Regional Value Advisor, Behavioral Health

Psychiatry

Dr. Michael A. Weitzner, MD

Michael Weitzner works in the field of Psychiatry. He graduated from University of Texas Medical School. Michael Weitzner is a published physician. He has 37 papers published. The most current publication "Quality of life in cancer patients: use of a revised Hospice Index."

Publications

Interpersonal factors predict increased desire for hastened death in late-stage cancer patients.
Apathy and pituitary disease: it has nothing to do with depression.
Distinguishing fatigue and depression in patients with cancer.
Methodologic issues in collecting data from debilitated patients with cancer near the end of life.
Lead-in phase to randomized trial of motexafin gadolinium and whole-brain radiation for patients with brain metastases: centralized assessment of magnetic resonance im...
Preliminary evaluation of a clinical syndrome approach to assessing cancer-related fatigue.
A pilot trial of paroxetine for the treatment of hot flashes and associated symptoms in women with breast cancer.
Predictors of posttraumatic stress Disorder symptomatology following bone marrow transplantation for cancer.
Alcoholism, depression, and abnormal cognition in head and neck cancer: a pilot study.
Impact of coping skills intervention with family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer: a randomized clinical trial.
Barrett's esophagus and squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with psychogenic vomiting.
Improving pain outcomes of hospice patients with cancer.
How problematic are various aspects of quality of life in patients with cancer at the end of life?
Evaluation of the neurobehavioral functioning of patients before, during, and after bone marrow transplantation.
Quality of life in cancer patients: use of a revised Hospice Index.
Methylphenidate therapy improves cognition, Mood, and function of brain tumor patients.
The impact of pituitary disease on the family caregiver and overall family functioning.
Neuropsychiatry and pituitary disease: an overview.
Cognitive functioning and quality of life in malignant glioma patients: a review of the literature.
Symptom management issues in hospice care.
Relationship between quality of life and Mood in long-term survivors of breast cancer treated with mastectomy.
Developing a care giver quality-of-life instrument. Preliminary steps.
A retrospective study of the psychiatric management and outcome of delirium in the cancer patient.
Quality of life and neurobehavioural functioning in patients with malignant gliomas.
Patients with malignant meningitis presenting with neuropsychiatric manifestations.
Psychosocial functioning and quality of life in patients with primary brain tumors.
The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) scale. Development of a brain subscale and revalidation of the general version (FACT-G) in patients with primary bra...
Neurobehavioral functioning and quality of life in patients treated for cancer of the central nervous system.
Methylphenidate in the treatment of neurobehavioral slowing associated with cancer and cancer treatment.
The family caregiver of the older cancer patient.
The Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC) scale: development and validation of an instrument to measure quality of life of the family caregiver of patients wi...
The Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC) Scale: revalidation in a home hospice setting.
Family caregiver quality of life: differences between curative and palliative cancer treatment settings.
Psychosocial and neuropsychiatric aspects of patients with primary brain tumors.
Borderline personality Disorder and bone marrow transplantation: ethical considerations and review.
Cancer and folie ÃƒÂ deux: case report, treatment, and implications.

Schools

University of Texas At Houston Medical School At Houston
University Of Nm School Of Med
University Tx Med School At Houston

Procedures Preformed

Psychiatric Evaluation

Conditions Treated

Adjustment Disorder
Alcoholism (Alcohol Dependence)
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Anxiety
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Doctors Specialties

Psychiatry

Accepted Insurances

Education

University of New Mexico
University of Texas Health Science Center
University of Texas Medical School

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