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Education
and Training:
Indiana University 1984 B.A.
Indiana University School of Medicine 1988 M.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine 1988-92 Residency in Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine 1991-93 Residency in Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry
LSU School of Medicine 1993-95 Fellowship: Infant Psychiatry
Interests:
Dr. Scheeringa is carrying out a programmatic series of studies
of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in infants and young
children. His initial studies pioneered the assessment of the
diagnostic criteria. He is conducting a NIMH-funded study of
traumatized toddlers to assess their psychiatric symptoms, autonomic
reactivity, and family functioning. He is also pilot testing
a CBT manualized protocol to treat PTSD in preschool children.
This research will ultimately be applied to understanding maltreated
young children. Dr. Scheeringa also has academic interests in
attachment, parenting, parent-child relationship difficulties,
diagnostic assessment of children, neurobiological correlates
of psychiatric disorders, outcome prediction, and development
of protocol-driven therapies.
Selected References
Scheeringa, M.D., Wright, M.J., Hunt, J.P., Zeanah, C.H. (2006) Factors affecting the diagnosis and prediction of PTSD symptomatology in children and adolescents. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 163(4), 644-651.
Scheeringa, M.S., Salloum, A., Arnberger, R.A., Weems, C.F., Amaya-Jackson, L., Cohen, J.A. (2007) Feasibility and Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Preschool Children: Two Case Reports. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20(4), 631-636.
Scheeringa, M.S., Zeanah, C.H. (in press). Reconsideration of harm’s way: Onsets and comorbidity patterns of disorders in preschool children and their caregivers following Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Phone: (504) 988-5402
Fax: (504) 988-4264
mscheer@tulane.edu
5/8/08