Karl Rickels
Stuart and Emily B.H. Mudd Professor of Behavoiur and Reproduction in Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Psychiatry
Mood and Anxiety Disoders Treatment and Research Program
3535 Market Street, Suite 670
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Psychiatry
Mood and Anxiety Disoders Treatment and Research Program
3535 Market Street, Suite 670
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 746-6417
Fax: (215) 746-6551
Fax: (215) 746-6551
Email:
KRICKELS@MAIL.MED.UPENN.EDU
KRICKELS@MAIL.MED.UPENN.EDU
Education:
Abitur
Berlin-Lichtenberg, 1942.
M.D.
Muenster University, Germany , 1951.
Abitur
Berlin-Lichtenberg, 1942.
M.D.
Muenster University, Germany , 1951.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship, Internal Medicine, Microbiology, Radiology, Dortmund Hospital, Germany , 1951-1952.
Serology, Microbiology, Anatomical Pathology, Universities of Erlangen and Frankfurt, City Hospital of Kassel, West Germany, 1952-1954.
Psychiatric Resident, Mental Health Institute, Cherokee, Iowa, 1954-1955.
Psychiatric Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1955-1957.
Permanent linkInternship, Internal Medicine, Microbiology, Radiology, Dortmund Hospital, Germany , 1951-1952.
Serology, Microbiology, Anatomical Pathology, Universities of Erlangen and Frankfurt, City Hospital of Kassel, West Germany, 1952-1954.
Psychiatric Resident, Mental Health Institute, Cherokee, Iowa, 1954-1955.
Psychiatric Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1955-1957.
Selected Publications
Baenninger A, Costa e Silva JA, Hindmarch I, Moeller H-J, Rickels K: Good Chemistry: The Life and Legacy of Valium Inventor Leo Sternbach. New York, NY: McGaw-Hill, 2004.Freeman EW, Rickels K, Sondheimer SJ, Polansky M, Xiao S: Continuous or Intermittent Dosing with Sertraline for Patients with Severe Premenstrual Syndrome or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Am J Psychiatry 16(12): 343-351, 2003.
Rynn M, Garcia-Espana F, Greenblatt DJ, Mandos LA, Schweizer E, Rickels K: Imipramine and buspirone in patients with panic disorder who are discontinuing long-term benzodiazepine therapy. J Clin Psychopharmacology 23(5): 505-508, 2003.
Rickels K, Zaninelli R, McCafferty J, Bellew J, Iyengar M, Sheehan David: Paroxetine Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Am J Psychiatry 160: 749-756, 2003.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Symptomatology, Pathogenesis and Management. Nutt D, Rickels K, Stein DJ (eds.). Martin Dunitz, London, 2002.
Rickels K, Rynn M: Pharmacotherapy of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 63(14): 9-16, 2002.
Freeman EW, Frye CA, Rickels K, Martin PAG, Smith SS: Allopregnanolone Levels and Symptom Improvement in Severe Premenstrual Syndrome. J Clin Psychopharmacology 22(5): 516-520, 2002.
Moeller, HJ and Rickels, K: Rational and Appropriate Prescribing of the Benzodiazepines. Aberdeenshire, The Media Partnership, 2001.
Rynn MA, Siqueland L, Rickels K: Placebo-Controlled Trial of Sertraline in the Treatment of Children with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Am J Psychiatry 158(12): 2008-2014, 2001.
Freeman EW, Rickels K, Yonkers KA, Kunz NR, McPherson MK, Upton GV: Venlafaxine in the Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Obstet & Gynecol 98(5): 737-744, 2001.
