Dr. Lauren M. Weinstock, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where she holds clinical appointments at Butler Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, and the Providence VA Medical Center. She is also a faculty affiliate at the Brown Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights.
Dr. Weinstock’s program of research is focused on the development and evaluation of adjunctive behavioral interventions for bipolar disorder and suicide prevention, particularly around vulnerable transitions in care (e.g., from inpatient to outpatient treatment, across the perinatal period, and from criminal justice to community settings). Complementing this work is research focused on elucidating the continuum between unipolar and bipolar mood disorders, using both statistical and experimental approaches, and studies on the clinical management of bipolar disorder (e.g., diagnostic processes, use of polypharmacy) in routine care.
Dr. Weinstock’s early clinical research training was funded by numerous awards, including pre-doctoral and postdoctoral NIMH National Research Service Awards, an NIMH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award, and a Young Investigator Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. More recently, her research has received support from NIMH, the NIH OBSSR, NIJ, the VAHS, and the Depressive and Bipolar Disorders Alternative Treatment Foundation.
Dr. Weinstock is currently the Co-President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Bipolar Disorders Special Interest Group, is on the editorial board for the journal Behavior Therapy. She has served on several national and international workgroups tasked with generating recommendations concerning effective assessment and treatment of bipolar disorder and suicide risk.
