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Research paper thumbnail of Body Mass Index in Pediatric Patients and Use of Atypical Antipsychotics

Research paper thumbnail of Group treatment of adolescent inpatients: A pilot study using a structured therapy approach

Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy, 1996

2 Kymissis, Christanson, Swanson, and Orlowski merits be explored which are both substantive and ... more 2 Kymissis, Christanson, Swanson, and Orlowski merits be explored which are both substantive and can be implemented within the constraints of the hospital setting.

Research paper thumbnail of National survey of US cardiologists about the relationship between coronary artery disease and mood conditions

Research paper thumbnail of Visual perceptual dysfunction in patients with schizophrenic and affective disorders versus control subjects

Journal of Neuropsychiatry

Visual perception was evaluated with standard tests for 26 hospitalized patients with schizophren... more Visual perception was evaluated with standard tests for 26 hospitalized patients with schizophrenia, 23 hospitalized patients with affective disorders, and 60 control subjects. Both patient groups differed significantly from the control group on low amplitude of accommodation, esophoria or exophoria, vergence duction suppression, and convergence and divergence recovery ductions. Only the affective group showed significantly reduced fusion at near distance, and only the schizophrenic group differed significantly from control subjects on disorganized left apex formation. These findings appear to confirm the presence of visual perceptual disorders that can cause disability in psychiatric patients, with important research and rehabilitation implications.

Research paper thumbnail of Abnormal Saccadic Eye Movements in Psychiatric Patients as Part of a Spatial Management Disorder

Studies in Visual Information Processing, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of Group treatment of adolescent inpatients: A pilot study using a structured therapy approach

Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy, 1996

2 Kymissis, Christanson, Swanson, and Orlowski merits be explored which are both substantive and ... more 2 Kymissis, Christanson, Swanson, and Orlowski merits be explored which are both substantive and can be implemented within the constraints of the hospital setting.

Research paper thumbnail of HIV Seropositivity as a Major Risk Factor for Suicide in the General Hospital

Research paper thumbnail of Constant observation in the general hospital

Psychosomatics

Constant observation (CO) is a technique in which continuous one-to-one monitoring is used to ass... more Constant observation (CO) is a technique in which continuous one-to-one monitoring is used to assure the safety and well-being of an individual patient or others. This study reviewed 115 patient charts in a tertiary-care hospital to determine the correlates and predictors of the financial cost of CO. The mean duration for CO was 13.9 days with a median of 7.5 days. The cost average was 3,415perincidentwitharangeof3,415 per incident with a range of 3,415perincidentwitharangeof144-$68,500. The median cost was $1,872. The most common diagnosis was organic mental syndrome. Significant predictors of CO were disorientation, psychiatric medication used, and absence of alcohol use.

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of stress management group therapy on patients on an adolescent psychiatric unit

Journal of Child and …, 2000

The effect of stress management group therapy on a broad range of psychiatric symptoms was evalua... more The effect of stress management group therapy on a broad range of psychiatric symptoms was evaluated on an adolescent psychiatric unit. Adolescent boys and girls from ages 11 to 18 were placed in either an experimental group or a control group. The experimental ...

Research paper thumbnail of A national survey of cardiovascular physicians' beliefs and clinical care practices when diagnosing and treating depression in patients with cardiovascular disease

Cardiology in review

A national survey was administered to determine 1) cardiovascular physicians' beliefs about ... more A national survey was administered to determine 1) cardiovascular physicians' beliefs about the association between depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD), 2) the methods used to diagnose depression, 3) referral patterns for treatment of depression, and 4) frequency of use and preferred choice of antidepressant. A national survey of 50% of randomly selected U.S. cardiovascular physicians belonging to the American College of Cardiology was conducted; 796 of 8854 physicians who received the questionnaires responded. Cardiovascular physicians were aware of indirect associations between depression and coronary artery disease (CAD). However, 49.9% were unaware of depression as an independent cardiac risk factor; 71.2% asked less than half their patients with CAD about depression; 79% used no standard screening method to diagnose depression. Among cardiovascular physicians, 84.8% reported that between 1% and 50% of their patients have depression, and 49.2% indicated that they tr...

Research paper thumbnail of Clinical Improvement in Adolescents Comorbid for Substance Abuse and Psychiatric Diagnoses Through Multiple Group Psychotherapy

Group, 2001

In a pilot study, the authors examined the outcome of group psychotherapy for the treatment of 19... more In a pilot study, the authors examined the outcome of group psychotherapy for the treatment of 19 adolescents, comorbid for substance abuse and psychiatric diagnoses, in terms of symptom reduction. They compared presenting symptomatology of treatment completers with treatment noncompleters. A retrospective study of the outcome of a multiple group psychotherapy treatment program using the Drug Use Screening Inventory-Revised Version (DUSI-R) to assess change over time was conducted. Depressive disorders were the most prevalent psychiatric diagnoses (68%), and marijuana was the substance most commonly abused on a frequent basis. Treatment completers showed improvement in behavior problems, health status, and social competence. As part of an integrated treatment program, multiple group psychotherapy is a promising treatment modality for adolescent patients, comorbid for substance abuse and psychiatric diagnoses, pending further assessment of the complex issues involved in combined treatment.

Research paper thumbnail of A National Survey of Cardiovascular Physicians?? Beliefs and Clinical Care Practices When Diagnosing and Treating Depression in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiology in Review, 2006

A national survey was administered to determine 1) cardiovascular physicians' beliefs about the a... more A national survey was administered to determine 1) cardiovascular physicians' beliefs about the association between depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD), 2) the methods used to diagnose depression, 3) referral patterns for treatment of depression, and 4) frequency of use and preferred choice of antidepressant. A national survey of 50% of randomly selected U.S. cardiovascular physicians belonging to the American College of Cardiology was conducted; 796 of 8854 physicians who received the questionnaires responded. Cardiovascular physicians were aware of indirect associations between depression and coronary artery disease (CAD). However, 49.9% were unaware of depression as an independent cardiac risk factor; 71.2% asked less than half their patients with CAD about depression; 79% used no standard screening method to diagnose depression. Among cardiovascular physicians, 84.8% reported that between 1% and 50% of their patients have depression, and 49.2% indicated that they treat the symptoms of depression in their patients with CAD. Cardiovascular physicians often refer depressed patients with CAD to mental health professionals and recommend exercise, relaxation training, stress management, psychotherapy, and diaries for their patients. Among cardiovascular physicians, 55.5% treat depression/CAD with antidepressant medication: sertraline (28%), paroxetine (16.1%), fluoxetine (10.8%), escitalopram (8.7%), citalopram (7.9%), bupropion (4.4%), tricyclic antidepressants (3.8%), and venlafaxine 2.9%.

Research paper thumbnail of The Cost Effectiveness of Crisis Intervention Admission Diversion Savings Can Offset the High Cost of Service

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1993

Research paper thumbnail of PW01-10 - Columbia University Lithium Archives Project: bridging the gap from laboratory evidence to clinical findings

European Psychiatry, 2010

Objective: Lithium has been used in the successful treatment of bipolar disorders since the 1950'... more Objective: Lithium has been used in the successful treatment of bipolar disorders since the 1950's. Advancements in neuroscience show that it has neuroprotective properties suggesting a possible efficacy in stroke, Alzheimer's and dementia. There is also evidence showing lithium protection of neurologic injury by changing GSK-3 inhibition in animals.

Research paper thumbnail of Body Mass Index in Pediatric Patients and Use of Atypical Antipsychotics

Research paper thumbnail of Group treatment of adolescent inpatients: A pilot study using a structured therapy approach

Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy, 1996

2 Kymissis, Christanson, Swanson, and Orlowski merits be explored which are both substantive and ... more 2 Kymissis, Christanson, Swanson, and Orlowski merits be explored which are both substantive and can be implemented within the constraints of the hospital setting.

Research paper thumbnail of National survey of US cardiologists about the relationship between coronary artery disease and mood conditions

Research paper thumbnail of Visual perceptual dysfunction in patients with schizophrenic and affective disorders versus control subjects

Journal of Neuropsychiatry

Visual perception was evaluated with standard tests for 26 hospitalized patients with schizophren... more Visual perception was evaluated with standard tests for 26 hospitalized patients with schizophrenia, 23 hospitalized patients with affective disorders, and 60 control subjects. Both patient groups differed significantly from the control group on low amplitude of accommodation, esophoria or exophoria, vergence duction suppression, and convergence and divergence recovery ductions. Only the affective group showed significantly reduced fusion at near distance, and only the schizophrenic group differed significantly from control subjects on disorganized left apex formation. These findings appear to confirm the presence of visual perceptual disorders that can cause disability in psychiatric patients, with important research and rehabilitation implications.

Research paper thumbnail of Abnormal Saccadic Eye Movements in Psychiatric Patients as Part of a Spatial Management Disorder

Studies in Visual Information Processing, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of Group treatment of adolescent inpatients: A pilot study using a structured therapy approach

Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy, 1996

2 Kymissis, Christanson, Swanson, and Orlowski merits be explored which are both substantive and ... more 2 Kymissis, Christanson, Swanson, and Orlowski merits be explored which are both substantive and can be implemented within the constraints of the hospital setting.

Research paper thumbnail of HIV Seropositivity as a Major Risk Factor for Suicide in the General Hospital

Research paper thumbnail of Constant observation in the general hospital

Psychosomatics

Constant observation (CO) is a technique in which continuous one-to-one monitoring is used to ass... more Constant observation (CO) is a technique in which continuous one-to-one monitoring is used to assure the safety and well-being of an individual patient or others. This study reviewed 115 patient charts in a tertiary-care hospital to determine the correlates and predictors of the financial cost of CO. The mean duration for CO was 13.9 days with a median of 7.5 days. The cost average was 3,415perincidentwitharangeof3,415 per incident with a range of 3,415perincidentwitharangeof144-$68,500. The median cost was $1,872. The most common diagnosis was organic mental syndrome. Significant predictors of CO were disorientation, psychiatric medication used, and absence of alcohol use.

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of stress management group therapy on patients on an adolescent psychiatric unit

Journal of Child and …, 2000

The effect of stress management group therapy on a broad range of psychiatric symptoms was evalua... more The effect of stress management group therapy on a broad range of psychiatric symptoms was evaluated on an adolescent psychiatric unit. Adolescent boys and girls from ages 11 to 18 were placed in either an experimental group or a control group. The experimental ...

Research paper thumbnail of A national survey of cardiovascular physicians' beliefs and clinical care practices when diagnosing and treating depression in patients with cardiovascular disease

Cardiology in review

A national survey was administered to determine 1) cardiovascular physicians' beliefs about ... more A national survey was administered to determine 1) cardiovascular physicians' beliefs about the association between depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD), 2) the methods used to diagnose depression, 3) referral patterns for treatment of depression, and 4) frequency of use and preferred choice of antidepressant. A national survey of 50% of randomly selected U.S. cardiovascular physicians belonging to the American College of Cardiology was conducted; 796 of 8854 physicians who received the questionnaires responded. Cardiovascular physicians were aware of indirect associations between depression and coronary artery disease (CAD). However, 49.9% were unaware of depression as an independent cardiac risk factor; 71.2% asked less than half their patients with CAD about depression; 79% used no standard screening method to diagnose depression. Among cardiovascular physicians, 84.8% reported that between 1% and 50% of their patients have depression, and 49.2% indicated that they tr...

Research paper thumbnail of Clinical Improvement in Adolescents Comorbid for Substance Abuse and Psychiatric Diagnoses Through Multiple Group Psychotherapy

Group, 2001

In a pilot study, the authors examined the outcome of group psychotherapy for the treatment of 19... more In a pilot study, the authors examined the outcome of group psychotherapy for the treatment of 19 adolescents, comorbid for substance abuse and psychiatric diagnoses, in terms of symptom reduction. They compared presenting symptomatology of treatment completers with treatment noncompleters. A retrospective study of the outcome of a multiple group psychotherapy treatment program using the Drug Use Screening Inventory-Revised Version (DUSI-R) to assess change over time was conducted. Depressive disorders were the most prevalent psychiatric diagnoses (68%), and marijuana was the substance most commonly abused on a frequent basis. Treatment completers showed improvement in behavior problems, health status, and social competence. As part of an integrated treatment program, multiple group psychotherapy is a promising treatment modality for adolescent patients, comorbid for substance abuse and psychiatric diagnoses, pending further assessment of the complex issues involved in combined treatment.

Research paper thumbnail of A National Survey of Cardiovascular Physicians?? Beliefs and Clinical Care Practices When Diagnosing and Treating Depression in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiology in Review, 2006

A national survey was administered to determine 1) cardiovascular physicians' beliefs about the a... more A national survey was administered to determine 1) cardiovascular physicians' beliefs about the association between depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD), 2) the methods used to diagnose depression, 3) referral patterns for treatment of depression, and 4) frequency of use and preferred choice of antidepressant. A national survey of 50% of randomly selected U.S. cardiovascular physicians belonging to the American College of Cardiology was conducted; 796 of 8854 physicians who received the questionnaires responded. Cardiovascular physicians were aware of indirect associations between depression and coronary artery disease (CAD). However, 49.9% were unaware of depression as an independent cardiac risk factor; 71.2% asked less than half their patients with CAD about depression; 79% used no standard screening method to diagnose depression. Among cardiovascular physicians, 84.8% reported that between 1% and 50% of their patients have depression, and 49.2% indicated that they treat the symptoms of depression in their patients with CAD. Cardiovascular physicians often refer depressed patients with CAD to mental health professionals and recommend exercise, relaxation training, stress management, psychotherapy, and diaries for their patients. Among cardiovascular physicians, 55.5% treat depression/CAD with antidepressant medication: sertraline (28%), paroxetine (16.1%), fluoxetine (10.8%), escitalopram (8.7%), citalopram (7.9%), bupropion (4.4%), tricyclic antidepressants (3.8%), and venlafaxine 2.9%.

Research paper thumbnail of The Cost Effectiveness of Crisis Intervention Admission Diversion Savings Can Offset the High Cost of Service

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1993

Research paper thumbnail of PW01-10 - Columbia University Lithium Archives Project: bridging the gap from laboratory evidence to clinical findings

European Psychiatry, 2010

Objective: Lithium has been used in the successful treatment of bipolar disorders since the 1950'... more Objective: Lithium has been used in the successful treatment of bipolar disorders since the 1950's. Advancements in neuroscience show that it has neuroprotective properties suggesting a possible efficacy in stroke, Alzheimer's and dementia. There is also evidence showing lithium protection of neurologic injury by changing GSK-3 inhibition in animals.