Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Overview

Dr. Weinstock is a clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown, where she conducts research on the development and evaluation of adjunctive behavioral interventions for severe mood disorders and suicide prevention, delivered at highly vulnerable transitions in care (e.g., from inpatient to outpatient treatment, following ED discharge, and from criminal legal to community settings). Exemplary of her research program is her current work as MPI of the NIMH-funded National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention (NCHATS; P50MH127512), her experiences as MPI of the multi-site Suicide Prevention for at-risk Individuals in Transition study (SPIRIT; U01MH106660), and as co-developer of the Coping Long-Term with Active Suicide Program (CLASP; Oxford University Press, 2022). She has published over 100 scholarly works and has been PI or Co-I on over 30 federal and foundation grants and contracts with over $85M in total costs.

In addition to her active engagement in research, Dr. Weinstock has been an active and energetic member of the Clinical Psychology Training Consortium at Brown. In this capacity, she has provided clinical and research supervision at the internship and postdoctoral levels and has served in multiple leadership roles within the clinical psychology training program, including in her current role as Director of Internship Training. She is Co-Director of Brown’s NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Suicide Research and Associate Director of Brown’s Consortium for Research Innovation in Suicide Prevention.

Outside of Brown, Dr. Weinstock has served as a standing member of the NIMH Mental Health Services Research (SERV) study section, sits on the Scientific Advisory of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, is a standing member of the NIMH Data Safety and Monitoring Board, and has served on the editorial boards of Behavior Therapy and the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science (formerly the Journal of Abnormal Psychology). She has provided consultation to numerous additional national and international workgroups on best practices in research and treatment of serious mental illness and suicide prevention.

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