Biography

Jamie L. Zinberg is proud to work in the Semel Institute as the Psychosocial Treatment and Administrative Director of the CAPPS Program (Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States). She began working with Clinical High Risk (CHR) youth and families as a Lab Assistant in 2001, when she joined CAPPS as a junior assessor hired to translate clinical measures into Spanish. Her research and treatment development focus on the influence of family factors on the trajectory of CHR and psychotic symptoms, and she thrives on collaborating with our exceptional CAPPS team. Her goal is to continue putting their research into practice and make their specialized treatment and knowledge more broadly available. They have designed our program to sustain comprehensive culturally-informed clinical services for adolescents and young adults in need, without burdening families who are uninsured or cannot otherwise access state of the art care. She is committed to increasing outreach efforts in underserved communities, as well as enhancing our no-cost assessment and treatment services in Spanish.

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