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Ellen Leibenluft, MD, Psychiatry, Bethesda, MD

EllenLeibenluftMD

Psychiatry Bethesda, MD

Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health

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  • Office

    7103 Ridgewood Avenue
    Bethesda, MD 20815
    Phone+1 301-496-9435

Education & Training

  • Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • DC State Medical License
    DC State Medical License 1980 - 2018
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1982 - 2018
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • American Psychiatric Association Publishing  
    John M Hettema, Kenneth E Towbin, Ellen Leibenluft, National Institutes of Health
  • A Latent Variable Approach to Differentiating Neural Mechanisms of Irritability and Anxiety in Youth  
    Ellen Leibenluft, Kenneth E Towbin, JAMA
  • Deficits in Emotion Recognition Are Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Youth with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder  
    Ellen Leibenluft, MD, Depression and Anxiety

Authored Content

  • Notice of Retraction and Replacement. Pornpattananangkul Et Al. Association Between Childhood Anhedonia and Alterations in Large-Scale Resting-State Networks and Task-Evoked Activation. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019;76(6):624-633June 2020
  • Notice of Retraction and Replacement. Pornpattananangkul Et Al. Association Between Childhood Anhedonia and Alterations in Large-Scale Resting-State Networks and Task-Evoked Activation. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019;76(6):624-633June 2020
  • Notice of Retraction and Replacement. Pornpattananangkul Et Al. Association Between Childhood Anhedonia and Alterations in Large-Scale Resting-State Networks and Task-Evoked Activation. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019;76(6):624-633June 2020
  • Irritability Trajectories, Cortical Thickness, and Clinical Outcomes in a Sample Enriched for Preschool DepressionMarch 2018
  • Clinical Correlates of Carbon Dioxide Hypersensitivity in ChildrenSeptember 2017
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Press Mentions

  • Perceptual Difficulty Modulates the Direction of Information Flow in Familiar Face Recognition
    Perceptual Difficulty Modulates the Direction of Information Flow in Familiar Face RecognitionMarch 3rd, 2021
  • Discover NIMH: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents
    Discover NIMH: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and AdolescentsDecember 21st, 2018
  • Understanding the Brain Mechanisms of Irritability in Youth
    Understanding the Brain Mechanisms of Irritability in YouthOctober 22nd, 2018
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