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Lewis
A. Opler, M.D., Ph.D., is one of the most recognized mental
health clinicians and researchers in the world. Known
for his work in schizophrenia and pharmacologic treatment
of psychotic disorders, he has shaped psychiatric intervention
and has been recognized for his dedication to the diagnosis
and effective treatment of the mentally ill. He is a Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School
of Medicine.
Dr.Opler
was one of the first to undertake novel treatment strategies
of negative symptoms in schizophrenia and other psychotic
disorders. In collaboration with the late Stanley R. Kay,
Dr. Opler co-authored the Positive and Negative Syndrome
Scale (PANSS), a symptom severity rating scale that has
been translated into over 30 languages as the "gold
standard" in testing the effectiveness of new antipsychotic
drugs. His funded research has included special research
on Hispanic populations, as well as the homeless, single,
substance abusing, and those with mental illness. Dr.
Opler has authored over 200 publications - primarily in
the areas of psychopharmacology, cognitive impairment,
movement disorders and other side effects, and symptom
assessment.
His
ability to seamlessly bridge the biological, psychological,
and social has given him much experience in working with
disciplines and cultures of different perspective. A beloved
teacher, and a down-to-earth quality has established Dr.
Opler as an especially effective translator of psychiatric
treatment to the general public. Dr.Opler has been invited
by scores of hospitals around the United States and Canada
to give grand rounds to his peers covering numerous areas
of psychopharmacology standards, side effects, and psychosocial
aspects of illness.
Dr.
Opler has twice been given the prestigious Exemplary Psychiatrist
Award by the National Alliance for Mentally Ill. He has
regularly provided answers to the lay community about
psychiatric illness and treatment at forums far and wide,
as well as in his "Ask the Doctor" column which appears
in the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill -NYS News.
His paperbacks, Prozac and Other Psychiatric Drugs (1996)
and Resurrection and Redemption: Overcoming Mental Illness
and Regaining Dignity (2003), are written for a wide audience
and demystify and destigmatize mental disorders and their
treatment.
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Opler LA. The Complete Pill Guide: The Latest Information
About Generic and Brand-Name Prescription Drugs.
Barnes & Noble Books, 2005.
White L, Harvey PD, Opler LA, Lindenmayer J-P, and
the PANSS Collaborative Study Group. Empirical assessment
of the factorial structure of clinical symptoms
in schizophrenia: amultisite multimodel evaluation
of the factorial structure of the positive and negative
syndrome scale (panss). Psychopathology 1997;30:263-274.
Herman DP, Opler LA, Felix A, Valencia E, Wyatt
RJ, Susser E. Critical time intervention: impact
on psychiatric symptoms. J Nerv Ment Dis 2000;188:35-140.
Caton CLM, Hasin DS, Shrout PE, Opler LA, Hirshfield
S, Dominguez B, Felix A. Risk factors for homelessness
among indigent urban adults with no history of psychotic
illness: a case-control study. Am J Public Health,
2000;90:258-263.
Opler LA, White L, Caton CLM, Dominguez B, Hirshfield
S, Shrout PE. Gender dfiferences in the relationship
of homelessness to symptom severity, substance abuse,
and neuroleptic noncompliance in schizophrenia.
J Nerv Ment Dis, 2001;189:449-456.
Shelley A-M, Battaglia J, Lucey J, Ellis A, Opler
LA: Symptom-specific group therapy for inpatients
with schizophrenia. Einstein Quart Biol Med, 2001;18:21-28.
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