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Mauricio Tohen is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on psychiatry and mental health. Other areas of study include clinical psychology, pharmacology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and speech and hearing.

Tohen has contributed extensively to the understanding and treatment of mental health disorders, particularly bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Key topics in their work encompass bipolar disorder and its treatment, schizophrenia research and treatment, electroconvulsive therapy studies, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, treatment of major depression, tryptophan and brain disorders, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Frequent publication venues for Tohen's research include:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Community Mental Health Journal

Their notable recent papers are:

  • "Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Schizophrenia" (2021), published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "The Economic Burden of Bipolar Disorder in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review" (2020), published in ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research
  • "Lithium treatment of Bipolar disorder in adults: A systematic review of randomized trials and meta-analyses" (2021), published in European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Social media recruitment for mental health research: A systematic review" (2020), published in Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • "Preventing new episodes of bipolar disorder in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials" (2021), published in European Neuropsychopharmacology

Mauricio Tohen collaborates frequently with other researchers active in the field. Regular co-authors include Andrew A. Nierenberg, Terence A. Ketter, Joseph R. Calabrese, Louisa G. Sylvia, and Michael E. Thase.

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of Olanzapine and Olanzapine-Fluoxetine Combination in the Treatment of Bipolar I Depression

    Mauricio Tohen;Mauricio Tohen;Eduard Vieta;Joseph R Calabrese;Terence A. Ketter

  • Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia

    M. I. Herz;R. P. Liberman;T. H. McGlashan;J. A. Lieberman

  • One hundred years of schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of the outcome literature.

    J D Hegarty;R J Baldessarini;M Tohen;C Waternaux

  • Antipsychotic drug effects on brain morphology in first-episode psychosis

    Jeffrey A. Lieberman;Jeffrey A. Lieberman;Gary D. Tollefson;Cecil Charles;Robert Zipursky

  • Olanzapine Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Acute Mania

    M. Tohen;T. M. Sanger;S. L. Mcelroy;G. D. Tollefson

  • Efficacy of olanzapine in acute bipolar mania: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study

    Mauricio Tohen;Thomas G. Jacobs;Starr L. Grundy;Susan L. McElroy

  • A novel augmentation strategy for treating resistant major depression.

    Richard C. Shelton;Gary D. Tollefson;Mauricio Tohen;Stephen Stahl

  • The International Society for bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

    Isabella Pacchiarotti;David J. Bond;Ross J. Baldessarini;Willem A. Nolen

  • Outcome in Mania: A 4-Year Prospective Follow-up of 75 Patients Utilizing Survival Analysis

    Mauricio Tohen;Christine M. Waternaux;Ming T. Tsuang

  • Randomized, double-blind trial of olanzapine versus placebo in patients prodromally symptomatic for psychosis.

    Thomas H. McGlashan;Robert B. Zipursky;Diana Perkins;Jean Addington

  • Textbook in psychiatric epidemiology

    Ming T. Tsuang;Mauricio Tohen

  • Two-Year Syndromal and Functional Recovery in 219 Cases of First-Episode Major Affective Disorder With Psychotic Features

    Mauricio Tohen;John Hennen;Carlos M. Zarate;Ross J. Baldessarini

  • The McLean-Harvard first-episode mania study: Prediction of recovery and first recurrence

    Mauricio Tohen;Carlos A. Zarate;John Hennen;Hari Mandir Kaur Khalsa

  • Efficacy of olanzapine in combination with valproate or lithium in the treatment of mania in patients partially nonresponsive to valproate or lithium monotherapy.

    Mauricio Tohen;Mauricio Tohen;K. N. Roy Chengappa;Trisha Suppes;Carlos A. Zarate

  • Ketamine and Other NMDA Antagonists: Early Clinical Trials and Possible Mechanisms in Depression

    D. Jeffrey Newport;Linda L. Carpenter;William M. McDonald;James B. Potash

  • The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Task Force report on the nomenclature of course and outcome in bipolar disorders

    Mauricio Tohen;Mauricio Tohen;Ellen Frank;Charles L. Bowden;Francesc Colom

  • Risk of recurrence following discontinuation of lithium treatment in bipolar disorder.

    Trisha Suppes;Ross J. Baldessarini;Gianni L. Faedda;Mauricio Tohen

  • Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Atypical and Conventional Antipsychotic Drugs in First-Episode Psychosis: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Olanzapine Versus Haloperidol

    Jeffrey A. Lieberman;Gary Tollefson;Mauricio Tohen;Alan I. Green

  • Olanzapine versus lithium in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder: a 12-month, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial.

    Mauricio Tohen;Waldemar Greil;Joseph R. Calabrese;Gary S. Sachs

  • Olanzapine versus divalproex sodium for the treatment of acute mania and maintenance of remission: a 47-week study.

    Mauricio Tohen;Terence A. Ketter;Carlos A. Zarate;Trisha Suppes

  • Olanzapine versus placebo in the treatment of acute mania

    Mauricio Tohen;Todd M. Sanger;Gray D. Tollefson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross J. Baldessarini
Ross J. Baldessarini Harvard University
Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Charles L. Bowden
Charles L. Bowden The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Terence A. Ketter
Terence A. Ketter Stanford University
Susan L. McElroy
Susan L. McElroy University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Andrew A. Nierenberg
Andrew A. Nierenberg Harvard University
Richard C. Shelton
Richard C. Shelton University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alan Breier
Alan Breier Indiana University
Thilo Deckersbach
Thilo Deckersbach Harvard University

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