PaulHenriDesanMD

Psychiatry • New Haven, CT

Psychosomatic Medicine

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine

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Office
20 York St
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone+1 203-688-2619

Fax+1 203-737-2221
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1994 - 1997
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 1999 - 2024
NY State Medical License 1997 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychosomatic Medicine

Clinical Trials

Environmental Treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Start of enrollment: 2002 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
A Trial of Negative Ion Generation Versus Light-Emitting Diode Phototherapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Case of Opioid Withdrawal Precipitated by Samidorphan / Olanzapine in a Patient Taking Buprenorphine / Naloxone.
Paul Eigenberger, Paul Desan, Mario A Caro> ;Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 10
Attitude change after a curriculum on the science and philosophy of well-being and happiness for high school students: A classroom-randomized trial
Paul H. Desan, Mark K. Setton, Allison A. Holzer, Kevin C. Young, Yan Sun, Fei He, Baosong Li, Andrea J. Weinstein, Xiaoling Yu> ;The British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2021 Apr 24
15 citations
Proactive Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document
Paul H. Desan, Hochang B. Lee, James A. Bourgeois, Sejal B. Shah, Patrick J Hurley, Sanjeev Sockalingam> ;Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 29
10 citations
Factors Affecting Psychiatry Resident Decision to Pursue Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry or Other Subspecialty Fellowship Training
Madeleine A. Becker, Mark V. Bradley, Cristina Montalvo, Sara Siris Nash, Sejal B. Shah, Marie B. Tobin, Paul H. Desan> ;Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 1
1 citations
Commercially Available Phototherapy Devices for Treatment of Depression: Physical Characteristics of Emitted Light.
Mary B Oldham, Paul H Desan, Oldham, M.> ;Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice. 2019 Oct 1
12 citations
Implementing Motivational Interviewing for Substance Misuse on Medical Inpatient Units: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Steve Martino, Paula C. Zimbrean, Ariadna Forray, Joy S. Kaufman, Paul H. Desan, Todd A. Olmstead, Kathryn Gilstad-Hayden, Ralitza Gueorguieva, Kimberly A. Yonkers> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2019 Aug 29
Recurrent Episodes of Brief Global Amnesia Related to Intrathecal Baclofen Pump: Originally Mistaken for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures.
David Rosenblum, Gulam Noorani, Paul H. Desan> ;Psychosomatics. 2017 Sep 1
15 citations
Alcohol and Sedative-Hypnotic Withdrawal Catatonia: Two Case Reports, Systematic Literature Review, and Suggestion of a Potential Relationship With Alcohol Withdrawal ...
Paul H. Desan> ;Psychosomatics. 2016 May 1
76 citations
Circadian Rhythm Disruption in the Critically Ill: An Opportunity for Improving Outcomes.
Hochang B. Lee, Paul H. Desan> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2016 Jan 1
4 citations
See One, Do One, Order One: a study protocol for cluster randomized controlled trial testing three strategies for implementing motivational interviewing on medical inp...
Steve Martino, Paula C. Zimbrean, Ariadna Forray, Joy S. Kaufman, Paul H. Desan, Todd A. Olmstead, Ralitza Gueorguieva, Heather B. Howell, Ashley McCaherty, Kimberly A...> ;Implementation Science. 2015 Sep 29
40 citations
Multidisciplinary Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Service: Impact on Length of Stay for Medical Inpatients
William H. Sledge, Ralitza Gueorguieva, Paul H. Desan, Janis Bozzo, Julianne Dorset, Hochang B. Lee> ;Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2015 Jan 1
15 citations
SAD and the Not-So-Single Photoreceptors
Dan A. Oren, Marek Koziorowski, Paul H. Desan> ;The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2013 Dec 1
10 citations
Abuse of tricyclic antidepressant drugs: a case series.
Raymone Shenouda, Paul H. Desan> ;Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2013 Jun 1
74 citations
Light treatment prevents fatigue in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Michelle Rissling, Ariel B. Neikrug, Vera Trofimenko, Loki Natarajan, Barbara A. Parker, Susan Lawton, Paul H. Desan, Lianqi Liu> ;Supportive Care in Cancer. 2012 Jun 1
8 citations
Association of smoking with wound complications after cesarean delivery
Cecilia Avila, Rupinder Bhangoo, Reinaldo Figueroa, Jarrett Santorelli, Paul Ogburn, Paul H. Desan> ;The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2012 Apr 24
70 citations
Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services Reduce Length of Stay for Admissions to an Inpatient Medical Team
Paul H. Desan, Paula C. Zimbrean, Andrea J. Weinstein, Janis Bozzo, William H. Sledge> ;Psychosomatics. 2011 Nov 1
2 citations
Levofloxacin-induced catatonia
Nagy A. Youssef, Franco Benazzi, Paul H. Desan> ;Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 2009 Jun 15
43 citations
A controlled trial of the Litebook light-emitting diode (LED) light therapy device for treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Paul H. Desan, Andrea J. Weinstein, Erin E. Michalak, Edwin M. Tam, Ybe Meesters, Martine J. Ruiter, Edward Horn, John I. Telner, Hani Iskandar, Diane B. Boivin, Raymo...> ;BMC Psychiatry. 2007 Aug 7
43 citations
Gabapentin abuse, and delirium tremens upon gabapentin withdrawal.
Christopher Pittenger, Paul H. Desan> ;The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2007 Mar 15
2 citations
Assessment and management of patients with psychiatric disorders.
Paul H. Desan, Seth Powsner> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2004 Apr 1
22 citations
Effects of light on low nocturnal bilirubin in winter depression: a preliminary report.
Dan A. Oren, Paul H. Desan, Nashaat N. Boutros, Amit Anand, Dennis S. Charney> ;Biological Psychiatry. 2002 Mar 1
6 citations
Is seasonal affective disorder a disorder of circadian rhythms
Paul H. Desan, Dan A. Oren> ;CNS Spectrums. 2001 Jun 1
80 citations
Genetic polymorphism at the CLOCK gene locus and major depression.
Paul H. Desan, Dan A. Oren, Robert T. Malison, Lawrence H. Price, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, Jordan W. Smoller, Dennis S. Charney, Joel Gelernter> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2000 Jun 12
5 citations
Monoamines and their metabolites in the amphibian (Ambystoma tigrinum) brain: Quantitative changes during metamorphosis and captivity
David O. Norris, James A. Carr, Paul H. Desan, Tim Smock, Mark F. Norman> ;Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Comparative Physiology. 1992 Oct 1
13 citations
Asymmetric metabolism of hypothalamic catecholamines alternates with side of ovulation in a lizard (Anolis carolinensis).
Paul H. Desan, Kristin H. Lopez, Harriet B. Austin, Richard E. Jones> ;The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 1992 Apr 15
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Press Mentions

How to Fend off Winter DepressionSeptember 30th, 2021
Symposia & PodiumsMarch 3rd, 2021
Pandemic, Seasonal Depression Collide in "Perfect Storm"; Who's Affected, & How to Cope?February 8th, 2021
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Hospital Affiliations

Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, Connecticut