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Emine Ayvaci, M.D.

Emine Ayvaci, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Psychiatry

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  • Biography

    Emine Rabia Ayvaci is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW). She currently works as a child & adolescent psychiatrist at the Children's hospital Psychiatry Clinic. She also works as a research faculty at the Center for Depression Research at the UTSW. She obtained her medical degree from the Hacettepe University Medical School in Ankara, Turkey. She completed a psychiatry research track residency and child psychiatry fellowship at the UTSW Medical School. During her training, she worked on projects that explored health care access for underserved populations. She continues her clinical and research efforts with a focus on pediatric populations suffering from depressive disorders.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Hacettepe Universitesi TIP Fakultesi-Turkey (2010)
    Residency
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2018), Psychiatry
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2021), Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Research Interest
    • Pediatric Depression
    • Suicide
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Clinical correlates of anxious depression in youth from the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network (TX-YDSRN).
    Ayvaci ER, Nandy K, Gorman A, Minhajuddin A, Riddle D, Storch EA, Soutullo CA, Hettema JM, Slater H, Wakefield SM, Trivedi MH, J Affect Disord 2024 Jul 362 510-517
    Problematic substance use in depressed adolescents: Prevalence and clinical correlates.
    Marino EN, Jha MK, Minhajuddin A, Ayvaci ER, Levinson S, Pipes R, Emslie GJ, Trivedi MH, Addict Behav Rep 2024 Jun 19 100539
    Treatment of Adolescent Depression: Comparison of Psychiatric and Pediatric Settings at an Academic Medical Center Using the VitalSign6 Application.
    Ayvaci ER, Minhajuddin A, Elmore JS, Yagnik K, Jha MK, Emslie GJ, Mayes TL, Trivedi MH, J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2024 Jan
    Special Populations: Treatment-Resistant Depression in Children and Adolescents.
    Ayvaci ER, Croarkin PE, Psychiatr Clin North Am 2023 Jun 46 2 359-370
    Characterizing inflammatory profiles of suicidal behavior in adolescents: Rationale and design.
    Chin Fatt C, Ayvaci ER, Jha MK, Emslie G, Gibson S, Minhajuddin AT, Mayes TL, Farrar JD, Trivedi MH, J Affect Disord 2023 Mar 325 55-61
    Bringing Psychiatry into the Mosque: Analysis of a Community Psychoeducation Intervention.
    Mushtaq SB, Ayvaci ER, Hashimi M, North CS, J Psychiatr Pract 2020 05 26 3 249-257
    Satisfaction with justice and desire for revenge in survivors of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York City's World Trade Center.
    Zettl RE, Page LE, Bhatti SM, Duong K, Patel T, Dykema JR, Whitney M, Ayvaci ER, North CS, Sonis J, Behav Sci Terror Polit Aggress 2020 12 4 307-323
    A qualitative analysis of satisfaction with justice and desire for revenge in survivors of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York City's World Trade Center.
    Meagan W, Ayvaci ER, Bhatti SM, Karen D, Page LE, Tulsie P, Zettl RE, John D, Jeffrey S, Pollio DE, North CS, Peace Confl 2019 Aug 25 3 246-254
    A mixed methods study of satisfaction with justice and desire for revenge in survivors of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York City's World Trade Center.
    Ayvaci ER, Pollio DE, Sonis J, Bhatti SM, North CS Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2019 Feb e1772
    Longitudinal Cost of Services in a Homeless Sample with Cocaine Use Disorder.
    Ayvaci ER, Pollio DE, Hong BA, North CS, J Soc Distress Homeless 2019 28 2 132-138