Pamela Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and an assistant research scientist at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). She completed her internship in 2021 at the Clinical High Risk for Psychosis track within the VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland School of Medicine Psychology Internship Consortium, and received her degree in human services psychology from UMBC. Pamela’s work focuses on the validation and development of psychosis spectrum assessments and studying the role of cultural and contextual factors — particularly race — in our understanding of the psychosis construct, as well as illness presentation, course, and treatment. She is also a co-director of the Strive for Wellness (SFW) clinic within the Maryland Early Intervention Program, where she and the SFW team provide clinical supervision/training, assessment, consultation, and treatment for youth and their families in the Maryland community experiencing early or attenuated symptoms of psychosis.
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