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Barbara A. Dworetzky

Barbara A. Dworetzky

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
7370
World Ranking
6942
National Ranking
2998

Overview

Barbara A. Dworetzky is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, psychiatry, and neurology. Their research primarily focuses on psychosomatic disorders, epilepsy, mental health, and related neurological conditions.

Their main fields of study include Medicine, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Philosophy, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Neurology, and Clinical Psychology. The major topics of their work encompass:

  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Epilepsy Research and Treatment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neurology and Historical Studies
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Among the recent publications authored or coauthored by Dworetzky are:

  • Functional neurological disorder: new subtypes and shared mechanisms, 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • Association of epileptiform abnormalities and seizures in Alzheimer disease, 2020, Neurology
  • Functional neurological disorder is a feminist issue, 2023, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • How to do things with words: Two seminars on the naming of functional (psychogenic, non-epileptic, dissociative, conversion,...) seizures, 2021, Seizure
  • Anomalies in the review process and interpretation of the evidence in the NICE guideline for chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis, 2023, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Dworetzky's frequent co-authors include:

  • Gaston Baslet
  • Jong Woo Lee
  • David L. Perez
  • M. Angela O'Neal
  • Jon Stone

Their research has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior Reports
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Epilepsia

Barbara A. Dworetzky's work represents a multidisciplinary approach bridging psychiatry, neurology, and clinical psychology to explore complex conditions involving neural and psychological factors. Their contributions include studies on functional neurological disorders, epilepsy-related phenomena, and the broader interface of mental health and neurology.

Best Publications

  • Incidence and mechanisms of cardiorespiratory arrests in epilepsy monitoring units (MORTEMUS): A retrospective study

    Philippe Ryvlin;Lina Nashef;Samden D Lhatoo;Lisa M Bateman

  • Differential effects of antiepileptic drugs on sexual function and hormones in men with epilepsy

    A. G. Herzog;F. W. Drislane;D. L. Schomer;P. B. Pennell

  • Processing of lexical ambiguities in aphasia.

    W. Milberg;S.E. Blumstein;B. Dworetzky

  • The value of multichannel MEG and EEG in the presurgical evaluation of 70 epilepsy patients.

    S. Knake;S. Knake;E. Halgren;H. Shiraishi;K. Hara

  • Phonological processing and lexical access in aphasia

    William Milberg;Sheila Blumstein;Sheila Blumstein;Barbara Dworetzky

  • On the nature of the foreign accent syndrome: A case study

    Sheila E. Blumstein;Michael P. Alexander;John H. Ryalls;William Katz

  • Effects of fetal antiepileptic drug exposure Outcomes at age 4.5 years

    Kim J Meador;G.A. Baker;N. Browning;M.J. Cohen

  • Progesterone vs placebo therapy for women with epilepsy A randomized clinical trial

    A G Herzog;K M Fowler;S D Smithson;L A Kalayjian

  • Artifact and Recording Concepts in EEG

    William O. Tatum;Barbara A. Dworetzky;Donald L. Schomer

  • Association of epileptiform abnormalities and seizures in Alzheimer disease.

    Alice D. Lam;Rani A. Sarkis;Kyle R. Pellerin;Jin Jing

  • A randomized trial of polyunsaturated fatty acids for refractory epilepsy.

    Edward Bromfield;Barbara Dworetzky;Shelley Hurwitz;Zina Eluri

  • Valproate and lamotrigine level variation with menstrual cycle phase and oral contraceptive use

    A. G. Herzog;A. S. Blum;E. L. Farina;X. E. Maestri

  • An Integrative Neurocircuit Perspective on Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures and Functional Movement Disorders Neural Functional Unawareness

    David L. Perez;David L. Perez;Barbara A. Dworetzky;Bradford C. Dickerson;Lorene Leung

  • SUDDEN UNEXPECTED NEAR DEATH IN EPILEPSY: MALIGNANT ARRHYTHMIA FROM A PARTIAL SEIZURE

    P. S. Espinosa;J. W. Lee;U. B. Tedrow;E. B. Bromfield

  • Treatment of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Updated Review and Findings From a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Case Series

    Gaston Baslet;Gaston Baslet;Barbara Dworetzky;David L. Perez;Megan Oser

  • Practice variability and efficacy of clonazepam, lorazepam, and midazolam in status epilepticus: A multicenter comparison

    Vincent Alvarez;Jong Woo Lee;Frank W. Drislane;M. Brandon Westover

  • Generic-to-generic lamotrigine switches in people with epilepsy: the randomised controlled EQUIGEN trial

    Michael D Privitera;Timothy E Welty;Barry E Gidal;Francisco J Diaz

  • Phonological factors in lexical access: Evidence from an auditory lexical decision task

    William Milberg;William Milberg;Sheila Blumstein;Sheila Blumstein;Barbara Dworetzky

  • A prospective study of smoking, caffeine, and alcohol as risk factors for seizures or epilepsy in young adult women: data from the Nurses' Health Study II.

    Barbara A. Dworetzky;Edward B. Bromfield;Mary K. Townsend;Mary K. Townsend;Jae H. Kang

  • Autonomic changes following generalized tonic clonic seizures: An analysis of adult and pediatric patients with epilepsy

    Rani A. Sarkis;Sigride Thome-Souza;Ming-Zher Poh;Nichelle Llewellyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward B. Bromfield
Edward B. Bromfield Brigham and Women's Hospital
Page B. Pennell
Page B. Pennell University of Pittsburgh
Joseph R. Madsen
Joseph R. Madsen Boston Children's Hospital
Steven M. Stufflebeam
Steven M. Stufflebeam Harvard University
Andrew G. Herzog
Andrew G. Herzog Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jerzy P. Szaflarski
Jerzy P. Szaflarski University of Alabama at Birmingham
Frank W. Drislane
Frank W. Drislane Harvard Medical School
Sheila E. Blumstein
Sheila E. Blumstein Brown University
Sanjeev V. Kothare
Sanjeev V. Kothare Boston Children's Hospital
Steve Martino
Steve Martino Yale University

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