 
Adolescent Treatment Program
Program Leaders
 Elizabeth W. Newlin, MD
Program and medical director, Adolescent Treatment Program, The Menninger Clinic; assistant professor, Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
Elizabeth Newlin, MD, recently joined The Menninger Clinic as a psychiatrist and has assumed the roles of medical and program director of the Adolescent Treatment Program. Formerly the owner of a successful outpatient private practice serving The Grand Strand region of South Carolina, Dr. Newlin is board certified in adult psychiatry as well as child and adolescent psychiatry. She has a particular interest in attachment theory and anxiety disorders.
Dr. Newlin received her bachelor’s degree from The College of Charleston and her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), both located in Charleston, S.C. She completed her post-graduate training as a psychiatry resident and as a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at MUSC.
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Newlin has served as a psychiatry consultant to The Coastal Samaritan Center, a nonprofit mental health center in coastal South Carolina and as a board member of MyTerms.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the mental health of adolescent girls.
She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Tourette’s Syndrome Association.
 Carla Sharp, PhD
Research Director, Adolescent Treatment Program, The Menninger Clinic
Dr. Sharp is an expert in developmental psychopathology. Born in South Africa, she received her undergraduate training at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and her graduate training at The University of Cambridge, UK.
As research director of the Adolescent Treatment Program, Dr. Sharp and her research team conducts a research program that aims to track clinical outcome of patients; define the characteristics of emerging personality disorder in adolescence, including its neurobiological correlates; and investigate the relationships between constructs of thought to be associated in the development of personality disorder in adolescence (mentalizing, attachment, family functioning, emotion regulation).
The ultimate aim of Dr. Sharp’s research is to refine and further develop the practice of assessment and diagnosis of childhood psychopathology to make possible the early identification and treatment of youngsters.
Dr. Sharp is a prolific presenter and writer, having extensively published papers and book chapters. She is lead editor of a new volume appearing in fall 2008 titled: Social Cognition and Developmental Psychopathology (Oxford University Press) and a co-author of Midbrain Mutiny: The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling by MIT Press. She is the recipient of numerous academic awards and she is active in professional organizations.
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