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Christian Schütz

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Brain and Nerves Mental Health and BehaviourSubstance Use
Degrees / Designations
MD, PhD, MPH, FRCPC
Contact Info
christian.schutz@ubc.ca
604-827-4287
ubc_brain_lab
christian-g-sch%C3%BCtz-53171941/

Biography

Dr. Christian Schütz is a practicing psychiatrist, associate professor in the University of British Columbia’s Department of Psychiatry, and the research and education medical manager at the Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions. He holds an MD from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany, a PhD in medical history from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, and an MPH from John Hopkins University. He also completed a Fogerty-Fellowship at NIDA/NIH and DISCA-Fellowship at Yale University. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles and a dozen book chapters and has supervised over 100 students across the globe in areas such as psychiatry, addiction medicine and clinical neuroscience. His research interests include psychological and pharmacological interventions for individuals with substance use disorders, psychoneurobiological aspects of impulsive decision making, and substance use and concurrent disorders more generally.

Research Studies

Mental Health, Mental Health and Behaviour

Understanding Canadian stories of suicide and the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental Health and Behaviour, Substance Use

Evaluating the safety of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for alcohol use disorder

Brain and Nerves, Substance Use

Examining the cognitive effects of cannabis on stress response

Diagnostic Imaging, Brain and Nerves, Mental Health and Behaviour

fMRI and Response Inhibition in Individuals with Bipolar Disorder

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