Michael E. Silverman, PhD

Dr. Michael Silverman is Senior Faculty in the Psychiatry Department at The Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai. He is a dual trained psychologist, having completed his clinical training at Boston University and his cognitive science training at the Graduate Faculty at the New School for Social Research. He completed his post-doctoral training at Harvard University and a fellowship in cognitive neuroimaging at Weil Medical College of Cornell University.

As well as a clinician, Dr. Silverman is also an academic researcher. His current research focuses on forwarding the understanding of mood and anxiety disorders. This work includes neuroanatomical, neurobiological (endocrinologic and neuroimmunologic), neurofunctional, psychometrics and epidemiologic perspectives. He is currently the primary investigator on two NIH studies.

His book "Unleash Your Dreams" was published by John Wiley and Sons. He has appeared on CNN, CW Network, Fox News, HLN and Tru-TV and contributed to various publications including: WebMD, SELF, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Brain, Child Magazine, Esperanza (Depression and Anxiety), First for Women, Fit Parent, Fit Pregnancy, New York Daily News, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal.

Among his publications are the first neuroimaging study of postpartum depression, the first US population based study of postpartum depression and the largest population based epidemiological study of postpartum depression to date.

Representative Publications:

SilvermanME, Reichenberg A, et al. The risk factors for postpartum depression: A population based study. Depress Anxiety.2017 Feb;34(2):178-187.

Loudon H, Nentin F, Silverman ME. Using clinical decision support as a means of implementing a universal postpartum depression screening program. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Jun;19(3):501-5.

Silverman ME, Loudon H, et al. The neural processing of negative emotion postpartum; a preliminary study of amygdala function in postpartum depression. Arch Womens Ment Health 2011 ; 14(4): 355-359.

Savitz DA, Stein CR, Ye F, Kellerman L, Silverman M. The epidemiology of hospitalized postpartum depression in New York State, 1995-2004. Ann Epidem 2011 Jun; 21(6): 399-406.

Silverman ME, Loudon H. Antenatal reports of pre-pregnancy abuse is associated with symptoms of depression in the postpartum period. Arch Womens Ment Health 2010 Oct; 13(5): 411-415.