Cristina Cusin, MD

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  • 2007–2023Active
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Cristina Cusin, MD is affiliated with Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Cristina Cusin has authored or co-authored 11 peer-reviewed articles published across the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and the Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders between 2007 and 2023. Their work focuses on Depression (MDD), Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Suicide, Psychiatry, and Women.

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Heated Yoga for Depression
Original Research

Heated Yoga for Depression

October 23, 2023

Approximately 1 heated yoga session per week for 8 weeks led to significantly greater reduction in depression symptoms than a waitlist control.
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Effect of Benzodiazepines on Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine
Original Research

Effect of Benzodiazepines on Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine

November 14, 2022

Findings of studies examining the impact of benzodiazepines on antidepressant effects of ketamine are contradictory. This study assessed whether concomitant oral benzodiazepines differentially affected treatment response to ketamine versus...
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids for MDD With High Inflammation
Original Research

Omega-3 Fatty Acids for MDD With High Inflammation

August 22, 2022

This study investigated whether dosage or inflammation levels affect response to omega-3s in MDD patients.
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Very Low-Level Transcranial Photobiomodulation for MDD
Original Research

Very Low-Level Transcranial Photobiomodulation for MDD

August 8, 2022

Transcranial photobiomodulation may be efficacious for major depressive disorder, but the optimal dose is not known. Here, a very low dose was studied to establish a threshold for lack...
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Original Research

Ganaxolone for Persistent Depression

June 9, 2020

Postmenopausal women may be deficient in the neuroactive steroid allopregnanolone. This study examined oral ganaxolone, an allopregnanolone analog, as augmentation therapy in postmenopausal women with inadequate response to traditional...
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Original Research

Ziprasidone Augmentation of Escitalopram for Cognition

July 25, 2017

Cognitive deficits are common in depression, but studies suggest that cognitive dysfunction is difficult to treat with antidepressants. Can adding an atypical antipsychotic medication to antidepressant treatment help lessen...
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Letter to the Editor

Drs Ionescu and Cusin Reply

January 25, 2017

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Ketamine for Suicidal Ideation

June 22, 2016

When your treatment-resistant depressed patients are thinking about suicide, what else can you as a clinician do to pull them from the brink of these ideations? Consider whether adjunctive...
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JCP
Original Research

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pramipexole Augmentation in Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder

July 15, 2013

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Rounds in the General Hospital

Complications of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: A Case Discussion and Review of the Literature

April 16, 2009

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JCP
Original Research

Early Symptomatic Worsening During Treatment With Fluoxetine in Major Depressive Disorder: Prevalence and Implications

January 15, 2007

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