A man wearing glasses and a blue suit with a patterned tie, smiling against a gray background.

Douglas D. Gray, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Psychiatry , Adjunct - Pediatrics

Divisions: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Board Certification

  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

Douglas Gray, MD, Professor (Clinical) Emeritus, served as Psychiatry's Vice Chair of Education from 2015 until 2020. His pioneering work in growing successful programs to train psychiatrists in Utah spans two decades. Dr. Gray studies suicide completers in an attempt to better understand suicide risk factors, and to help develop future suicide prevention programs across the age span. He uses psychological autopsies, genetics and toxicology methods to make inroads to get a better understanding of suicide risk factors.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Colorado
 BA
Professional Medical University of Colorado School of Medicine
 MD
Internship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Intern
Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Fellow
Residency University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
 Resident

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Docherty AR, Shabalin AA, DiBlasi E, Monson E, Mullins N, Adkins DE, Bacanu SA, Bakian AV, Crowell S, Chen D, Darlington TM, Callor WB, Christensen ED, Gray D, Keeshin B, Klein M, Anderson JS, Jerominski L, Hayward C, Porteous DJ, McIntosh A, Li Q, Coon (2020). Genome-Wide Association Study of Suicide Death and Polygenic Prediction of Clinical Antecedents. The American journal of psychiatry, 177(10), 917-927. (Read full article)
  2. Kaufman EA, Crowell SE, Coleman J, Puzia ME, Gray DD, Strayer D (2018). Electroencephalographic and cardiovascular markers of vulnerability within families of suicidal adolescents: A pilot study. Biological psychology, 136, 46-56. (Read full article)
  3. McGlade E, Bakian A, Coon H, Yurgelun-Todd D, Callor WB, Byrd J, Gray (2016). Male suspected suicide decedents in Utah: A comparison of Veterans and nonveterans. Comprehensive psychiatry, 69, 1-10. (Read full article)
  4. Callor WB, Petersen E, Gray D, Grey T, Lamoreaux T, Bennett P (2005). Preliminary findings of noncompliance with psychotropic medication and prevalence of methamphetamine intoxication associated with suicide completion. Crisis, 26(2), 78-84. (Read full article)
  5. Gray D, Achilles J, Keller T, Tate D, Haggard L, Rolfs R, Cazier C, Workman J, McMahon W (2002). Utah youth suicide study, phase I: government agency contact before death. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41(4), 427-34. (Read full article)
  6. Haws CA, Gray DD, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Moskos M, Meyer LJ, Renshaw P (2009). The possible effect of altitude on regional variation in suicide rates. Medical hypotheses, 73(4), 587-90. (Read full article)
  7. Keeshin BR, Gray D, Zhang C, Presson AP, Coon (2018). Youth Suicide Deaths: Investigation of Clinical Predictors in a Statewide Sample. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 48(5), 601-612. (Read full article)
  8. Moskos M, Olson L, Halbern S, Keller T, Gray (2005). Utah Youth Suicide Study: Psychological Autopsy. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 35(5), 536-546.
  9. Gray D, Coon H, McGlade E, Callor W, Byrd J, Viskochil J, Bakian A, Yurgelun-Todd D, Grey T, McMahon (2014). Comparative Analysis of Suicide, Accidental, and Undetermined Cause of Death Classification. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 44(3), 304-316.
  10. Moskos MA, Olson L, Halbern SR, Gray (2007). Utah youth suicide study: barriers to mental health treatment for adolescents. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 37(2), 179-86. (Read full article)
  11. Gray D, Dawson KL, Grey TC, McMahon WM (2011). "Best practices: The Utah Youth Suicide Study: best practices for suicide prevention through the juvenile court system.". Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 62(12), 1416-1418.
  12. Coon H, Darlington TM, Diblasi E, Callor WB, Ferris E, Fraser A, Yu Z, William N, Das SC, Crowell SE, Chen D, Anderson JS, Klein M, Jerominski L, Cannon D, Shabalin A, Docherty A, Williams M, Smith KR, Keeshin B, Bakian AV, Christensen E, Li QS, Camp NJ, Gray (2018). Genome-wide significant regions in 43 Utah high-risk families impicate multiple genes involved in risk of completed suicide. Molecular psychiatry,
  13. William N, Reissner C, Sargent R, Darlington TM, DiBlasi E, Li QS, Keeshin B, Callor WB, Ferris E, Jerominski L, Smith KR, Christensen ED, Gray DM, Camp NJ, Missler M, Williams ME, Coon (2021). Neurexin 1 variants as risk factors for suicide death. Molecular psychiatry, 26(12), 7436-7445. (Read full article)
  14. Gray D, Bilder DA, Leonard HL, Anders T (2007). Triple Board Training and New Portals into Child Psychiatry Training. Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 16(1), 55-66.
  15. Gray DD, Bilder DA, Leonard HL, Anders T (2007). Triple board training and new "portals" into child psychiatry training. Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 16(1), 55-66, viii. (Read full article)
  16. Kious BM, Docherty AR, Botkin JR, Brown TR, Francis LP, Gray DD, Keeshin BR, Stark LA, Witte B, Coon (2021). Ethical and public health implications of genetic testing for suicide risk: family and survivor perspectives. Genetics in medicine, 23(2), 289-297. (Read full article)
  17. Docherty A, Kious B, Brown T, Francis L, Stark L, Keeshin B, Botkin J, DiBlasi E, Gray D, Coon (2021). Ethical concerns relating to genetic risk scores for suicide. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics, 186(8), 433-444. (Read full article)
  18. DiBlasi E, Shabalin AA, Monson ET, Keeshin BR, Bakian AV, Kirby AV, Ferris E, Chen D, William N, Gaj E, Klein M, Jerominski L, Callor WB, Christensen E, Smith KR, Fraser A, Yu Z, Gray D, PsychChip Investigators of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium., Camp NJ, Stahl EA, Li QS, Docherty AR, Coon (2021). Rare protein-coding variants implicate genes involved in risk of suicide death. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics, 186(8), 508-520. (Read full article)
  19. Tzoumas AC, Tzoumas JL, Burlingame GM, Nelson PL, Wells MG, Gray D (2007). The Y-OQ-12 Psychosocial Screening of Youth in Primary Care Medicine Using Items from and Outcome Measure. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, November/December(14), 488-503.
  20. Hollingshaus MS, Coon H, Crowell SE, Gray DD, Hanson HA, Pimentel R, Smith K (2016). Differential Vulnerability to Early-Life Parental Death: The Moderating Effects of Family Suicide History on Risks for Major Depression and Substance Abuse in Later Life. Biodemography and social biology, 62(1), 105-25. (Read full article)
  21. Darlington TM, Pimentel R, Smith K, Bakian AV, Jerominski L, Cardon J, Camp NJ, Callor WB, Grey T, Singleton M, Yandell M, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Gray D, Coon (2014). Identifying rare variants for genetic risk through a combined pedigree and phenotype approach: application to suicide and asthma. Translational psychiatry, 4(10), e471. (Read full article)
  22. Coon H, Darlington T, Pimentel R, Smith KR, Huff CD, Hu H, Jerominski L, Hansen J, Klein M, Callor WB, Byrd J, Bakian A, Crowell SE, McMahon WM, Rajamanickam V, Camp NJ, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd D, Grey T, Gray (2013). Genetic risk factors in two Utah pedigrees at high risk for suicide. Translational psychiatry, 3(11), e325. (Read full article)
  23. Monson ET, Shabalin AA, Docherty AR, DiBlasi E, Bakian AV, Li QS, Gray D, Keeshin B, Crowell SE, Mullins N, Willour VL, Coon (2021). Assessment of suicide attempt and death in bipolar affective disorder: a combined clinical and genetic approach. Translational psychiatry, 11(1), 379. (Read full article)
  24. Moskos MA, Halbern SR, Alder S, Kim H, Gray D (2007). Utah Youth Suicide Study: Evidence-based Suicide Prevention for Juvenile Offenders. 10(1), 127-146.

Review

  1. Moskos MA, Achilles J, Gray (2004). Adolescent suicide myths in the United States. Crisis, 25(4), 176-82. (Read full article)

Conference Proceedings

  1. Gray D, Renshaw P, McGlade (2014). It's Not Impossible, Translating Research into Real World Interventions.

Abstract

  1. Halbern S, Moskos M, Gray (2008). Early Mental Health Screening, Referral, and Treatment of Young Juvenile Offenders: Development of a Model. Presented as a half-day workshop at the 41st Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology, in Boston, Massachusetts.
  2. Benton T, Rostain T, Sexson S, Stubbe D, Gray (2009). Pediatric Portals Program: Developing your own portal for pediatricians entering psychiatry.
  3. Halbern S, Moskos M, Gray (2007). Family Centered Suicide Prevention Services for Youth at Highest Risk for Suicide Death. Presented as part of a Workshop at the SAMHSA Garrett Lee Smith Grant Awardees Conference in Portland, Oregon, December 10-12, 2007.
  4. Gray D, Stubbe D, Sexson S, Cuffe S, Santos (2007). AACAP Training Forum: Future ABPN Child Psychiatry Examinations, and Training Updates 1) ABPN Presentation and Panel Discussion, 2) Integrated Training Programs, 3) Post-Pediatrics Pilot Program.
  5. Halbern S, Moskos M, Adler L, Kim H, Gray (2008). Utah Youth Suicide Study: Evidence-Based Suicide Risk Reduction for Juvenile Offenders, at the 136th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.
  6. Gray D., Moskos M., Halbern S (2010). Reduction of Suicide Risk and Recidivism Among Juvenile Offenders in Utah.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Gray D, McHarg M, Wendleton L, Soberay K, Bahraini (2015). Video and Brochure: "How to Talk to a Child About a Suicide Attempt in the Family." Co-Author, Editor, and Video Moderator. Video Production and Editing by Tomorrow Pictures, Atlanta, Georgia. Funded by the Veteran's Administration.