Lorrin Koran
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
OCD Clinic 401 Quarry Rd MC 5723 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-2423
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 725-8417Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Psychiatry
- Trichotillomania
- skin picking
- compulsive buying
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Stanford OCD Clinic (1990 - 2009)
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Achievement Award, Northern California Psychiatric Society (2004)
- Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2003)
- M.D., cum laude, Harvard Medical School (1966)
Professional Education
| Internship: | UCLA Medical Center CA (1967) |
| Board Certification: | Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1973) |
| Residency: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (1970) |
| Medical Education: | Harvard Medical School MA (1966) |
| M.D.: | Harvard Medical School (1966) |
Community and International Work
- OCD Research, Florence, Italy
Internet Links
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1. Novel drug treatments for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
2. Novel drug treatments for major depression
3. Drug treatments for impulse control disorders
Clinical Trials
- Not Recruiting Duloxetine for the Treatment of Dysthymia
- Not Recruiting Switching to Duloxetine to Ameliorate SSRI-Induced Sexual Dysfunction
- Not Recruiting Dextro-Amphetamine Versus Caffeine in Treatment-resistant OCD
- Not Recruiting Trial of Aripiprazole in Trichotillomania
Publications
- A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of fluoxetine plus quetiapine or clomipramine versus fluoxetine plus placebo for obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2011; (6): 763-8
- Agitation in the inpatient psychiatric setting: a review of clinical presentation, burden, and treatment. J Psychiatr Pract. 2011; (3): 170-85
- Open-label trial of aripiprazole in the treatment of trichotillomania. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2011; (4): 503-6
- Psychiatric complications of treatment with corticosteroids: review with case report. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011; (6): 549-60
- Extended-release fluvoxamine and improvements in quality of life in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Compr Psychiatry. 2010 Jul-Aug; (4): 373-9
- Double-blind study of dextroamphetamine versus caffeine augmentation for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2009; (11): 1530-5
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