Professor Dr. Lorig Kachadourian

Biography

Lorig Kachadourian completed a B.A. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She is currently a research psychologist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Her primary research concerns anger and aggression, along with associated risk factors such as trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use. Dr. Kachadourian is interested in developing and testing alternative treatments for anger and aggression, particularly mindfulness-based interventions. She has completed significant postdoctoral fellowships at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and the VA Boston Healthcare System.

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