Cenk Tek, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Psychosis Program, CMHC
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Research Summary
Our lab can accommodate limited number of students for small projects on cognition in schizophrenia or cross-sectional case control studies in clinical subjects in relevance to schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. We are also interested in human reward mechanisms and appetite regulation, and can support small student projects in these areas.
Specialized Terms: Schizophrenia; Psycho-pharmacology; Cognitive neuroscience; Translational neuroscience; Working memory; Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia; Medical comorbidities in schizophrenia; Obesity and mental illness; Human reward mechanisms and appetite regulation
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Research Interests
Memory; Obesity; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Diseases; Psychiatry and Psychology; Health Care
Selected Publications
- The unchanging mortality gap for people with schizophrenia.Chwastiak LA, Tek C. The unchanging mortality gap for people with schizophrenia. Lancet 2009, 374:590-2.
- A pilot study of a weight management program with food provision in schizophrenia.Jean-Baptiste M, Tek C, Liskov E, Chakunta UR, Nicholls S, Hassan AQ, Brownell KD, Wexler BE. A pilot study of a weight management program with food provision in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2007, 96:198-205.
- Schizophrenia: Clinical Features and Psychopathology ConceptsKirkpatrick B, Tek C. Schizophrenia: Clinical Features and Psychopathology Concepts; in Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry/VIIIth ed. Eds: Sadock BJ and Sadock VA, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005
- Visual perceptual and working memory impairments in schizophrenia.Tek C, Gold J, Blaxton T, Wilk C, McMahon RP, Buchanan RW. Visual perceptual and working memory impairments in schizophrenia. Archives Of General Psychiatry 2002, 59:146-53.
- A five-year followup study of deficit and nondeficit schizophrenia.Tek C, Kirkpatrick B, Buchanan RW. A five-year followup study of deficit and nondeficit schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2001, 49:253-60.
- Summer birth and deficit schizophrenia in Nithsdale, Scotland.Tek C, Kirkpatrick B, Kelly C, McCreadie RG. Summer birth and deficit schizophrenia in Nithsdale, Scotland. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2001, 189:613-7.
Clinical Trials
| Conditions | Study Title |
|---|---|
| Mental Health & Behavioral Research | Predictive Coding and Unusual Experiences |
| Addictive Behaviors; Mental Health & Behavioral Research; Obesity & Weight Control | Cognitive-Behavioral and Pharmacologic (LDX) Treatment of Binge-Eating Disorder and Obesity: Acute Treatment |
| Mental Health & Behavioral Research | Ketamine in Borderline Personality Disorder |
| Addictive Behaviors; Obesity & Weight Control | Behavioral and Pharmacologic Treatment of Binge Eating and Obesity: Acute Treatment |