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Overview

Barton W. Palmer is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. The primary field of study is psychology, with a total of 51 publications in this area. The subfields of study include clinical psychology, health, general health professions, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The research topics covered by Barton W. Palmer are varied and reflect a focus on health and aging. These topics include health disparities and outcomes, aging and gerontology research, optimism, hope, and well-being, COVID-19 and mental health, dementia and cognitive impairment research, mental health treatment and access, and cancer-related cognitive impairment studies.

Barton's publication record includes papers published in several frequent venues, such as International Psychogeriatrics, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin, Schizophrenia Research, and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Barton include:

  • Review of Major Social Determinants of Health in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Psychotic Disorders: I. Clinical Outcomes (2023, Schizophrenia Bulletin)
  • Qualitative study of loneliness in a senior housing community: the importance of wisdom and other coping strategies (2020, Aging & Mental Health)
  • Predictors of Loneliness by Age Decade (2020, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry)
  • Is spirituality a component of wisdom? Study of 1,786 adults using expanded San Diego Wisdom Scale (Jeste-Thomas Wisdom Index) (2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research)
  • Moving from Humanities to Sciences: A New Model of Wisdom Fortified by Sciences of Neurobiology, Medicine, and Evolution (2020, Psychological Inquiry)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dilip V. Jeste
  • Ellen Lee
  • Nancy A. Pachana
  • Liat Ayalon
  • Ramat Gan

Best Publications

  • Neurocognitive Effects of Antipsychotic Medications in Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia in the CATIE Trial

    Richard S.E. Keefe;Robert M. Bilder;Sonia M. Davis;Philip D. Harvey

  • Stability and course of neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia.

    Robert K. Heaton;Julie Akiko Gladsjo;Barton W. Palmer;Julia Kuck

  • Consensus Statement on the Upcoming Crisis in Geriatric Mental Health: Research Agenda for the Next 2 Decades

    Dilip V. Jeste;George S. Alexopoulos;Stephen J. Bartels;Jeffrey L. Cummings

  • Is it possible to be schizophrenic yet neuropsychologically normal

    Barton W. Palmer;Robert K. Heaton;Jane S. Paulsen;Julie Kuck

  • Association between older age and more successful aging: critical role of resilience and depression.

    Dilip V. Jeste;Gauri N. Savla;Wesley K. Thompson;Ipsit V. Vahia

  • A new brief instrument for assessing decisional capacity for clinical research.

    Dilip V. Jeste;Barton W. Palmer;Paul S. Appelbaum;Shahrokh Golshan

  • Baseline Neurocognitive Deficits in the CATIE Schizophrenia Trial

    Richard S.E. Keefe;Robert M. Bilder;Philip D. Harvey;Sonia M. Davis

  • Assessing decisional capacity for clinical research or treatment: a review of instruments.

    Laura B. Dunn;Milap Anil Nowrangi;Barton W. Palmer;Dilip V. Jeste

  • Exergames for subsyndromal depression in older adults: a pilot study of a novel intervention.

    Dori Rosenberg;Colin A. Depp;Ipsit V. Vahia;Jennifer Reichstadt

  • Cognitive effects of treating obstructive sleep apnea in Alzheimer's disease: a randomized controlled study.

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Barton W. Palmer;Jana R. Cooke;Jody Corey-Bloom

  • What Do We Know About Neuropsychological Aspects Of Schizophrenia

    Barton W. Palmer;Sharron E. Dawes;Robert K. Heaton

  • High prevalence and adverse health effects of loneliness in community-dwelling adults across the lifespan: role of wisdom as a protective factor.

    Ellen E Lee;Colin Depp;Barton W Palmer;Danielle Glorioso

  • Generalized Cognitive Impairments, Ability to Perform Everyday Tasks, and Level of Independence in Community Living Situations of Older Patients With Psychosis

    Elizabeth W. Twamley;Rishi R. Doshi;Gauri V. Nayak;Barton W. Palmer

  • Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Associated With Premature Senescence? A Review of the Literature

    James B. Lohr;Barton W. Palmer;Carolyn A. Eidt;Smitha Aailaboyina

  • Assessment of Capacity to Consent to Research Among Older Persons With Schizophrenia, Alzheimer Disease, or Diabetes Mellitus: Comparison of a 3-Item Questionnaire With a Comprehensive Standardized Capacity Instrument

    Barton W. Palmer;Laura B. Dunn;Paul S. Appelbaum;Sunder Mudaliar

  • Sustained Use of CPAP Slows Deterioration of Cognition, Sleep, and Mood in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Preliminary Study

    Jana R. Cooke;Liat Ayalon;Barton W. Palmer;Jose S. Loredo

  • Paradoxical Trend for Improvement in Mental Health With Aging: A Community-Based Study of 1,546 Adults Aged 21-100 Years.

    Michael L. Thomas;Christopher N. Kaufmann;Barton W. Palmer;Barton W. Palmer;Colin A. Depp;Colin A. Depp

  • Cognitive predictors of medication adherence among middle-aged and older outpatients with schizophrenia

    Shafali D. Jeste;Thomas L. Patterson;Thomas L. Patterson;Barton W. Palmer;Barton W. Palmer;Christian R. Dolder;Christian R. Dolder

  • Positive Psychiatry: Its Time Has Come

    Dilip V. Jeste;Barton W. Palmer;David C. Rettew;Samantha Boardman

  • A review of performance-based measures of functional living skills.

    David J. Moore;Barton W. Palmer;Barton W. Palmer;Thomas L. Patterson;Dilip V. Jeste;Dilip V. Jeste

  • Sleep, fatigue, depression, and circadian activity rhythms in women with breast cancer before and after treatment: a 1-year longitudinal study.

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Lianqi Liu;Lianqi Liu;Michelle Rissling;Michelle Rissling;Loki Natarajan;Loki Natarajan

  • The Wechsler Memory Scale, Third Edition: A New Perspective

    David S. Tulsky;Nancy D. Chiaravalloti;Barton W. Palmer;Gordon J. Chelune

Frequent Co-Authors

Dilip V. Jeste
Dilip V. Jeste University of California, San Diego
Colin A. Depp
Colin A. Depp University of California, San Diego
Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego
Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Sonia Ancoli-Israel University of California, San Diego
Jody Corey-Bloom
Jody Corey-Bloom University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth W. Twamley
Elizabeth W. Twamley University of California, San Diego
Jane S. Paulsen
Jane S. Paulsen University of Wisconsin–Madison
David J. Moore
David J. Moore University of California, San Diego
Brent T. Mausbach
Brent T. Mausbach University of California, San Diego
Kyle Brauer Boone
Kyle Brauer Boone Alliant International University

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