Past Journal Club Presentations

Wed. 13
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

"Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry: Modeling Suicide with Game Theory Testing the Models with TMS"

Lawrence Amsel, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University; Co-Director, Columbia Decision Imaging Group (DIG)

Papers:

• Wout MVT, Kahn RS, Sanfey AG, Aleman A. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex affects strategic decision-making. Neuroreport. 2005 Nov 7;16(16):1849-52.
• Fecteau S, Knoch D, Fregni F, Sultani N, Boggio P, Pascual-Leone A. Diminishing risk-taking behavior by modulating activity in the prefrontal cortex: a direct current stimulation study. J Neurosci. 2007 Nov 14;27(46):12500-5. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3283-07.2007
• Mann JJ, Currier D, Stanley B, Oquendo MA, Amsel LV, Ellis SP. Can biological tests assist prediction of suicide in mood disorders? Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2006 Aug;9(4):465-74. doi: 10.1017/S1461145705005687
• Amsel L, Mann JJ. Suicide risk assessment and the suicidal process approach. In: Understanding Suicidal Behaviour: The Suicidal Process Approach to Research, Treatment and Prevention (ed. K. van Heeringen), pp. 163–181. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. Appleby, L. (2000).

Wed. 29
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

"Characterizing post-ECT depression outcomes for women ≥ age 60"

Mary T. Rosedale, PhD, PMHNP-BC, CNAA, Assistant Professor, Coordinator, Nursing Administration Master's & Post-Master's Program, College of Nursing, New York University will present on proposed research as a semifinalist in the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholar's Program.

Dr. Rosedale is a semifinalist in the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson, Nurse Faculty Scholars (RWJNFS) program that supports the development of 15 future academic nurse leaders across the nation.  She presents her proposed longitudinal study, Characterizing post-ECT outcomes for women > age 60.  "Yesterday interviews" are proposed as a method for describing patients' daily experiences.  The World Health Organization, International Classification of Disability framework is proposed as a model for organizing semi-structured interview data.  Several quantitative measures are used to additionally characterize distinct trajectories of depression relapse and remission.

Papers:

Lomax CL, Brown RG, Howard RJ. 2004. Measuring disability in patients with neurodegenerative disease using the Yesterday Interview. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(11), 1058-1064.

Rasmussen KG, Mueller M, Rummans TA, Husain MM, Petrides G, Knapp RG, Fink M, Sampson S, Bailine SH, & Kellner CH. 2009. Is baseline medication resistance associated with potential for relapse after successful remission of a depressive episode with ECT?  Data from the Consortium for Research on Electroconvulsive Therapy (CORE). Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 70(2), 232-237.

See 4/29 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 15
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

Maria Chai, MD, Visiting Fellow in Psychiatry from Lisbon, Portugal, will present the following paper:

Simpson KN, Welch MJ, Kozel FA, Demitrack MA, Nahas Z. Cost-Effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Major Depression: a Health Economics Analysis. Advances in Therapy, published online March 28, 2009.

See 4/15 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 8
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

Gayatri Devi, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine; Director, The NY Memory Services, will present the following papers on the use of TMS in Alzheimer's Disease:

• Cotelli M, Manenti R, Cappa SF, Geroldi C, Zanetti O, Rossini PM, Miniussi C. Effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation on action naming in patients with Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol. 2006 Nov;63(11):1602-4.
• Finocchiaro C, Maimone M, Brighina F, Piccoli T, Giglia G, Fierro B. A case study of Primary Progressive Aphasia: improvement on verbs after rTMS treatment. Neurocase. 2006 Dec;12(6):317-21.

See 4/8 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 1
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

• Angel Peterchev, PhD, Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry, Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, will present the following paper:

  Spellman T, Peterchev AV, Lisanby SH. Focal electrically  administered seizure therapy: A novel form of ECT illustrates the  roles of current directionality, polarity, and electrode configuration in seizure induction. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009 Feb 18.

• Mohamed Aly, MD, Visiting Fellow, Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, Columbia University will present the following paper:

  Chen F, Madsen TM, Wegener G, Nyengaard JR. Repeated electroconvulsive seizures increase the total number of synapses in adult male rat hippocampus. Eur. Neuropsychophamacol. 2009.

See 4/1 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 25
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

Edward J. Kilbane, MD, PGY-4, Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center and Visiting Resident, Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, will present the following papers concerning the use of brain stimulation in oncology:

• Fisch M. Treatment of depression in cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs. No. 32, 2004
• Rasmussen KG et al. ECT in patients with intracranial masses. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2007;19(2): 191-3

See 3/25 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 18
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

Francisco Portillo, MD, Visiting Fellow, Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, Columbia University, will present the following paper:

Schlagenhauf F, Juckel G, Koslowski M, Kahnt T, Knutson B, Dembler T, Kienast T, Gallinat J, Wrase J, Heinz A.  Reward system activation in schizophrenic patients switched from typical neuroleptics to olanzapine. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2008 Mar;196(4):673-84. Epub 2007 Dec 21

See 3/18 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 11
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

Edward J. Kilbane, MD, PGY-4, Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center and Visiting Resident, Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, will present the following papers on Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST):

• Kayser S, Bewernick B, Axmacher N, Schlaepfer TE. Magnetic Seizure Therapy of treatment-resistant depression in a patient with bipolar disorder. J ECT. 2008 Nov 27.
• Spellman T, McClintock SM, Terrace H, Luber B, Husain MM, Lisanby SH. Differential effects of high-dose magnetic seizure therapy and electroconvulsive shock on cognitive function. Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Jun 15;63(12):1163-70. Epub 2008 Feb 8

See 3/11 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 25
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

Sonja Blum, MD, Resident in Neurology, doing a rotation with the Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, will present the following paper:

Plewnia C, Rilk AJ, Soekadar SR, Arfeller C, Huber HS, Sauseng P, Hummel F, Gerloff C. Enhancement of long-range EEG coherence by synchronous bifocal transcranial magnetic stimulation. Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Mar;27(6):1577-83.

See 2/25 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 18
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

John Krakauer, PhD, Columbia University, will present the following paper:

Reis J, Schambra HM, Cohen LG, Buch ER, Fritsch B, Zarahn E, Celnik PA, Krakauer JW. Noninvasive cortical stimulation enhances motor skill acquisition over multiple days through an effect on consolidation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2009 Jan 21.

See 2/18 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 11
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

Peter Bulow, MD, Asst. Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation

Boggio PS, Rigonatti SP, Ribeiro RB, Myczkowski ML, Nitsche MA, Pascual-Leone A, Fregni F. A randomized, double-blind clinical trial on the efficacy of cortical direct current stimulation for the treatment of major depression. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2008 Mar;11(2):249-54. Epub 2007 Jun 11

See 2/11 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 21
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 5001

• Martin Blank, PhD, Associate Professor
• Reba M. Goodman, PhD, Professor Emerita, Clinical Pathology; Special Lecturer in Pathology

Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University

"Electromagnetic fields and the brain"

See 1/21 Journal Club flier for more information.

Wed. 14
1:00-2:00pm

New PI Room 6601

Chi-Ming Chen, PhD, Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, will present the following paper:

Julkunen P, Jauhiainen AM, Westerén-Punnonen S, Pirinen E, Soininen H, Könönen M, Pääkkönen A, Määttä S, Karhu J. Navigated TMS combined with EEG in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: A pilot study. J Neurosci Methods. 2008 Apr 29.

See 1/14 Journal Club flier for more information.

For previous journal club events, see our list of journal club events from 2007 and 2008.