2017
National Trends in Antidepressant, Benzodiazepine, and Other Sedative-Hypnotic Treatment of Older Adults in Psychiatric and Primary Care.
Maust DT, Blow FC, Wiechers IR, Kales HC, Marcus SC. National Trends in Antidepressant, Benzodiazepine, and Other Sedative-Hypnotic Treatment of Older Adults in Psychiatric and Primary Care. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2017, 78: e363-e371. PMID: 28448697, PMCID: PMC5408458, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.16m10713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care providersPrimary carePain diagnosisCare providersOlder adultsClinical characteristicsNational Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyNon-Hispanic white patientsAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyMental healthCommon psychotropic medicationsOutpatient physician visitsPrimary care visitsUse of antidepressantsMental health treatmentCare visitsMedication usePhysician visitsWhite patientsPsychotropic medicationsCare SurveyPsychotropic useHealth treatmentVisit ratesAntidepressants
2014
A Call to Restructure Psychiatry General and Subspecialty Training
Kirwin P, Conroy M, Lyketsos C, Greenwald B, Forester B, deVries C, Ahmed II, Wiechers I, Zdanys K, Steffens D, Reynolds CF. A Call to Restructure Psychiatry General and Subspecialty Training. Academic Psychiatry 2014, 40: 145-148. PMID: 24809688, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-014-0144-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignificant public health concernPublic health concernComplex mental disorderSubspecialty fellowship trainingMental disordersSubstance abuseHealth concernFellowship trainingSubspecialty trainingEligible traineesGraduate Medical EducationSubspecialty certificationDire shortageSpecial expertiseYears
2012
The Role of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrists in Improving Health Care of Patients with Schizophrenia
Wiechers IR, Freudenreich O. The Role of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrists in Improving Health Care of Patients with Schizophrenia. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2012, 54: 22-27. PMID: 23194936, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2012.07.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of a Metabolic Screening Bundle on Rates of Screening for Metabolic Syndrome in a Psychiatry Resident Outpatient Clinic
Wiechers IR, Viron M, Stoklosa J, Freudenreich O, Henderson DC, Weiss A. Impact of a Metabolic Screening Bundle on Rates of Screening for Metabolic Syndrome in a Psychiatry Resident Outpatient Clinic. Academic Psychiatry 2012, 36: 118-121. PMID: 22532201, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.10090138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic medical recordsAntipsychotic medicationMedical recordsMetabolic syndromeIndividual patient electronic medical recordsMetabolic screeningSecond-generation antipsychoticsMetabolic syndrome screeningPatients' electronic medical recordsCardiometabolic side effectsRate of documentationRates of screeningQuality improvement interventionsResident outpatient clinicOutpatient clinicResident clinicQI interventionsAudit periodSide effectsQuarterly auditsPatientsMedicationsAntipsychoticsSyndromeClinic
2009
Peer review by early career psychiatrists: an opportunity for development.
Gross A, Wiechers I, Stern T. Peer review by early career psychiatrists: an opportunity for development. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2009, 70: 1600-1. PMID: 20031102, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.09com05635whi.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
The brain hallucinates and gets caught in the web
Friedman L, Wiechers I. The brain hallucinates and gets caught in the web. The Lancet 1996, 348: s21. PMID: 8973499, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(96)98031-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research