Catherine Demers, PhD

Publications

• Hankin BL, Demers CH, Hennessey EP, Perzow SED, Curran MC, Gallop RJ, Hoffman MC, Davis EP. Effect of Brief Interpersonal Therapy on Depression During Pregnancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 1;80(6):539-547. PubMed PMID: 37074698
• Noroña-Zhou A, Aran Ö, Garcia SE, Haraden D, Perzow SED, Demers CH, Hennessey EP, Melgar Donis S, Kurtz M, Hankin BL, Davis EP. Experiences of Discrimination and Depression Trajectories over Pregnancy. Womens Health Issues. 2022 Mar-Apr;32(2):147-155. PubMed PMID: 34774402
• Stout-Oswald SA, Glynn LM, Bisoffi M, Demers CH, Davis EP. Prenatal exposure to maternal psychological distress and telomere length in childhood. Dev Psychobiol. 2022 Jan;64(1):e22238. PubMed PMID: 35050506
• Nevarez-Brewster M, Demers CH, Mejia A, Haase MH, Bagonis MM, Kim SH, Gilmore JH, Hoffman MC, Styner MA, Hankin BL, Davis EP. Longitudinal and prospective assessment of prenatal maternal sleep quality and associations with newborn hippocampal and amygdala volume. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022 Dec;58:101174. PubMed PMID: 36375383
• Demers CH, Bagonis MM, Al-Ali K, Garcia SE, Styner MA, Gilmore JH, Hoffman MC, Hankin BL, Davis EP. Exposure to prenatal maternal distress and infant white matter neurodevelopment. Dev Psychopathol. 2021 Dec;33(5):1526-1538. PubMed PMID: 35586027
• Karcher NR, Barch DM, Demers CH, Baranger DAA, Heath AC, Lynskey MT, Agrawal A. Genetic Predisposition vs Individual-Specific Processes in the Association Between Psychotic-like Experiences and Cannabis Use. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 1;76(1):87-94. PubMed PMID: 30347017
• Baranger DAA, Demers CH, Elsayed NM, Knodt AR, Radtke SR, Desmarais A, Few LR, Agrawal A, Heath AC, Barch DM, Squeglia LM, Williamson DE, Hariri AR, Bogdan R. Convergent Evidence for Predispositional Effects of Brain Gray Matter Volume on Alcohol Consumption. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 Apr 1;87(7):645-655. PubMed PMID: 31699293
• Michalski LJ, Demers CH, Baranger DAA, Barch DM, Harms MP, Burgess GC, Bogdan R. Perceived stress is associated with increased rostral middle frontal gyrus cortical thickness: a family-based and discordant-sibling investigation. Genes Brain Behav. 2017 Nov;16(8):781-789. PubMed PMID: 28749606
• Hankin BL, Demers CH, Hennessey EP, Perzow SED, Curran MC, Gallop RJ, Hoffman MC, Davis EP. Effect of Brief Interpersonal Therapy on Depression During Pregnancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 1;80(6):539-547. PubMed PMID: 37074698
• Demers CH, Drabant Conley E, Bogdan R, Hariri AR. Interactions Between Anandamide and Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Signaling Modulate Human Amygdala Function and Risk for Anxiety Disorders: An Imaging Genetics Strategy for Modeling Molecular Interactions. Biol Psychiatry. 2016 Sep 1;80(5):356-62. PubMed PMID: 26923505
• Nelson EC, Agrawal A, Heath AC, Bogdan R, Sherva R, Zhang B, Al-Hasani R, Bruchas MR, Chou YL, Demers CH, Carey CE, Conley ED, Fakira AK, Farrer LA, Goate A, Gordon S, Henders AK, Hesselbrock V, Kapoor M, Lynskey MT, Madden PA, Moron JA, Rice JP, Saccone NL, Schwab SG, Shand FL, Todorov AA, Wallace L, Wang T, Wray NR, Zhou X, Degenhardt L, Martin NG, Hariri AR, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J, Bierut LJ, Clark DJ, Montgomery GW. Evidence of CNIH3 involvement in opioid dependence. Mol Psychiatry. 2016 May;21(5):608-14. PubMed PMID: 26239289
• Demers CH, Bogdan R, Agrawal A. The Genetics, Neurogenetics and Pharmacogenetics of Addiction. Curr Behav Neurosci Rep. 2014 Mar 1;1(1):33-44. PubMed PMID: 25045619
• Lee MR, Cacic K, Demers CH, Haroon M, Heishman S, Hommer DW, Epstein DH, Ross TJ, Stein EA, Heilig M, Salmeron BJ. Gender differences in neural-behavioral response to self-observation during a novel fMRI social stress task. Neuropsychologia. 2014 Jan;53:257-63. PubMed PMID: 24316200
• McHugh MJ, Demers CH, Braud J, Briggs R, Adinoff B, Stein EA. Striatal-insula circuits in cocaine addiction: implications for impulsivity and relapse risk. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2013 Nov;39(6):424-32. PubMed PMID: 24200212
• Edelmann MN, Demers CH, Auger AP. Maternal touch moderates sex differences in juvenile social play behavior. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e57396. PubMed PMID: 23460849

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Specialty Information

• Psychology