Dr. Hunt is Program Director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and the Combined Program in Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Brown University. He is Deputy Division Director for the DPHB Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Director of Inpatient and Intensive Services at Bradley Hospital. His areas of interest include pediatric mood disorders, suicidal behavior, and training and education. Dr. Hunt has been a co-investigator on a number of research grants including the NIMH funded Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth study and currently the Predicting Adult Outcomes in Bipolar Youth (PROBY) study. He serves on several national committees including AACAP, ACGME, and the ABPN. He is also the Senior Editor of the Brown Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Newsletter. Dr. Hunt graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin after receiving a BA from Carroll College of Montana (Magna cum laude) and Masters of Science in Biology at Montana State University. He completed general and child and adolescent psychiatry residency training at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (Now Drexel University).
| Bagatelas PHL, Hunt JI, Wolff JC. "Assessing the Quality of Patient Responses to a Psychosocial Intervention Implemented on an Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Unit: Devising the Safety Plan Quality Metric." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 105, no. 4, 2022, pp. 22-25. |
| Wagner E, Gottipaty A, Hunt JI, Boekamp JR. "Recognizing Suicidal Risk in Very Young Children." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 105, no. 4, 2022, pp. 36-39. |
| MacPherson HA, Kudinova AY, Schettini E, Jenkins GA, Gilbert AC, Thomas SA, Kim KL, Radoeva PD, Fenerci RLB, Yen S, Hower H, Hunt J, Keller MB, Dickstein DP. "Correction to: Relationship between cognitive flexibility and subsequent course of mood symptoms and suicidal ideation in young adults with childhood-onset bipolar disorder." European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021. |
| MacPherson, Heather A., Kudinova, Anastacia Y., Schettini, Elana, Jenkins, Gracie A., Gilbert, Anna C., Thomas, Sarah A., Kim, Kerri L., Radoeva, Petya D., Fenerci, Rebecca L. Babcock, Yen, Shirley, Hower, Heather, Hunt, Jeffrey, Keller, Martin B., Dickstein, Daniel P. "Relationship between cognitive flexibility and subsequent course of mood symptoms and suicidal ideation in young adults with childhood-onset bipolar disorder." European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 31, no. 2, 2021, pp. 299-312. |
| Nesi, Jacqueline, Burke, Taylor A., Extein, Jonathan, Kudinova, Anastacia Y., Fox, Kara A., Hunt, Jeffrey, Wolff, Jennifer C. "Social media use, sleep, and psychopathology in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 144, 2021, pp. 296-303. |
| Frazier, Elisabeth A., Hunt, Jeffrey I., Hower, Heather, Jones, Richard N., Birmaher, Boris, Strober, Michael, Goldstein, Benjamin I., Keller, Martin B., Goldstein, Tina R., Weinstock, Lauren M., Dickstein, Daniel P., Diler, Rasim S., Ryan, Neal D., Gill, Mary Kay, Axelson, David, Yen, Shirley. "Correlates, Course, and Outcomes of Increased Energy in Youth with Bipolar Disorder." Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 271, 2020, pp. 248-254. |
| Bettis, Alexandra H., Thompson, Elizabeth C., Burke, Taylor A., Nesi, Jacqueline, Kudinova, Anastacia Y., Hunt, Jeffrey I., Liu, Richard T., Wolff, Jennifer C. "Prevalence and clinical indices of risk for sexual and gender minority youth in an adolescent inpatient sample." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 130, 2020, pp. 327-332. |
| Hunt J, Brannan E, Sexson S. "Lifelong Learning for Professional Development in Psychiatry: Pedagogy, Innovations, and Maintenance of Certification." Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 42, no. 3, 2019, pp. 425-437. |
| Hower H, Lee EJ, Jones RN, Birmaher B, Strober M, Goldstein BI, Merranko J, Keller MB, Goldstein TR, Weinstock LM, Dickstein DP, Hunt JI, Diler RS, Ryan ND, Gill MK, Axelson D, Yen S. "Predictors of longitudinal psychosocial functioning in bipolar youth transitioning to adults." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 246, 2019, pp. 578-585. |
| Wolff JC, Frazier EA, Weatherall SL, Thompson AD, Liu RT, Hunt JI. "Piloting of COPES: An Empirically Informed Psychosocial Intervention on an Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Unit." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, vol. 28, no. 6, 2018, pp. 409-414. |
| Frazier EA, Swenson LP, Mullare T, Dickstein DP, Hunt JI. "Depression with Mixed Features in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients." Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 48, no. 3, 2017, pp. 393-399. |
| Dickstein DP, Axelson D, Weissman AB, Yen S, Hunt JI, Goldstein BI, Goldstein TR, Liao F, Gill MK, Hower H, Frazier TW, Diler RS, Youngstrom EA, Fristad MA, Arnold LE, Findling RL, Horwitz SM, Kowatch RA, Ryan ND, Strober M, Birmaher B, Keller MB. "Cognitive flexibility and performance in children and adolescents with threshold and sub-threshold bipolar disorder." European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 25, no. 6, 2016, pp. 625-38. |
| Hunt, Jeffrey, Schwarz, Charlotte M., Nye, Paul, Frazier, Elisabeth. "Is There a Bipolar Prodrome Among Children and Adolescents?." Current Psychiatry Reports, vol. 18, no. 4, 2016. |
| Yen S, Stout R, Hower H, Killam MA, Weinstock LM, Topor DR, Dickstein DP, Hunt JI, Gill MK, Goldstein TR, Goldstein BI, Ryan ND, Strober M, Sala R, Axelson DA, Birmaher B, Keller MB. "The influence of comorbid disorders on the episodicity of bipolar disorder in youth." Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. 133, no. 4, 2016, pp. 324-34. |
| Frazier, Elisabeth A., Liu, Richard T., Massing-Schaffer, Maya, Hunt, Jeffrey, Wolff, Jennifer, Spirito, Anthony. "Adolescent but Not Parent Report of Irritability Is Related to Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents." Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 20, no. 2, 2015, pp. 280-289. |
| Yen S, Frazier E, Hower H, Weinstock LM, Topor DR, Hunt J, Goldstein TR, Goldstein BI, Gill MK, Ryan ND, Strober M, Birmaher B, Keller MB. "Borderline personality disorder in transition age youth with bipolar disorder." Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. 132, no. 4, 2015, pp. 270-80. |
| Spirito, Anthony, Wolff, Jennifer C., Seaboyer, Lourah M., Hunt, Jeffrey, Esposito-Smythers, Christianne, Nugent, Nicole, Zlotnick, Caron, Miller, Ivan. "Concurrent Treatment for Adolescent and Parent Depressed Mood and Suicidality: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Findings." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, vol. 25, no. 2, 2015, pp. 131-139. |
| Siegel, Rebecca S., Hoeppner, Bettina, Yen, Shirley, Stout, Robert L., Weinstock, Lauren M., Hower, Heather M., Birmaher, Boris, Goldstein, Tina R., Goldstein, Benjamin I., Hunt, Jeffrey I., Strober, Michael, Axelson, David A., Gill, Mary Kay, Keller, Martin B. "Longitudinal associations between interpersonal relationship functioning and mood episode severity in youth with bipolar disorder." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 203, no. 3, 2015, pp. 194-204. |
| Brown RA, Abrantes AM, Minami H, Prince MA, Bloom EL, Apodaca TR, Strong DR, Picotte DM, Monti PM, MacPherson L, Matsko SV, Hunt JI. "Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Substance Use in Adolescents with Psychiatric Comorbidity." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 59, 2015, pp. 20-9. |
| Williams, Laurel L., Sexson, Sandra, Dingle, Arden D., Young-Walker, Laine, John, Nadyah, Hunt, Jeffrey. "Practical Applications for Maintenance of Certification Products in Child and Adolescent Residency Training." Academic Psychiatry, vol. 40, no. 2, 2015, pp. 309-313. |
| Hunt JI, Thomas CR. "ACGME Milestone development in general psychiatry: patient care and medical knowledge." Academic Psychiatry, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 261-7. |
| Hunt, Jeffrey I., Case, Brady G., Birmaher, Boris, Stout, Robert L., Dickstein, Daniel P., Yen, Shirley, Goldstein, Tina R., Goldstein, Benjamin I., Axelson, David A., Hower, Heather, Strober, Michael, Ryan, Neal, Swenson, Lance, Topor, David R., Gill, Mary Kay, Weinstock, Lauren M., Keller, Martin B. "Irritability and elation in a large bipolar youth sample: relative symptom severity and clinical outcomes over 4 years." J. Clin. Psychiatry, vol. 74, no. 01, 2013, pp. e110-7. |
| Hower H, Case BG, Hoeppner B, Yen S, Goldstein T, Goldstein B, Birmaher B, Weinstock L, Topor D, Hunt J, Strober M, Ryan N, Axelson D, Kay Gill M, Keller MB. "Use of mental health services in transition age youth with bipolar disorder." Journal of Psychiatric Practice, vol. 19, no. 6, 2013, pp. 464-76. |
| Dickstein DP, Brazel AC, Goldberg LD, Hunt JI. "Affect Regulation in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder." Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 405-20, ix. |
| Hunt J, Birmaher B, Leonard H, Strober M, Axelson D, Ryan N, Yang M, Gill M, Dyl J, Esposito-Smythers C, Swenson L, Goldstein B, Goldstein T, Stout R, Keller M. "Irritability without elation in a large bipolar youth sample: frequency and clinical description." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 48, no. 7, 2009, pp. 730-9. |
| Hunt J, Stubbe DE, Hanson M, Al-Mateen CS, Cuccio A, Dingle AD, Glowinski A, Guthrie E, Kelley K, Malloy EM, Mehlinger R, O'Melia A, Shatkin J, Anders TF. "A 2-year progress report of the AACAP-Harvard Macy Teaching Scholars Program." Academic Psychiatry, vol. 32, no. 5, 2008, pp. 414-9. |
| Hunt J, Barrett R, Grapentine WL, Liguori G, Trivedi HK. "Exposure to child and adolescent psychiatry for medical students: are there optimal "teaching perspectives"?." Academic Psychiatry, vol. 32, no. 5, 2008, pp. 357-61. |
| Swenson LP, Spirito A, Dyl J, Kittler J, Hunt JI. "Psychiatric correlates of nonsuicidal cutting behaviors in an adolescent inpatient sample." Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 39, no. 4, 2008, pp. 427-38. |
| Rende R, Birmaher B, Axelson D, Strober M, Gill MK, Valeri S, Chiappetta L, Ryan N, Leonard H, Hunt J, Iyengar S, Keller M. "Childhood-onset bipolar disorder: Evidence for increased familial loading of psychiatric illness." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 46, no. 2, 2007, pp. 197-204. |
| Rizzo CJ, Esposito-Smythers C, Swenson L, Birmaher B, Ryan N, Strober M, Chiappetta L, Valeri S, Hunt J, Axelson D, Leonard H, Keller M. "Factors associated with mental health service utilization among bipolar youth." Bipolar Disorders, vol. 9, no. 8, 2007, pp. 839-850. |
| Swenson LP, Esposito-Smythers C, Hunt JI, Hollander BL, Dyl J, Rizzo CJ, Steinley DL, Spirito A. "Validation of the Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (ChIPS) with psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 46, no. 11, 2007, pp. 1482-90. |
| Dyl J, Kittler J, Phillips KA, Hunt JI. "Body dysmorphic disorder and other clinically significant body image concerns in adolescent psychiatric inpatients: prevalence and clinical characteristics." Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, vol. 36, no. 4, 2006, pp. 369-82. |
| Esposito-Smythers C, Birmaher B, Valeri S, Chiappetta L, Hunt J, Ryan N, Axelson D, Strober M, Leonard H, Sindelar H, Keller M. "Child comorbidity, maternal mood disorder, and perceptions of family functioning among bipolar youth." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 45, no. 8, 2006, pp. 955-64. |
| Rende R, Birmaher B, Axelson D, Strober M, Gill MK, Valeri S, Chiappetta L, Ryan N, Leonard H, Hunt J, Iyengar S, Keller M. "Psychotic symptoms in pediatric bipolar disorder and family history of psychiatric illness." Journal of affective disorders, vol. 96, no. 1-2, 2006, pp. 127-31. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | MD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| 1983 | MS | Montana State University |
| 1979 | BA | Carroll College |
Cancro Academic Leadership Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
66th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
October 2019
Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
July 2019
Certificate of Recognition for Exemplary Teaching in
BIOL 3652 IMS: Brain Sciences
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
July 2019
Triple Board Kudos Award for Excellence in Teaching
June 2019
Outstanding Mentor Award
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 64th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
October 2018
Elected Member
American College of Psychiatrists - San Antonio, Texas
February 2014
Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award - Alpert Medical School of Brown University May 2012
Distinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association December 2011
Distinguished Fellow American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
September 2011
Henrietta L. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Alpert Medical School of Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior June 2011
Excellence in Teaching Award
Combined Residency in Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry June 2011
American Society of Business Publication Editors 2010 Gold Award - Newsletter Feature Article The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update
Outstanding Teaching Award in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown Medical School
2005 - 2006
Harvard Macy Program for Physician Educators
Teacher Scholar Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2005
Special Recognition in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Award
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown Medical School
June 2003
Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical Faculty
Brown Medical School
May 2003
Excellence in Teaching Award Region I (RI, CT, MA, NH, VT, ME)
Association of Academic Psychiatry Annual Meeting
Toronto, Ontario
October 2002
Outstanding Teaching Award in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown Medical School
2000-2001
Citation in The Best Doctors in America - Northeast Region
Woodward and White, Inc.
1996-present
Recognition Award for Outstanding Inpatient and
Outpatient Services, Northern Rhode Island Community
Mental Health Center
May 1996
Meritorious Service Medal
United States Air Force
July 1992
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association
American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training
Association of Academic Psychiatry
Harvard Macy Institute
American Medical Association
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
