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Michael R. Liebowitz

Michael R. Liebowitz

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Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
46744
World Ranking
3785
National Ranking
2079

Overview

Michael R. Liebowitz is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a research focus spanning medicine and psychology. Their work primarily addresses psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, pharmacology, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's research centers on several key topics, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder and treatment, treatment of major depression, personality disorders and psychopathology, pharmaceutical studies and practices, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and cannabis and cannabinoid research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael R. Liebowitz include Robert L. Findling, Alain Katic, Nicholas Fry, Zulane Maldonado-Cruz, and Ilmiya Yarullina.

The primary publication venues for their work encompass Neuroscience Applied, CNS Spectrums, Neuropsychopharmacology, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, and International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael R. Liebowitz are:

  • The Safety and Tolerability Profile of Vilazodone, A Novel Antidepressant for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, 2025, Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • The effects of inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) by JNJ-42165279 in social anxiety disorder: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled proof-of-concept study, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Centanafadine Sustained-Release Tablets in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2022, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Managing dissociative symptoms following the use of esketamine nasal spray: a case report, 2020, International Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of nivasorexant in adults with binge-eating disorder: A randomized, Phase II proof of concept trial, 2023, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Best Publications

  • Social Phobia: Comorbidity and Morbidity in an Epidemiologic Sample

    Franklin R. Schneier;Jim Johnson;Christopher D. Hornig;Michael R. Liebowitz

  • Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale.

    Richard G. Heimberg;K. J. Horner;H. R. Juster;S. A. Safren

  • The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale: a comparison of the psychometric properties of self-report and clinician-administered formats

    D. M. Fresco;M. E. Coles;R. G. Heimberg;M. R. Liebowitz

  • Social phobia. Review of a neglected anxiety disorder

    Michael R. Liebowitz;Jack M. Gorman;Abby J. Fyer;Donald F. Klein

  • Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy vs Phenelzine Therapy for Social Phobia: 12-Week Outcome

    Richard G. Heimberg;Michael R. Liebowitz;Debra A. Hope;Franklin R. Schneier

  • Functional impairment in social phobia.

    Franklin R. Schneier;Leora R. Heckelman;Robin Garfinkel;Raphael Campeas

  • World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders – First Revision

    Borwin Bandelow;Josef Zohar;Eric Hollander;Siegfried Kasper

  • Phenelzine vs atenolol in social phobia: A placebo-controlled comparison.

    Michael R. Liebowitz;Frank Schneier;Raphael Campeas;Eric Hollander

  • Screening for social anxiety disorder in the clinical setting: using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale.

    Douglas S Mennin;David M Fresco;Richard G Heimberg;Franklin R Schneier

  • Paroxetine treatment of generalized social phobia (social anxiety disorder): a randomized controlled trial

    Stein Mb;Liebowitz Mr;Lydiard Rb;Pitts Cd

  • Screening for social anxiety disorder with the self-report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale.

    Nina K. Rytwinski;David M. Fresco;Richard G. Heimberg;Meredith E. Coles

  • A neuroanatomical hypothesis for panic disorder.

    Jack M. Gorman;Michael R. Liebowitz;Abby J. Fyer;Jonathan Stein

  • Ventilatory physiology of patients with panic disorder.

    Jack M. Gorman;Minna R. Fyer;Raymond Goetz;Jeffrey Askanazi

  • Response to hyperventilation in a group of patients with panic disorder.

    Jack M. Gorman;Jeffrey Askanazi;Michael R. Liebowitz;Abby J. Fyer

  • Lactate Provocation of Panic Attacks: I. Clinical and Behavioral Findings

    Michael R. Liebowitz;Abby J. Fyer;Jack M. Gorman;Donald Dillon

  • Disability and quality of life in pure and comorbid social phobia--findings from a controlled study.

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;M. Fuetsch;Holger Sonntag;Nina Müller

  • Pharmacotherapy of social phobia. A controlled study with moclobemide and phenelzine.

    M Versiani;A E Nardi;F D Mundim;A B Alves

  • Attachment in individuals with social anxiety disorder: The relationship among adult attachment styles, social anxiety, and depression.

    Winnie Eng;Richard G. Heimberg;Trevor A. Hart;Franklin R. Schneier

  • Low dopamine D(2) receptor binding potential in social phobia.

    Franklin R. Schneier;Michael R. Liebowitz;Anissa Abi-Dargham;Yolanda Zea-Ponce

  • Antidepressant Specificity in Atypical Depression

    Michael R. Liebowitz;Frederic M. Quitkin;Jonathan W. Stewart;Patrick J. McGrath

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald F. Klein
Donald F. Klein New York University
Franklin R. Schneier
Franklin R. Schneier Columbia University
Abby J. Fyer
Abby J. Fyer Columbia University
Jack M. Gorman
Jack M. Gorman Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Eric Hollander
Eric Hollander Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Richard G. Heimberg
Richard G. Heimberg Temple University
Brian A. Fallon
Brian A. Fallon Columbia University
Patrick J. McGrath
Patrick J. McGrath Columbia University
Jonathan W. Stewart
Jonathan W. Stewart Columbia University
Frederic M. Quitkin
Frederic M. Quitkin Columbia University

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