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Methodological issues in assisted suicide and euthanasia researchB Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
Psychol Public Policy Law 6:559-74. 2000..These issues are discussed along with implications for the interpretation of the results reported. Where possible, potential solutions are offered, along with recommendations for future research...- Differences in health-related quality of life of prostate cancer patients based on stage of cancerBarry Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Psychooncology 13:800-7. 2004..This study analysed the relationship between cancer stage and quality of life, including measures of physical and psychological well-being... - Assisted suicide, depression, and the right to dieB Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
Psychol Public Policy Law 6:467-88. 2000..The impact of these findings on future legislative efforts to legalize assisted suicide is discussed... - Desire for hastened death among patients with advanced AIDSBarry Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Psychosomatics 47:504-12. 2006..Authors discuss the implications of these findings for palliative care practice and the assisted-suicide debate... - Assessing violence risk in stalking cases: a regression tree approachBarry Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
Law Hum Behav 29:343-57. 2005..Logistic regression models were much more resilient to cross-validation, with relatively modest loss in predictive power... - Recidivism in stalking and obsessional harassmentBarry Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Dealy Hall, Fordham University, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
Law Hum Behav 27:251-65. 2003..Surprisingly, the presence of a delusional disorder (e.g., erotomania) was associated with a lower risk of reoffender. The findings are discussed in terms of the legal system and treatment implications... - Hopelessness and terminal illness: the construct of hopelessness in patients with advanced AIDSBarry Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, New York 10485, USA
Palliat Support Care 2:43-53. 2004..The objective of this study was to examine the construct of hopelessness in patients with advanced AIDS by examining the structure of the Beck Hopelessness Scale in this specific population... 
Assessing hopelessness in terminally ill cancer patients: development of the Hopelessness Assessment in Illness QuestionnaireBarry Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Psychol Assess 23:325-36. 2011..In summary, these 3 studies suggest that this brief measure of hopelessness is particularly useful for palliative care settings. Further research is needed to assess the applicability of the measure to other populations and contexts...- Measuring desire for death among patients with HIV/AIDS: the schedule of attitudes toward hastened deathB Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:94-100. 1999..The authors present preliminary validation data for a new self-report instrument, the Schedule of Attitudes Toward Hastened Death... - Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancerW Breitbart
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
JAMA 284:2907-11. 2000..Understanding why some terminally ill patients desire a hastened death has become an important issue in palliative care and the debate regarding legalization of assisted suicide... - A comparison of pain report and adequacy of analgesic therapy in ambulatory AIDS patients with and without a history of substance abuseW Breitbart
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Pain 72:235-43. 1997..These data support the validity of AIDS patients' report of pain, at least in research settings, and suggest that undertreatment of pain is not restricted to patients who actively abuse drugs... - Pain in ambulatory AIDS patients. I: Pain characteristics and medical correlatesW Breitbart
Department of Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Pain 68:315-21. 1996..The presence and intensity of pain are associated with more advanced HIV disease and pain intensity is also associated with demographic factors (gender, race)... - Traumatic experiences and psychological distress in an urban refugee population seeking treatment servicesAllen Keller
Program for Survivors of Torture, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:188-94. 2006..33, p < 0.001), family torture experiences (beta = .23, p = 0.022), religion (beta = .21, p = 0.03), and age (beta = -.18, p = 0.004). The clinical implications of these results are discussed... - Meaning-centered group psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer: a pilot randomized controlled trialWilliam Breitbart
Department of Psychiatryand Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Psychooncology 19:21-8. 2010.... - Measuring depression at the end of life: is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale a valid instrument?Megan Olden
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, NY 10458, USA
Assessment 16:43-54. 2009..Factor analysis generated 4 factors (anxiety, depressed mood, insomnia, and somatic symptoms), accounting for 42% of the variance. Implications for assessing depression in this population are discussed... 
The role of spirituality in the relationship between religiosity and depression in prostate cancer patientsChristian Nelson
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Ann Behav Med 38:105-14. 2009..This study aims to develop a theoretical framework of the relationship among religiosity, spirituality, and depression, potentially explaining the often mixed and inconsistent associations between religiosity and depression...- Spirituality, religion, and depression in the terminally illChristian J Nelson
Department of Psychology, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Psychosomatics 43:213-20. 2002..Implications for clinical interventions and palliative-care practice are discussed... - Patient-related barriers to pain management in ambulatory AIDS patientsW Breitbart
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Pain 76:9-16. 1998..These data suggest that patient-related barriers to pain management may add to the already considerable likelihood of undertreatment of AIDS-related pain... - Burden and benefit of psychosocial research at the end of lifeHayley Pessin
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
J Palliat Med 11:627-32. 2008..This is particularly true when death and dying are the focus of research. Therefore, it is important to understand the specific ways psychosocial research could potentially harm or be helpful to participants... - The subjective experience of trauma and subsequent PTSD in a sample of undocumented immigrantsAndrew Rasmussen
New York University School of Medicine, Bellevue NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:137-43. 2007..e., other doses) meeting Criterion A2. Discussion focuses on Criterion A within the phenomenology of PTSD and the need to gauge subjective interpretations of trauma events among this population... - Hopelessness at the end of life: the utility of the hopelessness scale with terminally ill cancer patientsJennifer G Abbey
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Br J Health Psychol 11:173-83. 2006.... - Belief in an afterlife, spiritual well-being and end-of-life despair in patients with advanced cancerColleen McClain-Jacobson
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 26:484-6. 2004..The authors concluded that spirituality has a much more powerful effect on psychological functioning than beliefs held about an afterlife. Treatment implications are discussed... - Entering exile: trauma, mental health, and coping among Tibetan refugees arriving in Dharamsala, IndiaEmily Sachs
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
J Trauma Stress 21:199-208. 2008..The potential impact of other variables, including culturally determined attitudes about trauma and timing of assessment, are discussed... - Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patientsColleen S McClain
Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Lancet 361:1603-7. 2003..Our findings have important implications for palliative care practice. Controlled research assessing the effect of spirituality-based interventions is needed to establish what methods can help engender a sense of peace and meaning... - Defining torture: a review of 40 years of health science researchDebbie Green
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
J Trauma Stress 23:528-31. 2010..Although there are notable exceptions, the methods used in the torture literature are variable and often undefined, impacting the interpretation of findings of risk factors, consequences, and treatment of torture events... - A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of psychostimulants for the treatment of fatigue in ambulatory patients with human immunodeficiency virus diseaseW Breitbart
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, Box 421, New York, NY 10021, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:411-20. 2001..Preliminary studies on the treatment of fatigue from the cancer and multiple sclerosis literature suggest that psychostimulants may be effective in reducing fatigue... - Classifying the torture experiences of refugees living in the United StatesJoshua B Hooberman
Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
J Interpers Violence 22:108-23. 2007..The results offer insight into the nature of torture and differences in responses... - Impact of treatment for depression on desire for hastened death in patients with advanced AIDSWilliam Breitbart
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
Psychosomatics 51:98-105. 2010..Despite the development of multi-drug regimens for HIV, palliative care and quality-of-life issues in patients with advanced AIDS remain important areas of clinical investigation... - Mental health of detained asylum seekersAllen S Keller
Bellevue New York University Program for Survivors of Torture, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
Lancet 362:1721-3. 2003..Our findings suggest detention of asylum seekers exacerbates psychological symptoms... - The impact of detention on the health of asylum seekersAllen S Keller
Bellevue New York University NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, 462 First Ave, CD 710, New York, NY 10016, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 26:383-5. 2003..These findings support assertions that detention has a harmful effect on the health and well-being of asylum seekers. Policies regarding the long-term detention of asylum seekers should be reconsidered... - The effects of torture-related injuries on long-term psychological distress in a Punjabi Sikh sampleAndrew Rasmussen
Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Bellevue New York University Program for Survivors of Torture, Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 116:734-40. 2007..Chronic injuries may represent trauma severity or persistent traumatic cues. These findings emphasize connections between physical and psychological trauma and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to torture treatment... - An exploration of criminal thinking styles among civil psychiatric patientsWilliam Amory Carr
Department of Psychology, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Crim Behav Ment Health 19:334-46. 2009..Several studies have found a relationship between psychiatric illness and criminal behaviour. Despite this, few studies have examined the presence of criminal thinking among civil psychiatric patients... - Depression and IL-6 blood plasma concentrations in advanced cancer patientsColleen M Jacobson
Dept of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University NYSPI, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032, USA
Psychosomatics 49:64-6. 2008..Future studies focusing on the relationship between immune functioning and depression must be particularly vigilant regarding methodological issues... - The role of cognitive impairment in desire for hastened death: a study of patients with advanced AIDSHayley Pessin
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 25:194-9. 2003..Aggressive treatment of cognitive symptoms in the terminally ill is necessary in order to disentangle the various factors that may drive end-of-life treatment decisions... - The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in patients with advanced HIV infection: impact on medical, palliative care, and quality of life outcomesJ R Brechtl
Department of Medicine, Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 21:41-51. 2001..In addition, treatment failure (mortality and intolerance) were not uncommon in this sample (40%). Further research is clearly necessary to better understand the benefits of HAART therapy in patients with advanced HIV infection... - The memorial anxiety scale for prostate cancer: validation of a new scale to measure anxiety in men with with prostate cancerAndrew J Roth
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Cancer 97:2910-8. 2003..This scale consists of three subscales that measure general prostate cancer anxiety, anxiety related to prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels in particular, and fear of recurrence... - Concordance of quality of life assessments following pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantationRosemarie E Feichtl
Fordham University, New York, NY, USA
Psychooncology 19:710-7. 2010.... - Assessing anxiety in men with prostate cancer: further data on the reliability and validity of the Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer (MAX-PC)Andrew Roth
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
Psychosomatics 47:340-7. 2006.... - Decision-making capacity in elderly, terminally ill patients with cancerBrooke Myers Sorger
Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Behav Sci Law 25:393-404. 2007..g., age, race, or education) or clinical variables (depression or physical symptoms) and decision making. Implications for evaluating decision-making capacity are addressed... - Structured Assessment of Correctional Adaptation (SACA): a measure of the impact of incarceration on the mentally ill in a therapeutic settingW Amory Carr
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 50:570-81. 2006..31), F(1, 58) = 6.27, p < .05. Clinical implications of these findings, the scale, and the construct of correctional adaptation are discussed... - The psychology of competence and informed consent: understanding decision-making with regard to clinical practiceBarry Rosenfeld
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, NY, USA
Fordham Urban Law J 30:173-85. 2002 - Methylphenidate for fatigue in ambulatory men with prostate cancerAndrew J Roth
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10022, USA
Cancer 116:5102-10. 2010..Fatigue is a highly prevalent and clinically significant symptom of advanced prostate cancer. To date, however, there are no published controlled trials of interventions for fatigue in men with prostate cancer... - The schedule of attitudes toward hastened death: validation analysis in terminally ill cancer patientsKyriaki Mystakidou
Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, 27 Korinthias Str, 115 26 Athens, Greece
Palliat Support Care 2:395-402. 2004..The faithful translation of the English version of the Schedule of Attitudes toward Hastened Death (SAHD) into Greek and its validation as an assessment tool in terminally ill cancer patients receiving palliative treatment... - Desire for death near the end of life: the role of depression, anxiety and painKyriaki Mystakidou
Department of Radiology, Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, Areteion Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, 115 26 Athens, Greece
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:258-62. 2005..This study evaluated the desire of patients with advanced cancer for hastened death to determine its relationship to psychological distress, anxiety and pain... - Validation of a Tibetan translation of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist 25 and the Harvard Trauma QuestionnaireDechen Lhewa
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Assessment 14:223-30. 2007..33), partly because of a low rate of PTSD. Results support the reliability and validity of the HSCL but suggest further study of the HTQ with this population is required... - Object relations in criminal psychopathsYosef Brody
Forensic Services, Elmhurst Hospital Center, 79 01 Broadway, Queens, NY 11373, USA
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 46:400-11. 2002..Results suggest that psychopaths harbor profound underlying psychosocial damage including intense anxiety, anger, bitterness, and resentment. Implications for interventions and future research are discussed...
Research Grants
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Stalking OffendersBarry Rosenfeld; Fiscal Year: 2007..In addition, recidivism will be assessed through periodic review of criminal justice records in order to identify participants who have re-offended with either continued stalking behavior or other criminal behavior. ..
- Measuring hopelessness at the end of lifeBarry Rosenfeld; Fiscal Year: 2007....