Boghos Yerevanian


Work Titles
UCLA Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Certifications:
Certifications:
1987 - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Contact Information:

Email Address:

byerevan@ucla.edu

Work Email Address:

boghos.yerevanian@med.va.gov


Work Phone Number:

8188917711 ext 7123

Work Address:

16111 Plummer (116A)
North Hills, CA 91343


Detailed Biography:

Dr. Yerevanian is a is a Graduate of the American University of Beirut(MD 1974). After his psychiatry training at the University of Tennessee he joined the Faculty of the University of Rochester in 1980. At UCLA since 1991, he founded and directed the Mood Disorders Program at the UCLA/SFV Psychiatry Training Program at Sepulveda VAMC for the past 20 years. He is Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is the recepient of the Silver Apple Award as well as the Golden Couch award given to the best clinical teacher in the Department of Psychiatry at Sepulveda on eleven occasions since 1991. A fellow of the International Society for Affective Disorders, his goal has been to integrate patient care delivery with clinical research and teaching in the area of Mood Disorders, performed in the specialized setting of Mood Clinics.His current research interest is the neurobiology and psychopharmacology of Mood Disorders with particular emphasis on Suicidal Behavior.

Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Koek Ralph J, Yerevanian Boghos I, Mintz Jim   Subtypes of antipsychotics and suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder Journal of affective disorders, 2012; .
Yerevanian Boghos I, Koek Ralph J, Mintz Jim, Akiskal Hagop S   Bipolar pharmacotherapy and suicidal behavior Part 2. The impact of antidepressants Journal of affective disorders, 2007; 103(1-3): 13-21.
Yerevanian Boghos I, Koek Ralph J, Mintz Jim   Bipolar pharmacotherapy and suicidal behavior Part 3: impact of antipsychotics Journal of affective disorders, 2007; 103(1-3): 23-8.
Yerevanian Boghos I, Koek Ralph J, Mintz Jim   Bipolar pharmacotherapy and suicidal behavior. Part I: Lithium, divalproex and carbamazepine Journal of affective disorders, 2007; 103(1-3): 5-11.
Yerevanian Boghos I, Feusner Jamie D, Koek Ralph J, Mintz Jim   The dexamethasone suppression test as a predictor of suicidal behavior in unipolar depression Journal of affective disorders, 2004; 83(2-3): 103-8.
Yerevanian BI, Koek RJ, Mintz J   Antidepressants and suicidal behavior in unipolar depression, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2004; 110: 452-458.
Yerevanian BI, Fuesner J, Koek RJ, Mintz J   The Dexamethasone Suppression Test and prediction of suicidal behavior in unipolar depression, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2004; 83: 103-108.
Yerevanian Boghos I, Koek Ralph J, Feusner Jamie D   Pharmacotherapy and risk of suicidal behaviors among patients with bipolar disorder JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 2004; 291(8): 939; author reply 940.
Yerevanian, BI Koek, RJ Mintz, J   Lithium, anticonvulsants and suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder Journal of affective disorders. , 2003; 73(3): 223-8.
Yerevanian Boghos I, Koek Ralph J, Mintz Jim   Lithium, anticonvulsants and suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder Journal of affective disorders, 2003; 73(3): 223-8.

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