JamesEdwardSparMD

PubMed

• 135 citations
  Electroencephalographic Spectra and Coherence in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's-Type and Multi-infarct Dementia: A Pilot Study
  Andrew F. Leuchter, James E. Spar, Donald O. Walter, Herbert Weiner
  Archives of General Psychiatry. 1987-11-01
• 40 citations
  The late-onset psychoses. Clinical and diagnostic features.
  Andrew F. Leuchter, James E. Spar
  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 1985-08-01
• 87 citations
  Dementia in the elderly: the silent epidemic.
  J C Beck, D F Benson, A B Scheibel, James E. Spar, L Z Rubenstein
  Annals of Internal Medicine. 1982-08-01

Journal Articles

• Escaping the LPS Revolving Door  
  Carico CD, Spar JE, Trust and Estates Quarterly, 1/1/2010
• A Lawyer’s guide to diminishing capacity and effective use of medical experts in contemporaneous and retrospective evaluations  
  Streisand AF, Spar JE, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Journal, 1/1/2008
• Virtual Publication (Letter to Editor)  
  Spar JE, Archives of General Psychiatry, 1/1/2001
• Attorney’s guide to competency and undue influence  
  Spar, JE, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys Quarterly, 1/1/2000
• Bipolar disorder in late life: A review  
  Chen ST, Altshuler LL, Spar JE, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neurology, 1/1/1998
• Assessing mental capacity and susceptibility to undue influence  
  Spar JE, Hankin M, Stodden A, Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 1/1/1995
• Quantitative EEG correlates of outcome in older psychiatric patients Part II Two-year follow-up of patients with depression  
  Leuchter AF, Simon SL, Daly KA, Rosenberg-Thompson S, Abrams M, Dunkin JJ, Cook IA, Newton TF, Spar JE, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1/1/1994
• Altruism and mental disorders  
  McGuire MT, Fawzy F, Spar JE, Weigel RM, Triosi A, Ethology and Sociobiology, 1/1/1994
• Acute delirium and parkinsonism in a bupropion-treated liver transplant recipient (Letter to Editor)  
  Strouse TB; Salehmoghaddam S; Spar JE, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1/1/1993
• Assessing competency to make a will  
  Spar JE, Garb A, American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/1992
• Risk factors for memory impairment in geriatric depression  
  La Rue A, Goodman S, Spar JE, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology, 1/1/1992
• HLA antigens in depressed, demented, and non-demented elderly  
  Small GW, Matsuyama SS, Ramanujam K, Spar JE, Fairbanks L, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 1/1/1989
• A curriculum for education in geriatric psychiatry  
  Marin RS, Foster JR, Ford CV, Reifler BV, Reisberg B, Robinowitz CB, Sledge WH, Spar JE, Tighe PJ, American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/1988
• Electroencephalographic spectra and coherence in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's type and multi infarct dementia  
  Leuchter A, Spar JE, Walter DO, Weiner H, Archives of General Psychiatry, 1/1/1987
• Plasma trazodone concentrations in elderly depressed inpatients: Cardiac effects and short term efficacy  
  Spar JE, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1/1/1987
• Multivariate prediction of falls in elderly inpatients  
  Spar JE, La Rue A, Hewes CJ, Fairbanks L, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1/1/1987
• Oral tetrahydroaminoacridine (THA) in treatment of senile dementia, Alzheimer type (Letter to Editor)  
  Small GW, Spar JE, Plotkin DA, New England Journal of Medicine, 1/1/1987
• Clinical tests of memory in dementia, depression and healthy aging  
  La Rue A, D'Elia LF, Clark EO, Spar JE, Jarvik LF, Journal of Psychology and Aging, 1/1/1986
• Cognitive impairment in late life depression: Clinical correlates and treatment implications  
  La Rue A, Spar JE, Dessonville Hill C, Journal of Affective Disorders, 1/1/1986
• The late onset psychoses: Clinical and diagnostic features  
  Leuchter A, Spar JE, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1/1/1985
• Acute response to methylphenidate as a predictor of outcome of tricyclic antidepressant therapy in the elderly  
  Spar JE, La Rue A, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1/1/1985
• Psychopharmacology of Alzheimer's disease  
  Spar JE, Psychiatric Annals, 1/1/1984
• Opiate antagonists in patients with Alzheimer's disease (Letter to Editor)  
  Spar JE, La Rue A, Liston E, New England Journal of Medicine, 1/1/1983
• Reversible cardiac conduction abnormality associated with administration of trazodone (Letter to Editor)  
  Irwin M, Spar JE, American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/1983
• Opiate antagonists in patients with Alzheimer's disease (Letter to the Editor, with J Blass & M Reding; D Drachman et al; R Katzman et al)  
  Spar JE, La Rue A, Liston E, New England Journal of Medicine, 1/1/1983
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Books/Book Chapters

• Concise Guide to Geriatric Psychiatry 
  Spar JE, La Rue AAmerican Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, DCEdition Thir,2002
• Subordination and Defeat An Evolutionary Approach to Mood Disorders and Their Therapy 
  Chapter: Dysthymic disorder, Regulation-Dysregulation Theory, CNS Blood Flow, and CNS Metabolism 
  McGuire M, Fawzy F, Spar JE, Troisi AEditors: Sloman L, Gilbert P.New Jersey Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.2000
• The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Geriatric Neuropsychiatry 
  Chapter: Competency and Related Forensic Issues. 
  Spar, JEEditors: Coffey CE, Cummings JL.American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, DCEdition 2nd,1999
• Concise Guide to Geriatric Psychiatry 
  Spar JE, La Rue AAmerican Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, DCEdition Seco,1997
• Concise Guide to Geriatric Psychiatry 
  Spar JE, La Rue AAmerican Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, DCEdition 1st,1990
• Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders (*A Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association) 
  Chapter: Organic Mood Syndrome. (Chapter 97) 
  Spar JEEditors: Karasu TB.American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, DC1989
• Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders (*A Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association) 
  Chapter: Organic Personality Syndrome. (Chapter 98) 
  Spar JEEditors: Karasu TB.American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, DC1989
• Essentials of Geriatric Psychiatry 
  Chapter: Principles of diagnosis and treatment in geriatric psychiatry. 
  Spar JEEditors: Lazarus LW.Springer, New York1988
• Depression in the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach. 
  Chapter: Drug Treatment. 
  Page 193 - 213Spar JEEditors: G. Maureen Chaisson.John Wiley & Sons, New York1985
• Treatment of Affective Disorders in the Elderly (Monograph). 
  Chapter: Psychopharmacologic treatment of depression in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease. 
  Spar JEEditors: C. Shamoian.American Psychiatric Press, Inc.1985
• The Fundamental Crisis in Psychiatry: Unreliability of Diagnosis 
  Colby K, Spar JECharles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL1983
• International Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Neurology. (Progress Volume I) 
  Chapter: Aging and organic mental disorders in the elderly. 
  Jarvik L, Spar JEEditors: B. Wolman.Van Nostrand Aesculapius, New York1983
• Psychiatric Clinics of North America Aging 
  Chapter: Dementia in the aged. 
  Spar JEEditors: L.F. Jarvik and G. Small.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA1982
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Lectures

• Capacity and Judicial References 
  1/1/2012
• “Use of Psychotropics for Non-traditional Purposes” 
  1/1/2011
• “Assessing Issues Of Capacity: Lecture And Demonstration/Mock Examination Of Expert" 
  Burbank, CA - 1/1/2010
• "Psychopharmacology” 
  Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/2010
• “Diminishing Capacity and Effective Use of Medical Experts in Contemporaneous and Retrospective Evaluations” 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2010
• “The Aging Lawyer: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment” 
  1/1/2008
• “A Lawyers Guide to Diminished Capacity and Effective Use of Experts” 
  1/1/2008
• “A Psychiatrist’s View of Capacity and Undue Influence” 
  Savannah, GA - 1/1/2008
• "Determining Medical Decision Making Capacity” 
  1/1/2006
• “Competency and Undue Influence – An Update" 
  1/1/2005
• “Capacity and Undue Influence” 
  1/1/1999
• “An M.D.’s Guide for Lawyers: Elders and Competency” 
  1/1/1998
• “An Attorney’s Guide to Rapid Assessment of Mental Status" 
  1/1/1997
• "Assessing competency and susceptibility to undue influence: conceptual and procedural issues" 
  1/1/1994
• "Competence related litigation and Estate Planning" 
  Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/1993
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Other

• Mental Disorders that Erode Capacity. 
  Streisand AF, Spar JE, ABA Trust & Investments
  11/1/2009