Selected Publications of Staff Members of Lev-Hasharon Mental Health Center
2000-2010

 A. Doron,  A. Raba,  R. Kurs, A. Bleich, Y. Melamed
Family involvement in the treatment of hospitalized individuals with persistent mental illness
Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry, 19 (2), 78-81, 2009

Bleich A, Gelkopf M, Berger R, Solomon Z.
The psychological toll of the Intifada: symptoms of distress and coping in
Israeli soldiers.
Isr Med Assoc J. 2008 Dec;10(12):873-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19160946?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&log$=freejr

Castle DJ, Udristoiu T, Kim CY, Sarosi A, Pidrman V, Omar AN, Rosales JI,
Melamed Y, Isik T, Karagianis J, Treuer T.
Intramuscular olanzapine versus short-acting typical intramuscular
antipsychotics: Comparison of real-life effectiveness in the treatment of
agitation.
World J Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Jan 9:1-11.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19137460?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Gelkopf M, Berger R.
A school-based, teacher-mediated prevention program (ERASE-Stress) for reducing terror-related traumatic reactions in Israeli youth: a quasi-randomized
controlled trial.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008 Dec 22.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19207621?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Melamed Y, Ganot N, Mester R, Bleich A.
The civil liability for damages of the criminally insane
Israel Journal of Psychiatry and related Sciences 2008;  45(4): 285-290

Prinz J, Arkin S, Gelkopf M
Hadarim:  A description and evaluation of a school-based Alderian parenting program in Israel
The Journal of Individual Psychology 2008; 64(1): 37-54

Yuval Melamed
Testimony by Mentally Ill Individuals
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law 2008; 36:393-397

Doron A, Meldlovic S.
Dying in the Psychiatric Ward
Israel Journal of Psychiatry and the Related Sciences 2008 45(2): 141-144

Kretzmer GE, Gelkopf M, Kretzmer G, Melamed Y.
Idiopathic pruritus in psychiatric inpatients: an explorative study.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008 Jul-Aug;30(4):344-8.

Levi Y, Horesh N, Fischel T, Treves I, Or E, Apter A.
Mental pain and its communication in medically serious suicide attempts: An
"impossible situation"
J Affect Disord. 2008 Apr 22. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18436309?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Tadger S, Melamed Y.
Weight gain due to long term antipsychotic treatment of persistent mental
disorders.
Psychiatr ia Danubina 2008 Mar;20(1):37-41.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18376329?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Gelkopf M, Solomon Z, Berger R, Bleich A.
The mental health impact of terrorism in Israel: A repeat cross-sectional study
of Arabs and Jews.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2008; 117:369-380; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18331581?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Mazeh D, Melamed Y, Cholostoy A, Aharonovitzch V, Weizman A, Yosipovitch G.
Itching in the psychiatric ward.
Acta Derm Venereol. 2008;88(2):128-31
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18311438?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum.

Apter A, King RA, Bleich A, Fluck A, Kotler M, Kron S.
Fatal and non-fatal suicidal behavior in israeli adolescent males.
Arch Suicide Res. 2008;12(1):20-9.
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a790243220~db=all~order=page

Melamed Y, Stein-Reisner O, Gelkopf M, Levi G, Sivan T, Ilievici G, Rosenberg
R, Weizman A, Bleich A.
Multi-modal weight control intervention for people with persistent mental
disorders.
Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2008 Winter;31(3):194-200.
http://prj.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,14;journal,1,23;linkingpublicationresults,1:119989,1

Melamed Y, Lerner A, Rudinski D, Kurs R, Bleich A
Placebo-controlled pharmaceutical research in schizophrenia: attitudes of Helsinki Committees in Israel
Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices 2007;3(12)http://firstclinical.whsites.net/journal/2007/0712_Schizophrenia.pdf

Berger R, Pat-Horenczyk R, Gelkopf M
School-based intervention for prevention and treatment of elementary-students
terror-related distress in Israel: a quasi-randomized controlled trial
J Trauma Stress. 2007 Aug;20(4):541-51
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17721962&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Melamed Y, Doron A, Finkel B, Kurs R, Behrbalk P, Noam S, Gelkopf M, Bleich A.
Israeli Psychiatric Inpatients Go to the Polls.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2007 Aug;195(8):705-708.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17700306&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Melamed Y, Peres D, Gelkopf M, Noam S, Bleich
Psychiatric Inpatient and Staff Attitudes Regarding Smoking Reduction
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2007; 44(3): 231-233

Schneidman M, Shulkin A, Kurs R
Professional Integration and Re-Education for Immigrant Psychiatrists:  A Personal Perspective "Docendo Distimus"
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2007;44(3): 215-218

Melamed Y, Doron I, Shnitt D
Guardianship of people with mental disorders
Social Science and Medicine 2007; 65: 1118-1125

Eldar E, Ganor O, Admon R, Bleich A, Hendler T.
Feeling the Real World: Limbic Response to Music Depends on Related content.
Cereb Cortex. 2007 Mar 29; [Epub ahead of print]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17395609&ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Romi T, Melamed S.
Involving the family of patients with mental illness in treatment: a model for assessment
J Family Psychotherapy 2007;18(1):11-26

Zipris P, Melamed Y, Weizman A, Bleich A.
Clozapine-induced eosinophilia and switch to quetiapine in a patient with chronic schizophrenia with suicidal tendencies
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 2007; 44(1):54-56.
http://www.psychiatry.org.il/upload/infocenter/info_images/2706200784501AM@Pages%20from%20IJP-44-1-11.pdf
 
Stein-Reisner O, Melamed Y, Kurs R, Sivan T, Bleich A.
Treatment of morbid obesity in a chronic schizophrenia patient
Journal of Chinese Clinical Medicine 2007; 2(11): 47-49
http://www.cjmed.net/upload/pdf/200706061137249706.pdf

Faragian S, Kurs R, Poyurovsky M.
 Insight into Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms and Awareness of Illness in Adolescent
Schizophrenia Patients with and without OCD.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2007 Jun 13; [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17564828&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Doron A, Melamed Y, Bleich A.  [Ethical considerations of psychiatric treatment in chronic post traumatic stress following multiple casualty attacks] Harefuah. 2006 Sep;145(9):634-8, 704.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17078420&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Modai I, Jabarin M, Kurs R, Barak P, Hanan I, Kitain L.  Cost Effectiveness, Safety, and Satisfaction with Video Telepsychiatry versus  Face-to-Face Care in Ambulatory Settings.Telemed J E Health. 2006 Oct;12(5):515-20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17042703&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Ritsner MS, Gibel A, Ponizovsky AM, Shinkarenko E, Ratner Y, Kurs R.  Coping patterns as a valid presentation of the diversity of coping responses in schizophrenia patients. Psychiatry Res. 2006 Nov 15;144(2-3):139-52. Epub 2006 Oct 2.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17011633&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Bleich A, Gelkopf M, Melamed Y, Solomon Z.  Mental health and resiliency following 44 months of terrorism: a survey of an Israeli national representative sample. BMC Med. 2006 Aug 27;4:21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16934160&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-4-21.pdf [Free Full Text]

Gelkopf M, Weizman T, Melamed Y, Adelson M, Bleich A.  Does psychiatric comorbidity affect drug abuse treatment outcome? A prospective assessment of drug abuse, treatment tenure and infectious diseases in an Israeli methadone maintenance clinic. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2006;43(2):126-36. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16910375&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Solomon Z, Gelkopf M, Bleich A.  Is terror gender-blind? Gender differences in reaction to terror events. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2005 Dec;40(12):947-54. Epub 2005 Dec 9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16341617&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Mitrany E, Melamed Y.  Compulsory treatment of anorexia nervosa. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2005;42(3):185-90. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16335631&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Strous RD, Weiss M, Felsen I, Finkel B, Melamed Y, Bleich A, Kotler M, Laub D. Video testimony of long-term hospitalized psychiatrically ill Holocaust survivors. Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Dec;162(12):2287-94. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16330592&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Bleich A, Gelkopf M, Melamed Y, Solomon Z. Emotional impact of exposure to terrorism among young-old and old-old Israeli citizens. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2005 Aug;13(8):705-12.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16085787&query_hl=6

Poyurovsky M, Michaelovsky E, Frisch A, Knoll G, Amir I, Finkel B, Buniak F, Hermesh H, Weizman R.  COMT Val158Met polymorphism in schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a case-control study.Neurosci Lett. 2005 Nov 25;389(1):21-4.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16043283&query_hl=6

Melamed Y, Klein O, Bzura G, Finkel B, Bleich A, Bernheim J. [Psychiatric patients, dialysis, kidney transplant: case report and discussion] Harefuah. 2005 May;144(5):310-3, 384. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15931890&query_hl=6

Melamed Y, Finkel B, Barak Y, Zipris P, Oyffe I, Weizman A, Bleich A. [Pharmacotherapy in schizophrenia--comparison of second generation antipsychotic agents] Harefuah. 2005 Apr;144(4):285-90, 301. Review. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15889614&query_hl=6

Bleich A, Solomon Z.  Evaluation of psychiatric disability in PTSD of military origin. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2004;41(4):268-76.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15941022&query_hl=6

Dekel R, Solomon Z, Bleich A.  The contribution of social disability to the evaluation of mental disability among PTSD veterans. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2004;41(4):237-47.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15941019&query_hl=6

Bleich A, Solomon Z.  Editorial: Mental disability. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2004;41(4):235-6. No abstract available.

Melamed S, Shalit-Kenig D, Gelkopf M, Lerner A, Kodesh A.  Mental homelessness:locked within, locked without. Soc Work Health Care. 2004;39(1-2):209-23.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15774392&query_hl=6

Remnik Y, Melamed Y, Swartz M, Elizur A, Barak Y.  Patients' satisfaction with psychiatric inpatient care. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2004;41(3):208-12.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15754524&query_hl=6

Mazeh D, Shahal B, Saraf R, Melamed Y.  Venlafaxine for the treatment of depressive episode during the course of schizophrenia. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2004 Dec;24(6):653-5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15538129&query_hl=6

Ofir G, Melamed Y, Elizur A.  Characteristics of district psychiatric committee decisions regarding discharge from compulsory hospitalization. Med Law. 2004;23(3):615-24.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15532953&query_hl=6

Stein-Reisner O, Preisman O, Alfici S, Melamed Y, Bleich A.  [A long-acting second generation anti-psychotic--experience in Israel]Harefuah. 2004 Jun;143(6):408-9, 463. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15524095&query_hl=6

Mazeh D, Melamed Y, Weizman A.  D2 antagonist augmentation in patients with a partial response to atypical antipsychotics. Can J Psychiatry. 2004 Apr;49(4):281-2. No abstract available.

Melamed Y, Altmark D, Alfici S, Or E, Zipris P, Bzura G, Bleich A. [What is the role of compulsory ECT therapy today?]Harefuah. 2004 Apr;143(4):254-7, 320, 319. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15116579&query_hl=6

Meyerson J, Gelkopf M.  Therapeutic utilization of spontaneous out-of-body experiences in hypnotherapy. Am J Psychother. 2004;58(1):90-102.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15106402&query_hl=6

Melamed Y, Davidson M, Bleich A. [Placebo-controlled trials in schizophrenia]Harefuah. 2004 Mar;143(3):236-40, 244. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15065367&query_hl=6

Weizman T, Gelkopf M, Melamed Y, Adelson M, Bleich A. Cannabis abuse is not a risk factor for treatment outcome in methadone maintenance treatment: a 1-year prospective study in an Israeli clinic. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2004 Jan-Feb;38(1-2):42-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14731193&query_hl=6

Ginzburg K, Solomon Z, Koifman B, Keren G, Roth A, Kriwisky M, Kutz I, David D, Bleich A.  Trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder following myocardial infarction:a prospective study.J Clin Psychiatry. 2003 Oct;64(10):1217-23.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14658971&query_hl=6

Melamed Y, Mester R, Margolin J, Kalian M.  Involuntary treatment of anorexia nervosa. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2003 Nov-Dec;26(6):617-26. No abstract available.

Segman RH, Goltser T, Heresco-Levy U, Finkel B, Shalem R, Schlafman M, Yakir A, Greenberg D, Strous R, Lerner A, Shelevoy A, Lerer B.  Association of dopaminergic and serotonergic genes with tardive dyskinesia in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Pharmacogenomics J. 2003;3(5):277-83.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14583797&query_hl=6

Mazeh D, Melamed Y, Barak Y.  Emergency psychiatry: Treatment of referred psychiatric patients by general hospital emergency department physicians.Psychiatr Serv. 2003 Sep;54(9):1221-2, 1225. No abstract available.
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/54/9/1221 [free full text]

Bleich A, Gelkopf M, Solomon Z.  Exposure to terrorism, stress-related mental health symptoms, and coping behaviors among a nationally representative sample in Israel. JAMA. 2003 Aug 6;290(5):612-20.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12902364&query_hl=6 [abstract]
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/290/5/612 [free full text]

Kodesh A, Weizman A, Aizenberg D, Hermesh H, Gelkopf M, Zemishlany Z. Selegiline in the treatment of sexual dysfunction in schizophrenic patients maintained on neuroleptics: a pilot study. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2003 Jul-Aug;26(4):193-5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12897639&query_hl=6

Melamed Y, Mester R, Margolin J, Levertuv G.  The concept of severe mental disorder and the amended law of reduced punishment for murder. Med Law. 2003;22(2):259-66.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12889645&query_hl=6

Hendler T, Rotshtein P, Yeshurun Y, Weizmann T, Kahn I, Ben-Bashat D, Malach R, Bleich A.  Sensing the invisible: differential sensitivity of visual cortex and amygdale to traumatic context. Neuroimage. 2003 Jul;19(3):587-600.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12880790&query_hl=6

Weizman T, Gelkopf M, Melamed Y, Adelson M, Bleich A.  Treatment of benzodiazepine dependence in methadone maintenance treatment patients: a comparison of two therapeutic modalities and the role of psychiatric comorbidity. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2003 Aug;37(4):458-63.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12873331&query_hl=6

Heinik J, Solomesh I, Bleich A, Berkman P.  Are the clock-drawing test and the MMSE combined interchangeable with CAMCOG as a dementia evaluation instrument in a specialized outpatient setting? J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2003 Jun;16(2):74-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12801155&query_hl=6

Nachmani D, Melamed Y, Rubinstein I, Elizur A. [Representing patients hospitalized under legal commitment at district psychiatric committees] Harefuah. 2003 Feb;142(2):141-5. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12653049&query_hl=6

Lerner AG, Gelkopf M, Skladman I, Rudinski D, Nachshon H, Bleich A. Clonazepam treatment of lysergic acid diethylamide-induced hallucinogen persisting perception disorder with anxiety features. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2003 Mar;18(2):101-5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12598822&query_hl=6

Moskowits L, Bleich A. [Post-traumatic stress disorder with psychotic features] Harefuah. 1999 Oct;137(7-8):281-3, 351. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12415970&query_hl=6

Ginzburg K, Solomon Z, Bleich A. Repressive coping style, acute stress disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder after myocardial infarction. Psychosom Med. 2002 Sep-Oct;64(5):748-57.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12271105&query_hl=6 [abstract]
http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/reprint/64/5/748 [free full text]

Lerner AG, Gelkopf M, Skladman I, Oyffe I, Finkel B, Sigal M, Weizman A. Flashback and Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder: clinical aspects and pharmacological treatment approach. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2002;39(2):92-9. Review.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12227234&query_hl=6

Gelkopf M, Levitt S, Bleich A.  An integration of three approaches to addiction and methadone maintenance treatment: the self-medication hypothesis, the disease model and social criticism. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2002;39(2):140-51.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12227229&query_hl=6

 Bleich A, Gelkopf M, Weizman T, Adelson M.  Benzodiazepine abuse in a methadone maintenance treatment clinic in Israel: characteristics and a pharmacotherapeutic approach. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2002;39(2):104-12.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12227225&query_hl=6

Lerner AG, Shufman E, Kodesh A, Kretzmer G, Sigal M. LSD-induced Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder with depressive features treated with reboxetine: case report. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2002;39(2):100-3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12227224&query_hl=6

Bleich A, Kutz I. [Chemical and biological terrorism: psychological aspects, and guidelines for psychiatric preparedness] Harefuah. 2002 May;141 Spec No:111-7, 118. Review. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12170545&query_hl=6

Bleich A.  [Intercessory prayer for health: a matter of faith, science or both] Harefuah. 2002 Jun;141(6):522-3. Hebrew. No abstract available.

Melamed Y, Mester R, Levertov GI, Margolin J.  Reduced punishment for murder in Israel: what constitutes a severe mental disorder? J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2002;30(2):291-4. No abstract available.

Melamed Y, Elizur A. The ward changes address: an entire hospital department moves to a modern building. Can J Psychiatry. 2002 Jun;47(5):485-6. No abstract available.

Lerner AG, Shufman E, Kodesh A, Rudinski D, Kretzmer G, Sigal M. Risperidone-associated, benign transient visual disturbances in schizophrenic patients with a past history of LSD abuse. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2002;39(1):57-60.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12013711&query_hl=6

Schreiber S, Bleich A, Pick CG.  Venlafaxine and mirtazapine: different mechanisms of antidepressant action, common opioid-mediated antinociceptive effects--a possible opioid involvement in severe depression? J Mol Neurosci. 2002 Feb-Apr;18(1-2):143-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11931344&query_hl=6

Segman RH, Shapira Y, Modai I, Hamdan A, Zislin J, Heresco-Levy U, Kanyas K, Hirschmann S, Karni O, Finkel B, Schlafman M, Lerner A, Shapira B, Macciardi F, Lerer B.  Angiotensin converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism: case-control association studies in schizophrenia, major affective disorder, and tardive dyskinesia and a family-based association study in schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet. 2002 Apr 8;114(3):310-4.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11920854&query_hl=6

Yirmiya N, Pilowsky T, Tidhar S, Nemanov L, Altmark L, Ebstein RP. Family-based and population study of a functional promoter-region monoamine oxidase A polymorphism in autism: possible association with IQ. Am J Med Genet. 2002 Apr 8;114(3):284-7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11920849&query_hl=6

 Zohar J, Amital D, Miodownik C, Kotler M, Bleich A, Lane RM, Austin C. Double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study of sertraline in military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2002 Apr;22(2):190-5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11910265&query_hl=6

Seligman Z, Bleich A. [A treatment unit within a medical center for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse: an interdisciplinary approach] Harefuah. 2002 Jan;141(1):34-8, 126. Hebrew.
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Melamed Y, Solomon Z, Mark M. [Mentally ill soldiers in the reserves--professional secrecy and therapist judgment regarding reporting incapacity to carry weapons] Harefuah. 2002 Jan;141(1):17-9, 127. Hebrew.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11851100&query_hl=6

Moldavsky D, Szor H, Melamed Y, Levi D, Elizur A.  Home visits from an outpatient psychiatric clinic. Can J Psychiatry. 2001 Aug;46(6):562-3. No abstract available.

Lerner AG, Skladman I, Kodesh A, Sigal M, Shufman E. LSD-induced Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder treated with clonazepam: two case reports. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2001;38(2):133-6.
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Heinik J, Solomesh I, Shein V, Mester R, Bleich A, Becker D. Correlation between clock-drawing test and paranoid and delusional ideation in dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2001 Jul;16(7):735-6.

 Pikona-Sapir A, Melamed Y, Elizur A. The insanity defense: examination of the extent of congruence between psychiatric recommendation and adjudication. Med Law. 2001;20(1):93-100.
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Frisch A, Finkel B, Michaelovsky E, Sigal M, Laor N, Weizman R. A rare short allele of the serotonin transporter promoter region (5-HTTLPR) found in an aggressive schizophrenic patient of Jewish Libyan origin. Psychiatr Genet. 2000 Dec;10(4):179-83.
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Segman RH, Heresco-Levy U, Finkel B, Goltser T, Shalem R, Schlafman M, Dorevitch A, Yakir A, Greenberg D, Lerner A, Lerer B.  Association between the serotonin 2A receptor gene and tardive dyskinesia in chronic schizophrenia.Mol Psychiatry. 2001 Mar;6(2):225-9.
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Kodesh A, Katz S, Lerner AG, Finkel B, Sigal M. Intermittent, luteal phase nefazodone treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder. J Psychopharmacol. 2001 Mar;15(1):58-60.
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Kodesh A, Finkel B, Lerner AG, Kretzmer G, Sigal M. Dose-dependent olanzapine-associated leukopenia: three case reports. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2001 Mar;16(2):117-9.
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Melamed Y, Sirota P.  Erythrocyte sedimentation rate in patients with schizophrenia. Can J Psychiatry. 2000 Dec;45(10):938. No abstract available.

Heinik J, Reider-Groswasser II, Solomesh I, Segev Y, Bleich A.  Clock drawing test: correlation with linear measurements of CT studies in demented patients. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2000 Dec;15(12):1130-7.
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Karniel-Lauer E, Szor H, Livne S, Melamed Y, Spiro S, Elizur A. The "re-entry group"--a transitional therapeutic framework for mentally ill patients discharged from the hospital to community clinics. Can J Psychiatry. 2000 Nov;45(9):837-9.
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Segman RH, Heresco-Levy U, Finkel B, Inbar R, Neeman T, Schlafman M, Dorevitch A, Yakir A, Lerner A, Goltser T, Shelevoy A, Lerer B. Association between the serotonin 2C receptor gene and tardive dyskinesia in chronic schizophrenia: additive contribution of 5-HT2Cser and DRD3gly alleles to susceptibility. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2000 Nov;152(4):408-13.
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Bleich A, Gelkopf M, Hayward R, Adelson M. A naturalistic study on ending blind dosing in a methadone maintenance clinic in Israel. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2001 Jan 1;61(2):191-4.
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Bleich A, Moskowits L.  Post traumatic stress disorder with psychotic features. Croat Med J. 2000 Dec;41(4):442-5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11063771&query_hl=6 [abstract]
http://www.cmj.hr/2000/41/4/11063771.pdf [free full text]