Lewis A Opler

Biographic Data

ID3477592
NAMELewis A Opler
GIVEN NAMESLewis A
FAMILY NAMEOpler
SIGNATUREOPLER L A
AFFILIATIONSColumbia University
ORCID0000-0002-4443-8675
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS67
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX3

  • Caton Et Al. Respond

    Carol L M Caton, Patrick E Shrout et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2006References: 2

    We appreciate Alexander-Eitzman’s interest in our article and welcome the opportunity to respond to his letter. We take issue with his assertion that our approach in this study of risk factors for long-term homelessness is one where the “tools define the problem,”1(pXXX) with the implication that our predictor variables were heavily tilted toward the assessment of psychopathology. Although our assessment battery did include standardized assessmen…

  • Risk Factors for Long-Term Homelessness

    Carol L M Caton, Boanerges Dominguez et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Cited by: 40References: 20

    Objectives. We examined risk factors for long-term homelessness among newly homeless men and women who were admitted to New York City shelters in 2001 and 2002. Methods. Interviews were conducted with 377 study participants upon entry into the shelter and at 6-month intervals for 18 months. Standardized assessments of psychiatric diagnosis, symptoms, and coping skills; social and family history; and service use were analyzed. Kaplan—Meier surviva…

  • Risk factors for homelessness among women with schizophrenia

    Carol L M Caton, C L Caton et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1995Cited by: 14References: 13

    A study of risk factors for homelessness among the severely mentally ill was extended to include women, and a case-control study of 100 indigent women with schizophrenia meeting criteria for literal homelessness and 100 such women with no history of homelessness was conducted. Subjects were recruited from shelters, clinics, and inpatient psychiatric programs in New York City. Clinical interviewers used standardized research instruments to probe t…

  • Relationship between Neuroleptic Dose and Positive and Negative Symptoms

    Open AccessPatrick B Johnson, Lewis A Opler et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1994

    The present study explored possible connections between neuroleptic dose and the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenic patients. Zero-order correlations between medication dose as measured in CPZ equivalent units and standardized assessments of positive (hallucinations, delusions) and negative (blunted affect, poor rapport) symptoms were carried out on 28 hospitalized schizophrenics. While dose was positively related to over-all negativ…

  • Risk factors for homelessness among schizophrenic men

    Carol L M Caton, C L Caton et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1994Cited by: 13References: 18

    OBJECTIVES. To identify risk factors for homelessness among the severely mentally ill, we conducted a case-control study of 100 indigent schizophrenic men meeting criteria for literal homelessness and 100 such men with no homeless history. METHODS. Subjects were recruited from shelter, clinic, and inpatient psychiatric programs in Upper Manhattan. Clinical interviewers employed standardized research instruments to probe three domains of risk fact…

  • The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for Schizophrenia

    Stanley R Kay, Abraham Fiszbein et al.ARTICLESchizophrenia Bulletin1987

    The variable results of positive-negative research with schizophrenics underscore the importance of well-characterized, standardized measurement techniques. We report on the development and initial standardization of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for typological and dimensional assessment. Based on two established psychiatric rating systems, the 30-item PANSS was conceived as an operationalized, drug-sensitive instrument that p…