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World Ranking
1770
National Ranking
847

Overview

Jeffrey M. Lyness is affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States. Their research work spans primarily the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Philosophy; Clinical Psychology; and Gender Studies.

The main topics covered in Lyness's research include Mental Health and Psychiatry, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Medical Education and Admissions, Innovations in Medical Education, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, Mental Health Treatment and Access, and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Lyness include:

  • The Role of Specialty Certification in Career-Long Competence, 2023, Academic Medicine
  • The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder, 2024, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia, 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia, 2020, FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
  • Advancing Equity in Academic Medicine Through Holistic Review for Faculty Recruitment and Retention, 2021, Academic Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lyness include Laura J. Fochtmann, George A. Keepers, Joan M. Anzia, Sheldon Benjamin, and Ramin Mojtabai.

Lyness's work has appeared extensively in publication venues such as:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Academic Medicine
  • FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
  • JAMA Network Open

Best Publications

  • Screening for Depression in Elderly Primary Care Patients: A Comparison of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale

    Jeffrey M. Lyness;Tamson Kelly Noel;Christopher Cox;Deborah A. King

  • The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia.

    George A Keepers;Laura J Fochtmann;Joan M Anzia;Sheldon Benjamin

  • Provisional diagnostic criteria for depression of Alzheimer disease.

    Jason T. Olin;Lon S. Schneider;Ira R. Katz;Barnett S. Meyers

  • Measurement of the general competencies of the accreditation council for graduate medical education: a systematic review.

    Stephen J. Lurie;Christopher J. Mooney;Jeffrey M. Lyness

  • Insomnia as a risk factor for onset of depression in the elderly

    Michael L Perlis;Leisha J Smith;Jeffrey M Lyness;Sara R Matteson

  • Treatments for later-life depressive conditions: a meta-analytic comparison of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.

    Martin Pinquart;Paul R. Duberstein;Jeffrey M. Lyness

  • Effects of psychotherapy and other behavioral interventions on clinically depressed older adults: a meta-analysis.

    M Pinquart;PR Duberstein;JM Lyness

  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of antidepressants in Parkinson disease

    I. H. Richard;M. P. McDermott;R. Kurlan;J. M. Lyness

  • Is Insomnia a Perpetuating Factor for Late-Life Depression in the IMPACT Cohort?

    Wilfred R. Pigeon;Mark Hegel;Jürgen Unützer;Ming-Yu Fan

  • The importance of subsyndromal depression in older primary care patients: prevalence and associated functional disability.

    Jeffrey M. Lyness;Deborah A. King;Christopher Cox;Z. Yoediono

  • Outcomes of minor and subsyndromal depression among elderly patients in primary care settings.

    Jeffrey M. Lyness;Moonseong Heo;Catherine J. Datto;Thomas R. Ten Have

  • Gender differences in Five Factor Model personality traits in an elderly cohort

    Benjamin P. Chapman;Paul R. Duberstein;Silvia Sörensen;Jeffrey M. Lyness

  • Completed suicide among older patients in primary care practices: a controlled study

    Yeates Conwell;Jeffrey M. Lyness;Paul Duberstein;Christopher Cox

  • Provisional diagnostic criteria for depression in Parkinson's disease: Report of an NINDS/NIMH Work Group

    Laura Marsh;William M. McDonald;Jeffrey Cummings;Bernard Ravina;Bernard Ravina

  • Older Age and the Underreporting of Depressive Symptoms

    Jeffrey M. Lyness;Christopher Cox;Jennifer Curry;Yeates Conwell

  • Psychiatric disorders in older primary care patients.

    Jeffrey M. Lyness;Eric D. Caine;Deborah A. King;Christopher Cox

  • The clinical significance of subsyndromal depression in older primary care patients.

    Jeffrey M. Lyness;JaeHyun Kim;JaeHyun Kim;Xin Tu;Yeates Conwell

  • Social support, depression, and functional disability in older adult primary-care patients.

    Linda A. Travis;Jeffrey M. Lyness;Cleveland G. Shields;Deborah A. King

  • Personality Traits, Education, and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adult Primary Care Patients

    Benjamin Chapman;Paul Duberstein;Jeffrey M. Lyness

  • Personality is associated with perceived health and functional status in older primary care patients.

    Paul R Duberstein;Silvia Sörensen;Jeffrey M Lyness;Deborah A King

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Duberstein
Paul R. Duberstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Deborah A. King
Deborah A. King University of Rochester Medical Center
Benjamin P. Chapman
Benjamin P. Chapman University of Rochester Medical Center
Silvia Sörensen
Silvia Sörensen University of Rochester
Jameson K. Hirsch
Jameson K. Hirsch East Tennessee State University
Jeffrey L. Cummings
Jeffrey L. Cummings University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Marnin J. Heisel
Marnin J. Heisel University of Western Ontario
Martin Pinquart
Martin Pinquart Philipp University of Marburg
Jo Anne Sirey
Jo Anne Sirey Cornell University
Michael Hoerger
Michael Hoerger Tulane University

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