Clinical Interests
Personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Research Interests
Stress neuropeptides
EEG
Childhood Trauma
The University of Chicago
Post-doctor Research Fellowship - EEG and Neuroscience
2007
Rush Medical School
Chief Residency - General Adult Psychiatry
2000
Rush Medical School
Residency - General Adult Psychiatry
1999
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
MD
1996
Northwestern University
BA
1992
Neuronal responses in social-emotional information processing in impulsive aggressive individuals.
Coccaro EF, Keedy S, Malina M, Lee R, Phan KL. Neuronal responses in social-emotional information processing in impulsive aggressive individuals. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2022 05; 47(6):1249-1255.
PMID: 35277651
Adolescents are more sensitive than adults to acute behavioral and cognitive effects of THC.
Murray CH, Huang Z, Lee R, de Wit H. Adolescents are more sensitive than adults to acute behavioral and cognitive effects of THC. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2022 06; 47(7):1331-1338.
PMID: 35110688
Repeated low doses of LSD in healthy adults: A placebo-controlled, dose-response study.
de Wit H, Molla HM, Bershad A, Bremmer M, Lee R. Repeated low doses of LSD in healthy adults: A placebo-controlled, dose-response study. Addict Biol. 2022 03; 27(2):e13143.
PMID: 35106880
Associations of agression and use of caffeine, alcohol and nicotine in healthy and aggressive individuals.
Shima C, Lee R, Coccaro EF. Associations of agression and use of caffeine, alcohol and nicotine in healthy and aggressive individuals. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 02; 146:21-27.
PMID: 34942448
Low doses of LSD reduce broadband oscillatory power and modulate event-related potentials in healthy adults.
Murray CH, Tare I, Perry CM, Malina M, Lee R, de Wit H. Low doses of LSD reduce broadband oscillatory power and modulate event-related potentials in healthy adults. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2022 Jun; 239(6):1735-1747.
PMID: 34613430
Neuronal responses to adverse social threat in healthy human subjects.
Coccaro EF, Keedy S, Lee R, Phan KL. Neuronal responses to adverse social threat in healthy human subjects. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 04; 136:47-53.
PMID: 33556904
Disordered Aggression and Violence in the United States.
Coccaro EF, Lee RJ. Disordered Aggression and Violence in the United States. J Clin Psychiatry. 2020 03 17; 81(2).
PMID: 32220154
Narcissistic and Borderline Personality Disorders: Relationship With Oxidative Stress.
Lee RJ, Gozal D, Coccaro EF, Fanning J. Narcissistic and Borderline Personality Disorders: Relationship With Oxidative Stress. J Pers Disord. 2020 03; 34(Suppl):6-24.
PMID: 32186978
Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Stress-Induced Cigarette Craving in Daily Smokers.
Van Hedger K, Bershad AK, Lee R, de Wit H. Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Stress-Induced Cigarette Craving in Daily Smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 01 27; 22(1):89-95.
PMID: 30085292
Preliminary Report on the Effects of a Low Dose of LSD on Resting-State Amygdala Functional Connectivity.
Bershad AK, Preller KH, Lee R, Keedy S, Wren-Jarvis J, Bremmer MP, de Wit H. Preliminary Report on the Effects of a Low Dose of LSD on Resting-State Amygdala Functional Connectivity. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 04; 5(4):461-467.
PMID: 32033922