Dennis S. Charney
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dennis S. Charney is an American biological psychiatrist and researcher, with expertise in the neurobiology and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. He is the author of Neurobiology of Mental Illness, The Physician's Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorders and Molecular Biology for the Clinician, as well as the author of over 600 original papers and chapters. In 2022, he was listed #49 on Research.com's "Top Medicine Scientists in the United States," with an h-index of 218 with 173,960 cit
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Dennis S. Charney is an American biological psychiatrist and researcher, with expertise in the neurobiology and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. He is the author of Neurobiology of Mental Illness, The Physician's Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorders and Molecular Biology for the Clinician, as well as the author of over 600 original papers and chapters. In 2022, he was listed #49 on Research.com's "Top Medicine Scientists in the United States," with an h-index of 218 with 173,960 citations across 887 publications. Charney is known for demonstrating that ketamine is effective for treating depression. Ketamine's use as a rapidly-acting anti-depressant is recognized as a breakthrough treatment in mental illness.
Affiliation
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Top Publications
- The development of a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (1995) - 4,460 citations
- Antidepressant effects of ketamine in depressed patients (2000) - 3,911 citations
- A Randomized Trial of an N-methyl-D-aspartate Antagonist in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression (2006) - 3,808 citations
- The development of a clinician‐administered PTSD scale (1995) - 3,677 citations
- Hippocampal Volume Reduction in Major Depression (2000) - 1,681 citations
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- Full name
- Dennis S. Charney
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-0610-3433
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5012699156
Research interests
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Treatment of Major Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Stress Responses and Cortisol
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- The development of a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale ↗1995 · Journal of Traumatic Stress4,460OpenAlex citations
- Antidepressant effects of ketamine in depressed patients ↗2000 · Biological Psychiatry3,911OpenAlex citations
- A Randomized Trial of an N-methyl-D-aspartate Antagonist in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression ↗2006 · Archives of General Psychiatry3,808OpenAlex citations
- The development of a clinician‐administered PTSD scale ↗1995 · Journal of Traumatic Stress3,677OpenAlex citations
- Hippocampal Volume Reduction in Major Depression ↗2000 · American Journal of Psychiatry1,681OpenAlex citations
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- The development of a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale ↗1995 · Journal of Traumatic Stress
- Antidepressant effects of ketamine in depressed patients ↗2000 · Biological Psychiatry
- A Randomized Trial of an N-methyl-D-aspartate Antagonist in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression ↗2006 · Archives of General Psychiatry
- The development of a clinician‐administered PTSD scale ↗1995 · Journal of Traumatic Stress
- Hippocampal Volume Reduction in Major Depression ↗2000 · American Journal of Psychiatry
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