Kara Zivin, PhD, MS | Psychiatrist.com

Original Research

Varenicline Prescribing Among Veterans

December 21, 2021

This study evaluated national trends in prescribing varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy to Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries before and after US Food and Drug Administration warnings for varenicline.

Lauren B. Gerlach, Tony Van, Hyungjin Myra Kim, et al

Original Research

Zolpidem in Veterans

February 5, 2019

Read a study examining chronic and high-dose use of zolpidem among veterans.

Hyungjin Myra Kim, Lauren B. Gerlach, Tony Van, et al

Article

Valproic Acid Use in Reproductive-Aged Women

April 27, 2016

Treating reproductive-aged female patients with valproic acid comes with serious teratogenic risks. Read this journal CME article to explore data on safety and clinical strategies.

Dorothy Gotlib, Elizabeth Perelstein, Jacob Kurlander, et al

Article

Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Programs in the Veterans Affairs Health System Serve a Different Patient Population Than Specialty Mental Health Clinics

May 17, 2012

Do Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) programs provide services to patient subgroups that are underrepresentated in specialty mental health care? To find out, the authors of this study compared...

Vicki D. Johnson-Lawrence, Benjamin R. Szymanski, Kara Zivin, et al

Original Research

Exploratory Data Mining Analysis Identifying Subgroups of Patients With Depression Who Are at High Risk for Suicide

November 15, 2009

Mark A. Ilgen, Karen Downing, Kara Zivin, et al