Charles DeBattista
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Psychiatry Department 401 Quarry Rd MC 5723 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-8335 Fax (650) 724-9900
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-8324Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Psychiatry
- Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Resistant Depression
- Neuromodulation
Honors and Awards
- America's Best Doctors; Psychiatry, Best Doctors (2009-2010)
- Review Article of the Year, Primary Psychiatry (2004)
- Teacher of the Year, Dept. Of Psychiatry (1998, 2000, 2001)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1995) |
| Fellowship: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (1993) |
| Medical Education: | UCSF School of Medicine CA (1989) |
| DMH: | UCSF/UC Berkeley, Mental Health (1986) |
| MD: | UCSF, Medicine (1989) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Treatment resistant depression.
Novel biological interventions in the treatment of mental illness.
Anti-glucocorticoid drugs in the treatment of mood disorders.
Augmentation strategies in the treatment of depression.
Clinical Trials
- Recruiting International Study to Predict Optimised Treatment - in Depression
- Not Recruiting 24-Week Placebo-Controlled Trial of Flibanserin Once Daily in Premenopausal Women With Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
- Recruiting Treatment Trial for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
- Not Recruiting Ropinirole Controlled Release (CR) as an Adjunctive Agent in the Treatment of Major Depression
- Recruiting Radiosurgical Neuromodulation for Refractory Depression
Publications
- Measuring severe adverse events and medication selection using a "PEER Report" for nonpsychotic patients: a retrospective chart review. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2012: 277-84
- The use of referenced-EEG (rEEG) in assisting medication selection for the treatment of depression. J Psychiatr Res. 2011; (1): 64-75
- Response to Dr. Tsai's letter to the Editor - The use of referenced-EEG (rEEG) in assisting medication selection for the treatment of depression. J Psychiatr Res. 2010
- Safety considerations of the use of second generation antipsychotics in the treatment of major depression: extrapyramidal and metabolic side effects. Curr Drug Saf. 2010; (3): 263-6
- A multisite trial of mifepristone for the treatment of psychotic depression: a site-by-treatment interaction. Contemp Clin Trials. 2009; (4): 284-8
- Effects of major depression diagnosis and cortisol levels on indices of neurocognitive function. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009; (7): 1012-8

