Scholars@Duke
Aishwarya K Rajagopalan

Aishwarya K Rajagopalan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Night Terrors and Delirium in a Child With Presumed Rapid-Onset Obesity With Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation, and Autonomic Dysregulation.

Journal article Cureus · April 2026 Comorbid neuropsychiatric conditions, including major depressive disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and psychosis, are reported among children with rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD). ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Protocol-based Interventions for Inpatient Medical Stabilization of Anorexia Nervosa in Children and Adolescents

Journal article Psychiatric Annals · November 1, 2025 Anorexia nervosa is a feeding and eating disorder characterized by restrictive eating due to distortions in body image. The disorder involves frequent complications that can result in need for medical hospitalization for stabilization of malnutrition-relat ... Full text Cite

"Doctor" Badge Promotes Accurate Role Identification and Reduces Gender-Based Aggressions in Female Resident Physicians.

Journal article Acad Psychiatry · October 2022 OBJECTIVE: Role misidentification among hospital staff is common. Female resident physicians are more likely to be misidentified as non-physicians. This study utilized a pre-post examination to determine if the usage of a "doctor" badge by resident physici ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Sharing perspectives on feedback: a combined resident-faculty workshop.

Journal article BMC Med Educ · March 22, 2022 BACKGROUND: Feedback is essential to medical education. Although the need for effective feedback delivery is well known, more recent focus is on understanding and strengthening the faculty-trainee relationship within which the feedback process is carried o ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Assessment of QTc and Risk of Torsades de Pointes in Ventricular Conduction Delay and Pacing: A Review of the Literature and Call to Action.

Journal article J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry · 2021 BACKGROUND: Assessment of the heart rate-corrected QT-interval on the 12-lead electrocardiogram when prescribing medications known to increase the risk of Torsades de Pointes has become a common part of consultation-liaison psychiatry practice. OBJECTIVES: ... Full text Link to item Cite

COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on psychiatric care in the United States.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · July 2020 The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Infection by the SARS-CoV2 virus leads to the COVID-19 disease which can be fatal, especially in older patients with medical co-morbidities. The impact to the US ... Full text Link to item Cite

New-generation Antipsychotics and Cardiovascular Risk

Journal article Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry · June 15, 2019 Purpose of Review: To critically review the current landscape of literature on cardiotoxicity of “new-generation antipsychotics,” defined as those approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the last 10 years. Recent Findings: There is a paucity of dat ... Full text Cite