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Deborah L. Ackerman, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor and Associate Researcher, Epidemiology

Work Phone Number: 323-848-7022

Email Address: dackerma@ucla.edu

Education: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Major Discipline: Pharmacoepidemiology

Major Research Interest: Psychiatric treatments, outcomes, and predictors of response.

Current Research Interest: Evaluation of drug treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression and panic disorder. Treatment issues for end-stage dementia.


Selected Publications:

Zylowska Lidia, Ackerman Deborah L, Yang May H, Futrell Julie L, Horton Nancy L, Hale T Sigi, Pataki Caroly, Smalley Susan L Mindfulness meditation training in adults and adolescents with ADHD: a feasibility study.. Journal of attention disorders. 2008; 11(6): 737-46.

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.

Ackerman DL, Unutzer J, Greenland S, and Gitlin M Inpatient treatment of depression and associated hospital charges.. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2002; 11(3): 219-27.

Ackerman Deborah L, Greenland Sander Multivariate meta-analysis of controlled drug studies for obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Journal of clinical psychopharmacology. 2002; 22(3): 309-17.

Ackerman, DL Greenland, S Bystritsky, A Small, GW Side effects and time course of response in a placebo-controlled trial of fluoxetine for the treatment of geriatric depression.. Journal of clinical psychopharmacology. . 2000; 20(6): 658-65.
Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
UCLA School of Public Health
Epidemiology Department
BOX 951772, 73-315 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Work Phone Number: 323-848-7022

Email Address: dackerma@ucla.edu