Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Email: franke@upmc.edu Phone: 412-246-5550 Fax: 412-246-5530 Assistant: Pamela Gaidosh Moot, 412-246-5522 Research Program Under a MERIT Award grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Frank found Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy, a psychotherapy she and her colleagues developed for the treatment of bipolar disorder, was efficacious in the prevention of manic and depressive recurrence. She is currently conducting a joint study with researchers at the University of Pisa, Italy, aimed at deriving algorithms that will enable clinicians to determine whether a given depressed patient should be treated with medication or psychotherapy.

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Leadership Positions and Honors American Psychiatric Association, (Honorary Fellow), 1991 National Institute of Mental Health MERIT Award, 1992-2002 National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association Gerald L. Klerman Lifetime Research Award, 1996 Stephen V. Logan Award of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill for outstanding contribution by a psychologist in understanding brain disorders, 1999 The 1999 Association for Clinical Psychosocial Research Gerald L. Klerman Award for Mentorship, 1999 Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1999 The Mental Health Association of Allegheny County, First Recipient of the Ellen Frank Psychiatric Research Award, 2000 Representative Publications  Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Perel JM, Cornes CL, Jarrett D, Mallinger A, Thase M, McEachran AB, Grochocinski VJ:  Three year outcomes for maintenance therapies in recurrent depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry 47:1093-1099, 1990. Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Thase ME, Mallinger AG, Swartz H, Fagiolini AM, Grochocinski V, Houck P, Scott J, Thompson W, Monk T:  Two year outcomes for interpersonal and social rhythm therapy in individuals with bipolar I disorder.  Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:996-1004, 2005. Frank E (Ed):  Treating Bipolar Disorder:  A Clinician’s Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy.  New York, The Guilford Press, 2005.

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