Deanna Barch, PhD

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Research Topics

  • Psychopathology
  • Development

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Professor and Chair, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Gregory B Couch Professor of Psychiatry

2017 Conference, “The Developing Brain: New Directions in Science, Policy and Law”
      – Conference Organizer
      – Panel Moderator

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Publications on brain development, law, and policy

Bringing Science to Law and Policy

Susan Frelich Appleton, Deanna M. Barch, Anneliese M. Schaefer. (2018) Washington University Journal of Law & Policy Vol 57

Associations of observed performance monitoring during preschool with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anterior cingulate cortex volume over 12 years

Kirsten E Gilbert, Margot E Barclay, Rebecca Tillman, Deanna M Barch, Joan L Luby. JAMA PsychiatryVolume 75, Issue 9, September 2018, Pages 940-948.

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Parent-Child Psychotherapy Targeting Emotion Development for Early Childhood Depression

Joan L Luby, Deanna M Barch, Diana Whalen, Rebecca Tillman, Kenneth E Freedland. The American Journal of Psychiatry, published online June 20, 2018. ajp.psychiatryonline.org

Amygdala Reward Reactivity Mediates the Association Between Preschool Stress Response and Depression Severity

Michael S Gaffrey, Deanna M Barch, Ryan Bogdan, Katrina Farris, Steven E Petersen, Joan L Luby. Biological Psychiatry, Volume 83, Issue 2, 15 January 2018, Pages 128-136

Early Childhood Adverse Experiences, Inferior Frontal Gyrus Connectivity, and the Trajectory of Externalizing Psychopathology

Deanna M. Barch, Andy C. Belden, Rebecca Tillman,  Diana Whalen, Joan L. LubyJournal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,Volume 57, Issue 3, March 2018, Pages 183-190

Association Between Early Life Adversity and Risk for Poor Emotional and Physical Health in Adolescence: A Putative Mechanistic Neurodevelopmental Pathway

Joan L. Luby, Deanna Barch, Diana Whalen, Rebecca Tillman, Andy Belden. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Dec 1;171(12):1168-1175.

The utility of twins in developmental cognitive neuroscience research: How twins strengthen the ABCD research design

William G. Iacono, Andrew C. Heath, […], Pamela A. Madden, Deanna M. Barch, James M.Bjork: Dev Cogn Neurosci., 2017 Sep 12. pii: S1878-9293(17)30113-5.