Frank, Ellen

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine (Secondary appointment in Dept. of Psychology)
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Program

812 Bellefield Towers
412-246-5550
Fax: 412-
franke@msx.upmc.edu

Accepting Graduate Students: No

Frank, E., Cyranowski, J.M., Rucci, P., Shear, M.K., Fagiolini, A., Thase, M.E., Cassano, G.B., Grochocinski, V.J., Kostelnik, B. and Kupfer, D.J. Clinical significance of lifetime panic spectrum symptoms in the treatment of patients with bipolar 1 disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry (in press).
Swartz, H.A. and Frank, E. Psychotherapy for bipolar depression: A phase-specific treatment strategy? Bipolar Disorders - An International Journal of Psychiatry and Neurosciences. 3:11-22, 2001.
Frank E, Shear MK, Rucci P, Cyranowski JM, Endicott J, Fagiolini A, Grochocinski VJ, Houck P, Kupfer DJ, Maser JD, Cassano GB. Influence of panic-agoraphobic spectrum symptomatology on treatment response in patients with recurrent major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157:1101-1107, 2000. (Abstract-html)
Frank E, Anderson B, Reynolds CF, Ritenous A, Kupfer DJ. Life events and the RDC endogenous subtype: A confirmation of the distinction using the Bedford College methods. Archives of General Psychiatry. 1994; 51:519-524. (Abstract-html)
Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Perel JM, Cornes CL, Jarrett D, Mallinger A, Thase M, McEachran AB, Grochocinski VJ. Three year outcomes for maintenance therapies in recurrent depression. Archives of General Psychiatry. 1990; 47:1093-1099 (Abstract-html)

Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (1999-present)
The 1999 Association for Clinical Psychosocial Research Gerald L. Klerman Award for Mentorship (1999)
The 1999 American Psychopathological Association Joseph Zubin Award (jointly with David J. Kupfer, M.D.) (1999)
National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association Gerald L. Klerman Lifetime Research Award (1996)
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1995-1996)