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Member Information
David Oslin, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Office Phone: 215 615 3083
Office Fax: 215 349 8389
Email: oslin@mail.med.upenn.edu
Website(s):
Education: MD 1989, University of Virginia
Keywords: addictions, depression, primary care
Research and/or Clinical interests:
None given.
Summary:
Current funded research includes studies on the treatment of late life major depression that is complicated by other disorders such as alcohol dependence, the treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence disorders across the life span, and improving access to behavioral health and substance use services for primary care patients. He has received funding from NIH, the VA, and foundations. He is the Director of the VA Center for Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Evaluation. He serves as the Co-Chair for the Huss Research Chair in late life addictions sponsored by Hazelden and is the Director of the Behavioral Health Laboratory at the Philadelphia VAMC.
Representative Publications:
Kim S, Kim C, Kang D, Kim Y, Byun W, Kim S, Park J, Kim M, Oslin DW: Association of Functional Opioid Receptor Genotypes with Alcohol Dependence in Koreans. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Vol. 28: 986 - 990, 2004.
Chopra MP, Zubritsky C, Knott K, TenHave T, Hadley T, Coyne JC, Oslin DW. Importance of subsyndromal symptoms of depression in elderly patients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 13: 597-606, 2005.
Polsky D, Doshi JA, Marcus S, Oslin D, Rothbard A, Thomas N, Thompson CL. Long-term risk for depressive symptoms after a medical diagnosis. Archives of Internal Medicine 165: 1260-1266, 2005.
Oslin DW. Treatment of late-life depression complicated by alcohol dependence. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 13: 491-500, 2005.
Katz IR, Morales K, Datto C, Streim J, Oslin D, DiFilippo S, Ten Have T. Probing for affective side effects of drugs used in geriatric practice: Use of daily diaries to test for effects of metoclopramide and naproxen. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2005.
Wittink, M.N., D. Oslin, K.A. Knott, J.C. Coyne, J.J. Gallo, and C. Zubritsky, Personal characteristics and depression-related attitudes of older adults and participation in stages of implementation of a multi-site effectiveness trial (PRISM-E). Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2005. 20(10): p. 927-937.
Givens JL, Datto CJ, Ruckdeschel K, Knott K, Zubritsky C, Oslin DW, Nyshadham S, Vanguri P, Barg, FK. Older Patients' Aversion to Antidepressants: A Qualitative Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005
Oslin DW, Ross J, Sayers S, Murphy J, Kane V, Katz IR. Screening, assessment, and management of depression in VA primary care clinics: The Behavioral Health Laboratory. Journal of General Internal Medicine 21: 46 - 50, 2006.
