John J Misiaszek

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Misiaszek, J. J. (2003). Mood Stabilizers in Psychiatry. In Mood Stabilizers in Psychiatry(pp 1965-1989). John Wiley and Sons.
• Misiaszek, J. J., & Gelenberg, A. (2002). Expanding Options to Treat Bipolar Disorder: Science Informs Practice. In Bipolar Disorder.
• Misiaszek, J. J. (1998). Emotional Disorders with Somatic Expressions. In Decision Making in Internal Medicine. Mosby Yearbook.

Journals/Publications

• Misiaszek, J. J. (2010). CSF Neurochemicals During Tryptophan Depletion in Individuals with Remitted Depression and Healthy Controls. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 20, 18-24.
• Dorfman, J., Kihlstrom, J. F., Cork, R. C., & Misiaszek, J. (1995). Priming and recognition in ECT-induced amnesia. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2(2), 244-8.
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  Priming and recognition were tested in patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment of a psychiatric disorder. Patients studied a list of words just prior to ECT and then received memory tests for those words after recovering from ECT. Stem-cued recall was poor (retrograde amnesia), but priming on word-stem completion was preserved. Recognition was poor on a "high-criterion" test requiring a retrieval-based judgment but partially intact on a "low-criterion" test requiring a familiarity-based judgment. The results support the familiarity-retrieval distinction in two-component theories of recognition and suggest that signal detection measures of sensitivity are not wholly independent of response criteria.
• Misiaszek, J. J. (1995). Priming and recognition in ECT-Induced Amnesia. Psychonomic Bullletin and Review, 144-148.
• Misiaszek, J. J., & Misiaszek, J. (1991). Evaluating the Deaf Patient. Directions in Psychiatry, 11(11).
• Breslow, M. F., Fankhauser, M. P., Potter, R. L., & Misiaszek, J. (1989). Diet-induced panic symptoms. The American journal of psychiatry, 146(1), 122-3.
• Breslow, M. F., Fankhauser, M. P., Potter, R. L., Meredith, K. E., Misiaszek, J., & Hope, D. G. (1989). Role of gamma-aminobutyric acid in antipanic drug efficacy. The American journal of psychiatry, 146(3), 353-6.
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  All effective pharmacologic agents used to treat panic disorder augment gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transmission. Anxiolytics and antidepressants that lack GABA activity are not effective in panic disorder. To test the hypothesis that GABA activity is a component of antipanic drug efficacy, the authors treated nine medication-free panic disorder subjects with oral baclofen (30 mg/day for 4 weeks) in a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. Baclofen, a selective GABA agonist, was significantly more effective than placebo in reducing the number of panic attacks and scores on the Hamilton anxiety scale, Zung scale, and Katz-R nervousness subscale. The authors discuss possible mechanisms of antipanic drug efficacy.
• Misiaszek, J. J., Beutler, L., List, D., Eth, S., & Harrison, S. (1987). Clinical Exchange, Obtrusive Memories of Torture. Journal of Intrgrative and Eclectic Psychotherapy, 6(3), 351-373.
• Misiaszek, J., Crago, M., & Potter, R. L. (1987). Patients with combined physical and psychiatric problems. Psychosomatics, 28(12), 622-7, 631.
• Misiaszek, J., Gray, F., & Yates, A. (1987). The calming effects of negative air ions on manic patients: a pilot study. Biological psychiatry, 22(1), 107-10.
• Misiaszek, J. J., Yates, A., Gray, F., & Wolman, W. (1986). Air Ions: Past Problems and Future Directions. Environment International, 12, 99-108.
• Misiaszek, J., Novak, R., & Potter, R. L. (1986). Psychiatric morbidity in heart patients. Psychiatric medicine, 4(3), 269-76.
• Leehey, K., & Misiaszek, J. (1985). Poor job quality and the decline of public psychiatry. Hospital & community psychiatry, 36(11), 1180-7.
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  The alarming drop in the number of public-sector psychiatrists in recent years has caused great concern and has prompted efforts to attract young, talented psychiatrists to the public mental health system. To investigate their belief that poor job quality is an important contributor to the decline, the authors asked ten young public psychiatrists to rate their overall level of job satisfaction, to identify what they liked and disliked about their positions, and to speculate about what could be done to attract or retain public psychiatrists. Based on the psychiatrists' responses and a review of the relevant literature, the authors conclude that the public mental health field can better attract psychiatrists by facilitating their autonomy, promoting a medical model of mental illness, integrating public and private psychiatry, and improving benefits and salaries.
• Misiaszek, J. J., & Potter, R. L. (1985). Atypical neuroleptic malignant syndrome responsive to conservative management. Psychosomatics, 26(1), 62-3, 66.
• Misiaszek, J., Dooling, J., Gieseke, M., Melman, H., Misiaszek, J. G., & Jorgensen, K. (1985). Diagnostic consideration in deaf patients. Comprehensive psychiatry, 26(6), 513-21.
• Misiaszek, J. (1984). Increasing medical students' awareness of psychological concomitants of illness. Journal of medical education, 59(3), 203-5.
• Misiaszek, J., & Potter, R. L. (1984). Transition from residency training to academia. The Psychiatric quarterly, 56(3), 209-14.
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  Anxious and depressive reactions during transitions from psychiatry residency to career settings have been reported. The authors describe difficulties encountered in their transition from psychiatry residency to academic psychiatry within the same program. Four stages of transition are described: Termination--a time of separation and grief over losses; Adjustment--a time of ambivalence and uncertainty; Identity Formation--a time of increased productivity and comfort; Consolidation--a time of accomplishment and compatibility of life goals. Women may additionally encounter gender-specific problems in entering a predominantly male profession. The development of supportive relationships within and outside work settings are viewed as the best methods of coping with transitional stress.
• Misiaszek, J., Cork, R. C., Hameroff, S. R., Finley, J., & Weiss, J. L. (1984). The effect of electroconvulsive therapy on plasma beta-endorphin. Biological psychiatry, 19(3), 451-5.
• Mangotich, M., & Misiaszek, J. (1983). Atypical psychosis in Usher's syndrome. Psychosomatics, 24(7), 674-5.
• Lebowitz, M. D., Bendheim, P., Cristea, G., Markovitz, D., Misiaszek, J., Staniec, M., & Van Wyck, D. (1974). The effect of air pollution and weather on lung function in exercising children and adolescents. The American review of respiratory disease, 109(2), 262-73.

Reviews

• Misiaszek, J. J. (1986. Book Review: Emotional Rehabilitation of Physical Trauma and Disability. David W. Krueger, M.D. (ed)(pp 251-252). American Journal of Psychiatry.