Alexander Bystritsky
Titles
Director, UCLA Anxiety Disorder Program, Outpatient Anxiety Disorders
Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Contact Information
Email
abystritsky@mednet.ucla.edu Phone
Work Phone Number:
(310) 206-5133
Address
Mailing Address:
UCLA Psych and Behav SciencesBOX 956968, 300 Medical Plaza, Ste 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Biography
Publications
A selected list of publications:
Lang Ariel J, Wilkins Kendall, Roy-Byrne Peter P, Golinelli Daniela, Chavira Denise, Sherbourne Cathy, Rose Raphael D, Bystritsky Alexander, Sullivan Greer, Craske Michelle G, Stein Murray B
Abbreviated PTSD Checklist (PCL) as a guide to clinical response
General hospital psychiatry,
; 34(4):
332-8.
Mulgaonkar Amit P, Singh Rahul S, Babakhanian Meghedi, Culjat Martin O, Grundfest Warren S, Gorgulho Alessandra, Lacan Goran, De Salles Antonio A F, Bystritsky Alexander, Melega William P
A prototype stimulator system for noninvasive Low Intensity Focused
Ultrasound delivery
Studies in health technology and informatics,
2012; 173(3):
297-303.
Bystritsky Alexander, Hovav Sarit, Sherbourne Cathy, Stein Murray B, Rose Raphael D, Campbell-Sills Laura, Golinelli Daniela, Sullivan Greer, Craske Michelle G, Roy-Byrne Peter P
Use of complementary and alternative medicine in a large sample of
anxiety patients
Psychosomatics,
2012; 53(3):
266-72.
Shiovitz Thomas M, Zarrow Marlene E, Shiovitz Andrew M, Bystritsky Alexander M
Failure rate and "professional subjects" in clinical trials of major
depressive disorder
The Journal of clinical psychiatry,
2011; 72(9):
1284; author reply 1284-5.
Bystritsky Alexander, Korb Alex S, Douglas Pamela K, Cohen Mark S, Melega William P, Mulgaonkar Amit P, DeSalles Antonio, Min Byoung-Kyong, Yoo Seung-Schik
A review of low-intensity focused ultrasound pulsation
Brain stimulation,
2011; 4(3):
125-36.
Stein Murray B, Roy-Byrne Peter P, Craske Michelle G, Campbell-Sills Laura, Lang Ariel J, Golinelli Daniella, Rose Raphael D, Bystritsky Alexander, Sullivan Greer, Sherbourne Cathy D
Quality of and patient satisfaction with primary health care for
anxiety disorders
The Journal of clinical psychiatry,
2011; 72(7):
970-6.
Rose Raphael D, Lang Ariel J, Welch Stacy Shaw, Campbell-Sills Laura, Chavira Denise A, Sullivan Greer, Sherbourne Cathy, Bystritsky Alexander, Stein Murray B, Roy-Byrne Peter P, Craske Michelle G
Training primary care staff to deliver a computer-assisted
cognitive-behavioral therapy program for anxiety disorders
General hospital psychiatry,
2011; 33(4):
336-42.
Craske Michelle G, Stein Murray B, Sullivan Greer, Sherbourne Cathy, Bystritsky Alexander, Rose Raphael D, Lang Ariel J, Welch Stacy, Campbell-Sills Laura, Golinelli Daniela, Roy-Byrne Peter
Disorder-specific impact of coordinated anxiety learning and
management treatment for anxiety disorders in primary care
Archives of general psychiatry,
2011; 68(4):
378-88.
Feusner Jamie Donald, Bystritsky Alexander, Hellemann Gerhard, Bookheimer Susan
Impaired identity recognition of faces with emotional expressions in
body dysmorphic disorder
Psychiatry research,
2010; 179(3):
318-23.
Bystritsky Alexander, Kerwin Lauren, Niv Noosha, Natoli Jaime L, Abrahami Natalie, Klap Ruth, Wells Kenneth, Young Alexander S
Clinical and subthreshold panic disorder
Depression and anxiety,
2010; 27(4):
381-9.
Craske Michelle G, Roy-Byrne Peter P, Stein Murray B, Sullivan Greer, Sherbourne Cathy, Bystritsky Alexander
Treatment for anxiety disorders: Efficacy to effectiveness to
implementation
Behaviour research and therapy,
2009; 47(11):
931-7.
Feusner Jamie D, Townsend Jennifer, Bystritsky Alexander, McKinley Malin, Moller Hayley, Bookheimer Susan
Regional brain volumes and symptom severity in body dysmorphic
disorder
Psychiatry research,
2009; 172(2):
161-7.
Craske Michelle G, Rose Raphael D, Lang Ariel, Welch Stacy Shaw, Campbell-Sills Laura, Sullivan Greer, Sherbourne Cathy, Bystritsky Alexander, Stein Murray B, Roy-Byrne Peter P
Computer-assisted delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety
disorders in primary-care settings
Depression and anxiety,
2009; 26(3):
235-42.
Feusner Jamie D, Kerwin Lauren, Saxena Sanjaya, Bystritsky Alexander
Differential efficacy of memantine for obsessive-compulsive disorder
vs. generalized anxiety disorder: an open-label trial
Psychopharmacology bulletin,
2009; 42(1):
81-93.
Bystritsky Alexander, Kaplan Jonas T, Feusner Jamie D, Kerwin Lauren E, Wadekar Mitali, Burock Mark, Wu Allan D, Iacoboni Marco
A preliminary study of fMRI-guided rTMS in the treatment of
generalized anxiety disorder
The Journal of clinical psychiatry,
2008; 69(7):
1092-8.
Bystritsky Alexander, Kerwin Lauren, Feusner Jamie D, Vapnik Tanya
A pilot controlled trial of bupropion XL versus escitalopram in
generalized anxiety disorder
Psychopharmacology bulletin,
2008; 41(1):
46-51.
Bystritsky Alexander, Kerwin Lauren, Feusner Jamie D
A pilot study of Rhodiola rosea (Rhodax) for generalized anxiety
disorder (GAD)
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.),
2008; 14(2):
175-80.
Bystritsky Alexander, Kerwin Lauren, Feusner Jamie
A pilot study of cranial electrotherapy stimulation for generalized
anxiety disorder
The Journal of clinical psychiatry,
2008; 69(3):
412-7.
Feusner Jamie D, Townsend Jennifer, Bystritsky Alexander, Bookheimer Susan
Visual information processing of faces in body dysmorphic disorder
Archives of general psychiatry,
2007; 64(12):
1417-25.
Craske Michelle G, Roy-Byrne Peter, Stein Murray B, Sullivan Greer, Hazlett-Stevens Holly, Bystritsky Alexander, Sherbourne Cathy
CBT intensity and outcome for panic disorder in a primary care
setting
Behavior therapy,
2006; 37(2):
112-9.
Bystritsky Alexander, Wagner Amy W, Russo Joan E, Stein Murray B, Sherbourne Cathy D, Craske Michelle G, Roy-Byrne Peter P
Assessment of beliefs about psychotropic medication and psychotherapy:
development of a measure for patients with anxiety disorders
General hospital psychiatry,
2005; 27(5):
313-8.
Craske Michelle G, Golinelli Daniela, Stein Murray B, Roy-Byrne Peter, Bystritsky Alexander, Sherbourne Cathy
Does the addition of cognitive behavioral therapy improve panic
disorder treatment outcome relative to medication alone in the
primary-care setting?
Psychological medicine,
2005; 35(11):
1645-54.
Craske Michelle G, Edlund Mark J, Sullivan Greer, Roy-Byrne Peter, Sherbourne Cathy, Bystritsky Alexander, Stein Murray B
Perceived unmet need for mental health treatment and barriers to care
among patients with panic disorder
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.),
2005; 56(8):
988-94.
Bystritsky Alexander, Ackerman Deborah L, Rosen Richard M, Vapnik Tanya, Gorbis Eda, Maidment Karron M, Saxena Sanjaya
Augmentation of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in refractory
obsessive-compulsive disorder using adjunctive olanzapine: a
placebo-controlled trial
The Journal of clinical psychiatry,
2004; 65(4):
565-8.
Hazlett-Stevens Holly, Craske Michelle G, Roy-Byrne Peter P, Sherbourne Cathy D, Stein Murray B, Bystritsky Alexander
Predictors of willingness to consider medication and psychosocial
treatment for panic disorder in primary care patients
General hospital psychiatry,
2003; 24(5):
316-21.
Craske Michelle G, Lang Ariel J, Mystkowski Jayson L, Zucker Bonnie G, Bystritsky Alexander, Yan-Go Frisca
Does nocturnal panic represent a more severe form of panic disorder?
The Journal of nervous and mental disease,
2002; 190(9):
611-8.
Craske Michelle G, Roy-Byrne Peter, Stein Murray B, Donald-Sherbourne Cathy, Bystritsky Alexander, Katon Wayne, Sullivan Greer
Treating panic disorder in primary care: a collaborative care
intervention
General hospital psychiatry,
2002; 24(3):
148-55.
Craske Michelle G, Lang Ariel J, Rowe Melissa, DeCola Joseph P, Simmons Jerry, Mann Chris, Yan-Go Frisca, Bystritsky Alexander
Presleep attributions about arousal during sleep: nocturnal panic
Journal of abnormal psychology,
2002; 111(1):
53-62.
Saxena Sanjaya, Maidment Karron M, Vapnik Tanya, Golden Gina, Rishwain Tanya, Rosen Richard M, Tarlow Gerald, Bystritsky Alexander
Obsessive-compulsive hoarding: symptom severity and response to
multimodal treatment
The Journal of clinical psychiatry,
2002; 63(1):
21-7.