| Eric A. Youngstrom | |
| Birth Date: | December 28, 1968 |
| Birth Place: | St. Louis, MO, United States |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Carroll E. Izard |
| Known For: | research on bipolar disorder in children, evidence-based assessment in psychology |
| Field: | Clinical psychologist, Psychological Assessment, Bipolar Disorder |
| Work Institution: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Eric Arden Youngstrom is an American clinical child and adolescent psychologist, professor of psychology and neuroscience, and psychiatry, at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.[2] His research focuses on evidence-based assessment, and assessment of bipolar disorder across the life span.
Youngstrom's research areas are evidence-based assessment and the assessment, phenomenology, and course of illness for youths with bipolar disorder.[3] [4] [5] He has developed or co-developed several self- and parent-report psychological measures, including the parent version of the General Behavior Inventory and the 7 Up 7 Down Inventory.[6]
Youngstrom was the inaugural recipient of the Early Career Award from the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.[7] He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science,[8] and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.[9] He is also an elected full member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.[10] He was president of the Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.[11] He served as President-Elect of APA Division 5, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in 2019, is serving as president in 2020, and will serve as Past-President in 2021.[12] [13]
Youngstrom consulted on the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5).[14] He chairs the Work Group on Child Diagnosis for the International Society for Bipolar Disorders.