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Robert M. A. Hirschfeld
Researcher at University of Texas Medical Branch
Publications - 242
Citations - 31618
Robert M. A. Hirschfeld is an academic researcher from University of Texas Medical Branch. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bipolar disorder & Depression (differential diagnoses). The author has an hindex of 81, co-authored 240 publications receiving 30446 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert M. A. Hirschfeld include Stanford University & National Institutes of Health.
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Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Kathleen R. Merikangas,Hagop S. Akiskal,Jules Angst,Paul E. Greenberg,Robert M. A. Hirschfeld,Maria Petukhova,Ronald C. Kessler +6 more
TL;DR: This study presents the first prevalence estimates of the BPD spectrum in a probability sample of the United States, and finds subthreshold BPD is common, clinically significant, and underdetected in treatment settings.
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Development and validation of a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder: the Mood Disorder Questionnaire.
Robert M. A. Hirschfeld,Janet B.W. Williams,Robert L. Spitzer,Joseph R. Calabrese,Laurie M. Flynn,Paul E. Keck,Lydia Lewis,Susan L. McElroy,Robert M. Post,Daniel Rapport,James M. Russell,Gary S. Sachs,John Zajecka +12 more
TL;DR: The Mood Disorder Questionnaire is a useful screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder in a psychiatric outpatient population and has good sensitivity and very good specificity.
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Perceptions and impact of bipolar disorder: how far have we really come? Results of the national depressive and manic-depressive association 2000 survey of individuals with bipolar disorder.
TL;DR: Individuals with bipolar disorder reported that the illness manifests itself early in life but that accurate diagnosis lags by many years; the illness exacts great hardships on the individual and the family and has a profoundly negative effect on careers.
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The National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association consensus statement on the undertreatment of depression
Robert M. A. Hirschfeld,Martin B. Keller,Susan Panico,Bernard S. Arons,David H. Barlow,Frank Davidoff,Jean Endicott,Jack Froom,Michael G. Goldstein,Jack M. Gorman,Don Guthrie,Richard G. Marek,Theodore A. Maurer,Roger Meyer,Katharine A. Phillips,Jerilyn Ross,Thomas L. Schwenk,Steven S. Sharfstein,Michael E. Thase,Richard Jed Wyatt +19 more
TL;DR: There is overwhelming evidence that individuals with depression are being seriously undertreated and the cost to individuals and society of this undertreatment is substantial.
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Time to recovery, chronicity, and levels of psychopathology in major depression. A 5-year prospective follow-up of 431 subjects
Martin B. Keller,Philip W. Lavori,Philip W. Lavori,Timothy I. Mueller,Timothy I. Mueller,Jean Endicott,Jean Endicott,William Coryell,William Coryell,Robert M. A. Hirschfeld,Tracie Shea,Tracie Shea +11 more
TL;DR: The course of illness of 431 subjects with major depression participating in the National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Depression Study was prospectively observed for 5 years, and many subjects who did not recover continued in an episode that looked more like dysthymia than major depressive disorder.