Mindy Westlund Schreiner

Mindy Westlund Schreiner, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Psychiatry

Divisions: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Academic Office Information

mindy.westlund.schreiner@utah.edu

Mindy Westlund Schreiner, PhD, Assistant Professor (Clinical), is a licensed clinical psychologist. She completed her BA, MA, and PhD degrees at the University of Minnesota and joined the University of Utah Department of Psychiatry as a postdoctoral fellow in 2019, working with Drs. Scott Langenecker and Sheila Crowell in the MEND2 lab. Both her research and clinical interests are in the area of mood disorders with a specific focus on self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) in youth. Her research incorporates neuroimaging approaches with intervention strategies to understand mechanisms of change associated with SITBs. The aim of this work is to improve clinical outcomes in youth. She has also been involved in research and quality improvement for SafeUT, investigating the impact of SafeUT on mental health service utilization and providing suicide assessment training to SafeUT clinicians. Finally, she has begun working with a team to develop a “Center of Excellence” at HMHI focused on evaluating and improving the effectiveness of the High Fidelity Wraparound and Stabilization and Mobile Response services provided by the Utah Department of Human Services. Dr. Westlund Schreiner was named a 2021 Young Investigator by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation and is pleased to be faculty at HMHI, where she explores understanding and improving outcomes for youth with suicide and self-injury..

Education History

Postdoctoral Training University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Canvas Health
 Doctoral Internship
Doctoral Training University of Minnesota
 PhD
University of Minnesota
 MA
Undergraduate University of Minnesota
 BA

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Westlund Schreiner M, Roberts H, Dillahunt AK, Farstead B, Feldman D, Thomas L, Jacobs RH, Bessette KL, Welsh RC, Watkins ER, Langenecker SA, Crowell SE (2023). Negative association between non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents and default mode network activation during the distraction blocks of a rumination task. Suicide Life Threat Behav. (Read full article)
  2. Thomas LR, Bessette KL, Westlund Schreiner M, Dillahunt AK, Frandsen SB, Pocius SL, Schubert BL, Farstead BW, Roberts H, Watkins ER, Kerig PK, Crowell SE, Langenecker SA (2023). Early Emergence of Rumination has no Association with Performance on a Non-affective Inhibitory Control Task. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, 1-17. (Read full article)
  3. Kim JU, Bessette KL, Westlund-Schreiner M, Pocius S, Dillahunt AK, Frandsen S, Thomas L, Easter R, Skerrett K, Stange JP, Welsh RC, Langenecker SA, Koppelmans V (2022). Relations of gray matter volume to dimensional measures of cognition and affect in mood disorders. Cortex, 156, 57-70. (Read full article)
  4. Westlund Schreiner M, Dillahunt AK, Frandsen SB, DelDonno SR, Schubert BL, Pocius SL, Jenkins LM, Kassel MT, Bessette KL, Thomas L, Stange JP, Crowell SE, Langenecker SA (2022). Increased sensitivity of insula to supraliminal faces in adults with histories of mood disorders and self-injury. J Psychiatr Res, 152, 167-174. (Read full article)
  5. Klimes-Dougan B, Bagze Z, Mueller B, Wiglesworth A, Carosella KA, Westlund Schreiner M, Bortnova A, Reigstad K, Cullen KR, Gunlicks-Stoessel M (2022). Structural and Functional Neural Correlates of Treatment Response for Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents. J Clin Med, 11(7). (Read full article)
  6. Dillahunt AK, Feldman DA, Thomas LR, Farstead BW, Frandsen SB, Lee S, Pazdera M, Galloway J, Bessette KL, Roberts H, Crowell SE, Watkins ER, Langenecker SA, Westlund Schreiner M (2022). Self-Injury in Adolescence Is Associated with Greater Behavioral Risk Avoidance, Not Risk-Taking. J Clin Med, 11(5). (Read full article)
  7. Chu SH, Parhi KK, Westlund Schreiner M, Lenglet C, Mueller BA, Klimes-Dougan B, Cullen KR (2021). Effect of SSRIs on Resting-State Functional Brain Networks in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder. J Clin Med, 10(19). (Read full article)
  8. Bagze Z, Mirza SA, Silamongkol T, Hill D, Falke C, Thai M, Westlund Schreiner M, Parenteau AM, Roediger DJ, Hendrickson TJ, Mueller BA, Fiecas MB, Klimes-Dougan B, Cullen KR (2021). Multimodal assessment of sustained threat in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury. Dev Psychopathol, 1-19. (Read full article)
  9. Kaess M, Hooley JM, Klimes-Dougan B, Koenig J, Plener PL, Reichl C, Robinson K, Schmahl C, Sicorello M, Schreiner MW, Cullen KR (2021). Advancing a Temporal Framework for Understanding the Biology of Nonsuicidal Self- Injury: An Expert Review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 130, 228-239. (Read full article)
  10. Langenecker SA, Schreiner MW, Thomas LR, Bessette KL, DelDonno SR, Jenkins LM, Easter RE, Stange JP, Pocius SL, Dillahunt A, Love TM, Phan KL, Koppelmans V, Paulus M, Lindquist MA, Caffo B, Mickey BJ, Welsh RC (2021). Using network parcels and resting state networks to estimate correlates of mood disorder and related research domain criteria constructs of reward responsiveness and inhibitory control. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging, 7, 76-84. (Read full article)
  11. Koenig J, Abler B, Agartz I, kerstedt T, Andreassen OA, Anthony M, Br KJ, Bertsch K, Brown RC, Brunner R, Carnevali L, Critchley HD, Cullen KR, de Geus EJC, de la Cruz F, Dziobek I, Ferger MD, Fischer H, Flor H, Gaebler M, Gianaros PJ, Giummarra MJ, Greening SG, Guendelman S, Heathers JAJ, Herpertz SC, Hu MX, Jentschke S, Kaess M, Kaufmann T, Klimes-Dougan B, Koelsch S, Krauch M, Kumral D, Lamers F, Lee TH, Lekander M, Lin F, Lotze M, Makovac E, Mancini M, Mancke F, Mnsson KNT, Manuck SB, Mather M, Meeten F, Min J, Mueller B, Muench V, Nees F, Nga L, Nilsonne G, Ordonez Acuna D, Osnes B, Ottaviani C, Penninx BWJH, Ponzio A, Poudel GR, Reinelt J, Ren P, Sakaki M, Schumann A, Srensen L, Specht K, Straub J, Tamm S, Thai M, Thayer JF, Ubani B, van der Mee DJ, van Velzen LS, Ventura-Bort C, Villringer A, Watson DR, Wei L, Wendt J, Schreiner MW, Westlye LT, Weymar M, Winkelmann T, Wu GR, Yoo HJ, Quintana DS (2020). Cortical thickness and resting-state cardiac function across the lifespan: A cross-sectional pooled mega-analysis. Psychophysiology, 58(7), e13688. (Read full article)
  12. Roberts H, Jacobs RH, Bessette KL, Crowell SE, Westlund-Schreiner M, Thomas L, Easter RE, Pocius SL, Dillahunt A, Frandsen S, Schubert B, Farstead B, Kerig P, Welsh RC, Jago D, Langenecker SA, Watkins ER (2021). Mechanisms of rumination change in adolescent depression (RuMeChange): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of rumination-focused cognitive behavioural therapy to reduce ruminative habit and risk of depressive relapse in high-ruminating adolescents. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1), 206. (Read full article)
  13. Thai M, Schreiner MW, Mueller BA, Cullen KR, Klimes-Dougan B (2020). Coordination between frontolimbic resting state connectivity and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning in adolescents with and without depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 125, 105123. (Read full article)
  14. Roy AV, Thai M, Klimes-Dougan B, Westlund Schreiner M, Mueller BA, Albott CS, Lim KO, Fiecas M, Tye SJ, Cullen KR (2020). Brain entropy and neurotrophic molecular markers accompanying clinical improvement after ketamine: Preliminary evidence in adolescents with treatment-resistant depression. J Psychopharmacol, 35(2), 168-177. (Read full article)
  15. Cullen KR, Brown R, Schreiner MW, Eberly LE, Klimes-Dougan B, Reigstad K, Hill D, Lim KO, Mueller BA (2021). White matter microstructure relates to lassitude but not diagnosis in adolescents with depression. Brain Imaging Behav, 14(5), 1507-1520. (Read full article)
  16. van Velzen LS, Kelly S, Isaev D, Aleman A, Aftanas LI, Bauer J, Baune BT, Brak IV, Carballedo A, Connolly CG, Couvy-Duchesne B, Cullen KR, Danilenko KV, Dannlowski U, Enneking V, Filimonova E, Frster K, Frodl T, Gotlib IH, Groenewold NA, Grotegerd D, Harris MA, Hatton SN, Hawkins EL, Hickie IB, Ho TC, Jansen A, Kircher T, Klimes-Dougan B, Kochunov P, Krug A, Lagopoulos J, Lee R, Lett TA, Li M, MacMaster FP, Martin NG, McIntosh AM, McLellan Q, Meinert S, Nenadi I, Osipov E, Penninx BWJH, Portella MJ, Repple J, Roos A, Sacchet MD, Smann PG, Schnell K, Shen X, Sim K, Stein DJ, van Tol MJ, Tomyshev AS, Tozzi L, Veer IM, Vermeiren R, Vives-Gilabert Y, Walter H, Walter M, van der Wee NJA, van der Werff SJA, Schreiner MW, Whalley HC, Wright MJ, Yang TT, Zhu A, Veltman DJ, Thompson PM, Jahanshad N, Schmaal L (2019). White matter disturbances in major depressive disorder: a coordinated analysis across 20 international cohorts in the ENIGMA MDD working group. Mol Psychiatry, 25(7), 1511-1525. (Read full article)
  17. Cullen KR, Schreiner MW, Klimes-Dougan B, Eberly LE, LaRiviere LL, Lim KO, Camchong J, Mueller BA (2019). Neural correlates of clinical improvement in response to N-acetylcysteine in adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 99, 109778. (Read full article)
  18. Westlund Schreiner M, Mueller BA, Klimes-Dougan B, Begnel ED, Fiecas M, Hill D, Lim KO, Cullen KR (2020). White Matter Microstructure in Adolescents and Young Adults With Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. Front Psychiatry, 10, 1019. (Read full article)
  19. de Kovel CGF, Aftanas L, Aleman A, Alexander-Bloch AF, Baune BT, Brack I, Blow R, Busatto Filho G, Carballedo A, Connolly CG, Cullen KR, Dannlowski U, Davey CG, Dima D, Dohm K, Erwin-Grabner T, Frodl T, Fu CHY, Hall GB, Glahn DC, Godlewska B, Gotlib IH, Goya-Maldonado R, Grabe HJ, Groenewold NA, Grotegerd D, Gruber O, Harris MA, Harrison BJ, Hatton SN, Hickie IB, Ho TC, Jahanshad N, Kircher T, Krmer B, Krug A, Lagopoulos J, Leehr EJ, Li M, MacMaster FP, MacQueen G, McIntosh AM, McLellan Q, Medland SE, Mueller BA, Nenadic I, Osipov E, Papmeyer M, Portella MJ, Reneman L, Rosa PGP, Sacchet MD, Schnell K, Schrantee A, Sim K, Simulionyte E, Sindermann L, Singh A, Stein DJ, Ubani BN, Van der Wee NJA, Van der Werff SJA, Veer IM, Vives-Gilabert Y, Vlzke H, Walter H, Walter M, Schreiner MW, Whalley H, Winter N, Wittfeld K, Yang TT, Yksel D, Zaremba D, Thompson PM, Veltman DJ, Schmaal L, Francks C (2019). No Alterations of Brain Structural Asymmetry in Major Depressive Disorder: An ENIGMA Consortium Analysis. Am J Psychiatry, 176(12), 1039-1049. (Read full article)
  20. Westlund Schreiner M, Klimes-Dougan B, Mueller BA, Nelson KJ, Lim KO, Cullen KR (2019). Neurocircuitry associated with symptom dimensions at baseline and with change in borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging, 290, 58-65. (Read full article)
  21. Westlund Schreiner M, Parenteau A, Hill D, Klimes-Dougan B, Cullen KR (2019). A framework for identifying neurobiologically-based intervention targets for non-suicidal self-injury. Curr Behav Neurosci Rep, 6, 177-187.
  22. Cullen KR, Schreiner MW, Klimes-Dougan B (2019). The Neural Basis of Social Evaluation in Adolescents with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. EClinicalMedicine, 13, 6-7. (Read full article)
  23. Schreiner MW, Klimes-Dougan B, Cullen KR (2018). Neural Correlates of Suicidality in Adolescents with Major Depression: Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Precuneus and Posterior Cingulate Cortex. Suicide Life Threat Behav, 49(3), 899-913. (Read full article)
  24. Demers LA, Schreiner MW, Hunt RH, Mueller BA, Klimes-Dougan B, Thomas KM, Cullen KR (2019). Alexithymia is associated with neural reactivity to masked emotional faces in adolescents who self-harm. J Affect Disord, 249, 253-261. (Read full article)
  25. Klimes-Dougan B, Begnel E, Almy B, Thai M, Schreiner MW, Cullen KR (2018). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation in depressed adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 102, 216-224. (Read full article)
  26. Koenig J, Westlund Schreiner M, Klimes-Dougan B, Ubani B, Mueller BA, Lim KO, Kaess M, Cullen KR (2018). Increases in orbitofrontal cortex thickness following antidepressant treatment are associated with changes in resting state autonomic function in adolescents with major depression - Preliminary findings from a pilot study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging, 281, 35-42. (Read full article)
  27. Koenig J, Westlund Schreiner M, Klimes-Dougan B, Ubani B, Mueller B, Kaess M, Cullen KR (2018). Brain structural thickness and resting state autonomic function in adolescents with major depression. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 13(7), 741-753. (Read full article)
  28. Cullen KR, Amatya P, Roback MG, Albott CS, Westlund Schreiner M, Ren Y, Eberly LE, Carstedt P, Samikoglu A, Gunlicks-Stoessel M, Reigstad K, Horek N, Tye S, Lim KO, Klimes-Dougan B (2018). Intravenous Ketamine for Adolescents with Treatment-Resistant Depression: An Open-Label Study. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 28(7), 437-444. (Read full article)
  29. Cullen KR, Klimes-Dougan B, Westlund Schreiner M, Carstedt P, Marka N, Nelson K, Miller MJ, Reigstad K, Westervelt A, Gunlicks-Stoessel M, Eberly LE (2017). N-Acetylcysteine for Nonsuicidal Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents: An Open-Label Pilot Study. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 28(2), 136-144. (Read full article)
  30. Klimes-Dougan B, Westlund Schreiner M, Thai M, Gunlicks-Stoessel M, Reigstad K, Cullen KR (2017). Neural and neuroendocrine predictors of pharmacological treatment response in adolescents with depression: A preliminary study. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 81, 194-202. (Read full article)
  31. Westlund Schreiner M, Klimes-Dougan B, Mueller BA, Eberly LE, Reigstad KM, Carstedt PA, Thomas KM, Hunt RH, Lim KO, Cullen KR (2017). Multi-modal neuroimaging of adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: Amygdala functional connectivity. J Affect Disord, 221, 47-55. (Read full article)
  32. Westlund Schreiner M, Cullen KR, Klimes-Dougan B (2017). Multi-level analysis of the functioning of the neurobiological threat system in adolescents: Implications for suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury. Curr Behav Neurosci Rep, 4(2), 79-86.
  33. Cullen KR, Klimes-Dougan B, Vu DP, Westlund Schreiner M, Mueller BA, Eberly LE, Camchong J, Westervelt A, Lim KO (2016). Neural Correlates of Antidepressant Treatment Response in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 26(8), 705-712. (Read full article)
  34. Xu T, Cullen KR, Mueller B, Schreiner MW, Lim KO, Schulz SC, Parhi KK (2016). Network analysis of functional brain connectivity in borderline personality disorder using resting-state fMRI. Neuroimage Clin, 11, 302-315. (Read full article)
  35. Bernstein GA, Mueller BA, Schreiner MW, Campbell SM, Regan EK, Nelson PM, Houri AK, Lee SS, Zagoloff AD, Lim KO, Yacoub ES, Cullen KR (2015). Abnormal striatal resting-state functional connectivity in adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging, 247, 49-56. (Read full article)
  36. Westlund Schreiner M, Klimes-Dougan B, Begnel ED, Cullen KR (2015). Conceptualizing the neurobiology of non-suicidal self-injury from the perspective of the Research Domain Criteria Project. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 57, 381-91. (Read full article)
  37. Klimes-Dougan B, Eberly LE, Westlund Schreiner M, Kurkiewicz P, Houri A, Schlesinger A, Thomas KM, Mueller BA, Lim KO, Cullen KR (2014). Multilevel assessment of the neurobiological threat system in depressed adolescents: interplay between the limbic system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Dev Psychopathol, 26(4 Pt 2), 1321-35. (Read full article)
  38. Cullen KR, Westlund MK, Klimes-Dougan B, Mueller BA, Houri A, Eberly LE, Lim KO (2014). Abnormal amygdala resting-state functional connectivity in adolescent depression. JAMA Psychiatry, 71(10), 1138-47. (Read full article)
  39. Hulvershorn LA, Cullen KR, Francis M, Westlund M (2014). Developmental Resting State Functional Connectivity for Clinicians. Curr Behav Neurosci Rep, 1(3), 161-169. (Read full article)
  40. Cullen KR, Westlund MK, LaRiviere LL, Klimes-Dougan B (2013). An adolescent with nonsuicidal self-injury: a case and discussion of neurobiological research on emotion regulation. Am J Psychiatry, 170(8), 828-31. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Eldredge, D, Langenecker, SA, Lucynski, R, Westlund Schreiner, M (2022). The rapid evolution of crisis mental health services in Utah: Opportunities and challenges as a result of the global pandemic. [Review]. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ), 20(3), 285-291.

Book Chapter

  1. Nelson KJ, Miller MJ, Zagoloff A, Westlund MK, Schulz SC (2014). Personality Disorders and Suicide. In Koslow S, Nemeroff C, Ruiz P (Eds.), A concise guide to understanding suicide: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and prevention. Cambridge University Press.