Scholars@Duke
Ryan Slauer

Ryan Slauer

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology

Selected Publications

Conscious of Conscience: Moral Distress as a Trigger for Deeper Reflection on Harm.

Journal Article Linacre Q · July 16, 2025 Though clinicians aspire to benefit their patients and not harm them, conflict arises when patient and clinician disagree on what constitutes benefit and harm. Here, we report a case in which a patient has strong opinions on which treatments are appropriat ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Palliative Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Descriptive Cohort Study.

Journal Article J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry · 2025 BACKGROUND: Palliative care (PC) is the standard of care for patients with serious medical illnesses, or those conditions associated with high risk of mortality and negative impact on quality of life (QOL). Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the gold stand ... Full text Link to item Cite

Catatonia in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a case series and approach to improve outcomes with electroconvulsive therapy.

Journal Article BMJ Neurol Open · 2024 BACKGROUND: Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis has been recognised to present with the syndrome of catatonia. In severe cases dysautonomia is representative of malignant catatonia. The treatment with benzodiazepines (BZDs) and electroco ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated diffuse alveolar haemorrhage: an atypical presentation of a prevalent pathogen.

Journal Article BMJ Case Rep · April 29, 2022 A transgender man in his late teens presented with signs of multisystem disease, including hepatitis, mucositis and bone marrow suppression. He later developed dyspnoea, leucocytosis and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiograph. He was treated f ... Full text Link to item Cite