Douglas Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Projects & Medical Papers

1. Berger D: DOUBLE-BLINDING AND BIAS IN MEDICATION AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY TRIALS FOR MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, F1000Research 2016, 4:638 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.6953.2)

2. Berger D: DOUBLE BLINDING REQUIREMENT FOR VALIDITY CLAIMS IN COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY INTERVENTION TRIALS FOR MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER. Analysis of Hollon S, et al., Effect of cognitive therapy with antidepressant medications vs antidepressants alone on the rate of recovery in major depressive disorder: a randomized clinical trial, F1000Research 2015, 4:639 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.6954.1)

3. Berger D: COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY: ESCAPE FROM THE BINDS OF TIGHT METHODOLOGY, Psychiatric Times, July 30, 2013.

4. Berger D: TESTS, TESTING, AND TESTED -WE NEED TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE MEANING OF TESTS IN PSYCHIATRY, Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2013;55:200-3.

5. Berger D: AN EPIDEMIC OF DEPRESSION, Psychiatric Times, (Letter) 26:6, May 12, 2009.

6. Berger D, Eames D, Prados-Ruano P: MENTAL HEALTH CARE OF WESTERN EXPATRIATES IN TOKYO, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6:5, 321-325, September 2008.

7. Berger D: ROLE OF COGNITIVE THERAPY IN DEPRESSION TREATMENT, Psychiatric Times, (Letter) 25:7, June, p.78; 2008.

8. Berger D: METHODOLOGIC ISSUES IN THE CLINICAL TRIAL STUDY OF DEPRESSION, Pharma Japan, 2083; 18-19. March 24, 2008.

9. Berger D: DEFENSES CAN SABOTAGE THE THERAPY, Psychiatric Times, 12:12, 23-27, Special Edition, October 2005.

10. Berger D: ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG DEVELOPENT IN JAPAN: CURRENT PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE HORIZONS, Clinical Research Focus, 16:7, 32-35, Sept 2005.

11. Berger D: ADDITIONAL ECNP DATA (Letter), Psychiatric Times, 21:9, August, p.14;2004.

12. Berger D: PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE JAPANESE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIST IN JAPAN (in Japanese), Gendai No Esupuri (Lesprit Daujourdhui), 423:191-198;2002.

13. Berger D: PSYCHIATRIC CARE OF THE FOREIGN COMMUNITY IN JAPAN (in Japanese), Gendai No Esupuri (Lesprit Daujourdhui), 412: 76-86;2001.

14. Berger D: PSYCHOTHERAPY PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICATION MANAGEMENT: SSRI INDUCED APATHY (Letter), Psychiatric Times, 16:8, August, p.7;1999.

15. Berger D, Fukunishi I, Wogan J, Kuboki T: ALEXITHYMIC TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF DIFFICULTIES WITH ADJUSTMENT IN AN OUTPATIENT COHORT OF EXPATRIATES IN TOKYO, Psychological Reports, 85:67-77;1999.

16. Berger D, Fukunishi I, Hosaka T, O'Dowd MA, Kuboki T, Ishikawa Y: A COMPARISON OF JAPANESE AND AMERICAN PSYCHIATRISTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS PATIENTS WISHING TO DIE IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 66:319-328;1997.

17. Berger D, Takahashi Y, Fukunishi I, Hosaka T, O'Dowd MA, Ono Y, Kuboki T, Ishikawa Y: JAPANESE PSYCHAITRISTS ATTITUDES TOWARDS PATIENTS WISHING TO DIE IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 6(4):470-479;1997.

18. Berger D, Fukunishi I: PERSONALITY DISORDERS IN PSORIASIS, Psychological Reports, 80:877-878;1997.

19. Fukunishi I, Kaji N, Hosaka T, Berger D, Rahe R: RELATIONSHIP OF ALEXITHYMIA AND POOR SOCIAL SUPPORT TO ULCERATIVE CHANGES ON GASTROFIBERSCOPY, Psychosomatics, 38:20-26;1997.

20. Berger D, Fukunishi I: PSYCHIATRIC DRUG DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN, Science, 273 (July 19), 318-319;1996.

21. Nomura S, Shigemura J, Nakamura M, Hosaka T, Berger D, Takahashi Y: EVALUATION OF THE FIRST MEDICAL PSYCHIATRY UNIT IN JAPAN, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 50, 305-308;1996.

22. Ono Y, Berger D, Saito S, Takahashi Y, Ishikawa Y, Tezuka I, Nakamura K, Suematsu H, Asai M: RELATIONSHIP OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE TO PSYCHIATRIC DISTRESS, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, AND EATING DISORDER SEVERITY IN JAPANESE BULIMICS, European Eating Disorders Review, 4(2):121-130;1996.

23. Fukunishi I, Berger D: COMMENT ON "PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS IN PSORIASIS": A CRITICAL ANALYSIS, Psychological Reports, 78:1265-1266;1996.

24. Takahashi Y, Berger D: CULTURAL DYNAMICS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS IN SUICIDE IN JAPAN, in Suicide and the Unconscious, Leenaars A. and Lester D. (Eds.), Northvale, Jason Aronson, pp. 248-258;1996.

25. Ono Y, Berger D: ZEN AND THE ART OF PRACTICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY: BRIEF SESSION COGNITIVE THERAPY, Journal of Practical Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, (Journal Name Changed to: Journal of Psychiatric Practice) 1:203-214;1995.

26. Berger D: PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE IN THE INNER-CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL (in Japanese) Gendai No Esupuri (Lesprit Daujourdhui), 340:162-170;1995.

27. Berger D: RISK OF SUICIDE IN PHYSICAL ILLNESS, Kokoro No Kagaku [Human Mind] (in Japanese), 63: 31-35;1995.

28. Fukunishi I, Hosaka T, Berger D: SOCIOCULTURAL DIFFERENCES ON HOSTILITY IN ALEXITHYMIC PERSONS, Psychological Reports, 77:253-254;1995.

29. Berger D: SUICIDE RISK IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 49, Suppl. 1, S85-89;1995.

30. Berger D, Ono Y, Saito S, Shirahase J, Tezuka I, Masahiro A, Kuboki T, Suematsu H: RELATIONSHIP OF PARENTAL BONDING TO CHILD ABUSE AND DISSOCIATION IN EATING DISORDERS IN JAPAN, Acta Psychiatrica Scand, 91:278-282;1995.

31. Berger D, Ono Y, Tezuka I, Shirahase J, Saito S, Suematsu H: DISSOCIATION AND CHILD ABUSE HISTORIES IN AN EATING DISORDER COHORT IN JAPAN, Acta Psychiatrica Scand, 90:274-280;1994.

32. Berger D: INNER-CITY PSYCHIATRIC PRACITCE IN AMERICA (in Japanese), Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry Newsletter, 206:1-2;1994.

33. Berger D, Ono Y, Nakajima K, Suematsu H: DISSOCIATIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY IN JAPAN (Letter), American Journal of Psychiatry, 151:1, 148-149;1994.

34. Berger D, Ono Y, Suematsu H: THEORIES OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION A REAPPRAISAL (Letter), Archives of General Psychiatry, 51:432;1994.

35. Berger D, Ono Y, Kumano H, Suematsu H : THE JAPANESE CONCEPT OF INTERDEPENDENCY (Letter), American Journal of Psychiatry, 151:4, 628-629;1994.

36. Berger D: SUICIDE EVALUATION IN MEDICAL PATIENTS: A PILOT STUDY, General Hospital Psychiatry, 15:2, 75-81;1993.

37. Berger D, Ono Y, Shirahase J, Saito S, Nakajima K, Suematsu H: DISSOCIATIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS IN EATING DISORDERED VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE (in Japanese), The Japanese Journal of Stress Sciences (Nihon Sutoresu GakkaiShi), 7:2, 73;1992.

38. Berger D, Nezu S, Iga T, Hosaka T, Nakamura S: INFORMATION PROCESSING EFFECT ON SACCADIC REACTION TIME IN SCHIZOPHRENIA, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neurology, (Journal Name Changed to: Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology) 3:2, 80-97;1990.

39. Berger D: ALCOHOLISM A MYTH? (Letter), Skeptical Inquirer, 14:4, 441;1990.

40. Berger D: PSYCHOSIS AND POSSESSION (Letter), Skeptical Inquirer, 13:1, 92;1988.

41. Berger D: ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND ON THE CULTURE AND CUSTOMS IN JAPAN, Tokai Journal of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, 10:6, 637-645;1985.

42. Berger D: USES OF CT SCANNING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA, (Unpublished);1984.

43. Berger D: AN OVERVIEW OF THE ANATOMICAL RELATIONSHIPS, TECHNIQUE, AND COMPLICATIONS OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHERIZATION VIA PERCUTANEOUS IV SUBCLAVIAN CANNULIZATION, WITH SELECTED CASE HISTORIES, (Unpublished);1984.

44. Berger D: A REVIEW OF MATERNAL-FETAL IMMUNOLOGY AND THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH THE FETUS IS ACCEPTED AS AN ALLOGRAFT, (Unpublished);1983.

45. Berger D: AN EVALUATION OF THE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH ATRIAL PACING AT THE NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, (Unpublished);1979.

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