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Karl Rickels is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on multiple fields, including Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Within these disciplines, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Surgery.

Their scholarly output includes studies addressing topics like Schizophrenia research and treatment, Sleep and related disorders, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Epilepsy research and treatment, and Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders.

Karl Rickels has published in venues such as the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry.

One of their recent papers is "The rise and fall and rise of benzodiazepines: a return of the stigmatized and repressed," published in 2020 in the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry. This paper has been cited 50 times.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Richard Balon
  • Vladan Starčević
  • Edward Silberman
  • Fiammetta Cosci
  • Steven Dubovsky

Best Publications

  • Short form of depression inventory: cross-validation.

    Aaron T. Beck;William Y. Rial;Karl Rickels

  • Psychiatric illness in family practice.

    Peter T Hesbacher;K. Rickels;R. J. Morris;H. Newman

  • A comparison of two psychiatric screening tests.

    David Goldberg;Karl Rickels;Robert Downing;Peter Hesbacher

  • Antidepressants for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. A placebo-controlled comparison of imipramine, trazodone, and diazepam.

    Karl Rickels;Robert Downing;Edward Schweizer;Howard Hassman

  • Symptoms of Emotional Distress in a Family Planning Service: Stability over a Four-Week Period

    Andrew Winokur;Denise F. Winokur;Karl Rickels;Deborah S. Cox

  • Long-term Therapeutic Use of Benzodiazepines: I. Effects of Abrupt Discontinuation

    Karl Rickels;Edward Schweizer;W. George Case;David J. Greenblatt

  • Buspirone and diazepam in anxiety: a controlled study.

    K Rickels;K Weisman;N Norstad;M Singer

  • Pregabalin for Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A 4-Week, Multicenter, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pregabalin and Alprazolam

    Karl Rickels;Mark H. Pollack;Douglas E. Feltner;R. Bruce Lydiard

  • Placebo-Controlled Trial of Sertraline in the Treatment of Children With Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    Moira A. Rynn;Lynne Siqueland;Karl Rickels

  • Imipramine and Chlordiazepoxide in Depressive and Anxiety Disorders: II. Efficacy in Anxious Outpatients

    Richard J. Kahn;Douglas M. McNair;Ronald S. Lipman;Ronald S. Lipman;Lino Covi

  • Long-term Diazepam Therapy and Clinical Outcome

    Karl Rickels;W. George Case;Robert W. Downing;Andrew Winokur

  • Efficacy of extended-release venlafaxine in nondepressed outpatients with generalized anxiety disorder.

    K Rickels;M H Pollack;D V Sheehan;J T Haskins

  • L-methylfolate as adjunctive therapy for SSRI-resistant major depression: results of two randomized, double-blind, parallel-sequential trials.

    George I. Papakostas;Richard C. Shelton;John M. Zajecka;Bijan Etemad

  • Long-term Treatment of Anxiety and Risk of Withdrawal: Prospective Comparison of Clorazepate and Buspirone

    Karl Rickels;Edward Schweizer;Irma Csanalosi;W. George Case

  • Comparison of Alprazolam, Imipramine, and Placebo in the Treatment of Depression

    John P. Feighner;Gary C. Aden;Louis F. Fabre;Karl Rickels

  • The Hopkins Symptom Checklist. Assessing emotional distress in obstetric-gynecologic practice.

    Karl Rickels;Celso-Ramón Garćia;Ronald S. Lipman;Leonard R. Derogatis

  • Clinical effects of the 5-HT1A partial agonists in depression: a composite analysis of buspirone in the treatment of depression.

    Donald S. Robinson;Karl Rickels;John Feighner;Louis F. Fabre

  • A Double-blind Trial of Oral Progesterone, Alprazolam, and Placebo in Treatment of Severe Premenstrual Syndrome

    Ellen W. Freeman;Karl Rickels;Steven J. Sondheimer;Marcia Polansky

  • Differential Response to Antidepressants in Women With Premenstrual Syndrome/Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ellen W. Freeman;Karl Rickels;Steven J. Sondheimer;Marcia Polansky

  • Paroxetine Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

    Karl Rickels;Rocco Zaninelli;James McCafferty;Kevin Bellew

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward Schweizer
Edward Schweizer University of Pennsylvania
Ellen W. Freeman
Ellen W. Freeman University of Pennsylvania
Jay D. Amsterdam
Jay D. Amsterdam University of Pennsylvania
David J. Greenblatt
David J. Greenblatt Tufts University
Irwin Lucki
Irwin Lucki University of Pennsylvania
Giovanni A. Fava
Giovanni A. Fava University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Richard Balon
Richard Balon Wayne State University
Andrew Winokur
Andrew Winokur University of Connecticut Health Center
Fiammetta Cosci
Fiammetta Cosci University of Florence
Robert Gallop
Robert Gallop West Chester University

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