Reneh Karamians

Department Faculty

Campus: Los Angeles, CA
Department: Clinical Psychology
Institution: The Chicago School

Address: 707 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90017

Office Phone: 213-615-7299
Email

Biography

Dr. Reneh Karamians is a new core faculty member at The Chicagso School School beginning in June of 2023. Dr. Karamians is a graduate of Pepperdine University and completed his internship at the Erie Consortium where he worked primarily in physical medicine serving as a neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology intern. He then moved on the complete his postdoctoral training at The Ohio State University's (OSU) Wexner Medical Center, where he continued his clinical work in Physical Medicine as a Rehabilitation and Neuropsychology fellow.

During his time at OSU, Dr. Karamians worked alongside experts in the fields of traumatic brain injury and stroke rehabilitation. He also participated, in various capacities, within two Model Systems projects including, Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Karamians' most recent publication, entitled Effectiveness of virtual reality-and gaming-based interventions for upper extremity rehabilitation poststroke: a meta-analysis was published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Currently, Dr. Karamians is running a private practice (Downtown Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology) in Downtown Los Angeles, where practicum students can practice neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology under his supervision. Dr. Karamians is also running two laboratories, the first working with EEG investigating the use of this technology to detect malingering in neuropsychological testing, and the second investigating if the Covid-19 quarantine caused any significant differences in results from the MMPI-2, the MCMI-IV and the PAI.

Education History

Degree	Institution	Year
Masters	Pepperdine University , Los Angeles	2007
Psy.D	Pepperdine University , Los Angeles	2015
B.A.	Ferrum College , Ferrum, VA	2005

Professional Memberships

Role	Organization
Member	American Psychological Association
Member	Armenian American Mental Health Association
Member	American Philosophical Association

Presentations

Title	Location	Date	Link
Neuropsychology and Culture Specific Normalization Data	Los Angeles	2023	https://fb.watch/lb6QfJgsFe/

Areas of Expertise

Area	Expertise
Neuropsychology/Neuroscience	Clinical Neuroscience

Licenses

Psychologist , California

Publications

Journal
Karamians, R., Proffitt, R., Kline, D., & Gauthier, L. V. (2020). Effectiveness of virtual reality-and gaming-based interventions for upper extremity rehabilitation poststroke: a meta-analysis. rchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 101 (5), 885-896.
Peselow, E., Gabriel, T., Karamians R., Demetaria, P., IsHak, W., (2015). Prophylactic efficacy of Fluoxetine, Escitalopram, Sertraline, and Paroxetine in unipolar deprresion: Outcome after long-term follow-up. Psychiatry Research, , 680-686.
Peselow, E., Karamians, R., Lord M., Tobia G., & IsHak W., (2013). The discrepancy between patients and informants on clinician-rated measures in Major Depressive Disorder: Implications for Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 29 (2), 111-115.
Lopez, E., Yamakawa, C., Karamians, R., Smith, K., Pfluegl, G. & Hardy, D (2013). The effectiveness of the Computerized Picture Memory Interference Test in the detection of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) among Spanish-speaking individuals infected with HIV. International Neuropsychological Society, ,
Karamians, R., Yamakawa, C. & Lopez, E (2013). The effectiveness of the HIV Dementia Scale (HDS) in the Detection of HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND) among Spanish Speaking Individuals Infected with HIV. International Neuropsychological Society, ,

Professional Skills

Stroke neurorehabilitation, use of gaming and virtual reality technologies for neurorehabilitation, instrument development in neuropsychology, instrument development for assessment of athletic abilities.