Xiang Wang's Biography

Biography: Xiang Wang, Ph.D. and M.D., is a professor of clinical psychology and psychiatry in the Medical Psychological Center, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. She is also the Supervisor of Ph.D. candidate in the specialties of psychology. Dr. Wang received her M.D. degree of Clinical Medicine from Hunan Medical University in 1997 and the Ph.D degree in Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology from Central South University in 2005. From July 2013 to July 2014, she worked in Mclean Hospital of Harvard Medical School as a visiting scholar. She is currently the committee member of Medical Psychological Board in Chinese Psychological Society and Cognitive Behavior Therapy Board in Chinese Association for Mental Health. Dr. Wang’s research is focused on: 1) Combining psychosocial, behavioral, and in vivo neuroimaging techniques to explore the underlying biological mechanism of patients with depression or schizophrenia, especially for their reward-related motivation and decision-making processing dysfunction; 2) the comprehensive psychosocial intervention for patients with severe mental illness. Those research works was supported by 11 national , ministry, or provincial project research grants in which Dr. Wang is the primary investigator, and lead to more than 130 peer-reviewed research papers including more than 70 SCI/SSCI papers.

Papers in recent years

1. Qiongqiong Wu; Jiayue He; Shulin Fang; Panwen Zhang; Xingwei Luo; Jianghua Zhang; Xiong Yan; Fusheng Luo; Xiaosheng Wang; Shuqiao Yao;  Xiang Wang (corresponding author). A novel construct of anhedonia revealed in a Chinese sample via the Revised Physical and Social Anhedonia Scales. BMC Psychiatry.（accepted)

2. Xiaolong Peng, Xiaoping Wu, Ruxue Gong, Rui Yang, Xiang Wang, Wenzhen Zhu, Pan Lin . (2020). Sub-regional anterior cingulate cortex functional connectivity revealed default network subsystem dysfunction in patients with major depressive disorder. Psychological medicine, Mar 10:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720000434

3. Bei Zhang, Pan Lin, Xiaosheng Wang, Dost Öngür, Xinlei Ji1, Weijun Situ, Shuqiao Yao, Xiang Wang (corresponding author). Altered Functional Connectivity of Striatum Based on the Integrated Connectivity Model in First-Episode Schizophrenia.Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10:756. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00756

4. Samuel F. Law, Xingwei Luo,  Shuqiao Yao, Xiang Wang (corresponding author). Assertive Community Treatment in China - it is time for a made-in-China solution. Psychological Medicine. 2019 49(1）:172-174. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718003094.

5. Xingwei Luo, Samuel F. Law, Xiang Wang(corresponding author), Jingzheng Shi, Wu Zeng, Xiaoqian Ma, Wendy Chow, Shiyan Liu, Wei Zhao, Xiaoli Liu, Shuqiao Yao, Michael R. Phillips. Effectiveness of an Assertive Community Treatment program for people with severe schizophrenia in mainland China – a 12-month randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 2019 49(6）:969-979. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718001629.

6. Miao Yu, Zhengjia Dai, Xiaowei Tang, Xiang Wang, Xiaobin Zhang, Weiwei Sha, Shuqiao Yao,Ni Shu, Xindi Wang, Jiaying Yang, Xiangyang Zhang, Xiangrong Zhang, Yong He, and Zhijun Zhang. Convergence and Divergence of Brain Network Dysfunction in Deficit and Non-deficit Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2017, Oct 21;43(6):1315-1328 doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbx014.

7. Qingsen Ming, Xue Zhong, Xiaocui Zhang, Weidan Pu, Daifeng Dong, Yali Jiang, Yidian Gao, Xiang Wang, John Detre, Shuqiao Yao, Hengyi Rao. State-Independent and Dependent Neural Reponses to Psychosocial Stress in Current and Remitted Depression. The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2017, Oct 1;174(10):971-979. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16080974

8. Jiang Yali, Guo Xiao, Zhang Jibiao, Gao Juling, Wang Xiang, Situ Weijun, Yi Jinyao, Zhang Xiaocui, Zhu Xiongzhao, Yao Shuqiao, Huang Binsheng. Abnormalities of cortical structures in adolescent-onset conduct disorder. Psychological Medicine. 2015, 45(16):3467-79. doi: 10.1017/S0033291715001361

9. Pan Lin, Xiaosheng Wang, Bei Zhang, Brian Kirkpatrick, Dost Öngür, James J. Levitt, Jorge Jovicich, Shuqiao Yao, Xiang Wang(corresponding author). Functional dysconnectivity of the limbic loop of frontostriatal circuits in first-episode, treatment-naive schizophrenia. Human Brain Mapping.2018, 39(2): 747–757. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23879

10. Bei Zhang,Pan Lin, Huqing Shi, Dost Öngür, Randy P Auerbach, Xiaosheng Wang, Shuqiao Yao, Xiang Wang (corresponding author). Mapping anhedonia-specific dysfunction in a transdiagnostic approach: An ALE meta-analysis. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 2016, 10(3): 920-939.

11. Xiang Wang, Dost Öngür, Randy P Auerbach, Shuqiao Yao. Cognitive Vulnerability to Major Depression: View from the Intrinsic Network and Cross-network Interactions. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 2016 May-Jun;24(3):188-201. PubMed PMID: 27148911.

12. Wei Zhao, Samuel F Law, Xingwei Luo, Wendy Sauwan Chow, Jinqiang Zhang, Ye Zhu, Shiyan Liu, Xiaoqian Ma, Shuqiao Yao, Xiang Wang (corresponding author). First Adaptation of a Family-based ACT Model in Mainland China: A Pilot Project. Psychiatric Services. 2015,66(4):438-41. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400087. Epub 2015 Jan 2. PubMed PMID: 25555033..

13. Xueling Zhu, Xiang Wang（joint first author）, Jin Xiao, Jian Liao, Mingtian Zhong, Wei Wang, Shuqiao Yao. Evidence of a Dissociation Pattern in Resting-State Default Mode Network Connectivity in First-Episode, Treatment-Naive Major Depression Patients. Biol Psychiatry. 2012, 71(7):611-7. PubMed PMID: 22177602.

14. Xueling Zhu, Xiang Wang（joint first author）, Jing Xiao, Mingtian Zhong, Shuqiao Yao. Altered White Matter Integrity in First-Episode, Treatment-Naive Young Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: A Tract-Based Spatial Statistics. Brain Research. 2010, 1369: 223-229

15. Xiang Wang, Shuqiao Yao, Brian Kirkpatrick, Chuan Shi, Jinyao Yi. Psychopathology and neuropsychological impairments in deficit and nondeficit schizophrenia of Chinese origin. Psychiatry Research. 2008, 158(2): 195-205