
Ellen Leibenluft MD
Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health
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7103 Ridgewood AvenueBethesda, MD 20815
Phone+1 301-496-9435
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Education & Training
- Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1978
Certifications & Licensure
- DC State Medical License 1980 - 2018
- MD State Medical License 1982 - 2018
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Clinical Trials
- Child & Adolescent Bipolar Disorder Brain Imaging and Treatment Study Start of enrollment: 2000 Aug 11
- Studies of Brain Function and Course of Illness in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Start of enrollment: 2002 Jan 01
- Behavior in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and in Healthy Volunteers Start of enrollment: 2001 Nov 07
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsParenting and childhood irritability: Negative emotion socialization and parental control moderate the development of irritability.Sanjana Ravi, Mazneen Havewala, Katharina Kircanski, Melissa A Brotman, Leslie Schneider
Development and Psychopathology. 2023-08-01 - 8 citationsPersistent Frustration-Induced Reconfigurations of Brain Networks Predict Individual Differences in Irritability.Julia O Linke, Simone P Haller, Ellie P Xu, Lynn T Nguyen, Amanda E Chue
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023-06-01 - 9 citationsCross-sectional and Longitudinal Associations of Anxiety and Irritability With Adolescents' Neural Responses to Cognitive Conflict.Elise M Cardinale, Jessica Bezek, Santiago Morales, Courtney Filippi, Ashley R Smith
Biological Psychiatry. Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2023-04-01
Journal Articles
- American Psychiatric Association PublishingJohn M Hettema, Kenneth E Towbin, Ellen Leibenluft, National Institutes of Health
- A Latent Variable Approach to Differentiating Neural Mechanisms of Irritability and Anxiety in YouthEllen Leibenluft, Kenneth E Towbin, JAMA
- Deficits in Emotion Recognition Are Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Youth with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation DisorderEllen 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 RecognitionMarch 3rd, 2021
- Discover NIMH: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and AdolescentsDecember 21st, 2018
- Understanding the Brain Mechanisms of Irritability in YouthOctober 22nd, 2018
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Grant Support
- Mechanisms of Frustration and the Pathophysiology of Severe Irritability in YouthNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTHPresent
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