Psychiatry MMC

by Elisa F. Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and Michael E. Thase, MD

Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Strategic Research and Safety, Quintiles Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles Inc., San Diego, California, and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; and Dr. Thase is Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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by Philip D. Harvey, PhD

Dr. Harvey is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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by Linda J. Griffith, MD

Dr. Griffith is Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics; is Medical Director, Consolidated Care, Inc., Champaign, Logan, Union Counties, Ohio; and is Clinical Assistant Professor, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; Dr. Gillig is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

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by Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA; Daniel F. Connor, MD; and John F. Curry, PhD

Drs. Kaminer and Connor are with the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut; and Dr. Curry is in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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by Leo Bastiaens, MD

Dr. Bastiaens is from Family Services of Western Pennsylvania and is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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by Atmaram Yarlagadda, MD; Shaifali Kaushik, MD; and Anita H. Clayton, MD

Dr. Yarlagadda is from the Clinical Associates of Tidewater in Newport News, Virginia; Dr. Shaifali is Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts; and Dr. Clayton is Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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by David Feifel, MD, PhD

Dr. Feifel is Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Program; Director, UCSD Adult ADHD Program, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California.

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by Geetha Jayaram, MD, MBA

Dr. Jayaram is Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Health Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

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by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and Lori A. Sansone, MD

This ongoing column is dedicated to the challenging clinical interface between psychiatry and primary care—two fields that are inexorably linked. In this edition of The Interface, we review two psychiatric concerns related to cosmetic surgery patients.

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by David Shern, PhD

President and CEO, Mental Health America

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