Discipline(s):
Psychiatry, Health Services Research, Economics
Area(s) of Expertise:
Mental Health Treatment Externalities, Social and Economic Determinants of Mental Health
E-Mail:
atsai{at}post{dot}harvard{dot}edu
Background:
Alexander C. Tsai completed his residency training in general adult psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, where he received the American College of Psychiatrists’ Laughlin Award and the NIMH Outstanding Resident Award. His research interests encompass two primary areas of focus: (1) how do contextual factors affect the distribution and outcomes of mental disorders? And, (2) how does mental health treatment affect the management and course of medical disease? Currently Dr. Tsai is studying how antidepressant medication treatment improves mood, antiretroviral adherence, and virologic outcomes among homeless and marginally housed persons living with HIV in San Francisco; social and economic correlates of depression and HIV stigma in rural Uganda; and community-based screening for postpartum depression in an informal settlement near Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Tsai received his A.B. with honors in Economics from Harvard College; M.A. in Economics from the University of Toronto, where he was a Junior Fellow of Massey College; and M.D. and Ph.D. in Health Services Research from Case Western Reserve University.
Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Alexander C. Tsai's available publications in PubMed.
