Tobias Wasser, MD
Associate Professor Adjunct of PsychiatryCards
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Research
Publications
2022
A Multi-Site Survey of General Psychiatry Residents' Forensic Training.
Wasser T, Chandra S, Chaffkin J, Michaelsen K. A Multi-Site Survey of General Psychiatry Residents' Forensic Training. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2022, 50: 231-239. PMID: 35264406, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.210065-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacteristics of Assaultive Patients Whom Inpatient Psychiatric Staff Report to Law Enforcement
Chaffkin J, Barnes TA, Avila Quintero VJ, Flores JM, Lin E, Wasser T. Characteristics of Assaultive Patients Whom Inpatient Psychiatric Staff Report to Law Enforcement. Psychiatric Services 2022, 73: 768-773. PMID: 35172591, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient psychiatric unitPsychiatric unitChronic mental illnessDegree of injuryClinical factorsRegression modelsCertain patientsCriminal justice involvementPsychotic symptomsAssaultive patientsPatient assaultsPatient encountersMental illnessPatientsHospital systemLarger quantitative studyPredictive variablesStaff reportsJustice involvementDescriptive statisticsStaffStaff decisionsMedicationsAdmissionInjuryAn Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients.
Wasser TD, Strockbine BA, Hauser LL, Mathew MA, Gay B, Smith HE, Dike CC. An Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2022, 50: 74-83. PMID: 35042737, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.210050-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsForensic hospitalState forensic hospitalForensic hospital patientsForensic psychiatric patientsRisk assessment toolHospital patientsRestraint useHigh riskPsychiatric patientsHospital staffPatientsPatient advocatesPatient transportationSignificant riskForensic patientsHospital administratorsTool correlateHospitalRisk
2021
Workforce Development in Public Psychiatry: Impact of the Yale Fellowship
Steiner JL, Mathis WS, Sebastian DD, Wasser TD. Workforce Development in Public Psychiatry: Impact of the Yale Fellowship. Academic Psychiatry 2021, 46: 515-518. PMID: 34545549, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01534-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity Reintegration During COVID-19 for Patients in Long-Term Inpatient and Residential Psychiatric Settings
Calhoun A, Zhong R, Wasser T. Community Reintegration During COVID-19 for Patients in Long-Term Inpatient and Residential Psychiatric Settings. Psychiatric Services 2021, 72: 1354-1357. PMID: 34074144, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRacial and Ethnic Differences in Psychiatry Resident Prescribing: a Quality Improvement Education Intervention to Address Health Equity
Cerdeña I, Holloway T, Cerdeña JP, Wing A, Wasser T, Fortunati F, Rohrbaugh R, Li L. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Psychiatry Resident Prescribing: a Quality Improvement Education Intervention to Address Health Equity. Academic Psychiatry 2021, 45: 13-22. PMID: 33495966, PMCID: PMC9942699, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01397-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite patientsRace/ethnicityPrescriber profilesLatinx patientsEthnic differencesUnique patient encountersPrescription of antipsychoticsElectronic medical recordsAntidepressant prescriptionsAntipsychotic prescribingAntidepressant prescribingHigher diagnosisPrimary diagnosisMedical recordsDepression diagnosisMedication ordersClinical careLower oddsPatientsPsychotic disordersPatient encountersHealth disparitiesPrescribingConclusionsOur findingsEducation intervention
2020
A Literature Analysis of the Inventory of Legal Knowledge.
Danzer GS, Wasser TD. A Literature Analysis of the Inventory of Legal Knowledge. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2020, 49: 87-95. PMID: 33234539, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.200042-20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProcedural, Treatment, and Ethics Considerations of Behavioral Emergencies During Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Relaxed Seclusion Guidelines
Parker CB, Calhoun A, Wasser T, Carvalho V, Dike C. Procedural, Treatment, and Ethics Considerations of Behavioral Emergencies During Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Relaxed Seclusion Guidelines. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2020, 62: 155-156. PMID: 33162111, PMCID: PMC7550256, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Management of COVID-19 in Forensic Psychiatric Institutions.
Wasser T, Hauser L, Kapoor R. The Management of COVID-19 in Forensic Psychiatric Institutions. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.) 2020, 71: 1088-1090. PMID: 32998660, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe cost of safety: Balancing risk and liberty in psychiatric units
Zhong R, Wasser T. The cost of safety: Balancing risk and liberty in psychiatric units. Bioethics 2020, 35: 173-177. PMID: 32939790, DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12804.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
News & Links
News
- November 20, 2024
Wasser Chosen to Receive APA's 2025 Administrative Psychiatry Award
- November 19, 2024
Wasser, Zhong to Receive APA's 2025 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award
- April 03, 2024
Wasser, Zhong Edit 'Psychiatry and the Law, Second Edition'
- March 05, 2023
Armah, Wasser, Dix, Sanchez-Torres Honored by APA