About Dr. Duan

Books & Chapters

• Managing ADHD Workbook for Women: Exercises and Strategies to Improve Focus, Motivation, and Confidence, by Christy Duan MD, Kathleen Fentress Tripp PMHNP-BC, Beata Lewis MD - published by Rockridge Press, ISBN: 978-1638783039 (May 3, 2022) 

• Creative CBT with Youth: Clinical Applications Using Humor, Play, Superheroes, and Improvisation, Chapter "Clinical Applications of Steven Universe in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy," by Christy Duan MD, Gian Ramos Monserrate MD, Elaine Shen MD, Rishi Chelminski MS BCBA LBA, Diana Mujialli MD & Mamatha Challa MD, Editors: Robert D. Friedberg PhD ABPP & Erica V. Rozmid PhD ACT - published by Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-99669-7, (July 15, 2022)

• Biomarkers of Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, "Chapter 13 - Functional MRI biomarkers of peripartum psychiatric disorders," by Megan Hare MA, Christy Duan MD and Kristina M. Deligiannidis MD, Editors: Jennifer L. Payne MD & Lauren M. Osborne MD - published by Academic Press, ISBN: 9780128155080 (September 28, 2019)

• Psychiatry of Pandemics: A Mental Health Response to Infection Outbreak, "Chapter 4: Societal, Public, and Emotional Epidemiological Aspects of a Pandemic," by Christy Duan MD, Howard Linder MD, Damir Huremović MD, Editor: Damir Huremović MD - published by SpringerLink, ISBN: 978-3-030-15346-5 (May 19, 2019)

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Research & Academic Publications

• "Keeping Families together: Tools for Supporting Parents with Mental Illness in Cases of Child Welfare Involvement" by Yardana Kaufman, MD; Sarah Reinstein, MD; Nafisa Reza, MD; Christy Duan, MD - Breakout Session, Postpartum Support International 2019 Annual Conference (Portland, Oregon - June 29, 2019, 9:30-10:30a)

• "Enhancing Knowledge of Peripartum Mental Illness" by Christy Duan, MD - Oral Presentation, Zucker Hillside Hospital Grand Rounds (Glen Oaks, NY - April 3, 2019)

• "Examining the relationship between perinatal depression and neurodevelopment in infants and children through structural and functional neuroimaging research" by Dr. Christy Duan, Megan M. Hare, Morganne Staring, Dr. Kristina M. Deligiannidis - Academic Article, International Review of Psychiatry (January 2019) 

• "Of Motherhood and Mania: Clinical Pearls for Pharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Approaches Across Treatment Settings" by Lisa Testa, PhD; Ariela Frieder, MD; Kalli Feldman, PhD; Jessica Cosgrove, DO; Christy Duan, MD - Breakout Session, Postpartum Support International 2018 Annual Conference (Houston, TX - July 14, 2018, 2:30-4:00p)

• "A Case of Mistaken Identity: Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Masquerading as Lewy Body Dementia in an HIV Patient" by Dr. Christy Duan, Dr. Adam Berns, Dr. Howard Linder - Poster Presentation, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2017 Annual Meeting (Palm Springs, CA - November 8-11, 2017)

• "Getting to the Heart of the Matter: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Patient With Prolonged QTc in the Context of Loperamide Toxicity" by Dr. Christy Duan, Dr. Howard Linder, Dr. Damir Huremovic - Poster Presentation, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2017 Annual Meeting (Palm Springs, CA - November 8-11, 2017)

• "Understanding Peripartum Depression Through Neuroimaging: a Review of Structural and Functional Connectivity and Molecular Imaging Research" by Dr. Christy Duan, Dr. Jessica Cosgrove, Dr. Kristina M. Deligiannidis - Academic Article, Current Psychiatry Reports (October 2017)

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Speaking & Presentations

• "Trauma, Neural Networks, and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy" by Christy Duan, MD - Child and Adolescent Grand Rounds, Zucker Hillside Hospital (Glen Oaks, NY; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - April 8, 2021, 11:00a-12:00p)

• "Getting Animated in a Queer New World: Steven Universe as a Socially Conscious Cartoon for Exploring and Understanding Sexuality and Gender Diversity" by Diana Mujalli, MD, Christy Duan, MD, Myo Thwin Myint, MD, Amy Curtis, MD, and Mamatha Challa, MD, Dayle Peeples, MD - General Session 1444, American Psychiatric Association 2021 Annual Conference (Los Angeles, California; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - May 2, 2021, 11:30a-1:00p)

• "Depression Identification & Management" by Vanesa Disla, MD and Christy Duan, MD - Case Presentation and Lecture, Cohen Children's Medical Center Global Health Rotation with India (Chennai, India; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - February 8, 2021, 8:30-9:30a)

• "Trauma & Stressor-Related Disorders" by Christy Duan, MD - Lecture Series, Cohen Children's Medical Center Global Health Rotation with North Dakota (Three Affiliated Tribes - Mandan, Hidasta, and Arikara; Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; New Town, North Dakota; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - November 3, 2020, 1-2p)

• "Substance Use in the Pediatric Population" by Christy Duan, MD - Lecture Series, Cohen Children's Medical Center Global Health Rotation with North Dakota (Three Affiliated Tribes - Mandan, Hidasta, and Arikara; Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; New Town, North Dakota; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - October 27, 2020, 1-2p)

• ​"Gun Violence in Youth: Providing Tools and Resources to Help Providers Combat This Crisis" by chair Christy Duan, MD and co-presenters Scott Krakower, DO and Ruth Waldbaum, MD - Special Interest Study Group 7, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2020 Annual Conference (San Francisco, California; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - October 24, 2020, 12:30-2p)

• "Suicide in the Pediatric Population" by Christy Duan, MD - Lecture Series, Cohen Children's Medical Center Global Health Rotation with North Dakota (Three Affiliated Tribes - Mandan, Hidasta, and Arikara; Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; New Town, North Dakota; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - October 20, 2020, 1-2p)

• "Restoring Harmony With Authenticity: LGBTQ Asian-American Youth Mental Health" by Chairs A. Ning Zhou, MD and Annie Li, MD; Discussant Yiu Kee Warren Ng, MD; Co-presenters Jordan A. Wong, MD, Betty (Chang) Wang, MD, A. Ning Zhou, MD, Christy Duan, MD- Clinical Perspectives 6, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2020 Annual Conference (San Francisco, California; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - October 19, 2020, 2:30-3p)

• "Coming Out of the Closet and Into Racial, Gender, and Sexual Identity: Case-Based Learning" by Christy Duan, MD - Clinical Perspectives 6.4, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2020 Annual Conference (San Francisco, California; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - October 19, 2020, 2:30-3p)

• "Pediatric Anxiety & Mood Disorders" by Christy Duan, MD - Lecture Series, Cohen Children's Medical Center Global Health Rotation with North Dakota (Three Affiliated Tribes - Mandan, Hidasta, and Arikara; Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; New Town, North Dakota; held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic - October 15, 2020, 1-2p) 

• "Keeping Families together: Tools for Supporting Parents with Mental Illness in Cases of Child Welfare Involvement" by Yardana Kaufman, MD; Sarah Reinstein, MD; Nafisa Reza, MD; Christy Duan, MD - Breakout Session, Postpartum Support International 2019 Annual Conference (Portland, Oregon - June 29, 2019, 9:30-10:30a)​

• "Enhancing Knowledge of Peripartum Mental Illness" by Christy Duan, MD - Oral Presentation, Zucker Hillside Hospital Grand Rounds (Glen Oaks, NY - April 3, 2019)

• "Of Motherhood and Mania: Clinical Pearls for Pharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Approaches Across Treatment Settings" by Lisa Testa, PhD, Ariela Frieder, MD, Kalli Feldman, PhD, Jessica Cosgrove, MD, Christy Duan, MD - Oral Presentation, Postpartum Support International 2018 Annual Conference (Houston, TX - July 14, 2018 from 2:30p-4:00p)

• ​"Non-Neurotypical or Disordered? Nomenclature, Stigma, and the Future" by Dr. Vasilis K. Pozios, Dr. Praveen R. Kambam, Jeff Trexler, Dr. Christy Duan - Workshop, Session ID 2808, American Psychiatric Association 2018 Annual Meeting (New York, NY - May 8, 2018 from 3:00p-4:30p)  

• "Working with the Media on Mental Health" - Council on Communications, American Psychiatric Association 2018 Annual Meeting (New York, NY - May 5, 2018 at 10:45a)

• ​"A Case of Mistaken Identity: Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Masquerading as Lewy Body Dementia in an HIV Patient" by Dr. Christy Duan, Dr. Adam Berns, Dr. Howard Linder - Poster Presentation, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2017 Annual Meeting (Palm Springs, CA - November 8-11, 2017)

• "Getting to the Heart of the Matter: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Patient With Prolonged QTc in the Context of Loperamide Toxicity" by Dr. Christy Duan, Dr. Howard Linder, Dr. Damir Huremovic - Poster Presentation, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2017 Annual Meeting (Palm Springs, CA - November 8-11, 2017)

• "'Crazy' Talk: Mental Health, Pop Culture, and Empowerment" by Dr. Vasilis K. Pozios, Jeff Trexler, Dr. Praveen Kambam, Dr. Jennifer Yen, Dr. Christy Duan - Panel Discussion, New York Comic Con (New York, NY - October 6, 2017)

• ​"It's Not Over: Youth With AIDS Worldwide," Media Theater Presentation, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 63rd Annual Meeting (New York, NY - October 28, 2016)

• "Pregnancy and Mental Health," Kisoro FM Uganda (Kisoro, Uganda - March 15, 2016)

• "Kink and Health," Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, NY - September 22, 2015)  

• "Enhancing the Medical School Experience with Narrative Medicine," American Medical Student Association - Oceania University of Medicine (Apia, Samoa - August 25, 2015) 

• "Bedside Manner: A Panel on Alternative Sexual Practices & Medicine," Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York, NY - May 27, 2015)

• "Preparing for College, Career, and Beyond," 11th Grade Health Class at East-West School of International Studies (Flushing, NY - March 20, 2015) 

• "How Journalism Changed My Career," April Kincaid's 8th Grade Journalism Class at Unis Middle School (Dearborn, MI - November 24, 2014) 

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Other Writing

• Student Doctor Network: "Q&A with Physician-Comic Author: Dr. Omar Mirza" (February 7, 2022)

• Harvard Law Petrie-Flom Center's Bill of Health: "The Cost of Exclusion in Psychedelic Research" (November 6, 2020)

• Student Doctor Network: "Q&A with Physician-Writer Patricia (Tia) Powell" (April 4, 2019)

• Student Doctor Network: "Q&A with Physician-Writer Sandeep Jauhar" (September 18, 2018)

• The Hollywood Reporter: "Why 'The Good Doctor' Is Bad Medicine for Autism" (April 2, 2018)

• ABC News: "​Legal medical pot doesn't lead to increased use in teens, research shows" (February 25, 2018)

• ABC News: "After Parkland, how grief can become posttraumatic growth for student activists" (February 25, 2018)

• ABC News: "Finding mental health care where traditional healers still thrive" (February 24, 2018)

• ABC News: "All 21 antidepressants researchers looked at work better than placebo: Study" (February 22, 2018)

• ABC News: "Could 'Grey's Anatomy' skew your hospital expectations?" (February 21, 2018)

• ABC News: "Flu vaccine: Will it work better next season?" (February 20, 2018)

• ABC News: "'Black Panther' and mental health in the Black community" (February 17, 2018)

• ABC News: "Florida shooting raises awareness of stigma attached to mental illness" (February 15, 2018)

• ABC News: "'High Holiday' on 4-20 associated with increase in fatal car crashes" (February 13, 2018)

• ABC News: "Fetal alcohol syndrome in children up to 10 times more common than experts thought" (February 6, 2018)

• ABC News: "What you need to know about the stomach bug plaguing the Olympics" (February 6, 2018)

• ABC News: "Hot tea may increase esophageal cancer risk for smokers and drinkers, study finds" (February 5, 2018)

• ABC News: "What you need to know about Tamiflu" (February 1, 2018)

• ABC News: "Traumatic brain injury linked to increased dementia risk: Report" (January 31, 2018)

• STAT News: "'Trumpcare' could kill an extra 50,000 people a year" (March 15, 2017)

• Student Doctor Network: "Q&A with Physician-Authors Dr. Khurram Mehtabdin and Dr. Omar Mirza" (January 9, 2017)

• Student Doctor Network: "Q&A With Physician-Author Dr. Antony Youn" (July 6, 2016)

• KevinMD.com: "Would you choose heaven over hospital?" (June 3, 2016)

• Student Doctor Network: "Q&A with Physician Writer Dr. Richard Friedman" (May 18, 2016)

• Student Doctor Network: "Q&A with Physician Writer Dr. Matt McCarthy" (May 4, 2016) 

• MedPage Today: "Choosing Hospital Over Heaven: A Life Worth Living" (May 1, 2016)

• Student Doctor Network:"Q&A with Physician Writer Dr. Damon Tweedy" (April 21, 2016)

• Student Doctor Network: "Q&A with Physician Writer Dr. Christine Montross" (November 9, 2015)

• Student Doctor Network: "Fifty Shades of Care: Why Doctors Need to Pay More Attention to their Kinky Patients" (August 26, 2015)

• in-Training: "Fifty Shades of Care: Why Doctors Need to Pay More Attention to their Kinky Patients" (August 7, 2015)

• in-Training: "Slowly, Slowly" (July 24, 2015)

• in-Training: "Where Will You Find Happiness Now?" (July 8, 2015)

• Autostraddle: "Why You Should Care About Lesbian Safer Sex (And What To Do About It)" (May 5, 2015)

• KevinMD.com: "Doctors should pay more attention to their kinky patients. Here’s why." (March 3, 2015)

• Quartz: "50 Shades of Care: Why doctors need to pay more attention to their kinky patients" (February 12, 2015) 

• KevinMD.com: "Why you should protest the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown" (December 9, 2014)

• Abaton: Richard Selzer Prize winning piece "Where Will You Find Happiness Now?" and honorable mention "Slowly, Slowly" (October 2014)

• Detroit Free Press: "The prognosis for future doctors is not good" (December 16, 2013)

• KevinMD.com: "Medical students may find themselves without a job" (October 12, 2013)