Scholars@Duke
Sandeep Vaishnavi

Sandeep Vaishnavi

Adjunct Associate in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
sandeep.vaishnavi@duke.edu
Box 3264 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, 20 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and its Imaging Features in Patients With Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · January 2023 Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a type of noninvasive neurostimulation used increasingly often in clinical medicine. While most studies to date have focused on TMS's ability to treat major depressive disorder, it has shown promise in several oth ... Full text Link to item Cite

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Developmental Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Inflammation.

Journal Article Dev Neurosci · 2023 BACKGROUND: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation technique that may potentially be helpful for neuropsychiatric symptoms of developmental disorders with inflammatory aspects. TMS utilizes a varying magnetic field to in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficacy of Transcendental Meditation to Reduce Stress Among Health Care Workers: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · September 1, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Health care workers (HCWs) have been experiencing substantial stress and burnout, and evidence-based mitigation strategies are needed. Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a mantra meditation practice with potential efficacy in reducing stress. OB ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Targeting Healthcare Provider Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Conference C14. BURNOUT, DISPARITIES, AND OUTCOMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC · May 2022 Full text Cite

Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined With Brief Exposure for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Prospective Multisite Randomized Trial.

Journal Article Biol Psychiatry · November 15, 2021 BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is both prevalent and debilitating. While deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) has shown preliminary efficacy, exposure therapy remains the most efficacious, though limited, treatment in PTSD. The m ... Full text Link to item Cite

Low-Frequency Right Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Pilot Study.

Journal Article J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci · 2019 OBJECTIVE: Major depression is the most common psychiatric sequela of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but effective treatment continues to be a challenge, with few studies providing guidance. METHODS: In a pilot study, the authors evaluated the effect size o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk Factors for New-Onset Depression After First-Time Traumatic Brain Injury.

Journal Article Psychosomatics · 2018 BACKGROUND: Major depression after traumatic brain injury (TBI) has devastating consequences as it increases the risk of suicide, impairs overall quality of life, and affects interpersonal, occupational, and social functioning. Although the literature has ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical Impact of Pharmacogenetic-Guided Treatment for Patients Exhibiting Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal Article Prim Care Companion CNS Disord · March 16, 2017 OBJECTIVE: Pharmacogenetic testing holds promise as a personalized medicine tool by permitting individualization of pharmacotherapy in accordance with genes influencing therapeutic response, side effects, and adverse events. The authors evaluated the effec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuropsychiatric aspects of concussion: acute and chronic sequelae.

Journal Article Concussion · March 2017 Concussion - also known as mild traumatic brain injury - is a transient disturbance of neurological function resulting from traumatic forces imparted to the brain that often produce cognitive, behavioral and systemic symptoms. In this review of the literat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates and Prevalence of Aggression at Six Months and One Year After First-Time Traumatic Brain Injury.

Journal Article J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci · 2017 Few studies have examined clinical correlates of aggression after first-time traumatic brain injury (TBI) within the first year after injury. The authors aimed to identify the rates of aggression at 6 and 12 months post-TBI and establish clinical and demog ... Full text Link to item Cite

An Array of Serum Biomarkers May Predict Response to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major Depression Patients

Journal Article JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES · March 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

Impulsivity, Apathy, and Executive Dysfunction in a Patient With Multiple Potential Etiologies

Journal Article JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES · March 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

Sleep Disturbance After Traumatic Brain Injury

Journal Article Psychiatric Annals · November 2010 Full text Cite

Neuropsychiatric problems after traumatic brain injury: unraveling the silent epidemic.

Journal Article Psychosomatics · 2009 BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1.4 million people in the United States sustain a TBI annually. OBJECTIVE: This review places particular emp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Aggression after traumatic brain injury: prevalence and correlates.

Journal Article J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci · 2009 Aggression after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common but not well defined. Sixty-seven participants with first-time TBI were evaluated for aggression within 3 months of injury. The prevalence of aggression was found to be 28.4%, predominantly verbal agg ... Full text Link to item Cite

Behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry fellowship training: the Johns Hopkins model.

Journal Article J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci · 2009 Behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry training has recently been codified as a unitary fellowship, under the supervision of the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS). The authors describe how the Johns Hopkins Behavioral Neurology & Neurop ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and types of sleep disturbances acutely after traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article Brain Inj · May 2008 PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of and risk factors for sleep disturbances in the acute post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) period. RESEARCH DESIGN: Longitudinal, observational study. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Fifty-four first time closed-head inju ... Full text Link to item Cite

Case report of treatment of severe mood disorder in an inpatient setting: when less is more.

Journal Article Gen Hosp Psychiatry · 2008 Inpatient treatment of severe and chronic mood disorders can be challenging as clinicians are often under pressure to stabilize mood symptoms in a short period of time with limited resources. However, a multipronged team approach can help in fairly rapid r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quetiapine as monotherapy for social anxiety disorder: a placebo-controlled study.

Journal Article Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry · October 1, 2007 Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders. Reports have suggested an effect of the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine in anxiety disorders. Given these considerations, we conducted a controlled trial of quetiapine monotherapy ... Full text Link to item Cite

An abbreviated version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the CD-RISC2: psychometric properties and applications in psychopharmacological trials.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · August 30, 2007 Resilience may be an important component of the prevention of neuropsychiatric disease. Resilience has proved to be quantifiable by scales such as the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Here, we introduce a two-item version of this scale, the CD-R ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceived stress in anxiety disorders and the general population: a study of the Sheehan stress vulnerability scale.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · June 30, 2007 The objectives of this study were to (1) validate and establish normative values for a single-item, self-rated measure of perceived stress, the Stress Vulnerability Scale (SVS); and (2) compare levels of perceived stress in patients with anxiety disorders ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuroimaging in late-life depression.

Journal Article Int Rev Psychiatry · October 2006 Late-life depression may be associated with vasculopathy. Neuroimaging has been a critical tool in exploring the relationship between this form of depression and vascular factors. Magnetic resonance imaging has been the most widely used tool, but there is ... Full text Link to item Cite

Modafinil for atypical depression: effects of open-label and double-blind discontinuation treatment.

Journal Article J Clin Psychopharmacol · August 2006 Atypical depression, with features of hypersomnia, hyperphagia, anergia, and rejection sensitivity, is a common presentation of major depressive disorder. There are few available effective therapies for this disorder. We test modafinil, a novel wake-promot ... Full text Link to item Cite

A comparison of the SPRINT and CAPS assessment scales for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Depress Anxiety · 2006 The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-IV (CAPS) is a widely used assessment tool for (posttraumatic stress disorder) (PTSD). However, a shorter assessment tool may be beneficial for clinical work. Here, we compare such a tool, the Short PTSD Rating ... Full text Link to item Cite

Attention to location or sensation?

Journal Article NEUROLOGY · April 24, 2001 Link to item Cite

Binding personal and peripersonal space: evidence from tactile extinction.

Journal Article J Cogn Neurosci · February 15, 2001 Behavioral and neurophysiological studies suggest that the brain constructs different representations of space. Among these representations are personal and peripersonal space. Personal space refers to the space occupied by our bodies. Peripersonal space r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effort and awareness in unilateral spatial neglect

Journal Article NEUROLOGY · April 11, 2000 Link to item Cite

Sensory and response interference by ipsilesional stimuli in tactile extinction.

Journal Article Cortex · February 2000 Extinction is thought to be due to a pathologically limited attentional capacity in which multiple stimuli cannot be processed simultaneously to conscious awareness. Patients with tactile extinction are aware of being touched on a contralesional limb, but ... Full text Link to item Cite

Binding personal and peripersonal space: Evidence from tactile extinction

Journal Article JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE · January 1, 2000 Link to item Cite

Crossmodal and sensorimotor integration in tactile awareness.

Journal Article Neurology · October 22, 1999 We investigated tactile awareness in three patients with tactile extinction of stimuli located on contralesional somatotopic space. Contralesional tactile awareness was enhanced when they gazed to the left and when they moved their limbs. We suggest that p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pre-attentive processes in vision

Journal Article NEUROLOGY · April 1, 1998 Link to item Cite

Subitizing and counting depend on different attentional mechanisms: evidence from visual enumeration in afterimages.

Journal Article Percept Psychophys · August 1996 Two experiments showed that, when selective eye movements were disabled by the presentation of stimuli in the form of afterimages, increased inspection time and facilitative stimulus configurations failed to increase the subitizing limit of 4 objects. Afte ... Full text Link to item Cite