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Overview

Ellen Frank is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. The focus of their academic career is connected to this institution.

There are no recent papers listed under their publications, nor any records of frequent co-authors or recurring publication venues.

Similarly, there are no entries concerning book publications or detailed data on the main or subfields of study linked to their research activities.

No specific topics of work have been documented, and no awards have been recorded in the available data.

The available information confirms that Ellen Frank is currently living.

Best Publications

  • Conceptualization and Rationale for Consensus Definitions of Terms in Major Depressive Disorder: Remission, Recovery, Relapse, and Recurrence

    Ellen Frank;Robert F. Prien;Robin B. Jarrett;Martin B. Keller

  • Inventory of Complicated Grief: A scale to measure maladaptive symptoms of loss

    Holly G. Prigerson;Paul K. Maciejewski;Charles F. Reynolds;Andrew J. Bierhals

  • Five-Year Outcome for Maintenance Therapies in Recurrent Depression

    David J. Kupfer;Ellen F. Frank;James M. Perel;Cleon Cornes

  • Chronic stress, glucocorticoid receptor resistance, inflammation, and disease risk

    Sheldon Cohen;Denise Janicki-Deverts;William J. Doyle;Gregory E. Miller

  • Treatment of complicated grief: a randomized controlled trial

    Katherine Shear;Ellen Frank;Patricia R. Houck;Charles F. Reynolds

  • Relapse prevention with antidepressant drug treatment in depressive disorders: a systematic review

    John R Geddes;Stuart M Carney;Christina Davies;Toshiaki A Furukawa

  • Complicated grief and bereavement-related depression as distinct disorders : preliminary empirical validation in elderly bereaved spouses

    Holly G. Prigerson;Ellen Frank;Stanislav V. Kasl;Charles F. Reynolds

  • Two-Year Outcomes for Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy in Individuals With Bipolar I Disorder

    Ellen Frank;David J. Kupfer;Michael E. Thase;Alan G. Mallinger

  • Nortriptyline and Interpersonal Psychotherapy as Maintenance Therapies for Recurrent Major Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients Older Than 59 Years

    Charles F. Reynolds;Ellen Frank;James M. Perel;Stanley D. Imber

  • Social Zeitgebers and Biological Rhythms: A Unified Approach to Understanding the Etiology of Depression

    Cindy L. Ehlers;Ellen Frank;David J. Kupfer

  • PET imaging of serotonin 1A receptor binding in depression

    Wayne C Drevets;Ellen Frank;Julie C Price;David J Kupfer

  • Types of stressors that increase susceptibility to the common cold in healthy adults.

    Sheldon Cohen;Ellen Frank;William J. Doyle;David P. Skoner

  • Frequency of sexual dysfunction in "normal" couples.

    Ellen Frank;Carol Anderson;Debra N. Rubinstein

  • Report by the ACNP Task Force on Response and Remission in Major Depressive Disorder

    A John Rush;Helena C Kraemer;Harold A Sackeim;Maurizio Fava

  • Treatment of major depression with psychotherapy or psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy combinations.

    Michael E. Thase;Joel B. Greenhouse;Ellen Frank;Charles F. Reynolds

  • Anxiety disorder comorbidity in bipolar disorder patients: data from the first 500 participants in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD).

    Naomi M Simon;Michael W Otto;Stephen R Wisniewski;Mark Fossey

  • Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy: managing the chaos of bipolar disorder.

    Ellen Frank;Holly A Swartz;David J Kupfer

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late Life

    Arnold J. Friedhoff;James Ballenger;Alan S. Bellack;William T. Carpenter

  • Psychosocial treatments for bipolar depression: a 1-year randomized trial from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program

    David J. Miklowitz;Michael W. Otto;Ellen Frank;Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington

  • Rationale, design, and methods of the systematic treatment enhancement program for bipolar disorder (STEP-BD)

    Gary S Sachs;Michael E Thase;Michael W Otto;Mark Bauer

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Kupfer
David J. Kupfer University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Charles F. Reynolds
Charles F. Reynolds University of Pittsburgh
Patricia R. Houck
Patricia R. Houck University of Pittsburgh
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Jair C. Soares
Jair C. Soares The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Andrea Fagiolini
Andrea Fagiolini University of Siena
Holly A. Swartz
Holly A. Swartz University of Pittsburgh
Paolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla University of Milan
Daniel J. Buysse
Daniel J. Buysse University of Pittsburgh
M. Katherine Shear
M. Katherine Shear Columbia University

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