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Katrina F Debonis

Title(s)Department Vice Chair, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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    Title(s)HS Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences


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    Massachusetts Institute of Tehcnology, Cambridge, MABS06/2003Brain and Cognitive Science
    NYU School of Medicine, New York, NYMD06/2007Medicine
    Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA06/2008Intern Year - Psychiatry
    UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA06/2011Psychiatry Residency
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    UCLA Health2020UCLA Exceptional Physician Award
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA2018Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching and Education
    Department of Psychiatry, UCLA2015Outstanding Medical Student Teaching
    UCLA Health2015UCLA Health Teaching Humanism Award

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    Katrina DeBonis, M.D., Vice Chair for Education, holds the Dr. Daniel X. Freedman Administrative Chair in Academic Psychiatry.

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    1. Equipoise and Personal Experience: Maintaining Objectivity in Psychedelic Research. Am J Bioeth. 2025 Jan; 25(1):74-76. DeBonis K, Dunn W, Strouse T. PMID: 39804315.
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    2. Revisiting psychiatry's relationship with spirituality. Front Psychiatry. 2024; 15:1441922. DeBonis K. PMID: 39091453; PMCID: PMC11291236.
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    3. Before and During the First COVID-19 Surge: Work Conditions, Burnout, and Mental Health Among Resident Physicians in a Department of Psychiatry in the USA. Acad Psychiatry. 2023 Oct; 47(5):504-509. Agrawal A, De La Torre K, Cooper C, Flores J, Miotto K, Wells K, Bromley E, Yano EM, Heldt J, Castillo EG, DeBonis K. PMID: 37634240; PMCID: PMC10602943.
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    4. The New Normal: a Follow-Up Survey of Trainee and Faculty Perceptions of Remote Didactic Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Acad Psychiatry. 2023 04; 47(2):226-227. Cohn AB, Richards MC, Castillo EG, DeBonis K, Heldt JP. PMID: 36918468; PMCID: PMC10014136.
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    5. Effects of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use on 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-Assisted Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of the Evidence, Neurobiological Plausibility, and Clinical Significance. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2022 Sep-Oct 01; 42(5):464-469. Price CM, Feduccia AA, DeBonis K. PMID: 36018231.
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    6. Responding to a Tragedy: Evaluation of a Postvention Protocol Among Adult Psychiatry Residents. Acad Psychiatry. 2021 Jun; 45(3):262-271. Agrawal A, Gitlin M, Melancon SNT, Booth BI, Ghandhi J, DeBonis K. PMID: 33686537; PMCID: PMC8116252.
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    7. We're Not Sure We Like It but We Still Want More: Trainee and Faculty Perceptions of Remote Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Acad Psychiatry. 2021 Oct; 45(5):598-602. Heldt JP, Agrawal A, Loeb R, Richards MC, Castillo EG, DeBonis K. PMID: 33594628; PMCID: PMC7886428.
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    8. Reconsidering Systems-Based Practice: Advancing Structural Competency, Health Equity, and Social Responsibility in Graduate Medical Education. Acad Med. 2020 12; 95(12):1817-1822. Castillo EG, Isom J, DeBonis KL, Jordan A, Braslow JT, Rohrbaugh R. PMID: 32590465; PMCID: PMC8279228.
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    9. Reimagining Merit and Representation: Promoting Equity and Reducing Bias in GME Through Holistic Review. Acad Psychiatry. 2021 Feb; 45(1):34-42. Barceló NE, Shadravan S, Wells CR, Goodsmith N, Tarrant B, Shaddox T, Yang Y, Bath E, DeBonis K. PMID: 33111187.
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    10. Potential Space. Acad Psychiatry. 2021 Feb; 45(1):122-123. DeBonis K. PMID: 32096093.
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    11. Psychiatric Training During a Global Pandemic: How COVID-19 Has Affected Clinical Care, Teaching, and Trainee Well-Being. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Dec 01; 71(12):1300-1302. Richards M, DeBonis K. PMID: 32600183.
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    12. Trigger Warnings in Medical Education. Acad Med. 2019 06; 94(6):749. DeBonis K. PMID: 31136342.
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    13. Viability of a Web-Based Module for Teaching Electrocardiogram Reading Skills to Psychiatry Residents: Learning Outcomes and Trainee Interest. Acad Psychiatry. 2015 Dec; 39(6):645-8. DeBonis K, Blair TR, Payne ST, Wigan K, Kim S. PMID: 25391493.
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    14. Psychosis, ivermectin toxicity, and "Morgellons disease". Psychosomatics. 2011 May-Jun; 52(3):295-6. DeBonis K, Pierre JM. PMID: 21565604.
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