Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology

Office:1062D BSB
Phone: (312) 355-3812
Email: stewarts@uic.edu
Mailing Address:
1007 W. Harrison St. (MC 285)
Chicago, IL 60607-7137

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Education:
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Ph.D., Stony Brook University (2005)
B.A./B.M. Northwestern University (1997)

Research Interests:
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Mood disorders; neurobehavioral processes that lead and relate to mood disorders; relation between mood and anxiety disorders; integration of clinical and neuropsychological/neuroscience approaches to the study of psychopathology.

Statement of Research Interests:
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My research in psychopathology bridges and integrates clinical and epidemiological approaches with neuroscience and neuropsychological methods. I have used both approaches primarily to explore the classification, nature and course of depression.

NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

This line of research examines different processes that lead to depression. Specifically, I’m interested in looking at neurobehavioral mechanisms and correlates of depression. This research is driven by several theoretical models that describe the personality and neuropsychological correlates of depression (see Shankman & Klein, 2003 for a review).

CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES

In addition to the neurobehavioral processes associated with depression, I’m also interested in the broader issue of the classification of depression. While the reliability of depressive diagnoses is well established thanks to diagnostic tools such as the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID), validity issues still need to be explored. Validity of diagnostic constructs can be investigated through several methods. For example, family/genetic studies can be used to examine whether a diagnostic construct “breeds true.” A second method for exploring validity is the follow-up study, as marked differences in outcome may suggest different clinical entities.

While most researchers acknowledge that depression is a heterogeneous construct, it is not clear how it should be parsed.A variable on which we have parsed depression is previous course of the illness (e.g., chronic vs. nonchronic; early onset vs. late onset).

A Sample of Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
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Klein, D. N., Durbin, C. E., Shankman, S. A., & Santiago, N. J. (2002). Depression and personality. In I. H. Gotlib & C. L. Hammen (Eds.), Handbook of Depression (pp. 115-140). New York: Guilford Press.

Shankman, S.A.Klein, D.N. (2002). The impact of comorbid anxiety disorders on the course of dysthymic disorder: A 5-year prospective longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 70, 313-319.

Shankman, S.A., Klein, D.N. (2002). Dimensional diagnosis of depression: Adding the dimension of course to severity, and comparison to the DSM. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 43, 420-426.

Klein, D.N., Lewinsohn, P.M., Rhode, P., Seeley, J.R., & Shankman, S.A. (2003). Family study of co-morbidity between major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders. Psychological Medicine, 33, 703-714.

Shankman, S.A. & Klein, D.N. (2003).The comorbidity between depression and anxiety: An evaluation of the tripartite, approach-withdrawal and valence-arousal models. Clinical Psychology Review, 23, 605-637.

Klein, D. N., Shankman, S. A., Lewinsohn, P. M., Rhode, P., & Seeley, J. R. (2004). Family study of chronic depression in a community sample of young adults. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 646-653.

Lewinsohn, P. M., Shankman, S. A., Gau, J. M., & Klein, D. N. (2004). The prevalence and comorbidity of subthreshold psychiatric conditions. Psychological Medicine, 34, 613-622.

Lizardi, H., Klein, D. N., & Shankman, S. A. (2004). Psychopathology in the adolescent and young adult offspring of parents with Dysthymic Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192, 193-199

Klein, D. N., Shankman, S. A., & McFarland, B. R.(In press). Classification of mood disorders. In D. J. Stein, D. J. Kupfer, & A. F. Schatzberg (Eds.), The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Shankman, S.A., Tenke, C.E., Bruder, G.E., Durbin, E.C., Hayden, E.P., & Klein, D.N. (2005). Low positive emotionality in young children: Association with EEG asymmetry. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 85-98.

Klein, D.N., Shankman, S.A., & Rose, S. (2006). Ten-year prospective follow-up study of naturalistic course of Dysthymic Disorder and Double Depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163 872-880.

Shankman, S.A., Klein, D.N., Tenke, C.E., & Bruder, G.E. (2007). Reward sensitivity in depression: A biobehavioral study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 95-104.

Lab Members:
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Jenna Robison (graduate)
Brady Nelson (graduate)
Sarah Altman (graduate)
Melissa Poss (undergraduate)
Parisaw Fayezizadeh (undergraduate)