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Yael Dvir MD

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InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
Phone508-856-5390
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentPediatrics

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences


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    Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, , IsraelMD

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    Yael Dvir, M.D. is Vice Chair and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Medical Director for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Early Childhood and UMASS/Central region team.

    Research Interests/projects: access to child psychiatry, early childhood mental health, the association between childhood trauma and mood disorders, psychosis, and developmental disabilities, and medical education.

    Title: Vice Chair and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Clinical Interests/roles: access to child psychiatry, early childhood mental health, the association between childhood trauma and mood disorders, psychosis, and developmental disabilities, and medical education.

    Undergraduate: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, BMedSc 1997
    Medical School: Hadassah Medical School - Hebrew University, Jerusalem, MD 2004
    General Psychiatry Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical School 2007
    Child Psychiatry Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical School 2009



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    1. Dvir Y, Ramtekkar U. Editorial: Rising stars in child mental health and interventions. Front Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024; 3:1500765. PMID: 39816607.
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    2. Palmer SJ, Dvir Y. Trauma and psychosocial adversity in youth with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. Front Psychiatry. 2024; 15:1322056. PMID: 38343620.
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    3. Dvir Y, Ryan C, Lee J. School Closures and ED Visits for Suicidality in Youths Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 11 01; 6(11):e2343001. PMID: 37948084.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    4. Dvir Y, Straus JH, Sarvet B, Byatt N. Key attributes of child psychiatry access programs. Front Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023; 2:1244671. PMID: 39816890.
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    5. Dvir Y, Ryan C, Straus JH, Sarvet B, Ahmed I, Gilstad-Hayden K. Comparison of Use of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program and Patient Characteristics Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 01; 5(2):e2146618. PMID: 35107575.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    6. Dvir Y. Childhood Trauma and Psychosis: A Brief Updated Review and Case Study. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2022 01; 31(1):91-98. PMID: 34801157.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Moore PS, Mokrova I, Frazier JA, Joseph RM, Santos HP, Dvir Y, Hooper SR, O'Shea TM, Douglass LM, Kuban KCK. Anxiety and Depression Correlates at Age 10 in Children Born Extremely Preterm. J Pediatr Psychol. 2021 04 16; 46(4):422-432. PMID: 33398339.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Dvir Y, Kennedy DN, Hodge SM, Pegram D, Denietolis B, Frazier JA. Psychiatric Symptomatology, Mood Regulation, and Resting State Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala: Preliminary Findings in Youth With Mood Disorders and Childhood Trauma. Front Psychiatry. 2020; 11:525064. PMID: 33192645.
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    9. Dvir Y, Frazier JA, Joseph RM, Mokrova I, Moore PS, O'Shea TM, Hooper SR, Santos HP, Kuban K. Psychiatric Symptoms: Prevalence, Co-occurrence, and Functioning Among Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns at Age 10 Years. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2019 12; 40(9):725-734. PMID: 31764608.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Stanton KJ, Denietolis B, Goodwin BJ, Dvir Y. Childhood Trauma and Psychosis: An Updated Review. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2020 01; 29(1):115-129. PMID: 31708041.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Zalpuri I, Dvir Y. Therapeutic Assignments: Piloting a Way for Medical Students on the Psychiatry Clerkship to Interact with Patients Beyond the Initial Interview. Acad Psychiatry. 2018 Jun; 42(3):419-421. PMID: 28589326.
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    12. Sikoglu EM, Navarro AA, Starr D, Dvir Y, Nwosu BU, Czerniak SM, Rogan RC, Castro MC, Edden RA, Frazier JA, Moore CM. Vitamin D3 Supplemental Treatment for Mania in Youth with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2015 Jun; 25(5):415-24. PMID: 26091195.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Dvir Y, Ford JD, Hill M, Frazier JA. Childhood maltreatment, emotional dysregulation, and psychiatric comorbidities. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2014 May-Jun; 22(3):149-61. PMID: 24704784.
      Citations: 137     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Dvir Y, Denietolis B, Frazier JA. Childhood trauma and psychosis. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2013 Oct; 22(4):629-41. PMID: 24012077.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Dvir Y, Frazier JA. Psychotic disorders in youth: diagnostic and treatment challenges. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2013 Oct; 22(4):xiii-xiv. PMID: 24012085.
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    16. Cochran DM, Dvir Y, Frazier JA. "Autism-plus" spectrum disorders: intersection with psychosis and the schizophrenia spectrum. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2013 Oct; 22(4):609-27. PMID: 24012076.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Dvir Y. Parenting and mental illness: a group for mothers. Front Psychiatry. 2012; 3:71. PMID: 22866038.
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    18. Dvir Y, Wenz-Gross M, Jeffers-Terry M, Metz WP. An assessment of satisfaction with ambulatory child psychiatry consultation services to primary care providers by parents of children with emotional and behavioral needs: the massachusetts child psychiatry access project university of massachusetts parent satisfaction study. Front Psychiatry. 2012; 3:7. PMID: 22347867.
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    19. Dvir Y, Moniwa E, Crisp-Han H, Levy D, Coverdale JH. Survey of threats and assaults by patients on psychiatry residents. Acad Psychiatry. 2012 Jan 01; 36(1):39-42. PMID: 22362435.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    20. Madaan V, Dvir Y, Wilson DR. Child and adolescent schizophrenia: pharmacological approaches. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2008 Aug; 9(12):2053-68. PMID: 18671461.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Dvir Y, Smallwood P. Serotonin syndrome: a complex but easily avoidable condition. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008 May-Jun; 30(3):284-7. PMID: 18433663.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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