ErickMessiasMD

Professor and Chair, Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience Saint Louis University School of Medicine

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Office
1438 South Grand Blvd.
Monteleone Hall
Saint Louis, MO 63104
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 2001 - 2003
University of Maryland/Sheppard PrattResidency, Psychiatry, 1997 - 2001
Federal University of Ceara Faculty of MedicineClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

WI State Medical License 2023 - 2025
MO State Medical License 2021 - 2025
AR State Medical License 2009 - 2024
GA State Medical License 2006 - 2011
MD State Medical License 2000 - 2005
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014

Clinical Trials

Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Resting State Brain Activity in Schizophrenia Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Storylines of family medicine IV: perspectives on practice-lenses of appreciation.
William B Ventres, Leslie A Stone, Radeeb Akhtar, Jeffrey M Ring, Lucy M Candib, Erick Messias, Ronald M Epstein, Marc Tunzi, Amy L Lee, Christopher P Morley, Carina M...> ;Family Medicine and Community Health. 2024 Apr 12
Psychological and socio-ecological correlates of 12-month suicide behavior among junior high school students in the greater Accra region of Ghana.
Azasu, E., Quarshie, E., Larnyoh, M., Ali, E., Joe, S., Messias, E.> ;Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2024 Feb 3
A Tsunami of Concern: The Lasting Impacts of COVID Isolation and School Closures on Youth Mental Health.
Erick Messias, Leticia Ugarte, Enoch Azasu, Andrew J White> ;Missouri Medicine. 2023 Oct 16
1 citations
Temporal Location of Changes in the US Suicide Rate by Age, Ethnicity, and Race: A Joinpoint Analysis 1999-2020.
Erick Messias, Joanne Salas, Lauren Wilson, Jeffrey F Scherrer> ;The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2023 Jul 1
Adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with global and situational meaning.
Allen C Sherman, Mark L Williams, Benjamin C Amick, Teresa J Hudson, Erick L Messias, Stephanie Simonton-Atchley> ;Current Psychology. 2022 Jul 6
1 citations
Patient characteristics prior to suicide attempts among Hispanics compared to non-Hispanic whites in the United States.
Erick Messias, Joanne Salas, Jeffrey F Scherrer> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2022 Jul 1
2 citations
Associations between physical activity, sleep, and self-reported health with burnout of medical students, faculty and staff in an academic health center.
Erin K Howie, Natalie Cannady, Erick L Messias, Ashley McNatt, Christopher S Walter> ;Sport Sciences for Health. 2022 Jan 1
1 citations
From ACEs to ASHEs: Adverse Shared Historical Experiences and Their Impact on Health Outcomes.
William Ventres, Erick Messias> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2021 Nov 1
Measuring work-related mental work demands: work as a protective factor for cognitive loss.
Erick Messias> ;International Psychogeriatrics. 2021 Jul 1
Anxiety, depressive, and trauma symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evaluating the role of disappointment with God.
Allen C. Sherman, Crystal L. Park, John M. Salsman, Mark Williams, Benjamin C. Amick, Teresa J. Hudson, Erick Messias, Stephanie Simonton-Atchley> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2021 Oct 1
3 citations
Loss of Meaning at Work Associated with Burnout Risk in Academic Medicine.
Erick Messias, Victoria Flynn, Molly M Gathright, Carol R. Thrush, Timothy N. Atkinson, Puru B. Thapa> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2021 Mar 1
50 citations
Mental health outcomes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: Prevalence and risk factors in a southern US state.
Allen C. Sherman, Mark Williams, Benjamin C. Amick, Teresa J. Hudson, Erick Messias> ;Psychiatry Research. 2020 Sep 24
25 citations
Psychometric Properties of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory in an Academic Healthcare Institution Sample in the U.S.
Carol R. Thrush, Molly M Gathright, Timothy N. Atkinson, Erick Messias, J. Benjamin Guise> ;Evaluation & the Health Professions. 2021 Dec 1
1 citations
Modern-Day Relics of Psychiatry.
Samidha Tripathi, Erick Messias, John J. Spollen, Ronald M Salomon> ;The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2019 Sep 1
25 citations
A One-Year Institutional View of Resident Physician Burnout.
Carol R. Thrush, J. Benjamin Guise, Molly M Gathright, Erick Messias, Victoria Flynn, Toby Belknap, Purushottam B. Thapa, D. Keith Williams, Eman Nada, James A. Clardy> ;Academic Psychiatry. 2019 Feb 28
25 citations
Differences in burnout prevalence between clinical professionals and biomedical scientists in an academic medical centre: a cross-sectional survey.
Erick Messias, Molly M Gathright, Emily S Freeman, Victoria Flynn, Timothy N. Atkinson, Carol R. Thrush, James A. Clardy, Purushottam B. Thapa> ;BMJ Open. 2019 Feb 19
Burnout and Depression: Same Phenomenon or Overlapping Constructs? Response to Bianchi et al.
Erick Messias, Victoria Flynn> ;The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 1
12 citations
The Tired, Retired, and Recovered Physician: Professional Burnout Versus Major Depressive Disorder.
Erick Messias, Victoria Flynn> ;The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 1
22 citations
Hikikomori in Brazil: 29 years of Voluntary social Withdrawal.
Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim, A.P. Aragão, J.G. Holanda Filha, Erick Messias> ;Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2017 Dec 1
5 citations
Fostering Medical Student Interest in Geriatrics and Geriatric Psychiatry
Shona L. Ray-Griffith, Lewis Krain, Erick Messias, Kirsten M. Wilkins> ;Academic Psychiatry. 2016 Dec 1
Trends in Lifetime use of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Cannabis among Arkansas Teens from 1995 to 2013.
Tffany N Mattingly, Purushottarn B Thapa, Erick Messias> ;The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society. 2016 Oct 1
11 citations
Factors Influencing Medical School Graduates Toward a Career in Psychiatry: Analysis from the 2011–2013 Association of American Medical Colleges Graduation Questionnaire
Lindsey Wilbanks, John J. Spollen, Erick Messias> ;Academic Psychiatry. 2016 Apr 1
9 citations
Lithium decreases the effects of neuronal calcium sensor protein 1 in pedunculopontine neurons
Stasia D'Onofrio, Francisco J. Urbano, Erick Messias, Edgar Garcia-Rill> ;Physiological Reports. 2016 Mar 1
13 citations
Asthma, Depression, and Suicidality: Results from the 2007, 2009, and 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys.
Leah Steinberg, Ivanjo Aldea, Erick Messias> ;The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2015 Sep 1
2 citations
Vitamin D Levels and Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates in Individuals With Serious Mental Illness Admitted to an Acute Psychiatry Unit.
Lakshminarayana Chekuri, Purushottam B. Thapa, Carolyn L. Turturro, Dinesh Mittal, Erick Messias> ;The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders. 2015 Apr 30
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Journal Articles

American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Erick Messias, Victoria Flynn, National Institutes of Health

Authored Content

Medicine Should Be a Meaningful Job. How Do We Fix It?October 2023

Press Mentions

Baptist Health-UAMS Psychiatry Residency Program Receives Initial AccreditationJune 2nd, 2021
Survey: Doctors’ Big COVID-19 Worry Is Keeping Their Families SafeMay 25th, 2020
UAMS' Journal Place for CreativityMarch 10th, 2020
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Hospital Affiliations

SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis, Missouri