Carter Funkhouser, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Overview
Carter Funkhouser, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. He obtained a BA from Connecticut College, received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University.
Dr. Funkhouser's research broadly aims to better identify and support young people with or at risk for depression. He is interested in making mental health support more scalable, accessible, and appealing for young people, especially those who are underserved. He is committed to involving young people and those with lived experience in this work.
Dr. Funkhouser's research broadly aims to better identify and support young people with or at risk for depression. He is interested in making mental health support more scalable, accessible, and appealing for young people, especially those who are underserved. He is committed to involving young people and those with lived experience in this work.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Gender
- Male
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- PhD, Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
- MA, Clinical Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
- BA, Psychology, Connecticut College, New London, CT
- Fellowship: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CUMC/NYSPI Department of Psychiatry
Research
Dr. Funkhouser's research aims to better identify young people in need of mental health support and offer them more scalable, accessible, and timely support. Dr. Funkhouser is working to design, evaluate, and disseminate digital interventions that can be disseminated at scale and in places that maximize their visibility, reach, and uptake – e.g., places where young people already are spending time or looking for help. Some of this research focuses on adapting components of evidence-based treatments into digital single-session interventions to minimize barriers to access and completion. Dr. Funkhouser also uses digital tools (e.g., smartphones) to detect and predict depressive symptoms, with the goal of identifying individuals with depression earlier and providing opportunities for early or just-in-time intervention.
Selected Publications
Funkhouser, C. J., Weiner, L. S., Crowley, R. N., Davis, J. F., Koegler, F. H., Allen, N. B., & Auerbach, R. P. (2025). Early changes in passively sensed homestay predict depression symptom improvement during digital behavioral activation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 193, 104815.
Funkhouser, C. J., Tse, T. C., Weiner, L. S., deLuise, D., Pagliaccio, D., Durham, K., Cullen, C. C., Blumkin, Z. K., O'Brien, C. T., Allen, N. B., & Auerbach, R. P. (2024). Study Preregistration: Testing a digital suicide risk reduction platform for adolescents: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(8), 845–847.
Funkhouser, C. J., Trivedi, E., Li, L. Y., Helgren, F., Zhang, E., Sritharan, A., Cherner, R. A., Pagliaccio, D., Durham, K., Kyler, M., Tse, T. C., Buchanan, S. N., Allen, N. B., Shankman, S. A., & Auerbach, R. P. (2024). Detecting adolescent depression through passive monitoring of linguistic markers in smartphone communication. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65(7), 932–941.
Funkhouser, C. J., Kaiser, A. J. E., Alqueza, K. L., Carrillo, V. L., Hoffman, L. M. K., Nabb, C. B., Auerbach, R. P., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Depression risk factors and affect dynamics: An experience sampling study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 135, 68–75.
Funkhouser, C. J., Chacko, A. A.*, Correa, K. A., Kaiser, A. J. E., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Unique longitudinal relationships between symptoms of psychopathology in youth: A cross-lagged panel network analysis in the ABCD study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62, 2, 184–194.
Funkhouser, C. J., Tse, T. C., Weiner, L. S., deLuise, D., Pagliaccio, D., Durham, K., Cullen, C. C., Blumkin, Z. K., O'Brien, C. T., Allen, N. B., & Auerbach, R. P. (2024). Study Preregistration: Testing a digital suicide risk reduction platform for adolescents: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(8), 845–847.
Funkhouser, C. J., Trivedi, E., Li, L. Y., Helgren, F., Zhang, E., Sritharan, A., Cherner, R. A., Pagliaccio, D., Durham, K., Kyler, M., Tse, T. C., Buchanan, S. N., Allen, N. B., Shankman, S. A., & Auerbach, R. P. (2024). Detecting adolescent depression through passive monitoring of linguistic markers in smartphone communication. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65(7), 932–941.
Funkhouser, C. J., Kaiser, A. J. E., Alqueza, K. L., Carrillo, V. L., Hoffman, L. M. K., Nabb, C. B., Auerbach, R. P., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Depression risk factors and affect dynamics: An experience sampling study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 135, 68–75.
Funkhouser, C. J., Chacko, A. A.*, Correa, K. A., Kaiser, A. J. E., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Unique longitudinal relationships between symptoms of psychopathology in youth: A cross-lagged panel network analysis in the ABCD study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62, 2, 184–194.
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov