Books

Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry.Oxford University Press, September 2008

A Paradigm for Integrated Care

Second Edition

Cohen MA, Batista SM, Gorman JM.  Chapter 11: Anxiety Disorders in Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry.Oxford University Press, September 2008.

 

Handbook of AIDS Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, New York, 2010

Mary Ann Cohen, Harold Goforth, Joseph Lux, Sharon Batista, Sami Khalife, Kelly Cozza, and Jocelyn Soffer

Chapters 2, 3, 6, 7,13 & 14

Mount Sinai Expert Guides. John Wiley & Sons, 2017

Hildebrandt T, Batista SM, Shear M, Alonso Y. Chapter 22: Eating Disorders. In Mount Sinai Expert Guides. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

 

Loh D, and Dokun O, Batista SM. Chapter 45: Symptomatology and Psychopharmacology Across Cultures. in Mount Sinai Expert Guides. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

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Articles or Abstracts of Articles

DNR versus DNT: clinical implications of a conceptual ambiguity: a case analysis

Abstract

Psychiatrists who practice psychosomatic medicine are routinely called upon to help resolve ethical dilemmas that arise in the care of patients near the end of their lives.

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Caring for persons with early childhood trauma, PTSD, and HIV: a curriculum for clinicians

Abstract

Access and adherence to medical care enable persons with HIV to live longer and healthier lives. Adherence to care improves quality of life, prevents progression to AIDS, and also has significant public health implications.

Blog Posts

You’re Not as Unique as You Think You Are

How OCD sufferers get tripped up with anxiety, worry, and doubt: A brief Q&A.

Salute to Mothers: Mental Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum

Here are underrecognized mental health struggles many mothers experience.

Is COVID-19 Causing an "Epidemic" of OCD?

Coping with anxiety due to the pandemic

Physician Suicide Is Not a Passing COVID-Era Problem

When is it going to be the right time to do something about physician health?

September Is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Advice from a New York psychiatrist in the COVID era.

Recent Interviews

Treating Depression in Women

Psychiatrist Sharon Batista, MD, has spent her career treating depression in women. She utilizes evidence-based approaches for helping women overcome depression, anxiety, workplace stress, and loneliness. In this expert interview, she discusses her approach to developing treatment plans, misconceptions about depression in women, and her advice for caregivers.

Latinas, Taking Mental Health Medication Doesn’t Make You “Loca”

During my junior year of high school, I began struggling with invasive, destructive thoughts. I was clinically depressed, and as a teenager, I had no idea how to manage these troubling apprehensions and emotions.

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