Robert Young, MD Selected Publications: (Original Research)

Young RC, Biggs JT, Ziegler VE, Meyer DA: A rating scale for mania: Reliability, validity, and sensitivity. Br J Psychiatry 133:429 435, 1978

Young RC, Nysewander RW, Schreiber MT: Mania ratings at discharge from hospital: A follow up. J Nerv Ment Dis 170:638 639, 1982

Young RC, Nysewander RW, Schreiber MT: Mania scale scores, signs, and symptoms in forty inpatients. J Clin Psychiatry 44:98 100, 1983

Young RC, Schreiber MT, Nysewander RW: Psychotic mania. Biol Psychiatry 18:1167 1173, 1983

Young RC, Alexopoulos GS, Shamoian CA, Manley MW, Dhar AK, Kutt H: Plasma 10-hydroxynortriptyline in elderly depressed patients. Clin Pharm Ther 35:540 544, 1984

Young RC, Alexopoulos GS, Kent E, Shamoian CA, Dhar AK, Kutt H: Plasma 10-hydroxy-nortriptyline and ECG changes in elderly depressed patients. Am J Psychiatry 142:866 868, 1985

Young RC, Alexopoulos GS, Dhar AK, Kutt H: Plasma 10-hydroxynortriptyline and renal function in elderly depressed patients. Biol Psychiatry , 22:1283-1287, 1987

Young RC, Alexopoulos GS, Shindledecker R, Dhar AK, Kutt H: Plasma 10-hydroxynortriptyline and therapeutic response in geriatric depression. Neuropsychopharmacol 1(3):213-215, 1988

Young RC, Falk JR: Age, manic psychopathology and treatment response. Int J Ger Psychiatry , 4:73-78, 1989

Young RC, Mattis S, Alexopoulos GS, Meyers BS, Shindledecker RD, Dhar AK: Verbal memory and plasma drug concentrations in elderly depressives treated with nortriptyline. Psychopharm Bull 27(3):291-294, 1991

Bittman B, Young RC: Mania in an elderly man treated with bupropion. Am J Psychiatry. 148:541, 1991

Nambudiri DE, Meyers BS, Young RC: Delayed recovery from lithium neurotoxicity. J Ger Psychiat Neurol 4:40-43, 1991

Young RC, Klerman GL: Mania in late life: Focus on age at onset. Am J Psychiatry 149:67-77, 1992

Weiner P, Young RC: Late onset psychotic depression associated with carbaryl exposure and low plasma pseudocholinesterase. Am J Psychiatry 152:646, 1995.

Young RC: Bipolar mood disorders in the elderly. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America 20(1):121-136, 1997

Alexopoulos GS, Meyers BS, Young RC, Kakuma T, Silbersweig D, Charlson M. Clinically defined vascular depression. Am J Psychiatry 154:562-5, 1997

Alexopoulos GS, Meyers BS, Young RC, Campbell S, Silbersweig D, Charlson M. Vascular depression hypothesis. Arch Gen Psychiatry 54:915-21, 1997

Kalayam B, Alexopoulos GS, Musiek FE, Kakuma T, Toro A, Silbersweig D, Young RC. Brainstem evoked response abnormalities in late-life depression and vascular disease. Am J Psychiatry 154(7):970-5, 1997

Young RC, Moline M, Kleyman F. Hormone replacement therapy and late-life mania. Am J Ger Psychtry 5:179-81, 1997
Kalayam B, Young RC, Alexopoulos GS: P300 latency in late life depression. Am J Psychiatry 155:425-427 1998

Young RC, Nambudiri DE, Jain H, Alexopoulos GS. Brain computed tomography in geriatric manic patients. Biol Psychiatry 45:1063-65, 1999

Young RC. Brain morphology and response to nortriptyline in geriatric depressives. Am J Ger Psychtry 7:147-150 1999

Young RC, Patel A, Meyers B, Kakuma T, Alexopoulos GS: Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein in mood disorder: age and sex. Am J Geri Psychiatry 7:2:147-150, 1999

Young RC, Karayiorgou M, Kalayam B, Hull, J, Alexopoulos GS: Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and response to nortriptyline in geriatric major depression. Soc Neurosci Abstract, 1999

Alexopoulos GS, Meyers B, Young RC, Kakuma T, Gabrielle M, Sirey J, Hull J: Executive dysfunction worsens the long-term outcome and risk for relapse and recurrence of geriatric depression. Arch Gen Psychtry 57:3:285-290, 2000

Young RC, Dhar AK, Hull J, Kakuma T, Alexopoulos GA: Age and nortriptyline concentrations in plasma ultrafiltrate. International J of Geriatric Psychiatry 15:1009-1012, 2000

Nadeem A, Young RC, de Asis JM, Alexopoulos GS: Stroke risk profile in geriatric mania. AAGP Abstract, 2000.

Young RC, de Asis JM, Hull J, Alexopoulos GS: Lateral ventricle enlargement and acute treatment outcome in geriatric manic disorder. NCDEU Abstract, 2000

Young RC, Murphy CF, DeAsis JM, Apfeldorf W, Alexopoulos GS: Executive function and treatment outcome in geriatric mania. Abstract, New Research Program, Annual Meeting, APA, 2001

Young RC, Jain H, Kiosses D, Meyers BS: Antidepressant-associated mania in late life. Int J. Ger Psychiatry 18:421-424, 2003

Charney DS, Reynolds CF, Lewis L, Lebowitz BD, Sunderland T, Alexopoulos GS, Blazer DG, Katz IR, Meyers BS, Arean PA, Borson S, Brown C, Bruce ML, Callahan CM, Charlson ME, Conwell Y, Cuthbert BN, Devanand DP, Gibson MJ, Gottlieb GL, Krishnan KR, Laden SK, Lidz CW, Lyketsos CG, Mulsant BH, Niederehe G, Olin JT, Oslin DW, Pearson J, Persky T, Pollock BG, Raetzman S, Reynolds M, Salzman C, Schulz R, Schwenk TL, Scolnick E, UnŸtzer J, Weissman M, Young RC: Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance consensus statement on the unmet needs in diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders in late life. Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:664-672, 2003

De Asis JM, Silbersweig D, Pan H, Young RC , Stern E: Neuroimaging studies of fronto-limbic dysfunction in geriatric depression. J Clin Neurosci Res 2: 324-330, 2003

Young RC, Gyulai L, Mulsant B, Flint A, Beyer J, Shulman K, Reynolds CF: Pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder in old age. Am J Ger Psychiatry 12:342 - 357, 2004

Young RC, Murphy CF, Heo M, Schulberg, HC, Alexopoulos GS: Cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder in old age. J Aff Disord. 2006 May;92(1):125-31. Epub 2006 Feb 15

DeAsis J.M., Greenwald B, Alexopoulos GS, Kiosses D, Ashtari M, Heo M, Young RC: Frontal signal hyperintensities in mania in old age. Am. J. Geriatric Psych. 14(7):598-604, 2006

Baran XL, Young RC: Bipolar and depressive types of schizoaffective disorder in old age. Am. J Geriatric Psych. 14(4):265-7, 2006