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E. Frank
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 49
Citations - 3405
E. Frank is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bipolar disorder & Mood. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 49 publications receiving 3219 citations. Previous affiliations of E. Frank include University of Naples Federico II & University of Pisa.
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Adolescent onset of the gender difference in lifetime rates of major depression: a theoretical model.
TL;DR: This work discusses the social and hormonal mechanisms that stimulate affiliative needs for females at puberty and describes how heightened affiliative need can interact with adolescent transition difficulties to create a depressogenic diathesis as at-risk females reach puberty.
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Anxiety as a correlate of response to the acute treatment of bipolar I disorder.
Ulrike Feske,E. Frank,Alan G. Mallinger,Houck Pr,Andrea Fagiolini,M. K. Shear,Victoria J. Grochocinski,Dj Kupfer +7 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that anxiety is a clinically meaningful correlate of poor outcome in the acute treatment of bipolar I disorder.
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Prospective 12-month course of bipolar disorder in out-patients with and without comorbid anxiety disorders.
Michael W. Otto,Naomi M. Simon,S. R. Wisniewski,David J. Miklowitz,Julia Kogan,Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington,E. Frank,Andrew A. Nierenberg,Lauren B. Marangell,Kemal Sagduyu,Roger D. Weiss,Sachiko Miyahara,M. E. Thas,Gary S. Sachs,Mark H. Pollack +14 more
TL;DR: Anxiety disorders, including those present during relative euthymia, predicted a poorer bipolar course, and treatment studies targeting anxiety disorders will help to clarify the nature of the impact of anxiety on bipolar course.
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The panic-agoraphobic spectrum: a descriptive approach to the assessment and treatment of subtle symptoms.
TL;DR: The conceptualization of a relatively novel and testable approach to the diagnosis and classification of panic and agoraphobia, the panic-agoraphobic spectrum, and pilot data on a new questionnaire to assess it are presented.
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Combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in the acute and continuation treatment of elderly patients with recurrent major depression: a preliminary report.
Reynolds Cf rd,E. Frank,James M. Perel,Stanley D. Imber,Cleon Cornes,Morycz Rk,Sati Mazumdar,Miller,Bruce G. Pollock,Rifai Ah +9 more
TL;DR: Use of nortriptyline plus interpersonal psychotherapy for 9.1 weeks (median) of acute and 16 weeks of continuation therapy appears to be associated with good response and relatively low attrition but about a 25% chance of relapse during double-blind discontinuation of nortripyline.