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
Learn more about Deanna Barch.
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 Psychiatry, Volume 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. Luby: Journal 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.
Demographic, physical and mental health assessments in the adolescent brain and cognitive development study: Rationale and description
Deanna Barch, […]: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Volume 32, August 2018, Pages 55-66
Variation in common preschool sleep problems as an early predictor for depression and anxiety symptom severity across time
Diana J. Whalen, Kirsten E. Gilbert, Deanna M. Barch, Joan L. Luby, Andy C. Belden: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;58(2):151-159. Epub 2016 Sep 12.
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.
Neural Correlates of Reward Processing in Depressed and Healthy Preschool-Age Children
Andy C.Belden, […], Joan L. Luby, Deanna M. Barch: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016 Dec;55(12):1081-1089.
Early Adversity, Psychopathology, and Latent Class Profiles of Global Physical Health From Preschool Through Early Adolescence
Whalen, Diana J., Belden, Andy C., Tillman, Rebecca, Barch, Deanna M., Luby, Joan L.: Psychosom Med. 2016 Nov/Dec;78(9):1008-1018.
Effect of Hippocampal and Amygdala Connectivity on the Relationship Between Preschool Poverty and School-Age Depression
Deanna Barch, […], Chad M. Sylvester, […], Joan Luby: American Journal of Psychiatry. 2016 Jun 1;173(6):625-34.
