ESP Biography



AMY GARRETT, Researcher of brain function in psychiatry




Major: Psychiatry

College/Employer: Stanford

Year of Graduation: N/A

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

I came to the department of psychiatry as a post-doc in 2001. My research is dedicated to using neuroimaging (magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI) to study brain function in youth who have psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder and major depression. Our team hopes to improve understanding and treatment of child and adolescent disorders by conducting MRI studies to explore who is at risk of developing bipolar disorder, how treatments for bipolar disorder affect the brain, and how we can predict who will benefit from different treatments.



Past Classes

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B3229: How the brain responds to stress and trauma in Splash! Fall 2013 (Nov. 02 - 03, 2013)
Almost 60% of kids experience a traumatic event before age 16, such as getting hurt, seeing someone else get badly hurt, or other frightening events. These experiences can be difficult to forget, and can affect a person in a lot of ways. This class explains how teens might deal with trauma in different ways, and what brain imaging has taught us about the ways that the brain responds to trauma and stress, as well as how it can recover


S841: Brain Imaging: How we do it and what we can learn from it in Splash! Spring 2010 (Apr. 17 - 18, 2010)
Learn how MRI works, see our practice MRI machine, and view real brain images, including images from healthy kids and those with psychiatric disorders


S842: How emotions, moods, and stress can lead to depression and/or suicide in Splash! Spring 2010 (Apr. 17 - 18, 2010)
The goal of this class is to learn how strong emotions, depression, and stress can add together to increase the risk of suicide. We will discuss how to manage moods and stress using techniques such as mindfulness, and how to deal with suicidal thoughts.