BensonKuMDPhD

Psychiatry • Atlanta, GA

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Office
12 Executive Park Dr NE
# 200
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone+1 404-778-5526

Education & Training

Maastricht UniversityPhD, Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2022 - 2024
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Psychiatry, 2018 - 2022
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellClass of 2018

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2019 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Neighborhood ethnoracial diversity and positive psychotic symptoms among youth at high-risk and healthy comparisons.
Benson S Ku, Qingyue Yuan, Regine Haardörfer, Jean Addington, Carrie E Bearden
Psychiatry Research. 2024-12-01
Neurocognition in adolescents and young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis: Predictive stability for social and role functioning.
Ricardo E Carrión, Benson S Ku, Sarah Dorvil, Andrea M Auther, Danielle McLaughlin
Schizophrenia Research. 2024-09-01
4 citations
Relations of Lifetime Perceived Stress and Basal Cortisol With Hippocampal Volume Among Healthy Adolescents and Those at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Structural...
Katrina Aberizk, Jean M Addington, Carrie E Bearden, Kristin S Cadenhead, Tyrone D Cannon
Biological Psychiatry. 2024-09-01

Authored Content

Computational Linguistic Analysis Applied to a Semantic Fluency Task to Measure Derailment and Tangentiality in SchizophreniaFebruary 2018

Press Mentions

Social Activities May Offset Psychosis Risk in Poor CommunitiesJune 13th, 2022

Grant Support

Impact of Neighborhood Characteristics on Conversion to Psychosis Among Youth at Clinical High Risk for PsychosisNational Institute of Mental Health2022–2027