Thalia Robakis - Psychiatry | Mount Sinai

About Me

Dr. Robakis is a psychiatrist with clinical and research interests in perinatal mood disorders and in the contribution of early life experiences to adult mental health and illness. She completed her M.D. as well as a Ph.D. in developmental neurobiology at Columbia University’s Medical Scientist Training Program, residency training in psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a research fellowship in perinatal mood disorders also at Stanford. She is an expert in the management of psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and the postpartum period. She takes a holistic approach to patient care including providing or recommending behavioral, psychosocial, psychotherapeutic, pharmacological, and neurostimulatory interventions as necessary and appropriate for each mother/infant dyad. She wants all new moms to remember that the best gift they can give their babies is a calm, happy, and well-rested mother.

Language

English

Position

SENIOR FACULTY | Psychiatry

Hospital Affiliations

Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai West

Research Topics

Developmental Neurobiology, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, Neurobiology, Psychiatry

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Clinical Focus

Education

MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

n/a, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry

Residency, Psychiatry

Stanford University Medical Center

Awards

2019

Departmental Innovator Scholarly Project Grant

Stanford University Department of Psychiatry

2019

Maternal and Child Health Research Institute Clinician Educator Grant

Stanford University

2018

Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics seed funding

Stanford University

2015

NARSAD Young Investigator Grant

Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

2013

Biennial Perinatal Mental Health Conference Travel Award

Perinatal Mental Health Conference

2013

APA Junior Investigator Research Colloquium participant

American Psychiatric Association

2002

Hellenic Medical Society of New York Medical Scholarship

Hellenic Medical Society of New York

1999

Phi Beta Kappa

Barnard College

Research

Insecure attachment style is a major predictive factor for perinatal depression. Alterations in DNA methylation associated with perinatal depression may help identify biological pathways through which early life experiences exert their effects on outcomes in adulthood. Distinct patterns of DNA methylation associated with attachment insecurity, early life stress, and concurrent mood disruption in pregnant and postpartum women suggest that difficulty with the role transition to parenthood, a phenomenon long described by psychotherapists, may be a primary contributor to depression specific to the perinatal period. This work represents a contribution to the ongoing synthesis of psychological, psychiatric, and neurobiological paradigms.

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Publications

Publications:44

Selected Publications

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Industry Relationships

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Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

Reunion Neuroscience

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Thalia Robakis, MD, PhD

Psychiatry

About Me

Language

Position

Hospital Affiliations

Research Topics

About Me

Language

Position

Hospital Affiliations

Research Topics

Clinical Focus

Education

MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

n/a, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry

Residency, Psychiatry

Awards

Research

Insurance Information

Publications

Selected Publications

Industry Relationships