Barbara L. Gracious, M.D.

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Current Appointments

• Associate Professor - Department of Psychiatry (SMD)
• Associate Professor - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SMD)
• Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD)

Education
MD Medicine	Northwestern University Medical School	1983
BA Medical Science	Northwestern University	1979

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
7/89-6/90 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Chief Resident in Psychiatry Program Coordinator, Behavioral Science Outpatient Clinic David Brent, M.D., Director, Division of Child Psychiatry	1989 - 1990
7/86-6/90 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Combined Residency in Child and Adult Psychiatry Michael Rancurello, M.D., Director, Residency Education Program Joachim Puig-Antich, M.D., Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	1986 - 1990
7/83-6/86 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin Residency in Internal Medicine, Donald Harkness, M.D., Chairman	1983 - 1986

Fellowship Awards
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association	2006
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association	2003

Recent Journal Articles
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Findling RL; Frazier TW; Youngstrom EA; McNamara NK; Stansbrey RJ; Gracious BL; Reed MD; Demeter CA; Calabrese JR. "Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of divalproex monotherapy in the treatment of symptomatic youth at high risk for developing bipolar disorder." The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2007; 68(5):781-8.
Wagner, KD; Hirschfeld, R.; Emslie, G.;Findlilng, R.; Gracious, B.; Reed, M. "Validation of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for Bipolar Disorders in Adolescents". Journel of Clinical Psychiatry 67 (2006): 827-830.
Findling, RL.; McNamara NK.; Stansbrey R.; Gracious, BL.; Whipkey, RE.; Demeter CA; Reed MD; Younstrom EA; Calabrese JR. "Combination Lithium and Divalproex Sodium in Pediatric Bipolar Symptom Restabilization." Journel of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2 (2006): 142-8.
Gracious BL.; Meyer A. "Psychotropic-Induced Weight Gain and Potential Pharmacologic Treatment Strategies". Psychiatry (2005): (2)1:36-40 (invited manuscript).
Gracious BL; Hanusa BH; Wisner KL; Peindl KS; Perel JM. "Weight changes in postpartum women with remitted depression." The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2005; 66(3):291-3.