The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston

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Adel Wassef, M.D.

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Biography:

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Clinical and Research Interests:

  1. Schizophrenia
  2. Studies in treatment of schizophrenia Cognitive function in schizophrenia GABA-ergic compounds.

Publications (selected):

  • Harbour, D.V., Anderson, A., Farrington, J., Wassef, A., Smith, E.M., and Meyer, W.J. III. Decreased lymphocyte TSH responsiveness in patients with major depression. Biol. Psychiatry, 23:797 806, 1988.
  • Wassef, A., Watson, D., Morrison, P., Bryant, S. and Flack, J. Neuroleptic valproic acid combination in treatment of psychotic symptoms: a three case report. J. of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9:45 48. 1989.
  • Wassef, A., Smith, E.M., Rose, R.M., Gardner, R., Nguyen, H., and Meyer, W.J. III. Mononuclear glucocorticoid receptor binding characteristics and down regulation in major depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 15(1): 59-68, 1990.
  • 4. Wassef, A., O'Boyle, M., Gardner, R., Rose, R.M., Brown, A., Harris, A., Nguyen, H. and Meyer, W.J. III. Glucocorticoid receptor binding in three different cell types in major depression: Lack of evidence of receptor binding defect. Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiat. 16(1): 65-78, 1992.
  • Paniagua, F., Wassef, A., Linares, S. and O'Boyle, M. What is a difficult mental health case? An empirical study of relationships among domain variables. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 23: 79-100, 1993.
  • Ramirez, S., Wassef, A., Paniagua, F., Linskey, A. and O'Boyle, M. Perceptions of mental health providers concerning cultural factors in the evaluations of Hispanic children and adolescents. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 16: 28-42, 1994.
  • Wassef, A., Ingham, D., Lassiter-Collins, M. and Mason, G. In search of effective programs to address students' emotional distress and behavioral problems: Part 1: Defining the problem. Adolescence 30(119): 523-538, 1995.
  • Wassef, A., Lassiter-Collins, M., Ingham, D. and Mason, G. In search of effective programs to address students' emotional distress and behavioral problems: Part II: Critique of community and school based programs. Adolescence 30(120), 757-777, 1995.
  • Wassef, A., Mason, G., Lassiter-Collins, M., O'Boyle, M. and Ingham, D. In search of effective programs to address students' emotional distress and behavioral problems: Part III: Student assessment of school-based support groups. Adolescence 31 (121), 2-16, 1996 (Spring).
  • O'Boyle, M., Paniagua, F., Wassef, A. and Holzer, C. Training health professionals in the recognition and treatment of depression. Psychiatric Services 46: 616-618, 1995.
  • Wassef, A., Mason, G., Lassiter Collins, M., VanHaalen, J., and Ingham, D. Effectiveness of One-Year Participation in School-Based Volunteer-Facilitated Peer Support Groups. Adolescence 33 (129) 91:97, 1998 (Spring).
  • Dougherty, D., Steinberg, J., Wassef, A., Medearis, D., Cherek, D., and Moeller, G. Immediate Versus Delayed Visual Memory Task Performance Among Schizophrenic Patients and Normal Controls. Psychiatry Research. 79(3):255-65, 1998 Jul 13.
  • Wassef, A., Dott, S., Harris, A., Brown, A., O’Boyle, M., Meyer, W., and Rose, R. Critical Review of GABA-ergic Drugs in the Treatment of Schizophrenia. J. of Clinical Psychopharmacology 19(3) 222-232, 1999
  • Bowden, C., Swann, A., Calabrese, J., McElroy, S., Morris, D., Petty, F., Wassef, A., Hirschfeld, R., Gyulai, L. Maintenance Clinical Trials in Bipolar Disorder: Design Implications of the Divalproex-Lithium-Placebo Study. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 33(4):693-699, 1997
  • Wassef A., Dott, S., Harris A., Brown A., O'Boyle, M., Meyer, W.J. III, and Rose, R. Randomized, Placebo-controlled Pilot study of Divalproex Sodium in the Treatment of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Schizophrenia. J. of Clinical Psychopharmacology 20 (3):357-361, 2000.
  • Bowden, C., Calabrese, J., McElroy, S., Gyulai, L., Wassef, A., Petty, F., et al. Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Divalproex Sodium Versus Lithium in Maintenance Therapy of Bipolar Disorder. Archives of Gen. Psychiatry 57 (5):481-489, 2000
  • Wassef A., Hafiz N, S., Hampton D., Molloy M. Divalproex Sodium Augmentation of Haloperidol in Hospitalized Patients with Schizophrenia: Clinical and Economic Implications. J. of Clinical Psychopharmacology 21(1) 21-26, 2001
  • Lachar, D., Bailley, S., Rhoades, H., Espadas, A., Aponte, M., Cowan, K., Gummattira, P., Kopecky, C., Wassef, A. New subscales for an anchored version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale: construction, reliability, and validity in acute psychiatric admissions. Psychological Assessment 13(3):384-95, 2001.
  • Casey, D., Daniel, D., Wassef, A., Tracy, K., Wozniak, P., Sommerville, K. For the Depakote Psychosis Group. Effect of Divalproex Combined with Olanzapine or Risperidone in Patients with an Acute Exacerbation of Schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 28, 182-192, 2003 Jan.
  • Gyulai L., Bowden CL., McElroy SL., Calabrese JR., Petty F., Swann AC., Chou JC., Wassef A., Risch CS., Hirschfeld RM., Nemeroff CB., Keck PE Jr., Evans DL., Wozniak PJ. Maintenance efficacy of divalproex in the prevention of bipolar depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 28(7):1374-82, 2003 Jul.
  • Wassef, A., Baker, J., Kochan, L.D. GABA and Schizophrenia: A Review of Basic Science and Clinical Studies.[Review]. J Clinical Psychopharmacology 23(6):601-640, 2003, Dec.
  • Reply: Effect of Divalproex Combined with Olanzapine or Risperidone in Patients with an Acute Exacerbation of Schizophrenia. Casey D.E, Daniel D.G., Wassef A.A., Tracy K. A., Wozniak P., Sommerville K.W. Neuropsychopharmacology 28, 2052-2053, 2003, Nov.
  • Lopez L.M., Wassef A.A., Molloy M.S., Williams N.G. Valproic acid induces manifestations of simultaneous dopamine enhancement and reduction in schizophrenia.[Letter] Neuropsychopharmacology 29(6):1217; author reply 1218-20, 2004 Jun.
  • Pettit J.W., Averill P.M., Wassef A.A., Gruber N.P., Schneider L. Ratings of early major depressive disorder symptom change during a brief psychiatric hospitalization. Psychiatric Quarterly 76(1):33-48, 2005
  • Wassef A.A., Winkler D.E., Roache A.L., Abobo V.B., Lopez L.M., Averill J.P., Mian A.I., Overall J.E. Lower effectiveness of divalproex versus valproic acid in a prospective, quasi-experimental clinical trial involving 9,260 psychiatric admissions. American Journal of Psychiatry 162(2):330-9, 2005 Feb.
  • Patricia M. Averill1, Adel A. Wassef. Who receives antidepressants and what impact do they have? An acute-care study. Psychiatric Quarterly, 2006, June
  • 28. Babin, S.L., Wassef, A.A., Sereno, A.B. Schizophrenic patients exhibit hyper-reflexivity in a semantic categorical priming task. Journal of Neurolinguistics. Accepted.

Faculty Biography

Adel Wassef, M.D.
  • Adel Wassef, M.D.
    Assistant Professor
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    2800 S. MacGregor Way
    Houston, Texas 77021
  • phone: (713) 741-3801
  • fax: (713) 741-5932
    e-mail: Adel.A.Wassef
    @uth.tmc.edu
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