Vladimir Bekhterev, 1857-1927Vladimir Lerner
Be'er-Sheva Mental Health Center, P.O. Box 4600, Be'er-Sheva, 84170, Israel
Am J Psychiatry 162:1506. 2005
Victor Kandinsky, M.D., 1849-1889Vladimir Lerner
Be'er-Sheva Mental Health Center, PO Box 4600, Be'er-Sheva 84170, Israel
Am J Psychiatry 163:209. 2006
The influence of immigration on the mental health of those seeking psychiatric care in southern Israel: a comparison of new immigrants to veteran residentsVladimir Lerner
Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 45:291-8. 2008
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The enigma of Lenin's (1870-1924) maladyV Lerner
Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Be er Sheva, Israel
Eur J Neurol 11:371-6. 2004
..It is hoped that this will accentuate the need for transparency when the health of a statesman is concerned...
Vitamin B6 treatment in acute neuroleptic-induced akathisia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studyVladimir Lerner
Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
J Clin Psychiatry 65:1550-4. 2004
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin B6 in the treatment of acute NIA. This is the first report of B6 as a treatment for NIA...
The appearance of the artist to the people: the creativity, personality and malady of Alexander Ivanov (1806-58)Vladimir Lerner
Be er Sheva Mental Health Center, PO Box 4600, Be er Sheva 84170, Israel
J Med Biogr 13:49-57. 2005
..From a diagnostic perspective, Ivanov's personality featured obsessive, narcissistic and schizoid traits. In his final years he suffered from a delusional disorder...
Augmentation with amisulpride for schizophrenic patients nonresponsive to antipsychotic monotherapyVladimir Lerner
Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 28:66-71. 2005
..The results are preliminary and require confirmation in a randomized controlled trial. The authors suggest that amisulpride may be a promising option as an augmentation strategy in treatment-resistant schizophrenic patients...
Motor symptoms of schizophrenia: is tardive dyskinesia a symptom or side effect? A modern treatmentVladimir Lerner
Be er Sheva Mental Health Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P O Box 4600, Be er Sheva, 84170, Israel
Curr Psychiatry Rep 13:295-304. 2011
..Moreover, there is solid evidence of a genetic predisposition to TD. This article summarizes recent relevant publications concerning TD and the most recent studies regarding treatment of this disorder with antioxidative agents...
Vitamin B12 and folate serum levels in newly admitted psychiatric patientsVladimir Lerner
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Clin Nutr 25:60-7. 2006
..We compared cobalamin and folate levels in newly admitted psychiatric patients to mentally healthy controls and assessed their correlation with various psychiatric conditions...
"Internet delusions": the impact of technological developments on the content of psychiatric symptomsVladimir Lerner
Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 43:47-51. 2006
..Our opinion is that Internet delusions do not represent a new diagnostic entity, but rather modified delusions of persecution, broadcasting and control...
Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927)Vladimir Lerner
Be'er-Sheva Mental Health Centre, Be'er-Sheva, Israel
J Neurol 253:1518-9. 2006
Alexey Kondratyevich Savrasov (1830-1897): the muse and the bottleVladimir Lerner
Be er Sheva Mental Health Center, PO Box 4600, Be er Sheva 84170, Israel
J Med Biogr 15:4-8. 2007
..He became dependent on alcohol, his family broke up and he was fired from work, his creativity declined and his health deteriorated. At death, he was a lonely and a forgotten man and only two persons attended his funeral...
Vitamin B6 treatment for tardive dyskinesia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover studyVladimir Lerner
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Be er Sheva Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1648-54. 2007
..The aims of this study were (1) to reexamine the efficacy and safety of higher doses of vitamin B(6) versus placebo in a greater sample of patients for a longer time and (2) to evaluate the carryover effect of vitamin B(6)...
Education and postgraduate education of psychiatrists in the Soviet Union and their integration into a new milieu. A view from the present to the past of former Soviet psychiatristsVladimir Lerner
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Beersheba Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 44:219-24. 2007
..In order to cope with the difficulties the supervisor employed a broad variety of means and techniques: an introductory course and a basic seminar about fundamental cornerstones of psychotherapy were offered...
High-dose olanzapine-induced improvement of preexisting type 2 diabetes mellitus in schizophrenic patientsVladimir Lerner
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Int J Psychiatry Med 33:403-10. 2003
..CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for further studies in order to define the influence of high dose olanzapine for schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients suffering from type 2 diabetes...
Combination of "atypical" antipsychotic medication in the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorderVladimir Lerner
Be er Sheva Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion, University of the Negev, P O Box 4600, Be er Sheva 84170, Israel
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 28:89-98. 2004
..This article reviews the published clinical data on treatment-resistant schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients managed with combinations of "atypical" antipsychotic medication...
Acute dementia with delirium due to vitamin B12 deficiency: a case reportVladimir Lerner
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Int J Psychiatry Med 32:215-20. 2002
..CONCLUSIONS: The authors propose that determination of serum vitamin B12 and folic acid levels should be recommended as routine screening in all new admissions of psychiatric patients regardless of their age or previous state of health...
Vitamin B6 as add-on treatment in chronic schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients: a double-blind, placebo-controlled studyVladimir Lerner
Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
J Clin Psychiatry 63:54-8. 2002
..The aim of this study was to examine whether vitamin B6 therapy influences psychotic symptoms in patients suffering from schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder...
Vitamin B(6) in the treatment of tardive dyskinesia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover studyV Lerner
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Be er Sheva Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Am J Psychiatry 158:1511-4. 2001
..The authors' goal was to conduct a double-blind trial of vitamin B(6) in the treatment of tardive dyskinesia in patients with schizophrenia...
Kandinsky-Clerambault's Syndrome: concept of use for Western psychiatryVladimir Lerner
Beersheba Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 40:40-6. 2003
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The flight and the downfall of the demon: creativity and illness in Vrubel's lifeVladimir Lerner
Be er Sheva Mental Health Center, PO Box 4600, Be er Sheva, 84170, Israel
J Med Biogr 11:170-80. 2003
..We believe that Vrubel suffered from mood disorder, complicated by syphilis...
The misidentification of Clerambault's and Kandinsky-Clerambault's syndromesV Lerner
Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Can J Psychiatry 46:441-3. 2001
..In this paper, we describe "Clerambault's syndrome" and "Kandinsky-Clerambault's syndrome" and discuss and clarify the confusion surrounding these different syndromes...
Vitamin B6 versus mianserin and placebo in acute neuroleptic-induced akathisia: a randomized, double-blind, controlled studyChanoch Miodownik
Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 29:68-72. 2006
..The efficacy of vitamin B(6) and mianserin suggests that the pathophysiology of acute NIA is heterogeneous with the various subtypes of acute NIA responding differently to the various pharmacological approaches...
Delirium associated with lithium-quetiapine combinationChanoch Miodownik
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 31:176-9. 2008
..There are only few reports about it within therapeutic serum levels. The question of toxic interactions resulting from combinations of lithium and neuroleptic drugs is largely based on anecdotal reports...
[Vitamin B6 add-on therapy in treatment of schizophrenic patients with psychotic symptoms and movement disorders]Chanoch Miodownik
Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel
Harefuah 142:592-6, 647. 2003
..There is a need for further studies with larger samples and higher doses of vitamin B6 in order to examine the possibility of a positive therapeutic effect as an augmentation agent for the treatment of psychotic symptoms...
Quetiapine: efficacy, tolerability and safety in schizophreniaChanoch Miodownik
University of the Negev, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion, Be er Sheva, Israel
Expert Rev Neurother 6:983-92. 2006
..There are also continued efforts to understand, predict and manage the side-effect risk with quetiapine...
The prevalence of neuroleptic drug-induced tardive movement subsyndromes among schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients residing in the southern region of IsraelVladimir Lerner
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 44:20-8. 2007
..35%; P<0.02). TMD generally appears in a combined fashion. Further prospective studies from different geographical areas are recommended...
High serum homocysteine levels in young male schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients with tardive parkinsonism and/or tardive dyskinesiaVladimir Lerner
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, 84170 Israel
J Clin Psychiatry 66:1558-63. 2005
..Further prospective studies are needed to clarify these findings...
Efficacy of piracetam in the treatment of tardive dyskinesia in schizophrenic patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover studyIgor Libov
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Be er Sheva Mental Health Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1031-7. 2007
..The aim of our study was to reexamine the efficacy of piracetam in the treatment of tardive dyskinesia using an oral preparation...
High-dose olanzapine for treatment-refractory schizophreniaVladimir Lerner
Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 4600, Be er Sheva 84170, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 26:58-61. 2003
..Further prospective clinical studies are needed...
The effect of sudden clozapine discontinuation on management of schizophrenic patients: A retrospective controlled studyChanoch Miodownik
Division of Psychiatry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Clin Psychiatry 67:1204-8. 2006
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Lithium intoxication associated with intramuscular ziprasidone in schizoaffective patientsChanoch Miodownik
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, 84170 Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 28:295-7. 2005
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High-dose vitamin B6 decreases homocysteine serum levels in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders: a preliminary studyChanoch Miodownik
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 30:13-7. 2007
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Pyridoxal plasma level in schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients with and without tardive dyskinesiaChanoch Miodownik
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Be er Sheva Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 31:197-203. 2008
..The aim of this study was to compare plasma pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) levels in schizophrenic patients with and without TD...
Ziprasidone-associated depressive state in schizophrenic patientsAlexander Kaptsan
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 30:357-61. 2007
..Although ziprasidone has been reported to have antidepressive properties, we are not aware of reports regarding ziprasidone-induced depression...
Inositol treatment has no effect on the dexamethasone suppression testJ Levine
Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
World J Biol Psychiatry 2:190-2. 2001
..However, after two weeks on inositol, when substantial clinical improvement was noted, he converted to a normal DST. Chronic inositol treatment does not seem to induce false positive DST results...
Bexarotene as add-on to antipsychotic treatment in schizophrenia patients: a pilot open-label trialVladimir Lerner
Division of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be er Sheva, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 31:25-33. 2008
..This study is the first to investigate the safety and efficacy of add-on oral bexarotene to ongoing antipsychotic treatment in chronic schizophrenia patients who were stabilized on regular antipsychotic treatment...
Tattoo designs among drug abusersAlexander Borokhov
Division ofPsychiatry, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 43:28-33. 2006
..Knowledge of these details may be helpful to clinicians, although images may be influenced by current trends...
Lithium-induced tremor treated with vitamin B6: a preliminary case seriesChanoch Miodownik
Be'er-Sheva Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Int J Psychiatry Med 32:103-8. 2002
..None of the patients suffered from any side effects attributable to vitamin B6. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that vitamin B6 may alleviate LT, double-blind controlled trials are needed to establish this effect...
Victor Kandinsky, MD: psychiatrist, researcher and patientVladimir Lerner
Hist Psychiatry 14:103-11. 2003
Monotherapy versus polypharmacy for hospitalized psychiatric patientsRael D Strous
Am J Psychiatry 162:631-2; author reply 632-3. 2005
Vladimir Bekhterev: his life, his work and the mystery of his deathVladimir Lerner
Ben Gurion University of the Neev and Be'er Sheva Mental Health Center, Israel
Hist Psychiatry 16:217-27. 2005
..Based on newly discovered documents and testimonies, we present little known details about his life history, his clinical work and the tragic circumstances of his death...
Donepezil as add-on treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's typeJoseph Bergman
Mental Health Center Tirat Carmel, Haifa, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 26:88-92. 2003
..This was an open-label study and there is need for larger studies with double-blind control and a long-term study design to define the efficacy of donepezil for patients with AD and psychotic symptoms...
Quetiapine-associated depression in a patient with schizophreniaJoseph Mergui
Department of Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry, Sha'arei Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 28:133-5. 2005
..This is noteworthy because these medications have been found in the past to have an antidepressant action. Further data based on controlled studies are needed...
Beneficial effect of donepezil in the treatment of elderly patients with tardive movement disordersJoseph Bergman
Mental Health Center Tirat Carmel, Haifa, Israel
J Clin Psychiatry 66:107-10. 2005
..Only 1 patient discontinued follow-up due to side effects. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that donepezil may be effective in the treatment of TT, and this finding should be evaluated further by a randomized controlled study...
Creativity and affective illnessMoshe Kalian
Am J Psychiatry 159:675-6; author reply 677. 2002
Successful use of donepezil for the treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with Parkinson's diseaseJoseph Bergman
Mental Health Center Tirat Carmel, Haifa, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 25:107-10. 2002
..The results suggest that donepezil may ameliorate psychotic symptoms in patients with PD, but this will need to be tested further in controlled, double-blind trials...