PaulRaganMD

Psychiatry • Madison, TN

Addiction, Psychosomatic Medicine

Associate Professor; Senior Consulting Psychiatrist

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Office
500 Hospital Dr
Madison, TN 37115
Phone+1 615-769-2000
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Education & Training

National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Psychiatry, 1981 - 1985
University of Arizona College of MedicineClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 1997 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2019 - 2021
ID State Medical License 2018 - 2020
MD State Medical License 1988 - 1997
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

44 citations
Relationship between cortisol and serotonin metabolites and transporters in alcolholism
Andreas Heinz, Douglas W. Jones, G. Bissette, Daniel W. Hommer, Paul W Ragan, Michael B. Knable, Stefan Wellek, Markku Linnoila, D.R. Weinberger> ;Pharmacopsychiatry. 2002 Jul 1
29 citations
Serotonin, testosterone and alcohol in the etiology of domestic violence.
David T. George, John C. Umhau, Monte J. Phillips, Devadatham Emmela, Paul W Ragan, Susan E. Shoaf, Robert R. Rawlings> ;Psychiatry Research. 2001 Oct 10
18 citations
Lactate-induced rage and panic in a select group of subjects who perpetrate acts of domestic violence.
David T. George, Joseph R. Hibbeln, Paul W Ragan, John C. Umhau, Monte J. Phillips, Linda Doty, Daniel W. Hommer, Robert R. Rawlings> ;Biological Psychiatry. 2000 May 1
359 citations
A relationship between serotonin transporter genotype and in vivo protein expression and alcohol neurotoxicity.
Andreas Heinz, Douglas W. Jones, C.M. Mazzanti, David Goldman, Paul W Ragan, Dan Hommer, Markku Linnoila, Daniel R. Weinberger> ;Biological Psychiatry. 2000 Apr 1
227 citations
Reduced Central Serotonin Transporters in Alcoholism
Andreas Heinz, Paul W Ragan, Douglas W. Jones, Dan Hommer, Wendol Williams, Michael B. Knable, Julia G. Gorey, Linda Doty, Christopher Geyer, Kan S. Lee, Richard Coppo...> ;The American Journal of Psychiatry. 1998 Nov 1
84 citations
A replication study of violent and nonviolent subjects: cerebrospinal fluid metabolites of serotonin and dopamine are predicted by plasma essential fatty acids
Joseph R. Hibbeln, John C. Umhau, Markku Linnoila, David T. George, Paul W Ragan, Susan E. Shoaf, Michael R Vaughan, Robert R. Rawlings, Norman Salem> ;Biological Psychiatry. 1998 Aug 15
Effect of Alcoholism on the Incidence of Lactate-Induced Panic Attacks
David T. George, Teresa Lindquist, Paul W Ragan, Tanya N. Alim, Michael J. Eckardt, Markku Linnoila> ;Biological Psychiatry. 1997 Dec 1
124 citations
Decreased Corpus Callosum Size Among Alcoholic Women
Daniel W. Hommer, Reza Momenan, Robert R. Rawlings, Paul W Ragan, Wendol Williams, Daniel E. Rio, Michael J. Eckardt> ;Archives of Neurology. 1996 Apr 1
Greater alcohol use in women with PMS
Paul W Ragan> ;The American Journal of Psychiatry. 1995 Oct 1
10 citations
Effect of chloride or glucose on the incidence of lactate-induced panic attacks.
David T. George, T Lindquist, David J. Nutt, Paul W Ragan, T Alim, V McFarlane, J Leviss, Michael J. Eckardt, Markku Linnoila> ;The American Journal of Psychiatry. 1995 May 1
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Hospital Affiliations

TriStar Skyline Medical CenterNashville, Tennessee
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical CenterIdaho Falls, Idaho
Unity Psychiatric Care-ClarksvilleClarksville, Tennessee
Schneider Regional Medical CenterSt. Thomas, Virgin Islands