Scholars@Duke
James Alan Blumenthal

James Alan Blumenthal

J. P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
james.blumenthal@duke.edu
Box 3119 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
4567 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Conferences

1125 Non-Dipping Blood Pressure Is Associated with Sleep Timing in Hypertensive Adults with Insomnia Disorder

Conference SLEEP · May 19, 2025 AbstractIntroductionBlood pressure (BP) dipping during nocturnal sleep is characteristic of a normal circadian BP pattern. A blunted B ... Full text Cite

Integrating depression and acute coronary syndrome care in low resource hospitals in China: the I-CARE randomised clinical trial.

Conference Lancet Reg Health West Pac · July 2024 BACKGROUND: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) often co-occurs with depression, which adversely affects prognosis and increases medical costs, but effective treatment models are lacking, particularly in low-resource settings. This study aims to determine the ef ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abstract P422: Lifestyle Intervention Improved Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Resistant Hypertension: Insights From the TRIUMPH Randomized Clinical Trial

Conference Circulation · March 19, 2024 Introduction: Evidence is limited regarding the effect of lifestyle modification on health outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Full text Cite

Lifestyle Interventions Reduce the Need for Guideline-Directed Antihypertensive Medication.

Conference Am J Hypertens · October 27, 2021 BACKGROUND: The 2017 ACC-AHA Hypertension Guideline recommends initiation of antihypertensive drug therapy based on blood pressure (BP) and an assessment of global cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, but intensive lifestyle modification may lower BP to belo ... Full text Link to item Cite

THE VALUE OF STRESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN EXERCISE-BASED CARDIAC REHABILITATION

Conference INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · October 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Blunted Cardiac Response to Sleep Apnea a Marker of Depression after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Conference 2018 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics Taiwan Icce TW 2018 · August 27, 2018 While depression is often overlooked in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), it is an important risk of death among these patients. We examined if heart rate variability (HRV) particularly those related to sleep apnea can be a maker of depress ... Full text Cite

DEPRESSION AND MEDICATION NONADHERENCE FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Conference ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · April 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Perceived Cognitive Difficulties and Quality of Life following Lung Transplantation

Conference JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION · April 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

PATTERNS AND PREDICTORS OF PAIN FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Conference ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · March 2017 Link to item Cite

Coping And Clinical Outcomes Among Lung Transplant Patients

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · January 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Changes In Dyspnea Following Lung Transplantation: A Pooled Cohort Study

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · January 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Depression, Quality of Life, and Mortality Early Following Lung Transplantation

Conference The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation · April 2016 Full text Cite

DEPRESSION AND EXERCISE TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

Conference ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · March 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

NEUROBEHAVIORAL FUNCTIONING AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Conference ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · March 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXERCISE IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION

Conference ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · April 2011 Link to item Cite

EXERCISE AND PHARMACOTHERAPY IN DEPRESSION

Conference INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · August 2010 Link to item Cite

Heritability of child and adolescent brain morphometry

Conference BEHAVIOR GENETICS · November 2005 Link to item Cite

Lifestyle approaches to the treatment of hypertension

Conference PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT · January 1, 2005 Link to item Cite

Brain morphometry and IQ in pediatric monozygotic twins

Conference BEHAVIOR GENETICS · November 2003 Link to item Cite

Depression as a risk factor for mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery

Conference Journal of Psychosomatic Research · August 2003 Full text Cite

Relative safety of short-term antianginal medication withdrawal: Relevance to clinical trials

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY · February 1, 1997 Link to item Cite

Behavioral and psychosocial issues of cardiac rehabilitation

Conference PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH · 1997 Link to item Cite

Psychological Stress-Induced Ischemia

Conference PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE · 1997 Link to item Cite

AGE AND COGNITION AFTER CARDIAC-SURGERY

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · February 1, 1994 Link to item Cite

AUTONOMIC MODULATION OF HEART-RATE BEFORE AND DURING TRANSIENT MYOCARDIAL-ISCHEMIA IN DAILY-LIFE

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY · February 1994 Link to item Cite

EFFECTS OF EXERCISE ON THE TYPE-A BEHAVIOR PATTERN

Conference PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE · 1987 Link to item Cite

RUNNING AND ANOREXIA REVISITED

Conference Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · April 1984 Full text Cite