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Benjamin Goldstein
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Latest papers
Genetic and neuroanatomical correlates of bipolar disorder in high-risk youth.
BMJ mental health · 2026
Seasonal mood variation in youth and young adults with bipolar spectrum disorder: A longitudinal prospective analysis.
Journal of affective disorders · 2025
Person-level contributions of bipolar polygenic risk score to the prediction of new-onset bipolar disorder in at-risk offspring.
Journal of affective disorders · 2025
Latest funding
- $934,491
Mitochondrial Genetics in Relation to Brain Metabolism and Energy Phenotypes in Bipolar Disorder Across the Lifespan
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
- $1,510,875
Metformin for treatment-resistant bipolar depression (TRBD) with co-morbid insulin resistance (IR): A double-blind randomized control trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
Trajectories of brain development indicators in mental-health treatment-seeking youth: a neuroimaging-based normative modelling approach
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
16 publications.
Genetic and neuroanatomical correlates of bipolar disorder in high-risk youth.
Wang J, Liu X, Lam BY, Lu W, Shao R, Li X, Wang R, Xu F, Chen J, Cai A, Goldstein B, Du F, McIntyre RS, Wu J, Lin K
Seasonal mood variation in youth and young adults with bipolar spectrum disorder: A longitudinal prospective analysis.
Estrada-Prat X, Romero S, Borras R, Merranko J, Goldstein T, Hafeman D, Hower H, Yen S, Hunt J, Goldstein B, Ryan N, Diler R, Strober M, Gill M, Birmaher B
Person-level contributions of bipolar polygenic risk score to the prediction of new-onset bipolar disorder in at-risk offspring.
Hafeman DM, Uher R, Merranko J, Zwicker A, Goldstein B, Goldstein TR, Axelson D, Monk K, Sakolsky D, Iyengar S, Diler R, Nimgaonkar V, Birmaher B
Self-harm presentations to hospital trauma centre emergency departments during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gordon M, Jayakumar N, Atzema C, Korczak DJ, Kennedy S, Schaffer A, Goldstein B, Orser BA, Yee D, Fiksenbaum L, Choi LHL, Phillips A, McFarlan A, Kreller M, Freedman C, Tanenbaum B, McDowall D, Ceniti A, Sinyor M
A Risk Calculator to Predict Suicide Attempts Among Individuals With Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder.
Goldstein TR, Merranko J, Hafeman D, Gill MK, Liao F, Sewall C, Hower H, Weinstock L, Yen S, Goldstein B, Keller M, Strober M, Ryan N, Birmaher B
A risk calculator to predict suicide attempts among individuals with early-onset bipolar disorder.
Goldstein TR, Merranko J, Hafeman D, Gill MK, Liao F, Sewall C, Hower H, Weinstock L, Yen S, Goldstein B, Keller M, Strober M, Ryan N, Birmaher B
The role of bipolar polygenic risk score in the familial transmission of bipolar disorder-An updated analysis.
Birmaher B, Merranko J, Hafeman D, Zwicker A, Goldstein B, Axelson D, Goldstein T, Sakolsky D, Diler R, Uher R
Role of Polygenic Risk Score in the Familial Transmission of Bipolar Disorder in Youth.
Birmaher B, Hafeman D, Merranko J, Zwicker A, Goldstein B, Goldstein T, Axelson D, Monk K, Hickey MB, Sakolsky D, Iyengar S, Diler R, Nimgaonkar V, Uher R
A commentary on youth onset bipolar disorder.
Singh MK, Post RM, Miklowitz DJ, Birmaher B, Youngstrom E, Goldstein B, Soutullo C, Axelson D, Chang KD, DelBello MP
Predicting Personalized Risk of Mood Recurrences in Youths and Young Adults With Bipolar Spectrum Disorder.
Birmaher B, Merranko JA, Gill MK, Hafeman D, Goldstein T, Goldstein B, Hower H, Strober M, Axelson D, Ryan N, Yen S, Diler R, Iyengar S, Kattan MW, Weinstock L, Keller M
Mitochondrial Genetics in Relation to Brain Metabolism and Energy Phenotypes in Bipolar Disorder Across the Lifespan
Principal investigators: Goldstein, Benjamin I
Keywords: Activity; Bipolar Disorder; Energy; Genetics; Lifespan; Mitochondria; Neuroimaging; Sex Differences
Metformin for treatment-resistant bipolar depression (TRBD) with co-morbid insulin resistance (IR): A double-blind randomized control trial
Principal investigators: Hahn, Margaret; Agarwal, Sri Mahavir; Kloiber, Stefan M; Mansur, Rodrigo B; Saraf, Gayatri; Taylor, Valerie Hannah
Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Insulin Resistance; Metformin; Treatment Resistance
Trajectories of brain development indicators in mental-health treatment-seeking youth: a neuroimaging-based normative modelling approach
Principal investigators: Dickie, Erin W; Ameis, Stephanie H; Cleverley, Kristin D; Nikolova, Yuliya S
Keywords: Brain Health; Neuroimaging; Youth Mental Health
Coronary Microvascular Reactivity in Relation to Brain Structure, Cardiovascular Genetics, and Serious Mental Illness in Youth
Principal investigators: Goldstein, Benjamin I; Friedrich, Matthias G; Raucher-Chéné, Delphine
Keywords: Cardiac Imaging; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Genetics; Microvessels; Neuroimaging; Prevention; Severe Mental Illness; Sex Differences; Youth
Narrative enhancement and cognitive therapy for self-stigma as an early intervention for bipolar disorder: A mixed-methods randomized pilot trial
Principal investigators: Hawke, Lisa D; Husain, Muhammad I
Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Cognitive Therapy; Early Intervention; Narrative Therapy; Patient-Oriented Research; Pilot Trial; Psychoeducation; Stigma
Discovery and neuroimaging-based characterization of peripheral blood biomarkers for psychosis spectrum symptom trajectories in mental health treatment-seeking youth
Principal investigators: Felsky, Daniel
Keywords: Blood Biomarkers; Neuroimmune Mechanisms; Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms; Strutural Brain Imaging; Youth Mental Health
Obesity, brain structure and cognitive functioning in major psychiatric disorders - large scale, multicenter study
Principal investigators: Hajek, Tomas
Keywords: Bipolar Disorders; Brain Imaging; Cognitive Testing; Major Depressive Disorders; Neuroprogression; Obesity; Risk Factors; Schizophrenia
Pro-Resolving Inflammatory Mediators in Neurovascular Gains in Aerobic Training (PRIMiNG-AT)
Principal investigators: Swardfager, Walter L; Lanctôt, Krista L
Keywords: Aerobic Training; Aging; Cognition; Coronary Artery Disease; Diabetes; Inflammation; Lipid Metabolism
Predicting cardiovascular risk in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder using clinical and biomarker data: focus on sex-related differences
Principal investigators: Ortiz, Abigail
Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Burden Of Illness; Cardiovascular Disease; Heart Rate Variability
Examining Neuroimaging Phenotypes as Indicators of Risk for Suicide in Youth Bipolar Disorder
Principal investigators: Dimick, Mikaela
Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Self-Harm; Suicide; Youth
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Mark Sinyor and Ayal Schaffer: 71 shared papers
- Anthony Levitt and Ayal Schaffer: 11 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and Benjamin Goldstein: 3 shared papers
- Anthony Levitt and Mark Sinyor: 3 shared papers
- Benjamin Goldstein and Ayal Schaffer: 2 shared papers
- Rudolf Uher and Mark Sinyor: 1 shared paper
- Rudolf Uher and Ayal Schaffer: 1 shared paper
- Clare Atzema and Sidney Kennedy: 1 shared paper
- Clare Atzema and Benjamin Goldstein: 1 shared paper
- Clare Atzema and Mark Sinyor: 1 shared paper
- Clare Atzema and Doreen Yee: 1 shared paper
- Sidney Kennedy and Benjamin Goldstein: 1 shared paper
- Sidney Kennedy and Anthony Levitt: 1 shared paper
- Sidney Kennedy and Doreen Yee: 1 shared paper
- Benjamin Goldstein and Anthony Levitt: 1 shared paper
- Benjamin Goldstein and Mark Sinyor: 1 shared paper
- Benjamin Goldstein and Doreen Yee: 1 shared paper
- Psychiatry
- Department of Psychiatry
- Emergency Medicine
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Rudolf Uher
Psychiatry
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Ayal Schaffer
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Anthony Levitt
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Mark Sinyor
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Doreen Yee
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Clare Atzema
Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Sidney Kennedy
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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