Marita Pruessner
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Pruessner is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University and Associate Researcher at the Research Centre of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. Together with Dr. Ashok Malla, she has established the Clinic for Assessment of Youth at Risk (CAYR) in 2005. CAYR is a sub-program of the Prevention and Early intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP) at the Douglas institute and monitors and supports individuals at ultra-high risk for the development of psychosis. In her role as coordinator of the CAYR program over 10 years, she has been responsible for administrative, clinical and research aspects of the clinic.
Research Interest
First episode psychosis, high risk for psychosis, research on stress and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis function
Publications
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A study on negative and depressive symptom prevalence in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Azar M, Pruessner M, Baer LH, Iyer S, Malla AK, Lepage M.
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The neural diathesis-stress model of schizophrenia revisited: An update on recent findings considering illness stage and neurobiological and methodological complexities. Pruessner M, Cullen AE, Aas M, Walker EF.
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Outcome in patients converting to psychosis following a treated clinical high risk state. Malla A, de Bonneville M, Shah J, Jordan G, Pruessner M, Faridi K, Rabinovitch M, Iyer SN, Joober R.
