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| Michael Joseph SernyakSummaryAffiliation: Yale University Country: USA Publications
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Impact of clozapine on completed suicideM J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service 116A, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Am J Psychiatry 158:931-7. 2001..Clozapine has been found to be superior to typical neuroleptics in ameliorating the symptoms of refractory schizophrenia. This study evaluated clozapine's effect on the rate of death due to suicide...
Antipsychotic use in the treatment of outpatients with schizophrenia in the VA from fiscal years 1999 to 2006Michael J Sernyak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:567-9. 2008..This study examined changes in prescribing patterns of antipsychotic medications to treat schizophrenia...
Clinicians' reasons for deviations from recommended dosing practices for antipsychotic medicationsMichael Joseph Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, 116A, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 34:540-7. 2007..This study was designed to investigate clinician rationales for prescribing higher than recommended dosages of antipsychotic medications in patients with schizophrenia...
Experience of VA psychiatrists with pharmaceutical detailing of antipsychotic medicationsMichael Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:1292-6. 2007..It specifically focused on the experiences of these physicians with representatives of the manufacturers of second-generation antipsychotics...
Implementation of monitoring and management guidelines for second-generation antipsychoticsMichael J Sernyak
Yale University School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Conn, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 68:14-8. 2007....
Generic fluoxetine and choice of antidepressant medicationMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, 116A, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:128-30. 2007..This study examined whether its availability was associated with an increase in use compared with other medications...
Undiagnosed hyperglycemia in patients treated with atypical antipsychoticsMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service 116A, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 66:1463-7. 2005..This study was designed to determine the proportion of undiagnosed hyperglycemia in patients receiving a broad range of atypical antipsychotics...
Clinicians' reasons for antipsychotic coprescribingMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 65:1597-600. 2004..This study was designed to systematically survey clinicians about their rationale for prescribing more than 1 antipsychotic for specific patients...
Predictors of antipsychotic medication changeMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, 116A, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 32:85-94. 2005..Controlling for independent sociodemographic, diagnostic, and functional measures, frequency of clinical contact was the most robust predictor of switching antipsychotics...
Economic grand rounds: systemwide costs associated with second-generation antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophreniaMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:1361-2. 2004
Neuroleptic use in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderM J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Q 72:197-213. 2001....
Association of diabetes mellitus with use of atypical neuroleptics in the treatment of schizophreniaMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, 06516, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:561-6. 2002..This study used administrative data from a large national sample of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia to compare the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients receiving prescriptions for atypical and typical neuroleptics...
Prescribers' nonadherence to treatment guidelines for schizophrenia when prescribing neurolepticsMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:246-8. 2003..The results suggest that patients' agreement with treatment guidelines should be taken into account in the evaluation of prescribers' use of such guidelines...
Use of system-wide outcomes monitoring data to compare the effectiveness of atypical neuroleptic medicationsMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:310-5. 2003..Outcomes monitoring data in a large health care system were used to evaluate the effectiveness of atypical neuroleptic medications in actual clinical practice...
Undiagnosed hyperglycemia in clozapine-treated patients with schizophreniaMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 64:605-8. 2003..This study was designed to investigate the proportion of undiagnosed impaired fasting glucose and diabetes mellitus in patients prescribed clozapine at 8 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers...
Risk adjustment in studies using administrative dataMichael J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, West Haven 06516, USA
Schizophr Bull 29:267-71. 2003....
Rethinking antipsychotic formulary policyR A Rosenheck
Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT, USA
Schizophr Bull 34:375-80. 2008..The algorithm outlined here and the process for its implementation are intended as a stimulus for discussion of potential policy responses, not as a finalized proposition...
The effects of federal versus state funding and academic affiliation on mental health servicesRani A Desai
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 32:267-83. 2005..These findings suggest that, unlike findings from the general medical literature, academic affiliation is unrelated to the quality and delivery of mental health care...
Results of a naturalistic study of treatment options: switching atypical antipsychotic drugs or augmenting with valproateJoyce A Cramer
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Clin Ther 26:905-14. 2004..Combination therapy with atypical antipsychotic agents has not been well studied. Duration of persistence with a prescribed treatment regimen can be used to estimate overall treatment success...
Utilizing VA information technology to develop psychiatric resident prescription profilesRobert Rohrbaugh
Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 300 George St, Suite 901, Room 24, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Acad Psychiatry 33:27-30. 2009..The authors report on a procedure utilizing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' computerized pharmacy records to efficiently construct comprehensive individual psychiatric resident prescription practice profiles...
