Rajita Sinha PhD

Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neurobiology; Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center; Chief, Psychology Section in Psychiatry; Deputy Director, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (Yale CTSA)

Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Neurobiology

Child Study Center

Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program | Psychology Section: Division of Substance Abuse | Yale Stress Center

Research Interests

Stress; Relaxation; Chronic Disease; Addiction; Addictive behaviors; Clinical Prevention more...

Education

• Ph.D., Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, 1990
• Ph.D. Clin, Yale University, 1992

Selected Publications

• Arnsten AFT, Mazure C, Sinha R. This is your brain in meltdown. Scientific American, 2012, April, 48-53.
• Sinha R, Fox HC, Hong KI, Hansen J, Tuit K, Kreek MJ (2011) Effects of Adrenal Sensitivity, Stress- and Cue-Induced Craving, and Anxiety on Subsequent Alcohol Relapse and Treatment Outcomes. Arch Gen Psychiatry. May 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21536969.
• Potenza MN, Hong KI, Lacadie CM, Fulbright RK, Tuit KL, Sinha R. Neural correlates of stress-induced and cue-induced drug craving: influences of sex and cocaine dependence. Am J Psychiatry. 2012 Apr 1;169(4):406-14.

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