Graham Emslie, M.D.
Professor

Dr. Emslie obtained his undergraduate degree and M.D. at Aberdeen University in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1974. Dr. Emslie did his internship at Aberdeen Hospitals, Scotland in general medicine and neurosurgery. He did his residency training in general psychiatry at the University of Rochester, NY and child psychiatry at Stanford University, where he also completed a research fellowship. Dr. Emslie joined the U.T. Southwestern Faculty in 1981. He has served as Director for both the inpatient and outpatient units of Children’s Medical Center’s Psychiatry Division. Dr. Emslie's clinical expertise is in the area of child and adolescent depression. Dr. Emslies research foci are in the areas of conducting efficacy and effectiveness trials with medications and psychotherapy for children and adolescents with depression, anxiety disorders, and attention-deficit disorder. He is also involved with developing and evaluating medication algorithm protocols for children and adolescents with depression. Dr. Emslie is active in the following professional organizations: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, Society of Biological Psychiatry, and the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is also on several committees, including the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Interventions Committee, NIMH Child Council Work Group, and the Corporate Contributions and Research Committee for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In addition, he serves on the editorial board for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He also past President for the Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Emslie has written over 60 papers and 17 chapters. He is known internationally for his work in the treatment of pediatric depression. In 2003, he was awarded the Klingenstein Third generation Foundation Award for his work in this field.

Medical School

Aberdeen University (1974)

Internship

Aberdeen General Hospitals (1975), General Medicine/neurosurgery

Residency

Rochester Psychiatric Center (1978), Psychiatry

Residency

Stanford University Hospital (1980), Child Psychiatry

Fellowship

Stanford University Hospital (1981), Child Psychiatry

Residency

Stanford University Hospital (1981), Child Psychiatry

• Integration of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in the treatment of pediatric depression
• Pediatric depression
• Pharmacological treatment of depression in children and adolescents
• Suicidal behavior in youth
• Treatment-resistant depression

Featured Publications

Fluoxetine for acute treatment of depression in children and adolescents: A placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.

Emslie GJ, Heiligenstein JH, Wagner KD, Hoog SL, Ernest DE, Brown E, Neilsson M, Jacobson JG J Am Acad Child & Adolesc Psychiatry, 2002 41(10) 1205-1215

Mood disorders in children and adolescents: Psychopharmacological treatment

Emslie GJ, Mayes TL. Biol Psychiatry 2001 49 1082-1090

Fluoxetine in child and adolescent depression: Acute and maintenance treatment

Emslie GJ, Rush AJ, Weinberg WA, Kowatch RA, Carmody T, Mayes TL Depression and Anxiety 1998 7 32-39

A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine in depressed children and adolescents

Emslie GJ, Rush AJ, Weinberg WA, Kowatch RA, Hughes, CW, Carmody T, Rintelmann JW Arch Gen Psychiatry 1997 54 1031-1037

A feasibility study of the Childhood MDD Medication Algorithm: The Texas Children`s Medication Algorithm Project (CMAP).

Emslie, GJ, Hughes CW, Crismon ML, Lopez, M, Pliszka S, Toprac, M, Boemer C. Journal of the American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2004 43(5) 519-27

Predictors of response to treatment in children and adolescents with mood disorders.

Emslie GJ, Mayes TL, Laptook RS, Batt M. The Psychiatric clinics of North America. Depression: Recent Developments and Innovative Treatments. Rosenbaum JF, Dunner DL (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA 2003 435-456

Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): Rationale, design, and methods

Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study Team Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2003 42 531-542

• Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide
  (2003)
• Joseph Fischhoff, M.D., Honorary Lectureship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Children`s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
  (2002)
• Mental Health Association`s Pamela Blumenthal Memorial Prism Award
  (2000)
• ADDA-SR Award
  (1996)

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Psychiatric Association
• Society of Biological Psychiatry
• Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians