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Overview

Paul R. Duberstein is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans multiple fields related to health, medicine, and psychology, with a notable focus on public health, clinical psychology, and health professions.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions
  • Psychology

Subfields in which they have published extensively cover:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Oncology

Duberstein's research addresses several significant topics such as:

  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Cancer Survivorship and Care
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Their recent papers highlight various aspects of clinical and psychological health:

  • Assessment of Financial Toxicity Among Older Adults With Advanced Cancer, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Dialysis Regret, 2020, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Associations of Uncertainty With Psychological Health and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Advanced Cancer, 2020, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • Aging and Engaging: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Conversational Skills Coach for Older Adults, 2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Treatment decision-making in acute myeloid leukemia: a qualitative study of older adults and community oncologists, 2020, Leukemia & lymphoma/Leukemia and lymphoma

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul R. Duberstein include:

  • Ronald M. Epstein
  • Supriya G. Mohile
  • Kah Poh Loh
  • Fahad Saeed
  • Huiwen Xu

The scientist's work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Cancer

Best Publications

  • How Effective Are Interventions With Caregivers? An Updated Meta-Analysis

    Silvia Sörensen;Martin Pinquart;Paul Duberstein

  • Measuring patient-centered communication in patient-physician consultations: theoretical and practical issues.

    Ronald M. Epstein;Peter Franks;Kevin Fiscella;Cleveland G. Shields

  • Depression and cancer mortality: a meta-analysis.

    M. Pinquart;P. R. Duberstein

  • Relationships of Age and Axis I Diagnoses in Victims of Completed Suicide: A Psychological Autopsy Study

    Yeates Conwell;Paul R. Duberstein;Christopher Cox;John H. Herrmann

  • Risk factors for suicide in later life

    Yeates Conwell;Paul R. Duberstein;Eric D. Caine

  • Patient Trust: Is It Related to Patient-Centered Behavior of Primary Care Physicians?

    Kevin Fiscella;Sean Meldrum;Peter Franks;Cleveland G. Shields

  • Effects of antidepressant treatment on neuroactive steroids in major depression.

    E Romeo;A Ströhle;G Spalletta;F di Michele

  • Associations of social networks with cancer mortality: a meta-analysis.

    Martin Pinquart;Paul R. Duberstein

  • Dementia care: mental health effects, intervention strategies, and clinical implications

    Silvia Sörensen;Paul Duberstein;David Gill;Martin Pinquart

  • The impact of suicide on the family

    Julie Cerel;John R Jordan;Paul R Duberstein

  • A systematic review of physical illness, functional disability, and suicidal behaviour among older adults

    Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg;Gary Cheung;Silvia Sara Canetto;Annette Erlangsen

  • A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood

    Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg;Kimberly A van Orden;Paul Duberstein;Annette Erlangsen

  • 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

  • Age Differences in Behaviors Leading to Completed Suicide

    Yeates Conwell;Paul R. Duberstein;Christopher Cox;John Herrmann

  • Effect of a Patient-Centered Communication Intervention on Oncologist-Patient Communication, Quality of Life, and Health Care Utilization in Advanced Cancer: The VOICE Randomized Clinical Trial

    Ronald M. Epstein;Paul R. Duberstein;Joshua J. Fenton;Kevin Fiscella

  • Sexual Orientation and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents and Young Adults

    Vincent M.B. Silenzio;Juan B. Pena;Paul R. Duberstein;Julie Cerel

  • Psychological vulnerability to completed suicide: a review of empirical studies

    Kenneth R. Conner;Paul R. Duberstein;Yeates Conwell;Larry Seidlitz

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald M. Epstein
Ronald M. Epstein University of Rochester Medical Center
Yeates Conwell
Yeates Conwell University of Rochester Medical Center
Benjamin P. Chapman
Benjamin P. Chapman University of Rochester Medical Center
Supriya G. Mohile
Supriya G. Mohile University of Rochester Medical Center
Michael Hoerger
Michael Hoerger Tulane University
Marnin J. Heisel
Marnin J. Heisel University of Western Ontario
Kenneth R. Conner
Kenneth R. Conner University of Rochester Medical Center
Jeffrey M. Lyness
Jeffrey M. Lyness University of Rochester Medical Center
Richard L. Kravitz
Richard L. Kravitz University of California, Davis
Kevin Fiscella
Kevin Fiscella University of Rochester Medical Center

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