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Jordan F. Karp

Jordan F. Karp, M.D.

Dr. Karp's research has centered on geriatric psychiatry, with special emphasis on depression, persistent pain, cognitive impairment, and caregiver burden. He has studied somatic symptoms of depression, links between memory loss and comorbid anxiety disorder and depression, and outcomes of psychopharmacologic treatment of depression.

Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Education

  • M.D., 1998, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

Relevant Publications

  • Saghafi R, Brown C, Butters MA, Cyranowski J, Dew MA, Frank E, Gildengers A, Karp JF, et al. Predicting 6-week treatment response to escitalopram pharmacotherapy in late-life major depressive disorder. Intl J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007;22(11):1141-1146.
  • Driscoll HC, Karp JF, Dew MA, Reynolds CF. Getting better, getting well: understanding and managing partial and non-response to pharmacological treatment of non-psychotic major depression in old age. Drugs Aging. 2007;24(10):801-814.
  • Shega J, Emanuel L, Vargish L, Levine SK, Bursch H, Herr K, Karp JF, et al. Pain in persons with dementia: complex, common, and challenging. J Pain. 2007;8(5):373-378.
  • Karp JF, Lenze EJ, Solai L, Rosen J, Reynolds CF. Preventing depression in older adults. Clin Neuropsychiatry. 2006;3:169-180.
  • Karp JF, Reynolds CF, Butters MA, et al. The relationship between pain and mental flexibility in older adult pain clinic patients. Pain Med. 2006;7:444-452.

 

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