Karl Rickels

Emeritus Professor of 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.
Permanent linkAbitur
Berlin-Lichtenberg, 1942.
M.D.
Muenster University, Germany , 1951.
Selected Publications
Rickels K, Etemad B, Rynn MA, Lohoff FW, Mandos LA, Gallop R: Remission of generalized anxiety disorder after 6 months of open-label treatment with venlafaxine XR. Pschotherapy and Psychosomatics 82: 363 - 371, 2013.Teff KL, Rickels MR, Grudziak J, Fuller C, Nguyen H-L, Rickels K: Antipsychotic-induced insulin resistance and post prandial hormonal dysregulation independent of weight gain or psychiatric disease. Diabetes 62: 3232 - 3240, 2013.
Rickels K: A serendipitous life: From German POW to American psychiatrist. Notting Hill Press 2011.
Rickels K, Etemad B, Khalid-Khan S, Lohoff FW, Rynn MA, Gallop RJ: Time to relapse after 6 and 12 months' treatment of generalized anxiety disorder with venlafaxine extended release. Archives of General Psychiatry 67(12): 1274 - 1281, 2010.
Freeman EW. Rickels K. Sammel MD. Lin H. Sondheimer SJ. : Time to relapse after short- or long-term treatment of severe premenstrual syndrome with sertraline. Archives of General Psychiatry 66(5): 537 - 544, May 2009.
Rickels K. Garcia-Espana F. Mandos LA. Case GW. : Physician Withdrawal Checklist (PWC-20) Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 28(4): 447-51, August 2008.
Baenninger A, Costa e Silva JA, Hindmarch I, Moeller H-J, Rickels K: Good chemistry: The life and legacy of valium inventor Leo Sternbach. McGraw-Hill 2004.
Freeman EW, Rickels K: Early childbearing: Perspectives of black adolescents on pregnancy, abortion, and contraception. Sage Publications, Inc. 1993.
Benkert O, Maier W, Rickels K: Methodology of the evaluation of psychotropic drugs. Springer-Verlag 1990.
Rickels K: Non-specific factors in drug therapy. Charles C. Thomas, Inc. 1968.