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Simcha Pollack
Researcher at St. John's University
Publications - 143
Citations - 8018
Simcha Pollack is an academic researcher from St. John's University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Clozapine & Psychosis. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 139 publications receiving 7701 citations. Previous affiliations of Simcha Pollack include Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
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Body Fat Content and 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Healthy Women
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels and percentage body fat content in healthy women was studied and the correlation was -0.13 (P = 0.013) after adjusting for race, age, season, and dietary vitamin D intake.
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Clinical effects of clozapine in chronic schizophrenia : response to treatment and predictors of outcome
Jeffrey A. Lieberman,Allan Z. Safferman,Simcha Pollack,Sally Szymanski,Celeste A. Johns,Alfreda Howard,Michael Kronig,Peter Bookstein,John M. Kane +8 more
TL;DR: Several variables, including early age at onset of illness and female gender, were found to be predictors of poor response to treatment and the optimal period for a trial of clozapine appeared to be 12-24 weeks.
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Observed classroom behavior of children with ADHD: relationship to gender and comorbidity.
Howard Abikoff,Peter S. Jensen,L. Eugene Arnold,Betsy Hoza,Lily Hechtman,Simcha Pollack,Diane Martin,Jose Alvir,John S. March,Stephen P. Hinshaw,Benedetto Vitiello,Jeffrey H. Newcorn,Andrew R. Greiner,Dennis P. Cantwell,C. Keith Conners,Glen R. Elliott,Laurence L. Greenhill,Helena C. Kraemer,William E. Pelham,Joanne B. Severe,James M. Swanson,Karen C. Wells,Timothy Wigal +22 more
TL;DR: Elevated rates of ADHD behaviors were also observed in children with comorbid DBD, indicating that these behaviors are truly present and suggesting that reports of higher ADHD ratings in this subgroup are not simply a consequence of negative halo effects and rater biases.
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Cognitive and behavioral precursors of schizophrenia.
TL;DR: In PSP individuals impaired attention probably results from prenatal developmental abnormalities and is likely to be a marker of a biological vulnerability to schizophrenia, and attentional deficits are concluded to beA useful first step in screening for youngsters in need of early intervention.
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Clinical efficacy of methylphenidate in conduct disorder with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that methylphenidate has short-term positive effects on children and adolescents with conduct disorders (CDs) in terms of ratings of antisocial behaviors specific to CD.