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Office
101 Nicolls Rd
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Summary
- Dr. Swain is a clinician-scientist - child & adolescent psychiatrist and biological psychiatry researcher. As a clinician, he is interested in preventing and treating acute mental illness among children with special attention to parenting and early childhood. He has served at Stony Brook University Medical School as Inpatient Medical Director and Outpatient Clinician. As a researcher, he studies the brain-basis of parent-infant bond formation and child outcome as a function of mental health problems and solutions for issues such as depression, anxiety, the chronic effects of stress and poverty and finally psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatments.
Education & Training
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2002 - 2005
- University of OttawaFellowship, Child Psychiatry, 2002 - 2002
- University of OttawaResidency, 1998 - 2001
- McMaster UniversityInternship, 1997 - 1998
- University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineClass of 1997
- University of TorontoPh.D., Neuroscience Program, 1990 - 1994
- University of TorontoPhD, Neuroscience, 1994
- University of TorontoM.Sc., Cellular Neurobiology, 1988 - 1990
- University of TorontoB.S., Major in Biophysics, Minor in Zoology, With honors, 1984 - 1988
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- MI State Medical License 2009 - 2019
- CT State Medical License 2002 - 2009
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaPsychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Honored as Fellow American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021
- "Hot Topic" Selection American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2008, 2011, 2020
- Honored as Full Member American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2016
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Clinical Trials
- Efficacy and Safety Trial of Flexible Doses of Oral Ziprasidone in Children and Adolescents With Bipolar I Disorder Start of enrollment: 2014 May 23
- Safety and Efficacy of NBI-98854 in Pediatric Subjects With Tourette Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 17
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 32 citationsChildhood social inequalities influences neural processes in young adult caregivingPilyoung Kim, Shaun Ho, Gary W. Evans, Israel Liberzon, James E. Swain
Developmental Psychobiology. 2015-05-15 - 44 citationsBrain mechanisms for prepulse inhibition in adults with Tourette syndrome: initial findings.Nazlee Zebardast, Michael J. Crowley, Michael H. Bloch, Linda C. Mayes, Brent C. Vander Wyk
Psychiatry Research. 2013-10-30 - 9 citationsChildhood socioeconomic status is prospectively associated with surface morphometry in adulthood.Alexander J. Dufford, Gary W. Evans, Israel Liberzon, James E. Swain, Pilyoung Kim
Developmental Psychobiology. 2021-01-11
Journal Articles
- Plasticity in the Human Parental BrainKim P, Strathearn L, Swain JE, Hormones and Behavior, 1/9/2015
- Childhood Poverty and Recruitment of Adult Emotion Regulatory NeurocircuitryLiberzon I, Ma ST, Okada G, *Ho SS, Swain JE, Evans GW, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 1/4/2015
- The parental brain: A neural framework for study of teaching in humans and other animals*Kim HE, *Torres-Garcia A, Swain JE, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Functional Connectivity and Stress in the Parental Brain for Postpartum Women Receiving Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use DisorderSwain JE, Ho SS, Biological Psychiatry 2020; 87:S438, Virtual, 5/1/2020
- Resting State Functional Connectivity and Parenting Stress in Postpartum Women Receiving Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use DisorderSwain JE & Ho SS, Neuropsychopharmacology 2019; 44:529, Orlando, FL, 12/11/2019
- Brain Adaptations for Buprenorphine Medicated Postpartum WomenSwain JE, Ho SS, Neuropsychopharmacology 2018; 43:S366-367, Hollywood, FL, 12/13/2018
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Lectures
- Enlightening the Parent-Child Relationship - Neuroendocrine Models Toward Transgenerational Mental HealthYale Child Study Grand Rounds, New Haven, CT - 11/10/2020
- Opioids and Brain Adaptations for Early Postpartum Women4th Biennial Perinatal Mental Health Conference, Charlotte, NC - 10/27/2019
- Parent-Infant Research: Transdisciplinary, Translational, Transformational and Transgenerational” - Children’s Hospital of OntarioMental Health Vision Seminar, University of Ottawa, Ontario - 5/31/2019
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Press Mentions
- Study: Women Pregnant During Superstorm Sandy More Likely to Have Kids with Mental Health ProblemsSeptember 22nd, 2022
- ACNP 59th Annual Meeting: Poster Session IIIDecember 6th, 2020
- Stony Brook Medicine Fights Substance Abuse on Multiple LevelsMarch 4th, 2020
Grant Support
- Postpartum Intervention for Mothers with Opioid Use Disorders - Brain-Behavior MechanismsNIH/NIDA2022–2024
- OPIOIDS AND MATERNAL BRAIN-BEHAVIOR ADAPTATION DURING THE EARLY POSTPARTUMNIDA2019–2024
- Childhood Poverty And Brain Development: The Role Of Chronic Stress And ParentingNational Center On Minority Health And Health Disparities2009–2010
- CHILDHOOD POVERTY AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF CHRONIC STRESS AND PARENTINGNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIESPresent
Professional Memberships
- Member
- World Association of Infant Mental HealthMember
- Society for Research in Child DevelopmentMember
- Society of Biological PsychiatryMember
- American College of NeuropsychopharmacologyFellow
Other Languages
- Spanish
External Links
- Faculty Web Pagehttp://www.psych.med.umich.edu/profile/?linkid=jamesswa
- Faculty Web Pagehttps://www.stonybrookmedicine.edu/profile?pid=2038&name=James%20Swain%20MD
- Bibliographyhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/james.swain.1/bibliography/47441094/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending
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