptoms, and diagnostic categories) approach to better understand the development of various forms of psychopathology (e.g., autism and anxiety) in children and adolescents.
Monk, C.S., Telzer, E.H., Mogg, K. Bradley, B.P, Mai, X., Louro, H.M.C., Chen, G., McClure-Tone, E.B., Ernst, M., Pine, D.S. (2008). Amygdala and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation to masked angry faces in children and adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 568-576.
Monk, C.S., Klein, R.G., Telzer, E.H., Schroth, E.A., Mannuzza S., Moulton, J.L. III, Guardino, M., Masten, C.L., McClure, E.B., Fromm, S., Blair, R.J.R., Pine, D.S., & Ernst, M. (2008). Amygdala and nucleus accumbens activation to emotional facial expressions in adolescents at risk for major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 90-98.
Monk, C.S., Nelson, E.E., McClure, E.B., Mogg, K., Bradley, B.P., Leibenluft, E., Blair, R.J.R., Chen, G., Charney, D.S., Ernst, M., Pine, D.S. (2006). Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation and attention bias in response to angry faces in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1091-97.
Monk, C.S., McClure, E.B., Nelson, E. E., Zarahn, E., Bilder, R. M., Leibenluft, E., Charney, D.S., Ernst, M., & Pine, D.S. (2003). Adolescent immaturity in attention-related brain engagement to emotional facial expressions. NeuroImage, 20, 420-428.
Monk, C.S. (in press). The development of emotion-related neural circuitry in health and psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology.