Ian Cook (psychiatrist)
| Ian Cook | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 1, 1960 |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
Ian Ainsworth Cook (born May 1, 1960) is an American psychiatrist. He is an associate professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles's David Geffen School of Medicine. He is also a research scientist at the Neuropsychiatric Institute and the Brain Research Institute at UCLA. He serves as director of the UCLA Depression Research Program[1] and associate director of the UCLA Laboratory of Brain, Behavior, and Pharmacology.[2] Cook holds the Joanne and George Miller & Family Chair in Depression Research.[3][4]
Education and training
Cook graduated from Princeton University before going to the Yale University School of Medicine where he received his M.D. degree. He completed his residency training in psychiatry at UCLA before joining the faculty and becoming ABPN certified in psychiatry.[3]
Professional activities
Cook was president of the West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry from 2007 to 2009[5] and is a member of the Executive Committee on Practice Guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association.[6]
Research
Cook's work has largely focused on the care of mental disorders and disorders of complex human behavior. He is a co-inventor of the cordance method for studying regional brain activity with electroencephalograms.
Research by Cook and his colleagues has shown that past use of antidepressants can influence the brain's reaction to antidepressant placebos,[7] that standard advice on diet and exercise for heart health can also lead to better brain health,[8] that different types of advertisement evoke different types of brain activity,[9] that electroencephalogram measurements could predict the outcome of antidepressant drug treatment on an individual patient long before the drugs make any observable changes to the patient's moods,[10][11] and that electrical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve can be an effective alternative to drug therapy for depression.[4]
References
- ↑ UCLA Depression Research Project
- ↑ UCLA Laboratory of Brain, Behavior and Pharmacology
- 1 2 Faculty profile, UCLA School of Medicine, retrieved 2012-04-29.
- 1 2 "Non-Invasive Therapy Significantly Improves Depression, Researchers Say", ScienceDaily, September 3, 2010.
- ↑ West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry officers for 2007–2009, retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ American Psychiatric Association (2006), American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: Compendium 2006, ISBN 9780890423851.
- ↑ "Does the brain 'remember' antidepressants?", Drug Week, April 13, 2012, (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Healthy Heart Habits Promote Healthier Brains", ScienceDaily, February 23, 2004.
- ↑ "How advertisers seduce, not persuade consumers to buy products", The Economic Times, September 21, 2011.
- ↑ Hansen, Liane; Ydstie, John (June 13, 2002), "Analysis: Researchers find simple, non-invasive test to predict whether antidepressant medications will work or not", NPR, (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "UCLA Researchers Check Brain Waves To Predict Effectiveness Of Antidepressants", ScienceDaily, June 12, 2002.