Yassir Mahgoub

Dr. Yassir Mahgoub is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. He specializes in catatonia, melancholia, mood disorders, and psychosis, with a focus on geriatric populations. His clinical work emphasizes descriptive psychopathology and the overlap of these conditions.

Education: Residency at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (2012–2016).

Research interests include the interface between catatonia and melancholic depression, treatment paradigms for mood disorders, and psychopharmacology. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Awards: Recognized for teaching excellence (e.g., Medical Student Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2021–2022) and clinical contributions (Ling Tan Award, 2023).

He actively participates in academic activities, including oral presentations on topics like legal/ethical dilemmas in psychiatry and mental health effects of pandemics.