FACULTY

Contact Information

schiffma@umbc.edu

Lab:
Sondheim Hall 413
p.410-455-1586/1535

Status:

Accepting new students for Fall 2013

Lab

Jason Schiffman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Education

Area of Study

Clinical Psychology

Research Interests

Dr. Schiffman's research focuses on the scientific understanding of the origins of, and treatment and assessment for, schizophrenia-spectrum (“spectrum”) disorders in children and young adults. His work is defined into three overlapping themes including, 1) “premorbid” spectrum research, 2) “prodromal” research, and 3) clinical services research for young people with spectrum disorders.

Selected Publications

Kline, E.*, Wilson, C.*, Ereshefsky, S.*, Denenny, D.*, Thompson, E.*, Schiffman, J., Pitts, S., Bussell, K., & Reeves, G. (in press). Psychosis risk screening in youth: A validation study of three self-report measures of attenuated psychosis symptoms. Schizophrenia Research.

Kline, E.*, Wilson, C.*, Ereshefsky, S.*, Nugent, K.*, Schiffman, J, Pitts, S., & Reeves, G. (in press). Schizotypy, psychotic-like experiences and distress: An interaction model. Psychiatry Research.

Jacobs, E.*, Kline, E.*, & Schiffman, J. (in press). Defining "Treatment as Usual" for Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome: A survey of community Practitioners. Psychiatric Services.

Golembo, S.*, Schiffman, J., Kline, E., Sorensen, H., Mortensen, E., Stapleton, L., Hayashi, K., Michelsen, N., Ekstrom, M., & Mednick, S. (2012). Premorbid Multivariate Markers of Neurodevelopmental Instability in the Prediction of Adult Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorder: A High-Risk Prospective Investigation. Schizophrenia Research, 139, 129, 135.

Kline, E.*, Wilson, C.*, Ereshefsky, S.*, Tsuji, T.*, Schiffman, J., Pitts, S., & Reeves, G. (2012). Convergent and discriminant psychosis screening tools. Schizophrenia Research, 134, 49-53.

Sørensen, H.J., Mortensen, E.L., Schiffman, J, Denenny, D., & Mednick, S.A. (2010. Premorbid IQ and adult schizophrenia spectrum disorder: Verbal and performance subtests. Psychiatry Research.

Sørensen, H.J., Mortensen, E.L., Schiffman, J, Reinisch, J., Maeda, J., & Mednick, S.A. (2010). Early developmental milestones and risk of schizophrenia. A 45-year follow-up of the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort. Schizophrenia Research.

Schiffman, J., Sorensen, H.J., Maeda, J., Mortensen, E.L., Victoroff, J., Hayashi, K., Michelsen, N.M., Ekstrom, M., & Mednick, S.A. (2009). Childhood motor coordination and adult schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166, 1041-1047.

Schiffman, J., Chorpita, B.F., Daleiden, E.L., Maeda, J., & Nakamura, B. (2008). Service Profile of Youths with Schizophrenia-Spectrum Diagnoses. Children and Youth Services Review, 30, 427-436.