Emily Pisetsky, PhD, LP

I received a BA in Psychology from Wesleyan University CT prior to completing my MA and my PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. I completed my clinical internship at West Virginia University School of Medicine in Charleston, WV prior to completing my postdoctoral fellowship in eating disorders research here at the University of Minnesota. I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and an Adjunct in the Department of Psychology. I am a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Minnesota.

My work focuses on eating disorders and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. My research is focused on the psychological and momentary mechanisms associated with suicide risk in individuals with eating disorders, as well as developing, implementing, and testing innovative psychological treatments for eating disorders. I have over 35 publications and an h-index of 17.

I provide direct patient care in the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, where I co-direct the Women’s Wellbeing Program. I am a certified Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy provider. I am actively involved in education, including clinical supervision at the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic and the Behavioral Health Clinic for Families. I am on the Training Committee for the APA Accredited Psychology Internship program and supervise psychology and psychiatry trainees. I teach the graduate level course Foundations in Therapeutic Intervention in the Department of Psychology.

Within the department, I am co-chair of the Grand Rounds Committee, and am the clinical lead for the Discovery Program Project. I am also a member of the UMN Medical Reserve Corp.

• 2015, University of Minnesota Outstanding Junior Postdoctoral Scholar Award 
• 2013, Academy for Eating Disorders John H. Sayler Memorial Scholarship 
• 2007, Holzberg Fellowship
• 2007, Phi Beta Kappa
• 2005, Psi Chi

• Academy for Eating Disorders 
• Eating Disorder Research Society 
• Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers
  

Dr. Pisetsky's research has been funded by the Minnesota Obesity Center, the UMN Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Pisetsky, EM, Schaefer, LM, Wonderlich, SA, Peterson, CB. Emerging Psychological Treatments in Eating Disorders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America (2019). Emerging Psychological Treatments in Eating Disorders. Psychiatric Clinics, 42(2), 219-229.

Pisetsky EM, Peterson CB, Mitchell JE, Wonderlich SA, Crosby RD, Le Grange D, Hill L, Powers P, Crow SJ. A comparison of the frequency of familial suicide attempts across eating disorder diagnoses. Int J Eat Disord. 2017;50(6):707-10. Epub 2017/02/16. doi: 10.1002/eat.22694. PubMed PMID: 28199032; PMCID: PMC5459656.

Pisetsky EM, Haynos AF, Lavender JM, Crow SJ, Peterson CB. Associations between emotion regulation difficulties, eating disorder symptoms, non-suicidal self-injury, and suicide attempts in a heterogeneous eating disorder sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2017;73(Supplement C):143-50. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.11.012.

Pisetsky EM, Crow SJ, Peterson CB. An empirical test of the interpersonal theory of suicide in a heterogeneous eating disorder sample. Int J Eat Disord. 2017;50(2):162-5. Epub 2016/11/20. doi: 10.1002/eat.22645. PubMed PMID: 27859487; PMCID: PMC5291819.

Pisetsky EM, Crosby RD, Cao L, Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Mitchell JE, Engel SG, Wonderlich SA, Peterson CB. An examination of affect prior to and following episodes of getting drunk in women with bulimia nervosa. Psychiatry Res. 2016;240:202-8. Epub 2016/04/26. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.044. PubMed PMID: 27111214; PMCID: PMC4939267.

Pisetsky EM, Wonderlich SA, Crosby RD, Peterson CB, Mitchell JE, Engel SG, Joiner TE, Bardone-Cone A, Le Grange D, Klein MH, Crow SJ. Depression and Personality Traits Associated With Emotion Dysregulation: Correlates of Suicide Attempts in Women with Bulimia Nervosa. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2015;23(6):537-44. Epub 2015/09/01. doi: 10.1002/erv.2401. PubMed PMID: 26315489; PMCID: PMC4868334.

Pisetsky EM, Thornton LM, Lichtenstein P, Pedersen NL, Bulik CM. Suicide attempts in women with eating disorders. J Abnorm Psychol. 2013;122(4):1042-56. Epub 2013/12/25. doi: 10.1037/a0034902. PubMed PMID: 24364606.

Full publication list available at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MFEDa-QAAAAJ&hl=en