Abrams, Robert C

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Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film, by James Charney, MD. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023. The Journal of medical humanities. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Tokyo Ueno Station: The psychodynamics of homelessness in one older man. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Counting the Days, Not Living Them: You Will Die at Twenty, Directed by Amjad Abu Alala, 2019. The Journal of medical humanities. 2021 Editorial Article GET IT
Hyperactive Delirium Requires More Aggressive Management in Patients With COVID-19: Temporarily Rethinking "Low and Slow". Journal of pain and symptom management. 2020 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 6
The Interview for Decisional Abilities (IDA): a tool to assess the decisional capacity of abused and neglected older adults. Journal of elder abuse & neglect. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
Vascular depression and the death of Queen Victoria. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2018 Review GET IT
Times cited: 3
The Abdication of King Edward VIII: a study of estrangement between an adult son and elderly mother. Medical humanities. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
The Abrams geriatric self-neglect scale: introduction, validation and psychometric properties. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 6
The Indirect Costs of Late-Life Depression in the United States: A Literature Review and Perspective. Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland). 2016 Review GET IT
Times cited: 41
Narratives of Self-Neglect: Patterns of Traumatic Personal Experiences and Maladaptive Behaviors in Cognitively Intact Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
A training program to enhance recognition of depression in nursing homes, assisted living, and other long-term care settings: Description and evaluation. Gerontology & geriatrics education. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go: a model of 'completion' for the end of life. Medical humanities. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 1
Psychiatric assessment and screening for the elderly in primary care: design, implementation, and preliminary results. Journal of geriatrics. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Management of persistent pain in the older patient: a clinical review. JAMA. 2014 Review GET IT
Times cited: 202
Integration of geriatric mental health screening into a primary care practice: a patient satisfaction survey. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 10
Sir James Reid and the Death of Queen Victoria: An Early Model for End-of-Life Care. The Gerontologist. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 1
Suicidal overdoses of psychotropic drugs by elderly in New York City: comparison with younger adults. Psychiatry research. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
The inflammation hypothesis in geriatric depression. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2011 Review GET IT
Times cited: 157
Late-life depression and the death of Queen Victoria. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2
Antidepressant use in elderly suicide victims in New York city: an analysis of 255 cases. The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 11
Sonographic detection of an unsuspected intra-abdominal surgical sponge in a pregnant patient. 2007 GET IT
"Gray murder": characteristics of elderly compared with nonelderly homicide victims in New York City. American journal of public health. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Personality disorders in the elderly: a flagging field of inquiry. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2006 Editorial Article GET IT
Times cited: 31
Crisis in access to care: geriatric psychiatry services unobtainable at any price. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Preference for fall from height as a method of suicide by elderly residents of New York City. American journal of public health. 2005 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 32
Predictors of self-neglect in community-dwelling elders. The American journal of psychiatry. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 159
Influence of cognitive impairment, illness, gender, and African-American status on psychiatric ratings and staff recognition of depression. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Prevalence of depression and depression recognition in nursing homes. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2001 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 266
Pharmacological treatment of depression in older primary care patients: the PROSPECT algorithm. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2001 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 122
Personality disorder symptoms predict declines in global functioning and quality of life in elderly depressed patients. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2001 Academic Article GET IT
Late-life depression and functional disability: the role of goal-focused group psychotherapy. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 85
Personality disorder symptoms and functioning in elderly depressed patients. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia's impact on the frail elderly: something to think about. The Journal of long term home health care : The PRIDE Institute journal. 1998 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
Personality disorder correlates of late and early onset depression. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1994 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 43
Assessment of depression in dementia. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders. 1994 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
Depression in nursing home residents. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 1992 Review GET IT
Times cited: 61
Trait-state artifacts and the diagnosis of personality disorders. Archives of general psychiatry. 1991 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 242
Depression in Alzheimer's disease. The Psychiatric clinics of North America. 1991 Review GET IT
Times cited: 66
Chronicity and relapse in geriatric depression. Biological psychiatry. 1989 Review GET IT
Times cited: 43
Sensation-Seeking Scale scores in treated geriatric depressives and controls. Biological psychiatry. 1989 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2
ECT in the High-Risk Geriatric Patient. Convulsive therapy. 1989 Academic Article GET IT
Suicide in New York City nursing homes: 1980-1986. The American journal of psychiatry. 1988 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 23
Substance abuse in the elderly: over-the-counter and illegal drugs. Hospital & community psychiatry. 1988 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 19
Dementia research in the nursing home. Hospital & community psychiatry. 1988 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2
Late-onset depression. The Psychiatric clinics of North America. 1988 Review GET IT
Times cited: 95
Use of the Cornell scale in nondemented patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1988 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 175
Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia. Biological psychiatry. 1988 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2181
Substance abuse in the elderly: alcohol and prescription drugs. Hospital & community psychiatry. 1987 Review GET IT
Times cited: 14
Geriatric depression and DSM-III-R personality disorder criteria. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1987 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 59
Discriminant validity of the MMPI for borderline personality disorder. Journal of personality assessment. 1985 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 11
A critique of the process-oriented approach to ward staff meetings. 1982 GET IT
Times cited: 1
Physiologic variability and fetal electrocortical activity. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 1980 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 36
Body fluid lithium measurements: severity of illness and prediction of outcome. Biological psychiatry. 1978 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2

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Background

education and training

M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1976
B.S., University of California, Berkeley 1972

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Robert C Abrams

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Clinical Profile

VIVO Weill Cornell Medical College

Robert C Abrams Professor of Psychiatry in Medicine

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Background

education and training

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