J C Huffman

Summary

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Predicting panic disorder among patients with chest pain: an analysis of the literature
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Psychosomatics 44:222-36. 2003
  2. ncbi Post-MI psychiatric syndromes: six unanswered questions
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Harv Rev Psychiatry 14:305-18. 2006
  3. ncbi Neuropsychiatric consequences of cardiovascular medications
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Dialogues Clin Neurosci 9:29-45. 2007
  4. ncbi Pre-existing major depression predicts in-hospital cardiac complications after acute myocardial infarction
    Jeff C Huffman
    Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street Warren 1220C, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Psychosomatics 49:309-16. 2008
  5. ncbi Anxiety, independent of depressive symptoms, is associated with in-hospital cardiac complications after acute myocardial infarction
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Psychosom Res 65:557-63. 2008
  6. ncbi Assessing clinicians' management of first episode schizophrenia using clinical case vignettes
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Early Interv Psychiatry 4:31-8. 2010
  7. ncbi Screening for major depression in post-myocardial infarction patients: operating characteristics of the Beck Depression Inventory-II
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Int J Psychiatry Med 40:187-97. 2010
  8. ncbi An approach to the psychopharmacologic care of patients: antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, mood stabilizers, and natural remedies
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 20115, USA
    Med Clin North Am 94:1141-60, x. 2010
  9. ncbi A collaborative care depression management program for cardiac inpatients: depression characteristics and in-hospital outcomes
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Psychosomatics 52:26-33. 2011
  10. ncbi Impact of a depression care management program for hospitalized cardiac patients
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 4:198-205. 2011

Detail Information

Publications25

  1. ncbi Predicting panic disorder among patients with chest pain: an analysis of the literature
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Psychosomatics 44:222-36. 2003
    ..female sex, 4). younger age, and 5). a high level of self-reported anxiety. Further studies of these and other variables associated with panic disorder should aid in the detection of this disabling but treatable cause of chest pain...
  2. ncbi Post-MI psychiatric syndromes: six unanswered questions
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Harv Rev Psychiatry 14:305-18. 2006
    ..To make further progress, large, multicenter trials that use optimized screening tools, obtain data at several time points, consider multiple psychosocial variables, and correct carefully for medical/cardiac severity are required...
  3. ncbi Neuropsychiatric consequences of cardiovascular medications
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Dialogues Clin Neurosci 9:29-45. 2007
    ....
  4. ncbi Pre-existing major depression predicts in-hospital cardiac complications after acute myocardial infarction
    Jeff C Huffman
    Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street Warren 1220C, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Psychosomatics 49:309-16. 2008
    ..Depression (MDD) and anxiety have been associated with negative long-term outcomes among patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI)...
  5. ncbi Anxiety, independent of depressive symptoms, is associated with in-hospital cardiac complications after acute myocardial infarction
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Psychosom Res 65:557-63. 2008
    ..The aim of this exploratory study was to determine whether post-MI anxiety was associated with in-hospital cardiac complications, independent of depressive symptoms...
  6. ncbi Assessing clinicians' management of first episode schizophrenia using clinical case vignettes
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Early Interv Psychiatry 4:31-8. 2010
    ..Clinical case vignettes with free-form responses can be used to carefully assess whether front line practitioners provide guideline-adherent management of first episode psychosis...
  7. ncbi Screening for major depression in post-myocardial infarction patients: operating characteristics of the Beck Depression Inventory-II
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Int J Psychiatry Med 40:187-97. 2010
    ..To assess the operating characteristics of the Beck-Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the BDI-II cognitive subscale (BDI-II-cog) in screening for major depression (MDD) in post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients...
  8. ncbi An approach to the psychopharmacologic care of patients: antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, mood stabilizers, and natural remedies
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 20115, USA
    Med Clin North Am 94:1141-60, x. 2010
    ..In this article, the authors discuss basic principles of psychopharmacology and outline an approach to using several commonly prescribed classes of medications...
  9. ncbi A collaborative care depression management program for cardiac inpatients: depression characteristics and in-hospital outcomes
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Psychosomatics 52:26-33. 2011
    ..Depression in cardiac patients is common, under-recognized, and independently associated with mortality...
  10. ncbi Impact of a depression care management program for hospitalized cardiac patients
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 4:198-205. 2011
    ..Collaborative care depression management programs have been used in outpatients to improve depression outcomes, but such a program had never been initiated in the hospital or used for patients with a wide range of cardiac illnesses...
  11. ncbi Recognition and treatment of depression and anxiety in patients with acute myocardial infarction
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Cardiol 98:319-24. 2006
    ..Recognition and treatment of anxiety is substantially better, up to 50% of patients who are found to be anxious by psychiatrists after acute myocardial infarction remain unrecognized...
  12. ncbi Rapid screening for major depression in post-myocardial infarction patients: an investigation using Beck Depression Inventory II items
    J C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Heart 92:1656-60. 2006
    ..To determine the ability of three questions from the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) to detect major depressive disorder (MDD) in a cohort of patients hospitalised for acute myocardial infarction (MI)...
  13. ncbi The development of new antidepressants: focus on duloxetine and escitalopram
    Jeff C Huffman
    Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman St, Wang 812, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Harv Rev Psychiatry 11:30-6. 2003
  14. ncbi The use of DBT skills in the treatment of difficult patients in the General Hospital
    Jeff C Huffman
    Psychiatry Consultation Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Psychosomatics 44:421-9. 2003
  15. ncbi The diagnosis and treatment of Munchausen's syndrome
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 25:358-63. 2003
    ..The prognosis for patients with Munchausen's syndrome appears to be poor; flexible and creative approaches that emphasize consistency of care and regular outpatient psychiatric treatment have had the greatest success...
  16. ncbi Antipsychotic polytherapy on an inpatient psychiatric unit: how does clinical practice coincide with Joint Commission guidelines?
    Jeff C Huffman
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 33:501-8. 2011
    ..Our objective was to use detailed chart reviews to assess the use of antipsychotic polytherapy and place this use in the context of these measures...
  17. ncbi Psychiatric considerations in the patient receiving organ transplantation: a clinical case conference
    Jeff C Huffman
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 25:484-91. 2003
    ..The discussion frames the pertinent issues in the transplant evaluation and describes the perioperative (transplant) management of the borderline patient...
  18. ncbi A comparison of clinician and patient concerns about antipsychotic side effects: a pilot study
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Nerv Ment Dis 192:328-30. 2004
    ..Larger studies are needed to further investigate these findings...
  19. ncbi Newly diagnosed hypertension and depressive symptoms: how would you treat?
    Jeff C Huffman
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    J Fam Pract 54:39-46. 2005
  20. ncbi Reach of benchmark psychiatric trial results to community-based providers: a case study of CATIE
    Timothy J Petersen
    Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Division of Postgraduate Education, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:1081-6. 2008
    ....
  21. ncbi Depressogenic effects of medications: a review
    Christopher M Celano
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Dialogues Clin Neurosci 13:109-25. 2011
    ....
  22. ncbi Detection of depression in cardiac inpatients: feasibility and results of systematic screening
    Gillian Sowden
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Am Heart J 159:780-7. 2010
    ..Our objective was to assess the feasibility and results of such screening on inpatient cardiac units...
  23. ncbi The use of benzodiazepines in the treatment of chest pain: a review of the literature
    Jeff C Huffman
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    J Emerg Med 25:427-37. 2003
    ..Further study of benzodiazepines in the treatment of acute chest pain is needed to confirm these favorable actions and better define their use in the acute medical setting...
  24. ncbi Catatonia and psychosis in a patient with AIDS: treatment with lorazepam and aripiprazole
    Jeff C Huffman
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:508-10. 2005
  25. ncbi Hypercalcemic delirium associated with hyperparathyroidism and a vitamin D analog
    Jeff C Huffman
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:374-6. 2005