Lawrence V Amsel MD

PubMed

• Predicting Health Access During Critical Public Health Crises: An Analysis of Medical Office Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Nancy Zhong, Kirsten Wohlars, Mary Lee-Wong, Robert Promisloff, Niloofar Mirsaidi
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2025-02-01
• The Long-Term Physical-Psychiatric Comorbidities Related to Childhood Exposure to 9/11 Trauma.
  Lawrence Amsel, Yael M Cycowicz, Diana V Rodriguez-Moreno, Keely Cheslack-Postava, Larkin S McReynolds
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024-07-28
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  Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in COVID-19 Pandemic Worries.
  Christina W Hoven, Anna Krasnova, Michaeline Bresnahan, Xiaoxiao Sun, George Musa
  Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2024-07-17

Journal Articles

• Brain activity classifies adolescents with and without a familial history of substance use disorders  
  Qiao J, Wang Z, Geronazzo-Alman L, Amsel L, Duarte C, et al, Frontiers in human neuroscience, 1/1/2015
• There is nothing to fear but the amygdala: applying advances in the neuropsychiatry of fear to public policy  
  Amsel, L., Harbo, S., Halberstam, A, Mind and Society, 1/1/2014
• Combined prolonged exposure therapy and paroxetine for PTSD related to the World Trade Center attack: a randomized controlled trial  
  Schneier, F.R., Neria, Y., Pavlicova, M., Hembree, E., Suh, E.J., Amsel, L., and Marshall, R.D., American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2012
• Does a study focused on trauma encourage patients with psychotic symptoms to seek treatment?  
  Amsel, L.V., Hunter, N., Kim, S., Fodor, K.E., and Markowitz, J.C, Psychiatric Serv, 1/1/2012
• What is wrong with rational suicide  
  Pipel, A., and Amsel, L, Philosophia, 1/1/2011
• Overlooked and underserved: "action signs" for identifying children with unmet mental health needs  
  Jensen, P.S., Goldman, E., Offord, D., Costello, E.J., Friedman, R., Huff, B., Crowe, M., Amsel, L., Bennett, K., Bird, H., Conger, R., Fisher, P., Hoagwood, K., Kess..., Pediatrics, 1/1/2011
• Escitalopram for persistent symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder after CBT: a pilot study  
  Schneier, F.R., Belzer, K.D., Kishon, R., Amsel, L., and Simpson, H.B, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1/1/2010
• Response to McNally and Breslau  
  Marshall, R.D., Amsel, L., and Suh, E, American Psychologist, 1/1/2008
• The Psychology of Ongoing Threat: Relative Risk Appraisal, The September 11, 2001 Attacks, and Terrorism- related Fears  
  Marshall, R.D., Bryant, R., Amsel, L., Cook, J., Suh, E.J., and Neria, Y, American Psychologist, 1/1/2007
• Can biological tests assist prediction of suicide in mood disorders?  
  Mann, J.J., Currier, D., Stanley, B., Oquendo, M.A., Amsel, L.V., and Ellis, S.P., The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 1/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters

• The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry 
  Chapter: The Neurobiology of Suicide 
  Page 1045 - 1050Amsel, L., and Mann, JJEditors: Gelder, M.G., Lopez-Ibor Jr., J.J. and Andreasen, N.C..Oxford University Press
• The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook 
  Chapter: Training Therapists to Treat the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism 
  Amsel, L.V., Suh, E.J., Marshall, R., and Neria, YEditors: Daneili, Y., Brom, D., and Sills, J.Haworth Press2005
• Health Impacts of 9/11: Treatment, Research, and Public Health 
  Chapter: Enhancing Community Response in the Wake of 9/11. Training Therapists to Practice Evidence-Based Psychotherapy 
  Amsel, L., Suh, E.J., Marshall, R., and Neria, YEditors: Neria, Y., Gross, R., Marshall, R., and Susser, E..Cambridge University Press2005
• September 11: Trauma and Human Bonds 
  Chapter: The Clinical Management of Sub-Syndromal Psychological Sequelae of the 9/11 Terror Attacks 
  Amsel, L., and Marshall, REditors: Coates, S.W., Rosenthal, J., and Schecter, D.S.The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, NJ2003
• Understanding Suicide Behavior: The Suicide Process Approach to Research and Treatment 
  Chapter: Suicide Risk Assessment and the Suicide Process Approach 
  Amsel, L., and Mann, JJEditors: van Heeringen, K.John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, West Sussex, England2001
• Suicide and Law Enforcement 
  Chapter: An Evidence Based Educational Intervention to Improve Evaluation and Preventive services for Officers at Risk for Suicidal Behaviors 
  Page 17 - 30Amsel, L.V., Placidi, G.P.A., Hendin, H., O’Neill, M., and Mann J.JEditors: Sheehan, D., and Warren J.I..U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC2001
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Abstracts/Posters

• Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry: Neuroeconomics and Game Theory Models of OCD
  Amsel L, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, 30th Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2010
• Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry - Game Theory Modeling of OCD
  Amsel, L., and Pipel, A, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2008
• A Game Theory Model of Suicide Behavior
  Amsel, L., Pipel, A., and Marshall, R, 12th International Conference on the Foundations and Applications of Utility, Risk, and Decision Theory, Rome, Italy, 1/1/2006
• Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry: Modeling Repetition Compulsion with Game Theory
  Amsel, L., Pipel, A., and Marshall, R, Affect, Motivation, and Decision Making International Conference, Decision Making and Economic Psychology Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 1/1/2006
• A Pilot Intervention to Change Physician Behavior
  Galanter, C.A., Amsel, L., Pappadopulus, E., Gollwitzer, P., Oettingen, G., and Jensen, P, APA, 1/1/2004
• Preparing Clinicians to treat PTSD in the Wake of 9/11 Terrorism
  Amsel, L., Suh, E.J, Marshall, R., and Neria, Y, APA, 1/1/2004
• A Game Theory Model of Suicide Behavior
  Amsel, L., and Pipel, A, APA, 1/1/2002
• Evaluation of Training Workshops for Effective Trauma Treatment
  Amsel, L., Suh, E.J., Marshall, R., Neria, Y, and Carcamo, J., International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) 18th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2002
• Using Decision Theory and Game Theory to Model Suicidal Behavior
  Amsel, L., and Pipel, A, Society for Medical Decision Making, 23rd Annual Meeting, 1/1/2001
• Meta-analysis of studies on carbamazepine augmentation of neuroleptic treatment in schizophrenia
  Stern, R.G., Amsel, L.V., Davidson, M., and Davis, J.D, APA, 1/1/1995
• Are meta-analyses reliable? The evidence from three contradictory meta-analyses of treatments in panic disorder
  Amsel L, APA, 1/1/1995
• Psychological symptoms in mitral valve prolapse: A control study
  Amsel, L., Shear, K.M., Devereux, R., and Kramer-Fox, R, APA, 1/1/1992
• Distribution of alexithymia in depressive subtypes
  Amsel, L., Russ, M.J., and Hahn, R, APA, 1/1/1991
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Lectures

• Using Behavioral Economics and Game Theory to Model Psychiatric Disorders 
  Columbia University Mailman School of Pubic Health, New York, NY - 1/1/2013
• Toward a Mathematical Psychiatry: The Starvation Equation 
  Evanston, IL - 1/1/2011
• Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry: Rational Modeling of Obsessive Compulsive Repetition (OCR) with Decision and Game theory 
  Evanston, IL - 1/1/2010
• Game Theory, Risky Choice and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Common Threads in Modeling Strategic Choices 
  NYU Center for Neuroeconomics, New York, NY - 1/1/2010
• Modeling Suicidal Behaviors with Game Theory, Testing the Models with TMS 
  New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY - 1/1/2010
• Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry: Decision and Game Theory Modeling in Anorexia Nervosa 
  New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY - 1/1/2010
• Modeling Repetition Compulsion with Game Theory 
  Neurological Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY - 1/1/2010
• Improving Treatment of Anxiety Disorders by Combining Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychopharmacology 
  Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY - 1/1/2007
• A Game Theory Model of OCD 
  City University of New York, New York, NY - 1/1/2007
• Genetic Privacy 
  Columbia University, New York, NY - 1/1/2006
• Applying Decision Science and Game Theory to Clinical Psychiatry 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2003
• Applying Behavioral Decision Making to Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health 
  New York State Psychiatric Institute, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, New York, NY - 1/1/2002
• Understanding and Preventing Suicide. A Possible Role for Decision Theory and Game Theory 
  Columbia University, New York, NY - 1/1/2000
• Complex Adaptive Systems Theory and its Potential Applications in Psychiatry 
  New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY - 1/1/2000
• An Educational Program to Reduce Suicide in the New York City Police Department 
  FBI Academy, Quantico, VA - 1/1/1999
• Management of Split Treatment: Special Considerations when Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy are administered separately 
  Columbia University, New York, NY - 1/1/1997
• The Effect of Digital Multimedia on the Doctor Patient Relationship 
  Columbia University, New York, NY - 1/1/1996
• The Role of Mass Media in the Health Care Reform Debate 
  Columbia University, New York, NY - 1/1/1995
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Other

• Recognizing and Treating Complicated Grief Reactions 
  Amsel, L., Marshall, R., Dreher, D., and Shear, K, An educational Videotape for mental health Professionals
  1/1/2004
• Primary Care Clinicians and the Dilemma of Genetic Testing 
  Amsel, L., Dreher, D., Jennings, B., and Parens, E, Genetic dilemmas in primary care - an educational program
  The Hastings Center, Garrison, NY - 1/1/2001
• Abortion and Religious Law 
  Amsel L, MD Thesis
  1/1/1998
• Corporate healthcare 
  Amsel L, Tikkun Magazine
  1/1/1997
• Bad medicine 
  Amsel L, Tikkun Magazine
  1/1/1996
• Responding to the AMA 
  Amsel L, Tikkun Magazine
  1/1/1996
• Electroconvulsive Therapy 
  Amsel L, This Week In The New England Journal of Medicine, Lifetime Medical Television
  1/29/1993
• Management of Fever in Neutropenic Cancer Patients 
  Amsel L, This Week In The New England Journal of Medicine, Lifetime Medical Television
  1/10/1993
• H. Pylori and Duodenal Ulcer Recurrence 
  Amsel L, This Week In The New England Journal of Medicine, Lifetime Medical Television
  1/8/1993
• The Future of Primary Care 
  Amsel L, This Week In The New England Journal of Medicine, Lifetime Medical Television
  1/8/1993
• Drug Therapy for Hypertension 
  Amsel L, This Week In The New England Journal of Medicine, Lifetime Medical Television
  1/5/1993
• Quality of Life in Epilepsy 
  Amsel L, The Epilepsy Foundation Educational Videotape Series
  1/1/1993
• Management of Head Injury 
  Amsel L, This Week In The New England Journal of Medicine, Lifetime Medical Television
  1/23/1992
• Lyme Disease Prophylaxis 
  Amsel L, This Week In The New England Journal of Medicine, Lifetime Medical Television
  1/21/1992
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