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Leonard R. Derogatis is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the intersecting fields of Medicine and Psychology, with notable focuses in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's published work concentrates on clinical and psychological aspects of sexual function and dysfunction. Key topics addressed include sexual function and dysfunction studies, sexuality, behavior and technology, pelvic floor disorder treatments, menopause and its health impacts, eating disorders and behaviors, marriage and sexual relationships, and schizophrenia research and treatment.

Frequently publishing in peer-reviewed journals, Leonard R. Derogatis has contributed articles to venues such as the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, Journal of Women's Health, and Research Square. Some of their recent publications include:

  • Psychometric validation of the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Desire/Arousal/Orgasm, 2021, Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • Instruments for Screening, Diagnosis, and Management of Patients with Generalized Acquired Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, 2020, Journal of Women's Health

They have collaborated frequently with a range of co-authors, including Dennis A. Revicki, Raymond C. Rosen, Robert Jordan, Johna Lucas, and Carl Spana. Collaborative work with Dennis A. Revicki stands out with multiple joint publications.

Their research outputs feature rigorous validation of measurement tools for sexual health and cognitive impairment assessments. For instance, they contributed to the development and validation of psychometric instruments tailored to patient-reported sexual distress and desire, as well as evaluation methods related to schizophrenia.

Best Publications

  • The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report.

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Nick Melisaratos

  • SCL-90: an outpatient psychiatric rating scale--preliminary report.

    Leonard Derogatis;Ronald S. Lipman;L. Covi

  • The Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL): A self-report symptom inventory

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Ronald S. Lipman;Karl Rickels;E. H. Uhlenhuth

  • The SCL-90 and the MMPI: a step in the validation of a new self-report scale.

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Karl Rickels;Anthony F. Rock

  • The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Among Cancer Patients

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Gary R. Morrow;John Fetting;Doris Penman

  • Confirmation of the dimensional structure of the scl‐90: A study in construct validation

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Patricia A. Cleary

  • Report of the International Consensus Development Conference on Female Sexual Dysfunction: Definitions and Classifications

    Rosemary Basson;Jennifer Berman;Arthur Burnett;Leonard Derogatis

  • The Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL). A measure of primary symptom dimensions

    L. R. Derogatis;R. S. Lipman;K. Rickels;E. H. Uhlenhuth

  • The Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS): initial validation of a standardized scale for assessment of sexually related personal distress in women.

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Raymond Rosen;Sandra Leiblum;Arthur Burnett

  • Validation of the female sexual distress scale-revised for assessing distress in women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

    Leonard DeRogatis;Anita Clayton;Diane Lewis-D'Agostino;Glen Wunderlich

  • The DSFI: A multidimensional measure of sexual functioning

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Nick Melisaratos

  • Brief Symptom Inventory

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  • The psychosocial adjustment to illness scale (PAIS)

    Leonard R. Derogatis

  • Definitions of women's sexual dysfunction reconsidered: advocating expansion and revision.

    R. Basson;S. Leiblum;L. Brotto;L. Derogatis

  • Psychological coping mechanisms and survival time in metastatic breast cancer.

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Martin D. Abeloff;Nick Melisaratos

  • The SCL-90-R, Brief Symptom Inventory, and Matching Clinical Rating Scales.

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Kathryn L. Savitz

  • Revised Definitions of Women's Sexual Dysfunction

    Rosemary Basson;Sandra Leiblum;Lori Brotto;Leonard Derogatis

  • A New Psychosocial Screening Instrument for Use With Cancer Patients

    James Zabora;Karlynn Brintzenhofeszoc;Karlynn Brintzenhofeszoc;Paul Jacobsen;Paul Jacobsen;Barbara Curbow;Barbara Curbow

  • Symptom Checklist‐90‐Revised

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Rachael Unger

  • Factorial invariance across gender for the primary symptom dimensions of the SCL-90

    Leonard R. Derogatis;Patricia A. Cleary

  • Brief Symptom Inventory-18

    Leonard R. Derogatis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Laan
Ellen Laan University of Amsterdam
Cindy M. Meston
Cindy M. Meston The University of Texas at Austin
Rosemary Basson
Rosemary Basson University of British Columbia
Sandra R. Leiblum
Sandra R. Leiblum Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jimmie C. Holland
Jimmie C. Holland Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lori A. Brotto
Lori A. Brotto University of British Columbia
Susan Golombok
Susan Golombok University of Cambridge
Stanley E. Althof
Stanley E. Althof Case Western Reserve University
John Rust
John Rust University of Cambridge
Julia R. Heiman
Julia R. Heiman Indiana University

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