Publications

I.  ORIGINAL PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:

1. Simeon D, Stanley B, Frances A, Mann J, Winchel R, Stanley M:  Self-mutilation in personality disorders: psychological and biological correlates.  Am J Psychiatry 149:221-226, 1992

2.  Stein DJ, Hollander E, Simeon D, Cohen L:  Impulsivity scores in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.  J Nerv Ment Dis 182:240-241, 1994

3.  Stein DJ, Hollander E, Simeon D, Cohen L, Islam NI, Aronowitz B:  Neurological soft signs in female patients with trichotillomania.  J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 6:184-187, 1994

4.  Simeon D, Hollander E, Saoud JB, DeCaria C, Cohen L, Stein DJ, Islam MN, Hwang M:  Induction of depersonalization by the serotonin agonist m-CPP.  Psychiatry Research 58:161-164, 1995

5.  Simeon D, Hollander E, Stein DJ, Cohen LJ, Aronowitz B:  Body dysmorphic disorder in the DSM-IV Field Trial for obsessive compulsive disorder.  Am J Psychiatry 152:1207-1209, 1995

6.  Simeon D, Stein DJ, Hollander E:  Depersonalization Disorder and Self-Injurious Behavior.  J Clin Psychiatry [Suppl 4] 56:36-40, 1995

7.  Stein DJ, Simeon D, Frenkel M, Islam MN, Hollander E:  An open trial of valproate in borderline personality disorder.  J Clin Psychiatry 56:506-510, 1995

8.  Cohen LJ, Stein DJ, Simeon D, Spadaccini E, Rosen J, Aronowitz B, Hollander E:  Clinical profile, comorbidity and treatment history in 123 hair pullers: a survey study.  J Clin Psychiatry 56:319-326, 1995

9.  Stein DJ, Hollander E, Cohen L, Simeon D, Aronowitz B:  Serotonergic responsivity in trichotillomania:  Neuroendocrine effects of m-chlorophenylpiperazine. Biol Psychiatry 37:414-416, 1995

10.  Stein DJ, Simeon D, Cohen LJ, Hollander E:  Trichotillomania and obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry [Suppl 4] 56:28-34, 1995

11.  Cohen LJ, Hollander E, DeCaria C, Stein DJ, Simeon D, Liebowitz MR, Aronowitz B:  Specificity of neuropsychological impairment in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a comparison with social phobic and normal control subjects. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci  8:82-85, 1996

12.  Stein DJ, Hollander E, DeCaria CM, Simeon D, Cohen LJ, Aronowitz B:  Serotonergic responsivity in borderline personality disorder: behavioral and neuroendocrine effects of m-chlorophenylpiperazine.  Biol Psychiatry 40:508-513, 1996

13. Stein DJ, Hollander E, DeCaria CM, Simeon D, Cohen L, Aronowitz B: m-chlorophenylpiperazine challenge in borderline personality disorder: relationship of neuroendocrine response, behavioral response, and clinical measures.  Biol Psychiatry 1996;40:508-513

14.  Simeon D, Cohen LJ, Stein DJ, Schmeidler J, Spadaccini E, Hollander E:  Comorbid self-injurious behaviors in 71 female hair-pullers:  a survey study.  J Nerv Ment Dis 185:117-119, 1997

15.   Simeon D, Stein DJ, Gross S, Schmidler J, Hollander E:  A double-blind placebo-controlled trial of fluoxetine in pathological skin picking.  J Clin Psychiatry 58:341-347, 1997

16.  Simeon D, Gross S, Guralnik O, Stein DJ, Schmeidler J, Hollander E:  Feeling unreal: 30 cases of DSM-III-R depersonalization disorder.  Am J Psychiatry 154:1107-1113, 1997

17.  Simeon D, Guralnik O, Gross S, Stein DJ, Schmeidler J, Hollander E:  The detection and measurement of depersonalization disorder.  J Nerv Ment Dis 186:536-542, 1998

18. Simeon D, Stein DJ, Hollander E:  Treatment of depersonalization disorder with clomipramine.  Biol Psychiatry 44:302-303, 1998

19.  Stein DJ, Hollander E, Simeon D, DeCaria CM, Cohen L, Islam MN:  Behavioral responses to m-chlorophenylpiperazine and clonidine in trichotillomania.  J Serotonin Research 4:11-15, 1997

20.  Hollander E, Kwon J, Weiller F, Cohen L, Stein DJ, DeCaria C, Liebowitz M, Simeon D:  Serotonergic function in social phobia: comparison to normal control and obsessive-compulsive disorder subjects.  Psychiatry Research 79:213-217, 1998

21.  Hollander E, Allen A, Kwon J, Aronowitz B, Schmeidler J, Wong C, Simeon D:  Clomipramine versus desipramine crossover trial in body dysmorphic disorder: selective efficacy of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in imagined ugliness.  Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:1033-1039, 1999

22.  Gurvits TV, Gilbertson MW, Lasko NB, Tarhan AS, Simeon D, Macklin ML, Orr SP, Pitman RK:  Neurologic soft signs in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder.  Arch Gen Psychiatry 57:181-186, 2000

23. Guralnik O, Schmeidler J, Simeon D:  Feeling unreal: cognitive processes in depersonalization.  Am J Psychiatry 157:103-109, 2000

24.  Simeon D, Guralnik O, Hazlett E, Speigel-Cohen J, Hollander E, Buchsbaum M:  Feeling unreal: a PET study of depersonalization disorder.  Am J Psychiatry 157:1782-1788, 2000

25.  Simeon D, Guralnik O, Schmeidler J:  Development of a depersonalization severity scale. J Traumatic Stress 14:363-371, 2001

26.  Simeon D, Guralnik O, Schmeidler J, Sirof B, Knutelska M:  The role of childhood interpersonal trauma in depersonalization disorder. Am J Psychiatry 158:1027-1033, 2001

27.  Simeon D, Guralnik O, Knutelska M, Hollander E, Schmeidler J:  Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation in depersonalization disorder.  Neuropsychopharmacology 25:793-795, 2001
 
28.  Simeon D, Guralnik O, Knutelska M, Schmeidler J:  Personality factors associated with dissociation: temperament, defenses and cognitive schemata.  Am J Psychiatry 159:489-491, 2002

29. Lockner C, Simeon D, Niehaus D, Stein DJ:  Trichotillomania and skin-picking: a phenomenological comparison.  Depression and Anxiety 15:83-86, 2002

30.  Simeon D, Riggio-Rosen A, Guralnik O, Knutelska M, Nelson D: Depersonalization disorder: dissociation and affect.  J Trauma and Dissociation 2003;4:63-76

31.  Simeon D, Greenberg J, Knutelska M, Schmeidler J, Hollander E:  A World Trade Center survey of peritraumatic reactions: distress, dissociation, and posttraumatic stress.  Am J Psychiatry 2003;160:1702-1705

32.  Simeon D, Guralnik O, Knutelska M, Yehuda R, Schmeidler J:  Basal norepinephrine in depersonalization disorder. Psych Res 2003;121:93-97

33.  Simeon D, Knutelska M, Nelson D, Guralnik O:  Feeling unreal:  a depersonalization disorder update of 117 cases.  J Clin  Psychiatry 2003;64:990-997

34. Simeon D, Nelson D, Elias R, Greenberg J, Hollander E:  Relationship of personality to dissociation and childhood trauma in borderline personality disorder.  CNS Spectrums 2003;8:755-762

35. Levin R, Sirof B, Simeon D, Guralnik O:  The role of fantasy proneness, imaginative involvement, and psychological absorption in depersonalization disorder. J Nerv Ment Dis 2004;192;69-71
                                                                                                                       
36. Simeon D, Knutelska M, Nelson D, Guralnik O, Schmeidler J:  Examination of the pathological dissociation taxon in depersonalization disorder.  J Nerv Ment Dis 2003;191:738-744

37. Simeon D:  Depersonalization disorder: a contemporary overview.  CNS Drugs 2004;18:343-354

38. Simeon D, Guralnik O, Schmeidler J, Knutelska M:  Fluoxetine therapy in depersonalisation disorder: randomised controlled trial.  Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:31-36

39. Simeon D, Guralnik O:  Dissection of schizotypy and dissociation in depersonalization disorder.  J Trauma and Dissociation 2004;5:111-119

40. Simeon D, Greenberg J, Nelson D, Schmeidler J, Hollander E:  Dissociation and posttraumatic stress one year after the World Trade Center disaster.  J Clin Psychiatry 2005;66:231-237

41.  Simeon D, Knutelska M: An open trial of naltrexone in the treatment of depersonalization disorder.  J Clin Psychopharmacol 2005;25:267-270

42.  Simeon D, Knutelska M, Smith LM, Baker BR, Hollander E: A preliminary study of cortisol and norepinephrine reactivity to psychosocial stress in borderline personality disorder with high and low dissociation. Psych Res 2007;149:177-184

43. Simeon D, Knutelska M, Yehuda R, Putnam F, Schmeidler J, Smith LM:  Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Function in Dissociative Disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and Healthy Volunteers.  Biol Psychiatry, 2007;61:966-973

44. Simeon D, Baker B, Chaplin W, Braun A, Hollander E:  An open-label trial of divalproex extended-release in the treatment of borderline personality disorder. CNS Spectr. 2007;12:439-443.

45. Guralnik O, Giesbrecht T, Knutelska M, Sirroff B, Simeon D: Cognitive functioning in depersonalization disorder.  J Nerv Ment Dis 2007;195:983-988

46. Simeon D, Hwu R, Knutelska M: Temporal disintegration in depersonalization disorder.  J Trauma and Dissociation 2007; 8:11-24

47. Simeon D, Yehuda R, Cunill R, Knutelska M, Putnam FW, Smith LM: Factors associated with resilience in healthy adults.  Neuropsychoendocrinology 2007;32:1149-1152

48. Dalenberg C, Lowenstein R, Spiegel D, et al: Scientific study of the dissociative disorders.  Psychother Psychosom 2007;76:400-401

49. Simeon D, Kozin DS, Segal K, Lerch B, Dujour R, Giesbrecht T: De-constructing depersonalization: further evidence for symptom clusters. Psych Res 2008;157:303-306

50. Allen A, Hadley SJ, Kaplan A, Simeon D, Friedberg J, Priday L, Baker BR, Greenberg JL, Hollander E. An Open Label Trial of Venlafaxine in Body Dysmorphic Disorder. CNS Spectrums 2008;13:138-144

51. Simeon D, Smith RJ, Knutelska M, Smith LM: Somatoform dissociation in depersonalization disorder. J Trauma Dissociation 2008;9:335-348

52. Giesbrecht T, Merckelbach H, ter Burg L, Cima M, Simeon D: Acute dissociation predicts rapid habituation of skin conductance responses to aversive auditory probes.  J Trauma Stress 2008;21:247-250
53. Simeon D, Yehuda R, Knutelska M, Schmeidler J: Dissociation versus posttraumatic stress: cortisol and physiological correlates in adults highly exposed to the World Trade Center attack on 9/11.  Psychiatry Res 2008;161:325-329

54. Hollander E, Braun A, Simeon D:  Should OCD leave the anxiety disorders in DSM-V?  The case for obsessive compulsive-related disorders. Depress Anxiety 2008;25:317-329

55. Hollander E, Kim S, Braun A, Simeon D, Zohar J: Cross-cutting issues and future directions for the OCD Spectrum. Psychiatry Res 2009; 170:3-6

56. Simeon D, Giesbrecht T, Knutelska M, Smith RJ, Smith LM:  Alexithymia, absorption, and cognitive failures in depersonalization disorder: a comparison to posttraumatic stress disorder and healthy volunteers.  J Nerv Ment Dis 2009;197:492-498
 
57. Cunill R, Castells X, Simeon D:  Relationships between obsessive-compulsive symptomatology and severity of psychosis in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  J Clin Psychiatry  2009; 70:70-82

58. Simeon D, Kozin DS, Segal K, Lerch B: Is depersonalization disorder initiated by drug use any different? a survey of 394 adults. J Clin Psychiatry 2009; 70:1358-1364

59. Stein DJ, Simeon D:  Cognitive-affective neuroscience of depersonalization.  CNS Spectrums 2009; 14:467-471

60. Giesbrecht T, Merckelbach H, van Oorsouw K, Simeon D: Skin conductance and memory fragmentation after exposure to an emotional film clip in depersonalization disorder. Psychiatry Res 2010;177:342-349

61. Bartz J, Simeon D, Hamilton H, Kim S, Crystal S, Braun A, Vicens V, Hollander E. Oxytocin can hinder trust and cooperation in borderline personality disorder.  Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2010

62. Simeon D, Bartz J, Hamilton H, Hollander E:  Oxytocin challenge and acute psychosocial stress in borderline personality disorder Psychoneuroendocrinology 2011

63. Mantovani A, Simeon D, Urban N, Bulow P, Allart A, Lisanby S:  Temporo-parietal junction stimulation in the treatment of depersonalization disorder. Psych Resrach 2011;186:138-140

64. Lee AM, Simeon D, Cohen LJ, Samuel J, Steele A, Galynker I Predictors of patient and caregiver distress in an adult sample with bipolar disorder seeking family treatment.  JNMD 2011;199:18-24

65. Berlin HA, Braun A, Simeon D, Koran LM, Potenza MN, McElroy SL, Fong T, Pallanti S, Hollander E. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of topiramate for pathological gambling.  World J Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Apr 12.

66. Simeon D, Bartz J, Hamilton H, Crystal S, Braun A, Ketay S, Hollander E: Oxytocin administration attenuates stress reactivity in borderline personality disorder: a pilot study.  Psychoneuroendocrinol 2011 May 3 (in press)

 

II.  BOOKS:

Chapters:
1.  Hollander E, Simeon D, Gorman JG:  Anxiety disorders, in The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, 2nd ed.  Edited by Hales RE, Yudofsky SC, Talbott JA.  Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, Inc, 1994

2.   Simeon D, Hollander E, Cohen L:  Obsessive compulsive related disorders, in Current Concepts in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  Edited by Hollander E, Zohar J, Marazzati D, Olivier B.  Sussex, England, John Wiley & Sons, 1994

3.  Simeon D, Hollander E:  Anxiety disorders, phobias and obsessive compulsive disorders, in Core Readings in Psychiatry, An Annotated Guide to the Literature, 2nd ed.  Edited by Sacks MH, Sledge WH, Warren C. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press Inc., 1995

4.  Favazza AR, Simeon D:  Self-mutilation, in Impulsive Aggression and Disorders of Impulse Control.  Edited by Hollander E, Stein DJ.  Sussex, England, John Wiley & Sons, 1995

5.  Grossman R, Simeon D, Hollander E:  Depersonalization disorder, in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Casebook, Vol II.  Edited by Griest J, 1995

6.  Hollander E, Simeon D, Gorman JG:  Anxiety disorders, in Synopsis of Psychiatry.  Edited by Hales RE, Yudofsky SC.  Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press Inc., 1996

7.  Winchel RM, Yovell Y, Simeon D:  Impulse Control Disorders, in Psychiatry.  Edited by Tasman A, Kay J, Lieberman JA. WB Saunders, Baltimore, MD, 1997

8.  Stein DJ, Simeon D, Hollander E:  Neurochemistry of obsessive compulsive disorder, in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: Etiology - Diagnosis - Treatment.  Edited by Hollander E, Stein DJ.  Marcel Dekker Inc., 1997, pp 89-98
 
9.  Cohen L, Stein D, Simeon D, Hollander E:  Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders, in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: Etiology-Diagnosis-Treatment.  Edited by Hollander E, Stein DJ.  Marcel Dekker Inc., 1997, pp 47-73

10.  Hollander E, Simeon D, Gorman JG: Anxiety disorders, in The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, 3rd edition.  Edited by Hales RE, Yudofsky SC.  American Psychiatric Press Inc., Washington, DC, 1999, pp 567-634

11.  Hollander E, Simeon D, Gorman JG: Anxiety disorders, in Essentials of Clinical Psychiatry.  Edited by Hales RE, Yudofsky SC.  American Psychiatric Press Inc., Washington, DC, 1999 

12.  Simeon D, Hollander E: Dissociative Disorders Not Otherwise Specified, in Kaplan & Sadocks’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 7th edition. Edited by Sadock BJ, Sadock VA.  Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2000, pp 1570-1576

13.  Simeon D, Favazza AR:  Phenomenology of self-injurious behaviors, in Self-Injury: Assessment and Treatment.  Edited by Simeon D, Hollander E.  American Psychiatric Press Inc., Washington, DC, 2001

14.  Stein DJ, Simeon D:  Neurobiology and psychopharmacology of compulsive self-injurious behaviors, in Self-Injury: Assessment and Treatment.  Edited by Simeon D, Hollander E.  American Psychiatric Press Inc., Washington, DC, 2001

15.  Guralnik O, Simeon D:  Impulsive Self-injurious Behaviors:  psychodynamic theories and treatments, in Self-Injury: Assessment and Treatment.  Edited by Simeon D, Hollander E.  American Psychiatric Press Inc., Washington, DC, 2001

16.  Stein DJ, Zohar J, Simeon D:  Compulsive and impulsive aspects of self-injurious behavior, in Psychopharmacology: The Fifth Generation of Progress.  Edited by Davis KL, Nemeroff C, Coyle J, Charney D.  Lippincott, NY, 2002

17. Hollander E, Simeon D: Anxiety disorders, in The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Psychiatry, 4th edition.  Edited by Hales RE, Yudofsky SC.  American Psychiatric Press Inc., Washington, DC, 2003

18. Winchel RM, Yovell Y, Simeon D:  Impulse Control Disorders, in Psychiatry, 2nd edition. Edited by Tasman A, Kay J, Lieberman JA. WB Saunders, Baltimore, MD, 2003

19. Simeon D, Hollander E:  Treatment of personality disorders, in The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, 3rd edition.  Edited by Schatzberg AF, Nemeroff CB.  American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC, 2004

20. Simeon D:  Self-injurious Behavior, in Handbook of Impulse Control Disorders. Edited by Hollander E, Stein DJ.  American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc, Washington, DC, 2005

21. Simeon D:  Dissociative Disorders, in The Merck Manual, 18th edition (2005)

22. Simeon D, Hollander E:  Anxiety Disorders, in Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management. Edited by Simon RI, Hales RE. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2006

23. Kluft R, Lowenstein R, Simeon D: Melinda Who? A Treatment Case of Dissociative Identity Disorder, in Treatment Companion to the DSM-IV-TR Casebook.   Edited by Spitzer RL, First MB, Williams JBW, Gibbon M.  American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2006

24. Simeon D: Relationships between dissociation and PTSD, in: Traumatic Dissociation: Neurobiology and Treatment.  Edited by Vermetten E, Dorahy M, Spiegel D. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2007

25. Hollander E, Simeon D: Anxiety Disorders, in The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, 5th Ed.  Edited by Hales RE, Yudofsky SC, Gabbard GO. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC, 2008

26. Simeon D, Hamilton H: Depersonalization disorder and the psychotic spectrum.  In: Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation: Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology. Edited by Moskowitz A, Schafer I, Dorahy MJ. Wiley, 2008

27. Simeon D, Braun A: Dissociation across the lifespan and interfaces with posttraumatic stress disorder.  In: The Psychobiology of Trauma and Resilience Across the Lifespan. Edited by Delahanty DL. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc, Lanham, MD, 2008

28. Simeon D:  Dissociative Disorders, in The Merck Manual, 19th edition, 2008

29. Simeon D:  Dissociative Disorders, in The Merck Manual, 2nd home edition, 2008

30. Simeon D, Berlin H:  Impulse Control Disorders, in: Psychiatry, Third Edition. Edited by Tasman A, Kay J, Lieberman JA, First MB, Maj M. Wiley, 2008

31. Simeon D, Loewenstein R: Dissociative Disorders. In: Clinical Psychiatry Essentials. Edited by Roberts LW.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 2009

32. Simeon D, Hollander E:  Treatment of Personality Disorders, in: The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, 4th ed.  Edited by Schatzberg AF, Nemeroff CB. American Psychiatric Press Inc, Washington, DC, 2009

33. Simeon D, Loewenstein R:  Dissociative Disorders, in Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry 9th Ed.  Edited by Sadock V & Sadock B. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009

 
BOOK EDITOR:
1. Simeon D, Hollander E:  Self-Injurious Behaviors: Assessment and Treatment.  American Psychiatric Publishing Inc., Washington, DC, 2001

2.  Hollander E, Simeon D:  Concise Guide to the Anxiety Disorders.  American Psychiatric Publishing Inc., Washington, DC, 2003

3.  Simeon D, Abugel J: Feeling Unreal: Depersonalization and the Loss of the Self.  Oxford University Press, 2006

 

INVITED LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS:
“The Neurobiology of Dissociation:  what have we learned?” Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting Workshop, Chicago, IL, May 2003

“Neurochemistry and pharmacological treatment of depersonalization.” Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Symposium, Edinburgh, UK 2003

“Depersonalization disorder: a contemporary overview.”  Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Symposium, May 2004

Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Hospital, NY, October 2004

Grand Rounds, Lenox Hill Hospital, NY, February 2005

Grand Rounds, McLean Hospital, Boston, May 2006

Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, March 2008

Grand Rounds, New York University, October 201