Professor of Psychiatry, Va Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Psychiatry
Dr. James L. Levenson, MD
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James Levenson practices Psychiatry. He researched medicine at New York Medical College. He received 2 awards: "Regional Top Doctor" and "Top MD". James Levenson is a published physician as well. He has 96 publications published. The latest was: The lesson of Icarus.
Publications
- Emergent use of mechanical circulatory support devices: ethical dilemmas.
- Readiness for Behavior Change in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Implications for Multidisciplinary Care Models.
- Tradeoffs between validity and utility in the diagnosis of Somatic Symptom Disorder.
- Diagnosis of somatic symptom Disorder requires clinical judgment.
- Somatic Symptom Disorder: An important change in DSM.
- Psychological and psychiatric aspects of treatment of obesity and nonAlcoholic Fatty liver disease.
- The somatoform Disorders: 6 characters in search of an author.
- An international consensus study of neuroleptic malignant syndrome diagnostic criteria using the delphi method.
- Issues for DSM-5: Conversion Disorder.
- Children as living organ donors: current views and practice in the United States.
- An anonymous survey of psychosomatic medicine fellowship directors regarding breaches of contracts and a proposal for prevention.
- Comparisons of high versus low emergency department utilizers in sickle cell disease.
- A forgotten diagnosis: simple Schizophrenia in a patient with breast cancer.
- An opportunity to correct an error and any misimpressions.
- Electroconvulsive therapy in a candidate for heart transplant with an implantable cardiovertor defibrillator and cardiac contractility modulator.
- Factitious wound infections in an altruistic living liver donor.
- Depression and Anxiety in adults with sickle cell disease: the PiSCES project.
- Daily assessment of pain in adults with sickle cell disease.
- Alcohol abuse in sickle cell disease: the Pisces Project.
- Patient satisfaction in specialized versus nonspecialized adult sickle cell care centers: the PiSCES study.
- A shot in the dark: failing to recognize the link between physical and mental illness.
- Factitious ovarian cancer: feigning via resources on the internet.
- Gender differences in pain and healthcare utilization for adult sickle cell patients: The PiSCES Project.
- Understanding pain and improving management of sickle cell disease: the PiSCES study.
- On sound and unsound mind: the role of suicide in tort and insurance litigation.
- Images in psychosomatic medicine: the clock-drawing test.
- Psychosomatic medicine: a new psychiatric subspecialty.
- Reversible dementia due to thalidomide therapy for multiple myeloma.
- Burning mouth syndrome as a side effect of SSRIs.
- Update in psychiatry.
- Psychological assessment and care of organ transplant patients.
- Psychiatric presentations of non-HIV infectious diseases. Neurocysticercosis, Lyme disease, and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric Disorder associated with streptoc...
- Out of the blue: psychological profile of an unsolicited organ donor.
- Conversion Disorder: current problems and potential solutions for DSM-5.
- Decision-making, emotional diStress, and quality of life in patients affected by the recall of their implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
- Raising standards of research reporting in the Journal.
- Somatic symptom burden in adults with sickle cell disease predicts pain, depression, Anxiety, health care utilization, and quality of life: the PiSCES project.
- Response to "The guideline ''consultation psychiatry'' of the Netherlands Psychiatric Association".
- Pain site frequency and location in sickle cell disease: the PiSCES project.
- Core competencies for fellowship training in psychosomatic medicine: a collaborative effort by the APA Council on Psychosomatic Medicine, the ABPN Psychosomatic Commit...
- Psychosomatic medicine: future tasks and priorities for the new psychiatric subspecialty.
- The role of catastrophizing in sickle cell disease--the PiSCES project.
- A rose by any other name is still a rose.
- Health related quality of life in sickle cell patients: the PiSCES project.
- Psychosocial assessment of living organ donors: clinical and ethical considerations.
- Psychosocial assessment of organ transplant candidates. Current status of methodological and philosophical issues.
- Psychosocial evaluation of organ transplant candidates. A comparative survey of process, criteria, and outcomes in heart, liver, and kidney transplantation.
- Rating scales for the psychosocial evaluation of organ transplant candidates. Comparison of the PACT and TERS with bone marrow transplant patients.
- Psychiatric aspects of heart transplantation.
- A randomized controlled study of psychiatric consultation guided by screening in general medical inpatients.
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a review.
- Update in addiction medicine.
- Validation of a cognitive test for delirium in medical ICU patients.
- Relation of psychopathology in general medical inpatients to use and cost of services.
- Psychosocial evaluation of heart transplant candidates: an international survey of process, criteria, and outcomes.
- Long-term outcome after neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
- Achieving excellence in consultation-liaison research. Barriers and opportunities.
- Psychological factors affecting end-stage renal disease. A review.
- The role of psychological factors in cancer onset and progression.
- The milestones for psychosomatic medicine subspecialty training.
- Medical Disorders in the schizophrenic patient.
- The consulting psychiatrist and the polydipsia-hyponatremia syndrome in Schizophrenia.
- Somatoform Disorders in DSM-V.
- Abbreviated cognitive test for delirium.
- Psychopathology and pain in medical in-patients predict resource use during hospitalization but not rehospitalization.
- Methodology in consultation-liaison research: a classification of biases.
- Neuroleptic therapy following neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
- Controversial decisions regarding treatment and DNR: an algorithmic Guide for the Uncertain in Decision-Making Ethics (GUIDE).
- Consultation-liaison psychiatry research: more like a ground cover than a hedgerow.
- The use of psychotropics in the medically ill.
- High-dose intravenous haloperidol for agitated delirium following lung transplantation.
- Shortage of donor organs and long waits.
- Ethical dilemmas in the treatment of patients following traumatic brain injury.
- Differing perspectives on diagnostic proposals for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.
- Denial and medical outcome in unstable angina.
- The general hospital as a center of biopsychosocial training.
- Psychological factors predict symptoms of severe recurrent genital herpes infection.
- Major depression in patients with cardiac disease: diagnosis and somatic treatment.
- Fluoxetine treatment of depression caused by interferon-alpha.
- Patients requesting psychiatric hospitalization.
- Psychosocial interventions in chronic medical illness. An overview of outcome research.
- Perceptions of housestaff Stress and dysfunction within the academic medical center.
- Graduate medical education faces housestaff Stress: institutional dynamics and group process.
- The lesson of Icarus.
- Experimental study of psychiatric consultation for unrecognized psychopathology in general medical inpatients.
- Psychiatric side effects associated with the ten most commonly dispensed prescription Drugs: a review.
- Liver transplantation for Alcoholic cirrhosis.
- Sexual dysfunction, social malAdjustment, and psychiatric disorders in women seeking treatment in a premenstrual syndrome clinic.
- Psychopathology in medical inpatients and its relationship to length of hospital stay: a pilot study.
- Lithium treatment of mania in a patient with recurrent ventricular tachycardia.
- Nurses and psychiatric liaison.
- Tricyclic antidepressants in nine heart transplant recipients.
- Tricyclic antidepressants and malignant hyperthermia.
- Position paper on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Dysosmia, dysgeusia, and nifedipine.
Schools
Univ Of Mi Med Sch
University Of Oregon
University Of Colorado
Westchester County Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Testing
- Psychotherapy and Psychophysiological Therapy (incl. Biofeedback)
Conditions Treated
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Conversion Disorder
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Doctors Specialties
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Psychiatry
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Top MD
Education
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New York Medical College -
University of Colorado -
Oregon Health & Science University -
University of Michigan Medical School
Hospital
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University of Virginia Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1538240759 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LEVENSON | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JAMES | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 232980510 | |
| NPPES Provider State | VA | |
| Specialty Description | Psychiatry | |
| Total Claim Count | 793.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 2.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 24.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 3.03 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1538240759 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LEVENSON |
| First Name Of The Provider | JAMES |
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