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Leslie M. Forman

Leslie M. Forman

Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
forma003@mc.duke.edu
6817 Homewood Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
6817 Homewood Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Selected Publications

The impact of evidence-based education on prescribing in a psychiatry residency.

Journal Article J Psychiatr Pract · March 2011 OBJECTIVE: Recent clinical trials comparing the effectiveness of antipsychotics have found no advantage for second-generation antipsychotics over older first-generation agents. However, the former are much more commonly used despite their significantly hig ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation and characterization of generalized anxiety and depression in patients with primary brain tumors.

Journal Article Neuro Oncol · April 2008 To determine clinical and sociodemographic factors that are associated with major neuropsychiatric illnesses among brain tumor patients, we administered a modified version of the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire and a demographic data form to 363 adult n ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influence of depression and effect of treatment with sertraline on quality of life after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome.

Journal Article Am J Cardiol · December 1, 2003 Major depressive disorders complicate recovery from acute coronary syndrome in approximately 1 in 5 patients, and have been found to be associated with significant impairments of quality of life and functioning. The aim of the present analysis was to evalu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) study intervention: rationale and design.

Journal Article Psychosom Med · 2001 OBJECTIVE: Depression and low social support are risk factors for medical morbidity and mortality after acute MI. The ENRICHD study is a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of a cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression and low social su ... Link to item Cite

Depressive symptoms and outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting.

Journal Article Am J Crit Care · January 2001 BACKGROUND: Depressive symptoms are an independent risk factor for outcome in patients with cardiac disease, but their effect on outcome among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting is not well understood. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether or n ... Link to item Cite

Effects of exercise training on older patients with major depression.

Journal Article Arch Intern Med · October 25, 1999 BACKGROUND: Previous observational and interventional studies have suggested that regular physical exercise may be associated with reduced symptoms of depression. However, the extent to which exercise training may reduce depressive symptoms in older patien ... Full text Link to item Cite

A brief history of psychiatric classification. From the ancients to DSM-IV.

Journal Article Psychiatr Clin North Am · September 1994 We are now at an interesting crossroads in the history of psychiatric nosology. There have been many oscillations over time between etiologic and descriptive models, between lumping and splitting, and between categorical and dimensional systems. It is unfo ... Link to item Cite

DMS-IV meets philosophy.

Journal Article J Med Philos · June 1994 The authors discuss some of the conceptual issues that must be considered in using and understanding psychiatric classification. DMS-IV is a practical and common sense nosology of psychiatric disorders that is intended to improve communication in clinical ... Full text Link to item Cite

DMS-IV meets philosophy.

Journal Article Journal of Medicine and Philosophy · 1994 The authors discuss some of the conceptual issues that must be considered in using and understanding psychiatric classification. DMS-IV is a practical and common sense nosology of psychiatric disorders that is intended to improve communication in clinical ... Cite

Frontal arachnoid cyst associated with depression: Case report and literature review

Journal Article Depression · January 1, 1993 A 49‐year‐old woman presented with a long history of depressive symptoms and frequent exacerbations despite adequate trials of pharmacotherapy. On evaluation, she was found to have recurrent major depression as well as severe verbal memory deficits. Magnet ... Full text Cite