Pieter Joost Van Wattum, MD, MA
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Research Summary
My research includes assessment of the need for prescription medications in children and adolescents with mental health problems, including possible over prescribing, multiple medications at once, reduction of (over) prescribing, as well as the costs to patients and society associated with inappropriate or unnecessary prescribing.
Extensive Research Description
Polypharmacy reduction in children and adolescents with mental health problems,
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Selected Publications
- A multidisciplinary approach to the clinical management of Prader–Willi syndromeDuis J, van Wattum P, Scheimann A, Salehi P, Brokamp E, Fairbrother L, Childers A, Shelton A, Bingham N, Shoemaker A, Miller J. A multidisciplinary approach to the clinical management of Prader–Willi syndrome. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2019, 7: e514. PMID: 30697974, PMCID: PMC6418440, DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.514.
- Brain Stimulation in Psychiatryvan Wattum P. Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2014, 75: e94. DOI: 10.4088/jcp.13bk08891.
- Polypharmacy Reduction in Youth in a Residential Treatment Center Leads to Positive Treatment Outcomes and Significant Cost Savingsvan Wattum PJ, Fabius C, Roos C, Smith C, Johnson T. Polypharmacy Reduction in Youth in a Residential Treatment Center Leads to Positive Treatment Outcomes and Significant Cost Savings. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2013, 23: 620-627. PMID: 24251644, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2013.0014.
- Dr Joksovic and colleagues reply.Joksovic P, Mellos N, van Wattum P, Chiles C. Dr Joksovic and colleagues reply. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2013, 74: 518-9. PMID: 23759456, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.12lr08288a.
- Clinical Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatmentvan Wattum P. Clinical Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2011, 72: 1700-1701. DOI: 10.4088/jcp.11bk07448.
- Practical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Pediatrics and Primary Carevan Wattum P. Practical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Pediatrics and Primary Care. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2010, 71: 963. DOI: 10.4088/jcp.09bk05751whi.
- Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and Adolescentsvan Wattum P. Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and Adolescents. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2009, 70: 301. DOI: 10.4088/jcp.08bk04947.
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatryvan Wattum P. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2007, 68: 1312. DOI: 10.4088/jcp.v68n0822a.
- STUTTERING IMPROVED WITH RISPERIDONEvan Wattum PJ. STUTTERING IMPROVED WITH RISPERIDONE. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2006, 45: 133. PMID: 16429082, DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000190465.55329.b0.
- Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and Adolescentsvan Wattum P. Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs for Children and Adolescents. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2005, 66: 1617. DOI: 10.4088/jcp.v66n1220a.
- Pleural Fluid Eosinophilia With Combined PharmacotherapyChiles C, van Wattum PJ. Pleural Fluid Eosinophilia With Combined Pharmacotherapy. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2003, 44: 436-437. PMID: 12954922, DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.44.5.436.
- VALPROIC ACID AND RISPERIDONEvan Wattum P. VALPROIC ACID AND RISPERIDONE. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2001, 40: 866-867. PMID: 11501681, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200108000-00003.
- Rapid response to low dose citalopram in pathological cryingvan Wattum P, Chiles C. Rapid response to low dose citalopram in pathological crying. General Hospital Psychiatry 2001, 23: 167-168. PMID: 11447987, DOI: 10.1016/s0163-8343(01)00133-5.
- Thermal Sensitivity in Tourette Syndrome: Preliminary ReportScahill L, Lombroso P, Mack G, Van Wattum P, Zhang H, Vitale A, Leckman J. Thermal Sensitivity in Tourette Syndrome: Preliminary Report. Perceptual And Motor Skills 2001, 92: 419-432. PMID: 11361302, DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.2.419.
- Patterns of response to acute naloxone infusion in Tourette's syndromevan Wattum P, Chappell P, Zelterman D, Scahill L, Leckman J. Patterns of response to acute naloxone infusion in Tourette's syndrome. Movement Disorders 2000, 15: 1252-1254. PMID: 11104215, DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200011)15:6<1252::aid-mds1030>3.0.co;2-i.
- Cerebrospinal fluid dynorphin A[1-8] and beta-endorphin levels in Tourette's syndrome are unaltered.van Wattum PJ, Anderson GM, Chappell PB, Goodman WK, Riddle MA, Leckman JF. Cerebrospinal fluid dynorphin A[1-8] and beta-endorphin levels in Tourette's syndrome are unaltered. Biological Psychiatry 1999, 45: 1527-8. PMID: 10356639.