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Ivan Torres

Clinical Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Research Focus
Brain and Nerves Mental Health and BehaviourBipolar DisorderSchizophreniaMood Disorders
Degrees / Designations

PhD

Contact Info
ivan.torres@ubc.ca

Biography

Dr. Ivan Torres is a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and an investigator with the BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services.

Dr. Torres has broad research interests in neuropsychological functioning in severe mental illness including psychotic and mood disorders. His specific research interests include assessment and study of objective and subjective cognitive deficits in complex psychiatric populations, as well as utilization of clinically derived data to investigate cognitive difficulties in individuals presenting with treatment resistant psychosis.

News and Awards

Helping people with bipolar disorder see their cognitive strengths

Aug 22, 2025

Publications

  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS -

    Relationship between subjective cognitive functioning and fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities in bipolar disorder.

    Torres IJ, Mackala S, Ahn S, Michalak EE, Chakrabarty T, Lam RW, Keramatian K, Yatham LN
  • Dialogues in clinical neuroscience -

    Effects of intermittent theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognition and hippocampal volumes in bipolar depression.

    Torres IJ, Ge R, McGirr A, Vila-Rodriguez F, Ahn S, Basivireddy J, Walji N, Frangou S, Lam RW, Yatham LN
  • Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology -

    Exploring the functional utility of the Advanced Clinical Solutions-Social Perception Affect Naming subtest in treatment-resistant psychosis.

    Lau J, Caramanna I, Zumrawi D, Glazier B, Menon M, Leonova O, Honer WG, White RF, Torres I
  • European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists -

    Metacognitive knowledge and experience across multiple cognitive domains in euthymic bipolar disorder.

    Torres IJ, Hidiroglu C, Mackala SA, Ahn S, Yatham LN, Ozerdem E, Michalak EE
  • Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica -

    Three-year longitudinal cognitive functioning in patients recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

    Torres IJ, Qian H, Basivireddy J, Chakrabarty T, Wong H, Lam RW, Yatham LN
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