Robert T Rubín
Biographic Data
| ID | 6812925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert T Rubín |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert T |
| FAMILY NAME | Rubín |
| SIGNATURE | RUBÍN R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | UCLA Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0304-4303 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bridging the Gap
We highlight the safety concerns, improved quality of life, and other benefits of timely recognition and treatment of mental illness in unhoused populations
Dance for Veterans
Background: Dance for Veterans, composed of physical, psychological and social elements, is a new patient-centered and recovery-oriented treatment modality for veterans diagnosed with serious mental illness; that is, chronic and functionally impairing psychoses, traumatic stress disorders, and mood and anxiety disorders. This report outlines the development of Dance for Veterans over the past several years within the VA Greater Los Angeles Health…
Art appreciation for veterans with severe mental illness in a VA Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center
Considerable research has shown the positive effects of art, music and drama therapy on mental health and well-being. In September 2012, a weekly Art Appreciation class was initiated at the Veterans Affairs (VA) West Los Angeles (WLA) Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC) for veterans with severe mental illness. There are 106 VA PRRCs throughout the USA, designed to be transitional learning centers with curriculum-based intervent…
Mute Child in the House of the Spirit
The house of the spirit in the title refers to the creative mind of the writer—incorporating the roots that have fed that mind. The mute child is the writer-self that has reverted to the status of a patronized, inarticulate child in the course of the material and psychological struggle for creative survival in circumstances where the language of the writer differs from the language of the community. This article refers to some aspects of the abov…
Psychological and physiological assessments on American hostages freed from captivity in Iran
Medical evaluations of 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days included psychological testing and physiological measurements. Psychological testing utilized the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16-PF) and focused on the stress management capabilities of the group upon their arrival at Wiesbaden, West Germany. Physiological testing utilized plasma and urinary cortisol along with…
Anxiety Induced by Flooding Therapy for Phobias Does Not Elicit Prolactin Secretory Response
Eight subjects with severe phobias to insects and small animals had blood samples taken for measurement of prolactin concentration at regular intervals during five sessions of 3 hr duration each. Severe anxiety was induced by treating the phobia with in vivo flooding during the middle hour of the third and fourth sessions. Despite intense anxiety experienced by the subjects, they showed no change in plasma prolactin levels
Secretion of Hormones Influencing Water and Electrolyte Balance (Antidiuretic Hormone, Aldosterone, Prolactin) during Sleep in Normal Adult Men
Renal conservation of electrolytes and water occurs normally during sleep. Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), aldosterone (ALDO), and prolactin (PRL) are hormones that may have interactive effects on kidney function. The availability of a radioimmunoassay for ADH as well as for ALDO and PRL permitted the study of the simultaneous secretion patterns of these three hormones during all-night sleep in eight normal young adult men, by blood sampling every 20…
The Three Investigators Study. Serum Uric Acid, Cholesterol, and Cortisol Variability During Stresses of Everyday Life
Serum uric acid, cholesterol, and cortisol variability were studied, semiweekly, over three to six months' time in three medical investigators as they underwent the stresses of everyday life. These men maintained diaries of their life events, with particular references to moods and feelings engendered by these events. Marked elevations in serum cholesterol was seen in one investigator throughout an unpleasant residential move; repeated peaks in s…
Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, and Growth Hormone Secretion in Normal Adult Men During Sleep and Dreaming
The patterns of LH, FSH and GH release during all-night sleep were studied in 16 normal young adult men, sampled on two consecutive nights. The release of both gonadotropins occurred in random, unrelated peaks that showed no consistency between subjects or from night to night in the same subject. No circadian or ultradian rhythm was discernible for either LH or FSH. When analyzed by sleep stages, LH levels showed a modest but significant increase…
Life Stress and Illness Patterns in the US Navy
Patterns of illness occurrence were examined in naval aviators flying combat missions from an aircraft carrier during a 6-month deployment to Vietnam. Demographic and symptom questionnaires were administered at the beginning of the cruise, and the cruise activities, work assignments and the illnesses developed by the aviators during the cruise were tabulated. The mean illness rate varied with operational conditions and personnel characteristics. …
Psychologic Correlates of Serum Cholesterol in Man
Correlations between serum cholesterol levels and self-reported intensities of various moods and feelings--namely, motivation, arousal, happiness, depression, anger, fear and lethargy--were investigated in 20 subjects over a 2-month period. Consistent and occasionally significant negative correlations were seen between subjects' serum cholesterol levels and their moods and feelings of motivation, arousal and happiness. Consistent and more frequen…
Urine Creatinine Excretion
Continuous 6-hour urine samples were collected from 4 healthy young adult men during 4 control days and 9 days of sleep deprivation. Considerable variation in creatinine levels was present in the samples from all 4 subjects, and there was a significant diurnal pattern during the control period. This diurnal pattern, however, was undetectable during sleep deprivation. Urine volume correlated very highly with creatinine in all subjects, and it appe…
The Stress of Aircraft Carrier Landings
Serum and urine cortisol levels were measured in Navy pilots and their flight officers during aircraft carrier landing practice in the two-man F-4B jet aircraft. The pilots showed a considerable adrenal cortical stress response; the flight officers did not. The complex and dangerous task of carrier landing appears to be a greater stress on the pilot in control of the aircraft than on his passive partner. These findings suggest that in acute stres…
The Stress of Aircraft Carrier Landings
As a possible reflection of central norepinephrine metabolism, urine MHPG excretion was measured in naval aviators during aircraft carrier landing practice, a complex task and a stress of considerable magnitude. Mean urine MHPG was significantly increased after both day and night carrier landings compared to a nonflying control day. These findings suggest that there may be an accelerated metabolism of brain norepinephrine under conditions of heig…
Differential Adrenocortical Stress Responses in Naval Aviators during Aircraft Carrier Landing Practice
Serum Cortisol levels were measured in 9 Navy pilots and their flight officers during aircraft carrier landing practice in the two-man F-4B jet aircraft. The pilots showed an unequivocal adrenocortical stress response; the flight officers did not. The complex and hazardous task of carrier landing appears to be a considerably greater stress on the “executive” naval aviator (the pilot in control of the aircraft) than on his passive partner, althoug…
Excretion of 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids and Vanillylmandelic Acid During 205 Hours of Sleep Deprivation in Man
Previous studies of adrenocortical activity during sleep deprivation revealed unchanged or lowered plasma 17-hydroxycorticosteroid (17-OHCS) levels and either unchanged, lowered, or elevated urine 17-OHCS values, depending on the subject and the length of the deprivation period. In the present study, plasma 17-OHCS, urine 17-OHCS, and urine vanillymandelic acid (VMA) were measured during 205 hr. of wakefulness, the rationale being that an extende…
Adrenal Cortical Activity Changes During Underwater Demolition Team Training
One-third of a Navy UDT class (32 men) was followed by thrice-weekly psychological assessment and measurement of serum cortisol until they dropped from training or graduated. Mean cortisol values for the 20 men who completed the course ranged between 20 and 26 μg%. Against this background of chronically elevated levels, transient increases in serum cortisol occurred coincident with the introduction of new equipment (face mask, swim fins, SCUBA, w…
Hydroxycorticosteroid and Vanillylmandelic Acid Excretion in a Rapidly Cycling Manic-Depressive
Twenty-four-hour urine specimens were collected daily from a rapidly cycling manic-depressive patient throughout a 3-month hospitalization, and were analyzed for volume, osmolality, creatinine, 17-OHCS, and VMA. Mean 17-OHCS excretion was significantly greater during depression than during hypomania, but only in the latter half of hospitalization, after the patient had become acclimatized to the hospital. Mean VMA excretion was significantly incr…
Dance for Veterans
Background: Dance for Veterans, composed of physical, psychological and social elements, is a new patient-centered and recovery-oriented treatment modality for veterans diagnosed with serious mental illness; that is, chronic and functionally impairing psychoses, traumatic stress disorders, and mood and anxiety disorders. This report outlines the development of Dance for Veterans over the past several years within the VA Greater Los Angeles Health…
Hydroxycorticosteroid and Vanillylmandelic Acid Excretion in a Rapidly Cycling Manic-Depressive
Twenty-four-hour urine specimens were collected daily from a rapidly cycling manic-depressive patient throughout a 3-month hospitalization, and were analyzed for volume, osmolality, creatinine, 17-OHCS, and VMA. Mean 17-OHCS excretion was significantly greater during depression than during hypomania, but only in the latter half of hospitalization, after the patient had become acclimatized to the hospital. Mean VMA excretion was significantly incr…
Excretion of 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids and Vanillylmandelic Acid During 205 Hours of Sleep Deprivation in Man
Previous studies of adrenocortical activity during sleep deprivation revealed unchanged or lowered plasma 17-hydroxycorticosteroid (17-OHCS) levels and either unchanged, lowered, or elevated urine 17-OHCS values, depending on the subject and the length of the deprivation period. In the present study, plasma 17-OHCS, urine 17-OHCS, and urine vanillymandelic acid (VMA) were measured during 205 hr. of wakefulness, the rationale being that an extende…
Adrenal Cortical Activity Changes During Underwater Demolition Team Training
One-third of a Navy UDT class (32 men) was followed by thrice-weekly psychological assessment and measurement of serum cortisol until they dropped from training or graduated. Mean cortisol values for the 20 men who completed the course ranged between 20 and 26 μg%. Against this background of chronically elevated levels, transient increases in serum cortisol occurred coincident with the introduction of new equipment (face mask, swim fins, SCUBA, w…
The Stress of Aircraft Carrier Landings
Serum and urine cortisol levels were measured in Navy pilots and their flight officers during aircraft carrier landing practice in the two-man F-4B jet aircraft. The pilots showed a considerable adrenal cortical stress response; the flight officers did not. The complex and dangerous task of carrier landing appears to be a greater stress on the pilot in control of the aircraft than on his passive partner. These findings suggest that in acute stres…
The Stress of Aircraft Carrier Landings
As a possible reflection of central norepinephrine metabolism, urine MHPG excretion was measured in naval aviators during aircraft carrier landing practice, a complex task and a stress of considerable magnitude. Mean urine MHPG was significantly increased after both day and night carrier landings compared to a nonflying control day. These findings suggest that there may be an accelerated metabolism of brain norepinephrine under conditions of heig…
Differential Adrenocortical Stress Responses in Naval Aviators during Aircraft Carrier Landing Practice
Serum Cortisol levels were measured in 9 Navy pilots and their flight officers during aircraft carrier landing practice in the two-man F-4B jet aircraft. The pilots showed an unequivocal adrenocortical stress response; the flight officers did not. The complex and hazardous task of carrier landing appears to be a considerably greater stress on the “executive” naval aviator (the pilot in control of the aircraft) than on his passive partner, althoug…
Psychologic Correlates of Serum Cholesterol in Man
Correlations between serum cholesterol levels and self-reported intensities of various moods and feelings--namely, motivation, arousal, happiness, depression, anger, fear and lethargy--were investigated in 20 subjects over a 2-month period. Consistent and occasionally significant negative correlations were seen between subjects' serum cholesterol levels and their moods and feelings of motivation, arousal and happiness. Consistent and more frequen…
Urine Creatinine Excretion
Continuous 6-hour urine samples were collected from 4 healthy young adult men during 4 control days and 9 days of sleep deprivation. Considerable variation in creatinine levels was present in the samples from all 4 subjects, and there was a significant diurnal pattern during the control period. This diurnal pattern, however, was undetectable during sleep deprivation. Urine volume correlated very highly with creatinine in all subjects, and it appe…
Life Stress and Illness Patterns in the US Navy
Patterns of illness occurrence were examined in naval aviators flying combat missions from an aircraft carrier during a 6-month deployment to Vietnam. Demographic and symptom questionnaires were administered at the beginning of the cruise, and the cruise activities, work assignments and the illnesses developed by the aviators during the cruise were tabulated. The mean illness rate varied with operational conditions and personnel characteristics. …
Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, and Growth Hormone Secretion in Normal Adult Men During Sleep and Dreaming
The patterns of LH, FSH and GH release during all-night sleep were studied in 16 normal young adult men, sampled on two consecutive nights. The release of both gonadotropins occurred in random, unrelated peaks that showed no consistency between subjects or from night to night in the same subject. No circadian or ultradian rhythm was discernible for either LH or FSH. When analyzed by sleep stages, LH levels showed a modest but significant increase…
The Three Investigators Study. Serum Uric Acid, Cholesterol, and Cortisol Variability During Stresses of Everyday Life
Serum uric acid, cholesterol, and cortisol variability were studied, semiweekly, over three to six months' time in three medical investigators as they underwent the stresses of everyday life. These men maintained diaries of their life events, with particular references to moods and feelings engendered by these events. Marked elevations in serum cholesterol was seen in one investigator throughout an unpleasant residential move; repeated peaks in s…
Secretion of Hormones Influencing Water and Electrolyte Balance (Antidiuretic Hormone, Aldosterone, Prolactin) during Sleep in Normal Adult Men
Renal conservation of electrolytes and water occurs normally during sleep. Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), aldosterone (ALDO), and prolactin (PRL) are hormones that may have interactive effects on kidney function. The availability of a radioimmunoassay for ADH as well as for ALDO and PRL permitted the study of the simultaneous secretion patterns of these three hormones during all-night sleep in eight normal young adult men, by blood sampling every 20…
Anxiety Induced by Flooding Therapy for Phobias Does Not Elicit Prolactin Secretory Response
Eight subjects with severe phobias to insects and small animals had blood samples taken for measurement of prolactin concentration at regular intervals during five sessions of 3 hr duration each. Severe anxiety was induced by treating the phobia with in vivo flooding during the middle hour of the third and fourth sessions. Despite intense anxiety experienced by the subjects, they showed no change in plasma prolactin levels
Psychological and physiological assessments on American hostages freed from captivity in Iran
Medical evaluations of 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days included psychological testing and physiological measurements. Psychological testing utilized the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16-PF) and focused on the stress management capabilities of the group upon their arrival at Wiesbaden, West Germany. Physiological testing utilized plasma and urinary cortisol along with…
Mute Child in the House of the Spirit
The house of the spirit in the title refers to the creative mind of the writer—incorporating the roots that have fed that mind. The mute child is the writer-self that has reverted to the status of a patronized, inarticulate child in the course of the material and psychological struggle for creative survival in circumstances where the language of the writer differs from the language of the community. This article refers to some aspects of the abov…
Dance for Veterans
Background: Dance for Veterans, composed of physical, psychological and social elements, is a new patient-centered and recovery-oriented treatment modality for veterans diagnosed with serious mental illness; that is, chronic and functionally impairing psychoses, traumatic stress disorders, and mood and anxiety disorders. This report outlines the development of Dance for Veterans over the past several years within the VA Greater Los Angeles Health…
Art appreciation for veterans with severe mental illness in a VA Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center
Considerable research has shown the positive effects of art, music and drama therapy on mental health and well-being. In September 2012, a weekly Art Appreciation class was initiated at the Veterans Affairs (VA) West Los Angeles (WLA) Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC) for veterans with severe mental illness. There are 106 VA PRRCs throughout the USA, designed to be transitional learning centers with curriculum-based intervent…
Bridging the Gap
We highlight the safety concerns, improved quality of life, and other benefits of timely recognition and treatment of mental illness in unhoused populations
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Internal Medicine (10 works) · Internal Medicine (10 works) · Endocrinology (8 works) · Endocrinology (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Physiology (5 works) · Physiology (5 works)