CDI for Psychiatry
Holly Swartz

Holly Swartz, M.D.

Dr. Swartz' research focuses on optimizing psychosocial treatments for mood disorders. She is currently testing the impact of maternal depression treatment on offspring also receiving treatment and the role of psychotherapy in the management of Bipolar II disorder. She is also interested in the process of moving efficacious psychosocial interventions to routine practice settings.

Positions

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Consultant, Early Head Start, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Education

  • M.D., 1990, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

 

Relevant Publications

  • Grote NK, Swartz HA, Geibel SL, Zuckoff A, Houck PR, Frank E. A randomized controlled trial of culturally relevant, brief interpersonal psychotherapy for perinatal depression. Psychiatr Serv. 2009;60(3):313-321.
  • Swartz HA, Frank E, Frankel D, Novick P, Houck P. Psychotherapy as monotherapy for the treatment of bipolar II depression: a proof of concept study. Bipolar Disord. February 2009;11(1):89-94.
  • Cyranowski JM, Swartz HA, Hofkens TL, Frank E. Emotional and cardiovascular reactivity to a child-focused interpersonal stressor among depressed mothers of psychiatrically ill children. Depress Anxiety. 2009;26(2):110-116.
  • Frank E, Soreca I, Swartz HA, Fagiolini AM, Mallinger AG, Thase ME, Grochocinski VJ, Houck PR, Kupfer DJ. The role of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy in improving occupational functioning in patients with bipolar I disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165(12):1559-1565.
  • Swartz HA, Frank E, Zuckoff A, Cyranowski JM, Houck PR, Cheng Y, Fleming MA, Grote NK, Brent DA, Shear MK. Brief interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed mothers whose children are receiving psychiatric treatment. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165(9):1155-1162.