Marc

Weintraub

, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Division

Biography

Dr. Marc Weintraub is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. Dr. Weintraub’s research focuses on the prognoses of mood and psychotic disorders as well as approaches to improve psychosocial treatments for these conditions. He has clinical expertise in the diagnostic assessment and psychosocial treatment (individual and family) of psychopathology across the lifespan. Dr. Weintraub’s research is funded by numerous research grants, including funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, American Psychological Foundation, Aim for Mental Health, and the Friends of Semel. He has authored and co-authored numerous published papers and book chapters and has presented at national and international scientific meetings.

Education

University of California, Berkeley – BA
University of Miami – PhD
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences – Internship in Clinical Psychology
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences – Postdoctoral Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Research & clinical interests

Mood & psychotic disorders
Diagnostic assessment
Psychosocial interventions (individual and family)
Improving acceptability, adherence, and efficacy of psychosocial interventions
Mobile applications (apps)
Psychedelics

Roles within the division/Fellowship

Attending Psychologist and Researcher, Child and Adolescent Mood Disorder Program
Therapy Supervisor, Specialty Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic
Director, Mood and Psychedelic Research Lab
Lectures on topics related to assessment and psychosocial treatment of mood and psychotic disorders