Isaac Johnson

Isaac Johnson is an M.D. candidate at the School of Medicine who received a B.A. in Biology from Columbia University. He is currently conducting research at the Yale Child Study Center. He is collaborating with the University of São Paulo to examine how the treatment of psychiatric conditions in children varies across cultures. He has created a survey containing three case vignettes to administer to mental health providers in Brazil. The three patient case vignettes involve children with ADHD, treatment refractory depression, and aggression in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Based on the three cases, participants are asked multiple-choice questions regarding the treatments that they would prefer in their local community. Participants who take the survey are then asked whether they would be willing to be interviewed to elicit open-ended responses. This component is a semi-structured, qualitative analysis elucidating more detailed differences in treatment paradigms. The hypothesis is that answers to the survey questions will vary significantly across cultures. Isaac is hoping that this opportunity will also help bring him closer to the beauty of Brazilian futebol.