Alyson Nakamura, M.D.

Medical School

University of Arizona College of Medicine (2001)

Internship

Parkland Health & Hospital System (2002)

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2005), Psychiatry

• Co-occuring mood and substance use disorders
• Psychotherapy education

Featured Publications

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Escitalopram in Patients with Asthma and Major Depressive Disorder.

Brown ES, Sayed N, Van Enkevort E, Kulikova A, Nakamura A, Khan DA, Ivleva EI, Sunderajan P, Bender BG, Holmes T J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2018 Feb

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Citicoline for Cocaine Dependence in Bipolar I Disorder.

Brown ES, Todd JP, Hu LT, Schmitz JM, Carmody TJ, Nakamura A, Sunderajan P, Rush AJ, Adinoff B, Bret ME, Holmes T, Lo A Am J Psychiatry 2015 May appiajp201514070857

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pregnenolone for Bipolar Depression.

Brown ES, Park J, Marx CE, Hynan LS, Gardner C, Davila D, Nakamura A, Sunderajan P, Lo A, Holmes T Neuropsychopharmacology 2014 Jun

Randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of memantine for cognitive changes with corticosteroid therapy.

Brown ES, Vazquez M, Nakamura A Biol. Psychiatry 2008 Oct 64 8 727-9

• Chief Resident
  UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry (2005)
• Magna cum laude
  Wellesley College (1997)

• American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (2017)