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Tony T. Yang

Tony T. Yang

MD, PhD

Psychiatrist

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Dr. Tony T. Yang is a psychiatrist who specializes in diagnosing and treating depression in adolescents.

In his research, Yang studies depression in adolescents using functional MRI, which measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow. He has received funding support for his research from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation and National Institute of Mental Health.

Yang earned a doctorate in molecular pathology at the University of California, San Diego, before earning his medical degree from the UC San Diego School of Medicine. He completed a residency in general psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Board Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
Fellowships

Stanford University Psychiatry & Behavior Sci GME, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Residencies

Stanford University Psychiatry & Behavior Sci GME
Degree

MD, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

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Childhood Maltreatment and Deviations From Normative Brain Structure: A Mega-Analysis of 3711 Individuals From the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder and ENIGMA Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Working Groups.
Biological psychiatry
March 2026
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Regional brain morphology and current antidepressant use: findings from 32 international cohorts from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group.
Molecular psychiatry
November 2025
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Transdiagnostic alterations in white matter microstructure associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours in the ENIGMA Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours consortium.
Translational psychiatry
October 2025
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