2015
Multidisciplinary Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Service: Impact on Length of Stay for Medical Inpatients
Sledge WH, Gueorguieva R, Desan P, Bozzo JE, Dorset J, Lee HB. Multidisciplinary Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Service: Impact on Length of Stay for Medical Inpatients. Psychotherapy And Psychosomatics 2015, 84: 208-216. PMID: 26022134, DOI: 10.1159/000379757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayConventional consultationMedical conditionsMental illnessCo-morbid factorsGeneral medical unitGeneral medical patientsHealth care colleaguesVariety of illnessesDifferent inpatient settingsEffective patient careMedical inpatientsMedical patientsPatient populationMultidisciplinary interventionPatient visitsInpatient settingPsychiatric consultationMedical unitsPatient carePatientsUsual treatmentMental healthIllnessMental diseases
2013
SAD and the Not-So-Single Photoreceptors
Oren DA, Koziorowski M, Desan PH. SAD and the Not-So-Single Photoreceptors. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2013, 170: 1403-1412. PMID: 23929223, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13010111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMolecular mechanismsSeasonal affective disorderCircannual regulationCritical regulatorTetrapyrrole pigmentsDevelopment of therapiesRole of rodsInfluence of lightPhotoreceptorsCone photoreceptorsLight treatmentAntidepressant effectsPhysiologyAnimal modelsAffective disordersRecent studiesSingle photoreceptorsPhototransductionRegulatorDisordersRegulationMechanismGasotransmitterRolePigments
2011
Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services Reduce Length of Stay for Admissions to an Inpatient Medical Team
Desan PH, Zimbrean PC, Weinstein AJ, Bozzo JE, Sledge WH. Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services Reduce Length of Stay for Admissions to an Inpatient Medical Team. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2011, 52: 513-520. PMID: 22054620, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHospitals, GeneralHumansInterprofessional RelationsLength of StayMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedNeeds AssessmentOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient AdmissionPatient Care TeamPsychiatryPsychotherapeutic ProcessesReferral and ConsultationTime FactorsConceptsLength of stayIntervention periodHospital LOSIntervention sampleMedical teamMean LOSInternal medical unitSimilar control periodPsychiatric consultation serviceInpatient medical teamMental health needsMental health barriersFraction of casesHospital stayConsultation ratesSpecialist consultationEarly consultationReduces LengthGeneral HospitalHigh incidenceImmediate consultationPsychiatric reviewAdmissionMedical unitsHealth needs
2000
Genetic polymorphism at the CLOCK gene locus and major depression
Desan P, Oren D, Malison R, Price L, Rosenbaum J, Smoller J, Charney D, Gelernter J. Genetic polymorphism at the CLOCK gene locus and major depression. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 2000, 96: 418-421. PMID: 10898925, DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<418::aid-ajmg34>3.0.co;2-s.Peer-Reviewed Original Research