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Suicide pact by mutual simultaneous arm amputationAnn C Schwartz
Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Psychosomatics 50:633-7. 2009..Dyadic suicide pacts are cases in which two individuals (and very rarely more) agree to die together. These account for fewer than 1% of all completed suicides...
Review of sertraline in post-traumatic stress disorderAnn C Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, and Behavioural Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Expert Opin Pharmacother 3:1489-99. 2002..Sertraline's efficacy, favourable tolerability profile and relatively weak effect on the cytochrome P450 system are factors that contribute to make it a first-line agent of choice in the treatment of PTSD...
Treating posttraumatic stress disorder in urban African American mental health patientsAnn Schwartz
Emory University School of Medicine, USA
J Am Psychoanal Assoc 52:464-5. 2004
Posttraumatic stress disorder among African Americans in an inner city mental health clinicAnn C Schwartz
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:212-5. 2005..PTSD is a common yet underrecognized and undertreated source of psychiatric morbidity in this urban community of African Americans with low socioeconomic status...
Developing a modern standard to define and assess professionalism in traineesAnn C Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Acad Psychiatry 33:442-50. 2009..Assessing professionalism in medical education poses many challenges. The authors discuss common themes and principles in managing professionalism in medical education...
Pain medication use among patients with posttraumatic stress disorderAnn C Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Psychosomatics 47:136-42. 2006..The authors conclude that there may be a relationship between PTSD and use of pain medications warranting further examination of the endogenous opiate system in the pathophysiology of PTSD...
Trauma exposure and stress-related disorders in inner city primary care patientsCharles F Gillespie
Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 31:505-14. 2009..This study was undertaken to increase understanding of environmental risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) within an urban, impoverished, population...
Association of FKBP5 polymorphisms and childhood abuse with risk of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in adultsElisabeth B Binder
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
JAMA 299:1291-305. 2008..Both genetic and environmental factors are contributory, with child abuse providing significant risk liability...
Treatment barriers for low-income, urban African Americans with undiagnosed posttraumatic stress disorderRegina G Davis
Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Trauma Stress 21:218-22. 2008..These data highlight the need for an awareness of the high prevalence of trauma and PTSD in this population...
Exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorderBarbara Olasov Rothbaum
Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Am J Psychother 56:59-75. 2002..These myths and clinical guidelines are addressed. It is concluded that exposure therapy is a safe and effective treatment for PTSD when applied as directed by experienced therapists...
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among low-income, African American women with a history of intimate partner violence and suicidal behaviors: self-esteem, social support, and religious copingRebekah Bradley
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Trauma Stress 18:685-96. 2005..Both variables mediated the abuse-PTSD symptom link. In addition, we tested an alternate model in which PTSD symptoms mediated the relationship between abuse and both self-esteem and negative religious coping...
Encountering patient suicide: a requirement of the residency program curriculumAnn C Schwartz
Acad Psychiatry 31:338-9. 2007
