Gretchen L Haas, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology

Areas of Expertise

  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Psychosis
  • Children & Adolescents
  • Suicidality & Self-Harm
Gretchen L Haas, PhD
Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders; Prodromal indicators of risk for psychosis; Etiology & risk for suicide in psychosis

Clinical Interests

Schizophrenia & psychotic disorders; Precision mental health; Suicidal behavior in schizophrenia

Education Interests

Research mentorship/postdoctoral research training; Medical student/resident education; Psychology internship training

Selected Publications

  1. Pless LL, Mitchell-Miland C, Seo YJ, Bennett CB, Freyberg Z, Haas GL. Psychiatric factors predict type 2 diabetes mellitus in US Veterans. Nature: Schizophrenia, 2025 Apr 17;11(1):63. https://doi: 10.1038/s41537-025-00616-y. PMID: 40240769, PMCID: PMC12003899
  2. Haudrich EA, Burns EK, Gupta T, Haas GL, Horton LE. The day-to-day influence of trauma exposure and sleep dysfunction on everyday stress in youth at familial high-risk for psychotic disorders. Schizophr Res, 2024 Dec:274:535-544. https://doi: 0.1016/j.schres.2024.10.024. PMID:39586206 PMCID: PMC11803678
  3. Hill SY, Jones BL, Haas GL. Suicidal ideation and aggression in childhood, genetic variation and young adult depression. J Affect Disord. 2020 Jul 24;276:954-962. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.049. PMID: 32745832
  4. Horton, LE, Bridgwater, MA, & Haas, GL. Emotion recognition and social skills in child and adolescent offspring of parents with schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 2017 22(3), 175185. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546805.2017.1297223
  5. Haas GL, Garratt LS, Sweeney JA: Delay to first antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: Impact on symptomatology and clinical course of illness. J Psychiatr Res May-Aug 1998, 32(3-4):151-9. PMID: 9793868.
  6. Rubin LH, Haas GL, Keshavan MS, Sweeney JA, Maki PM. Sex difference in cognitive response to antipsychotic treatment in frist-episode schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharm, 33(2):290-7, 2008 Jan. PMID: 17392734; PMCID: PMC4394734; NIHMSID: NIHMS478562
  7. Haas GL, Glick ID, Clarkin JF, Spencer JH, Lewis AB: Gender and schizophrenia outcome: A clinical trial of an inpatient family intervention. Schizophr Bull 1990, 16(2):277-92. PMID: 2197716
  8. SorecaI, Boudreaux-KellyM, Y, HaasGL.The impact of the global pandemic on Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI): Healthcare utilization and mortality. Behav Sci (Basel), 2024 Apr 24;14(5):356. https://doi: 10.3390/bs14050356. PMID: 38785847 PMCID: PMC11117568
  9. Inpatient family intervention: a randomized clinical trial. II. Results at hospital discharge. Arch Gen Psychiatry Mar 1988, 45(3):217-24. PMID: 3277578.
  10. Miranda O, Qi X, Brannock MD, Whitworth R, Kosten T, Ryan ND, Haas GL, Kirisci L, Wang L. Emulating a randomized clinical trial with real-world data to evaluate the effect of antidepressant use in PTSD patients with high suicide risk. Front Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 28;15:1526488. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1526488. PMID: 39935628; PMCID: PMC11811752.
  11. Haas, GL. Suicide. Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry (Psychiatry Board Review) Oakstone Publishing/CME, video lecture series. 2024.
  12. Kasckow, J., Appelt, C., Haas, G., Huegel, S., Fox, L., Gurklis, J. & Daley, D. Development of a recovery manual for suicidal patients with schizophrenia. Community Ment Health J. 2012 Oct;48(5):564-7. doi: 10.1007/s10597-011-9477-7. Epub 2011 Dec 21. PMID: 22187086 PMCID: PMC3535324 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9477-7
  13. Haas, GL: Psychotherapeutic interventions for recent-onset schizophrenia: A review and guidelines. Prim Care Companion to J Clin Psychiatry Dec 2000, 7(12):63-8.
  14. Longenecker JM, Haas GL, Salisbury DF. Hierarchical Symptom Components in Early Psychosis. Schizophr Bull. 2022 Jun 21;48(4):893-901. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbac048. PMID: 35639737; PMCID: PMC9212103.
  15. Mann JJ, Ellis SP, Waternaux CM, Liu X, Oquendo MA, Malone KM, Brodsky BS, Haas GL, Currier D. Classification trees distinguish suicide attempters in major psychiatric disorders: a model of clinical decision making. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Jan;69(1):23-31. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v69n0104. PMID: 18312034; PMCID: PMC3773877.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Education
MA, Psychology, Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Internship
Clinical Psychology (Child), Children's Hospital of Michigan
Internship
Clinical Psychology (Adult), VA Medical Center, Allen Park
Postdoctoral
Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health

Professional Affiliations

  • President of the Board, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • Chair, Scientific Council, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • Member, American Psychological Association
  • Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • Member, Society for Biological Psychiatry
  • Member, International Early Psychosis Association

Selected Honors & Awards

  • 2024 Excellence in Research Award, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Levy Foundation Award for Schizophrenia Research, Stephen Levy Foundation

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