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Ismene L. Petrakis

Ismene L. Petrakis

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
56
Citations
10380
World Ranking
1917
National Ranking
912

Overview

Ismene L. Petrakis is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with specific contributions in Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacology, and General Health Professions.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Petrakis has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • John H. Krystal
  • Robert H. Pietrzak
  • Peter J. Na
  • Elizabeth Ralevski
  • Mehmet Sofuoglu

The scientist's work is published often in journals including:

  • American Journal on Addictions
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Recent publications include:

  • Dose-related effects of ketamine for antidepressant-resistant symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans and active duty military: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multi-center clinical trial (2022, Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • Why are women more likely to attempt suicide than men? Analysis of lifetime suicide attempts among US adults in a nationally representative sample (2022, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • The Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder: Synopsis of the 2023 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline (2024, Annals of Internal Medicine)
  • A Literature Review Examining Primary Outcomes of Medication Treatment Studies for Opioid Use Disorder: What Outcome Should Be Used to Measure Opioid Treatment Success? (2020, American Journal on Addictions)
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the moderating effect of rs1799971 in OPRM1, the mu-opioid receptor gene, on response to naltrexone treatment of alcohol use disorder (2020, Addiction)

Best Publications

  • Sex differences in stress-related alcohol use.

    MacKenzie R. Peltier;Terril L. Verplaetse;Yann S. Mineur;Ismene L. Petrakis

  • N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptors and alcoholism: reward, dependence, treatment, and vulnerability.

    John H. Krystal;Ismene L. Petrakis;Graeme Mason;Louis Trevisan

  • NMDA agonists and antagonists as probes of glutamatergic dysfunction and pharmacotherapies in neuropsychiatric disorders

    John H. Krystal;D. Cyril D'Souza;Ismene L. Petrakis;Aysenil Belger

  • Alterations of benzodiazepine receptors in type II alcoholic subjects measured with spect and [123I]iomazenil

    Anissa Abi-Dargham;John H. Krystal;Satish Anjilvel;Barbara Ellen Scanley

  • Varenicline Reduces Alcohol Self-Administration in Heavy-Drinking Smokers

    Sherry A. McKee;Emily L.R. Harrison;Stephanie S. O'Malley;Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin

  • Disulfiram treatment for cocaine dependence in methadone-maintained opioid addicts.

    Ismene L. Petrakis;Kathleen M. Carroll;Charla Nich;Lynn T. Gordon

  • γ-Aminobutyric acid type A receptors and alcoholism: Intoxication, dependence, vulnerability, and treatment

    John H. Krystal;Julie Staley;Julie Staley;Graeme Mason;Ismene L. Petrakis;Ismene L. Petrakis

  • Naltrexone and disulfiram in patients with alcohol dependence and comorbid psychiatric disorders.

    Ismene L. Petrakis;James Poling;Carolyn Levinson;Charla Nich

  • Preliminary evidence of low cortical GABA levels in localized 1H-MR spectra of alcohol-dependent and hepatic encephalopathy patients.

    Kevin L. Behar;Douglas L. Rothman;Kitt F. Petersen;Michael Hooten

  • Altered NMDA glutamate receptor antagonist response in individuals with a family vulnerability to alcoholism.

    Ismene L. Petrakis;Diana Limoncelli;Ralitza Gueorguieva;Peter Jatlow

  • Dose-Related Ethanol-like Effects of the NMDA Antagonist, Ketamine, in Recently Detoxified Alcoholics

    John H. Krystal;Ismene L. Petrakis;Elizabeth Webb;Ned L. Cooney

  • Substance use comorbidity among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and other psychiatric illness.

    Ismene L. Petrakis;Robert Rosenheck;Rani Desai

  • Antiglutamatergic Strategies for Ethanol Detoxification: Comparison With Placebo and Diazepam

    Evgeny M. Krupitsky;Anatoly A. Rudenko;Andrey M. Burakov;Tatyana Y. Slavina

  • Comorbidity of Alcoholism and Psychiatric Disorders: An Overview

    Ismene L. Petrakis;Gerardo Gonzalez;Robert Rosenheck;John H. Krystal

  • Naltrexone and disulfiram in patients with alcohol dependence and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Ismene L. Petrakis;James Poling;Carolyn Levinson;Charla Nich

  • Association of Combined Naltrexone and Ketamine With Depressive Symptoms in a Case series of Patients With Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder.

    Gihyun Yoon;Ismene L. Petrakis;John H. Krystal

  • NMDA Receptor Antagonism and the Ethanol Intoxication Signal: From Alcoholism Risk to Pharmacotherapy

    John H. Krystal;John H. Krystal;Ismene L. Petrakis;Ismene L. Petrakis;Evgeny Krupitsky;Christian Schütz

  • Naltrexone augmentation of neuroleptic treatment in alcohol abusing patients with schizophrenia

    Ismene L. Petrakis;Ismene L. Petrakis;Stephanie O’Malley;Bruce Rounsaville;James Poling

  • Increased brain uptake and oxidation of acetate in heavy drinkers

    Lihong Jiang;Barbara Irene Gulanski;Henk M. De Feyter;Stuart A. Weinzimer

  • Noradrenergic vs Serotonergic Antidepressant with or without Naltrexone for Veterans with PTSD and Comorbid Alcohol Dependence

    Ismene L Petrakis;Elizabeth Ralevski;Nitigna Desai;Louis Trevisan

  • Psychiatric safety of ketamine in psychopharmacology research

    Edward B. Perry;Joyce A. Cramer;Hyun-Sang Cho;Hyun-Sang Cho;Ismene L. Petrakis

  • Yohimbine-induced withdrawal and anxiety symptoms in opioid-dependent patients.

    Susan M Stine;Steven M Southwick;Ismene L Petrakis;Thomas R Kosten

  • Complications of alcohol withdrawal: pathophysiological insights.

    Louis A. Trevisan;Nashaat Boutros;Ismene L. Petrakis;John H. Krystal

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Pittman
Brian Pittman Yale University
Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University
Sherry A. McKee
Sherry A. McKee Yale University
Charla Nich
Charla Nich Yale University
Nashaat N. Boutros
Nashaat N. Boutros Rush University
Steven M. Southwick
Steven M. Southwick Yale University
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Robert H. Pietrzak
Robert H. Pietrzak Yale University
James Poling
James Poling Yale University
Deepak Cyril D'Souza
Deepak Cyril D'Souza Yale University

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