Specialty Areas: trauma and resilience, responses to stress, ADHD, mood, anxiety and attachment disorders, and cross-cultural psychiatry
Natalie Weder, M.D., is a Leon Levy Research Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience here at the NYU Child Study Center. Dr. Weder's areas of expertise include trauma and resilience, responses to stress, mood, anxiety and attachment disorders, and cross-cultural psychiatry.
Dr. Weder graduated from our residency program in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine. Prior to joining the NYU Child Study Center, Dr. Weder completed her adult psychiatry training at Yale University, where she became interested in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect and the development of resiliency in children, as well as doing translational research with maltreated children.
Dr. Weder is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She has received fellowships through the APA, the American Academy of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, and the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Weder has published in the areas of neuroimaging in mood disorders, child abuse and neglect, and resiliency.
Dr. Weder has received multiple awards, including the Pilot Research Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Peter Henderson Award by the American Academy of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, and the Laughlin Fellowship, given annually by the American College of Psychiatrists to the 10 residents from the U.S. and Canada who are most likely to make a significant contribution to the field of psychiatry. Finally, she is the recipient of the 2010 Robinson Cunningham Award given by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the best paper by a resident. She is a guest editor for the American Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the co-editor of two books: Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry and Clinical Assessments in Psychiatry.
Books by Dr. Weder
Clinical Assessments in Psychiatry: Mastering Skills and Passing Exams contains case vignettes and discussions to help residents, fellows, and practitioners maximize their competency in performing clinical assessments in psychiatry. Derived from a highly successful course at Yale University, the book focuses on the key clinical skills emphasized by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in residency training and on the oral board examination. These skills include physician-patient relationship; psychiatric interview, including mental-status exam; case presentations; live patient; case formulation; differential diagnosis; and treatment interventions. A companion website contains videos demonstrating interview skills and patient assessments.
Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry is a question-and-answer review book that prepares resident and practicing psychiatrists for all types of standardized examinations, including the PRITE, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology written exam, and recertification exams. The book contains 2,000 multiple-choice questions divided into ten 200-question tests, and each test covers all psychiatry and neurology topics in the ABPN curriculum. An answer section with complete answers, explanations, and references for further review follows each test. All of the questions are available on a companion Website, so that readers can take the tests online.
