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| Deborah PerlickSummaryAffiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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In our own voice-family companion: reducing self-stigma of family members of persons with serious mental illnessDeborah A Perlick
Departmentof Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NewYork, NY 10029, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:1456-62. 2011..This article reports preliminary findings from a novel, family peer-based intervention designed to reduce self-stigma among family members of people with serious mental illness...
Family-focused treatment for caregivers of patients with bipolar disorderDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Bipolar Disord 12:627-37. 2010..Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach (2(nd) ed.). New York: The Guilford Press, 2008] that aimed to reduce symptoms of bipolar disorder by working with caregivers to enhance illness management skills and self-care...- Caregiver burden and health in bipolar disorder: a cluster analytic approachDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10019, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:484-91. 2008..Cluster analysis is a promising method for identifying subgroups of caregivers with different stress and coping profiles associated with different health-related outcomes... 
Association of symptomatology and cognitive deficits to functional capacity in schizophreniaDeborah A Perlick
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven VAMC, Yale University School of Medicine, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven CT 10651, USA
Schizophr Res 99:192-9. 2008..A mixed effects model was used to adjust for repeated observations from the same subjects...- Perceived stigma and depression among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorderDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Br J Psychiatry 190:535-6. 2007..Results suggest that caregivers' perceptions of stigma may negatively affect their mental health by reducing their coping effectiveness... - Prevalence and correlates of burden among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder enrolled in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar DisorderDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Bipolar Disord 9:262-73. 2007.... - Components and correlates of family burden in schizophreniaDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1117-25. 2006..Components and correlates of caregiver burden in schizophrenia were studied... - Impact of antipsychotic medication on family burden in schizophrenia: longitudinal results of CATIE trialDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
Schizophr Res 116:118-25. 2010..This study evaluated the effectiveness of first- and second-generation antipsychotics in reducing family burden associated with schizophrenia... - Factors associated with stigma among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder in the STEP-BD studyJodi M Gonzalez
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:41-8. 2007..Little is known about the factors contributing to mental illness stigma among caregivers of people with bipolar disorder... - Use of mental health and primary care services by caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder: a preliminary studyDeborah A Perlick
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven VAMC and the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06516, USA
Bipolar Disord 7:126-35. 2005..It additionally evaluates the relationship of the level of burden caregivers report experiencing to their use of health services, controlling for level of psychological distress and health status... - Impact of family burden and affective response on clinical outcome among patients with bipolar disorderDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:1029-35. 2004..This study evaluated the direct and indirect effects of family burden and affective response on medication adherence and outcome among patients with bipolar disorder... - Suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms among bipolar patients as predictors of the health and well-being of caregiversCheryl A Chessick
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80045, USA
Bipolar Disord 11:876-84. 2009..This study examined whether caregivers' health is associated with changes in suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms among bipolar patients observed over one year... - Current suicide ideation and prior suicide attempts of bipolar patients as influences on caregiver burdenCheryl A Chessick
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 37:482-91. 2007..Levels of depression in caregivers varied with whether the caregiver was a spouse or a parent, and whether patients had a history of suicide attempts, current suicidal ideation, or both... - Modeling costs and burden of informal caregiving for persons with bipolar disorderNancy Wolff
Center for Mental Health Services and Criminal Justice Research, Rutgers University, 30 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
J Ment Health Policy Econ 9:99-110. 2006..While a vast literature demonstrates this connection, the cost and financial burden of informal caregiving has received considerably less research attention, especially as it-pertains to bipolar disorder... - The family forum: directions for the implementation of family psychoeducation for severe mental illnessAmy N Cohen
Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare Center, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:40-8. 2008..The article describes opportunities for the research and clinical communities to expand the proportion of families served...
Research Grants
- Reducing the Adverse Impact of Mental Illness Stigma Among Family CaregiversDeborah Perlick; Fiscal Year: 2009..I.) and researchers at Mount Sinai (Deborah Perlick, Ph.D., P.I.), termed In Our Own Voice-Family Companion (IOOV-FC)...
- Bipolar Illness Therapy, Family Burden, Costs & HealthDeborah Perlick; Fiscal Year: 2003..They will help us understand how family burden and coping impact on the health and health practices of caregivers of person with bipolar illness. ..
- Treating Caregiver Stress and Health in Bipolar DisorderDeborah Perlick; Fiscal Year: 2007..Training materials will be developed for a larger-scale study. ..
- Reducing the Adverse Impact of Mental Illness Stigma Among Family CaregiversDeborah Perlick; Fiscal Year: 2007..I.) and researchers at Mount Sinai (Deborah Perlick, Ph.D., P.I.), termed In Our Own Voice-Family Companion (IOOV-FC)...