Department of Psychiatry

Stanley N. Caroff

Professor of Psychiatry at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

Department: Psychiatry

Contact information

Psychiatry Service (116A)
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
University and Woodland Avenues
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 2158234066
Fax: 2158234610

Email:
stanley.caroff@va.gov

Links
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service

Education:
B.A. (Anthropology)
Columbia University, 1971.
M.D. (Medicine)
Mount Sinai Medical School, 1975.

Permanent link

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Description of Research Expertise

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome,
Tardive dyskinesia
Antipsychotic pharmacology
Drug-induced hyperthermic disorders

Description of Clinical Expertise

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome,
Tardive dyskinesia
Antipsychotic pharmacology
Drug-induced hyperthermic disorders

Selected Publications

Caroff SN, Martine R, Kleiner-Fisman G, Eisa M, Stern MB, Duda JE: Treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesias with donepezil. World Parkinson Congress, Washnigton DC, February 22-26, 2006 2006.

Sayers SL, Campbell EC, Kondrich J, Mann SC, Cornish J, O'Brien CP, Caroff SN: Cocaine abuse in schizophrenic patients treated with olanzapine versus haloperidol. J Nerv Ment Dis 193: 379-386, June 2005.

Mann, S.C., Caroff, S.N: Malignant catatonia. In, Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment., The Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ,. Frucht, S.J., Fahn, S. (eds.). Page: 53-67, 2005.

Caroff, S.C., Mann, S.C, Obeso, J., Campbell, E.C., Sullivan, K.A: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. In, Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment., The Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ. Frucht, S.J., Fahn, S. (eds.). Page: 41-51, 2005.

Warman DM, Grant P, Sullivan K, Caroff S, Beck AT: Individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy for schizophrenia: a pilot investigation. J Psychiatric Practice 11: 27-34, 2005.

Neimark G, Caroff SN, Stinnett JL: Medically unexplained physical symptoms: an overview. Psychiatric Annals 35: 298-305, April 2005.

Mann SC, Caroff SN: Malignant catatonia European Psychiatry 20(supp1): S39, 2005.

Caroff SN, Sullivan KA, Campbell EC: Changing trends in the epidemiology of catatonia. World J Biological Psychiatry 6(supp1): 67, June 2005.

Lieberman JA, Stroup TS, McEvoy JP, Swartz MS, Rosenheck RA, Perkins DO, Keefe RSE, Davis SM, Davis CE, Lebowitz BD, Seever J, Hsiao JK, CATIE investigators: Effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs in patients with chronic schizophrenia. N Engl J Med 353:1209-1223 353: 1209-1223, 2005.

Groff KE, Lam C, Caroff SN: Extrapontine myelinolysis resembling neuroleptic malignant syndrome. J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:620-621, 2005 25: 620-621, 2005.