Sheehan Suicidality Tracking Scale (Sheehan-STS): Preliminary Results from a Multicenter Clinical Trial in Generalized Anxiety Disorder
January 2009
by Vladimir Coric, MD; Elyse G. Stock, MD; Joseph Pultz, PhD; Ronald Marcus, MD;
and David V. Sheehan, MD, MBA
Dr. Coric is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Senior Research Scientist, Yale OCD Research Clinic, New Haven, and an employee of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Neuroscience Global Clinical Research, Wallingford, Connecticut. Drs. Stock, Pultz, and Marcus are employees of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Neuroscience Global Clinical Research, Wallingford, Connecticut; and Dr. Sheehan is Distinguished University Health Professor, Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Depression and Anxiety Disorders Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida.
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Depression and Coronary Artery Disease: The Association, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Implications
January 2009
by Imran Shuja Khawaja, MBBS; Joseph J. Westermeyer, MD, PhD; Prashant Gajwani, MD; and Robert E. Feinstein, MD
Dr. Khawaja is from Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota/VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (currently doing a fellowship in sleep medicine at the Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota); Dr. Westermeyer is from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota/VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dr. Gajwani is from the Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; and Dr. Feinstein is from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
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Family Therapy with a Depressed Adolescent
January 2009
by Pamela Broderick, MD, and Christina Weston, MD
Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
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Trends in CNS Prescribing Following the Economic Slowdown
January 2009
by Elisa Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; Joseph A. Kwentus, MD; and Murtuza Bharmal, PhD, BPharm
Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Quintiles Inc./iGuard, Falls Church, Virginia; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles Inc., San Diego, California, and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; Dr. Kwentus is Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi; and Dr. Bharmal is Associate Director, Medical Affairs, Epidemiology and Outcomes Research,
Quintiles, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia.
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Physician Suicide: A Fleeting Moment of Despair
January 2009
by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and Lori A. Sansone, MD
Dr. R. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; Dr. L. Sansone is a family medicine physician (government service) and Medical Director of the Primary Care Clinic at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or the position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or US government.
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Is It Possible to Assess Cognitive Impairment Other Than With Neuropsychological Tests?
January 2009
by Philip D. Harvey, PhD
Dr. Harvey is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
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