B Liptzin

Summary

Affiliation: Baystate Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Testamentary capacity and delirium
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA 01199, U S A
    Int Psychogeriatr 22:950-6. 2010
  2. ncbi What criteria should be used for the diagnosis of delirium?
    B Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Health System, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 10:364-7. 1999
  3. ncbi Donepezil in the prevention and treatment of post-surgical delirium
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street S1581, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:1100-6. 2005
  4. ncbi End-of-life issues in elderly patients
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
    Palliat Support Care 4:155-7. 2006
  5. ncbi The future of psychiatric services in general hospitals
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1468-72. 2007
  6. ncbi Quality improvement, pay for performance, and "outcomes measurement": what makes sense?
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Departmentof Psychiatry, Tufts University Schoolof Medicine, and Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 60:108-11. 2009
  7. ncbi Financing academic departments of psychiatry
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Baystate Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Acad Psychiatry 35:96-100. 2011
  8. ncbi Mental health problems in assisted living residents. The physician's role in treatment and staff education
    Gene D Cohen
    Departments of Health Care Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    Geriatrics 58:44, 54-5. 2003

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Testamentary capacity and delirium
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA 01199, U S A
    Int Psychogeriatr 22:950-6. 2010
    ..The presence of delirium can complicate the evaluation of an older person's testamentary capacity and susceptibility to undue influence but has not been well examined in the existing literature...
  2. ncbi What criteria should be used for the diagnosis of delirium?
    B Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Health System, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 10:364-7. 1999
    ..This paper reviews the empirical data that supported these revisions. More research is needed to evaluate the usefulness of the new criteria and to further define subtypes of delirium...
  3. ncbi Donepezil in the prevention and treatment of post-surgical delirium
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street S1581, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:1100-6. 2005
    ..The authors evaluated the possible benefit of donepezil versus placebo in the prevention and treatment of postoperative delirium in an older population without dementia undergoing elective total joint-replacement surgery...
  4. ncbi End-of-life issues in elderly patients
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
    Palliat Support Care 4:155-7. 2006
    ..To describe elderly-specific issues in end-of-life care...
  5. ncbi The future of psychiatric services in general hospitals
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1468-72. 2007
  6. ncbi Quality improvement, pay for performance, and "outcomes measurement": what makes sense?
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Departmentof Psychiatry, Tufts University Schoolof Medicine, and Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 60:108-11. 2009
    ..The methodology for using outcomes-based approaches needs further development, and therefore the data collected will have little utility. The author discusses alternative approaches...
  7. ncbi Financing academic departments of psychiatry
    Benjamin Liptzin
    Baystate Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    Acad Psychiatry 35:96-100. 2011
    ..The authors describe the many financial challenges facing academic departments of psychiatry and the resulting opportunities that may arise...
  8. ncbi Mental health problems in assisted living residents. The physician's role in treatment and staff education
    Gene D Cohen
    Departments of Health Care Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    Geriatrics 58:44, 54-5. 2003