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Inflammation and central nervous system Lyme diseaseBrian A Fallon
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Neurobiol Dis 37:534-41. 2010..Directions for future human research are suggested that may help to clarify the role of inflammation as a mediator of the chronic persistent symptoms experienced by some patients despite antibiotic treatment for neurologic Lyme disease...- A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of repeated IV antibiotic therapy for Lyme encephalopathyB A Fallon
Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 69, New York, NY 10032, USA
Neurology 70:992-1003. 2008..Optimal treatment remains uncertain for patients with cognitive impairment that persists or returns after standard IV antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease... - Regional cerebral blood flow and metabolic rate in persistent Lyme encephalopathyBrian A Fallon
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:554-63. 2009..There is controversy regarding whether objective neurobiological abnormalities exist after intensive antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease... - Regional cerebral blood flow and cognitive deficits in chronic lyme diseaseBrian A Fallon
The NYS Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 15:326-32. 2003..66, p=.027) and visuospatial organization (r=.62, p=.041). Results suggest that Lyme encephalopathy may be a disease primarily affecting the cerebral white matter... - Pharmacotherapy of somatoform disordersBrian A Fallon
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Therapeutics, Somatic Disorders Program, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 69, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Psychosom Res 56:455-60. 2004..This paper reviews the published literature on the pharmacologic management of somatoform disorders... - WAIS-III and WMS-III performance in chronic Lyme diseaseJohn G Keilp
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 12:119-29. 2006..Deficits in chronic Lyme disease are consistent with a subtle neuropathological process affecting multiple performance tasks, although further work is needed to definitively rule out nonspecific illness effects... - Randomized sham-controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorderAntonio Mantovani
Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 13:217-27. 2010..The results of the first randomized sham-controlled trial of SMA stimulation in the treatment of resistant OCD support further investigation into the potential therapeutic applications of rTMS in this disabling condition... - Advances in understanding illness anxietyKelli J Harding
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 69, New York, NY 10032, USA
Curr Psychiatry Rep 10:311-7. 2008.... - An open trial of fluvoxamine for hypochondriasisBrian A Fallon
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, USA
Psychosomatics 44:298-303. 2003..Significant improvement was also noted on each of the self-report and physician-administered hypochondriasis measures. Fluvoxamine was also well tolerated. A controlled trial is needed... - Item-by-item factor analysis of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Symptom ChecklistSuzanne B Feinstein
Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 15:187-93. 2003..If replicated on a larger scale, the finding of new subtype groupings would have important implications for future research in obsessive-compulsive disorder... - Lyme disease associated with Alzheimer's diseaseLaurence Meer-Scherrer
Laurence Meer-Scherrer, 37 Flammat, Aumatt, Switzerland
Curr Microbiol 52:330-2. 2006..Much is to be learned about the role of spirochetes in degenerative central nervous system disease...
Research Grants
- Treatment of Hypochondriasis with CBT &/or SSRIBrian Fallon; Fiscal Year: 2009..Most recently, the 2004 National Advisory Mental Health Council's Workgroup on Clinical Trials stated: "the portfolio must include more research in this area"...
- Treatment of Hypochondriasis with CBT &/or SSRIBrian Fallon; Fiscal Year: 2007..Most recently, the 2004 National Advisory Mental Health Council's Workgroup on Clinical Trials stated: "the portfolio must include more research in this area"...
- PET AND MRI IMAGING OF PERSISTENT LYME ENCEPHALOPATHYBrian Fallon; Fiscal Year: 2003..This study will enhance our understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of patients suffering with the disabling effects of persistent Lyme encephalopathy. ..
- Treatment of Hypochondriasis with CBT &/or SSRIBrian A Fallon; Fiscal Year: 2010..Most recently, the 2004 National Advisory Mental Health Council's Workgroup on Clinical Trials stated: "the portfolio must include more research in this area"...