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Overview

David K. Wellisch is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with an emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine as a subfield of study. The main topics addressed in their work include cancer-related cognitive impairment studies.

Their publication record includes a recent paper titled A neurotherapy protocol to remediate cognitive deficits after adjuvant chemotherapy: a pilot study, published in 2022 in the Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. This paper investigates cognitive deficits following chemotherapy and explores neurotherapy as a potential intervention.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David K. Wellisch include:

  • Stephen I. Sideroff
  • Valerie Yarema

The primary venue for their published work is the Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Psychosocial Aspects of Mastectomy: II. The Man's Perspective

    Kay R. Jamison;David K. Wellisch;Robert O. Pasnau

  • Craving love? Enduring grief activates brain's reward center

    Mary Frances O'Connor;David K. Wellisch;Annette L. Stanton;Annette L. Stanton;Naomi I. Eisenberger

  • The psychological contribution of nipple addition in breast reconstruction.

    David Wellisch;Wendy Schain;R. Noone;John Little

  • The Transplant Evaluation Rating Scale. A revision of the psychosocial levels system for evaluating organ transplant candidates.

    Robert K. Twillman;Corinne Manetto;Corinne Manetto;David K. Wellisch;David K. Wellisch;Deane L. Wolcott;Deane L. Wolcott

  • Quality of Life of Couples Dealing with Cancer: Dyadic and Individual Adjustment among Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors and Their Spousal Caregivers

    Youngmee Kim;Deborah A. Kashy;David K. Wellisch;Rachel L. Spillers

  • Psychosocial correlates of immediate versus delayed reconstruction of the breast.

    David Wellisch;Wendy Schain;R. Noone;John Little

  • Psychological adjustment of cancer caregivers with multiple roles.

    Youngmee Kim;Frank Baker;Rachel L. Spillers;David K. Wellisch

  • Psychological functioning of daughters of breast cancer patients. Part I: Daughters and comparison subjects

    David K. Wellisch;Ellen R. Gritz;Wendy Schain;He Jing Wang

  • Impact of Breast Cancer on Asian American and Anglo American Women

    Marjorie Kagawa-Singer;David K. Wellisch;Ramani Durvasula

  • Predicting major depression in brain tumor patients.

    David K. Wellisch;Thomas A. Kaleita;Donald Freeman;Timothy Cloughesy

  • Psychological functioning of daughters of breast cancer patients. Part II: Characterizing the distressed daughter of the breast cancer patient.

    David K. Wellisch;Ellen R. Gritz;Wendy Schain;He Jing Wang

  • Adaptation of adult bone marrow transplant recipient long-term survivors.

    Deane L. Wolcott;David K. Wellisch;Fawzy I. Fawzy;John Landsverk

  • Breast cancer patients' perceptions of their husbands' support in a cross-cultural context

    Marjorie Kagawa-Singer;David K. Wellisch

  • An exploratory study of social support: a cross-cultural comparison of Chinese-, Japanese-, and Anglo-American breast cancer patients

    David Wellisch;Marjorie Kagawa-Singer;Suzanne Louise Reid;Yi-Jen Lin

  • Psychosocial outcomes of cancer: a comparative analysis of Hodgkin's disease and testicular cancer.

    J. R. Bloom;P. Fobair;Ellen R Gritz;D. Wellisch

  • When grief heats up: pro-inflammatory cytokines predict regional brain activation.

    Mary Frances O'Connor;Michael R. Irwin;David K. Wellisch

  • Psychosocial Outcomes of Breast Cancer Therapies: Lumpectomy Versus Mastectomy

    David K. Wellisch;Robin DiMatteo;Melvin Silverstein;John Landsverk

  • Relationship of dialysis modality and other factors to cognitive function in chronic dialysis patients.

    Deane L. Wolcott;David K. Wellisch;James T. Marsh;Jeff Schaeffer

  • Psychiatric evaluations of heart transplant candidates: predicting post-transplant hospitalizations, rejection episodes, and survival.

    Jason E. Owen;Curley L. Bonds;David K. Wellisch

  • Long-term effects of testicular cancer on sexual functioning in married couples

    Ellen R. Gritz;David K. Wellisch;He‐Jing ‐J Wang;Jessie Siau

  • Family Therapy in Clinical Practice

    David K. Wellisch

Frequent Co-Authors

Youngmee Kim
Youngmee Kim University of Miami
Mary-Frances O'Connor
Mary-Frances O'Connor University of Arizona
Annette L. Stanton
Annette L. Stanton University of California, Los Angeles
Ellen R. Gritz
Ellen R. Gritz The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Matthew D. Lieberman
Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles
Julienne E. Bower
Julienne E. Bower University of California, Los Angeles
Naomi I. Eisenberger
Naomi I. Eisenberger University of California, Los Angeles
Karolynn Siegel
Karolynn Siegel Columbia University
Deborah A. Kashy
Deborah A. Kashy Michigan State University
Susan D. Cochran
Susan D. Cochran University of California, Los Angeles

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