Lancer Naghdechi

Factors Affecting Long-term Lithium Compliance in Bipolar Patients

Eric D. Peselow, Rebecca Long, Alexander Joseph Steiner, Demetria R. Pizano, Lancer Naghdechi, Nermeen Akladios & Waguih William IsHak · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

Background: Mood stabilizers such as lithium are effective agents to treat bipolar disorder and are known to decrease suicide rates. This paper looks to explore the variables associated with compliance and specifically compare and contrast compliant and non-compliant patient grou...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/26987

Examining the Impact of Patient-Reported Hope for Improvement and Patient Satisfaction with Clinician/Treatment on the Outcome of Major Depressive Disorder Treatment

Waguih William IsHak, Jennice Vilhauer, Richard Kwock, Fan Wu, Sherif Gohar, Katherine Collison, Shannon Nicole Thomas, Lancer Naghdechi & David Elashoff · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

Aims: This analysis aims at examining if patient-reported variables such as hope for improvement and patient satisfaction with clinician/treatment could influence the outcome major depressive disorder (MDD) treatment, namely depression remission, in the Sequenced Treatment Altern...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/26203