Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor
Co-Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Program
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Unit
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Mobile Treatment
Main Office Address
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Meyer 279
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-6736
Fax: 410-614-1094
E-mail: pvrabins@jhmi.edu
Administrative Assistant
Kate Jakobsen
E-mail: jakobsen@jhmi.edu
Education
1969 | B.A. | University of Florida |
1973 | M.D. | Tulane University School of Medicine |
1974 | MPH | Tulane University School of Medicine |
1973-1974 | Medicine | Charity Hospital |
1974-1977 | Psychiatry | University of Oregon |
1977-1978 | Psychiatry | The Johns Hopkins University |
Professional Interests
- Effectiveness of current treatment for Alzheimer disease (AD)
- The development of measures of quality of life in persons with AD
- Care of patients with late stage dementia
Selected Publications
Blass DB, Rabins PV. Dementia. http://pier.acponline.org/physicians/diseases/d169. [Date accessed: 2002 Nov 21] In: PIER [online database]. Philadelphia, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, 2002.
Lyketsos CG, Gonzales-Salvador T, Chin JJ, Baker A, Black B, Rabins PV. A follow-up study of change in quality of life among persons with dementia residing in a long-term care facility. Int J Ger Psychiatry, 18:275-281, 2003.
Lyketsos CG, DelCampo L, Steinberg M, Miles-Samus Q, Steele CD, Munro C, Baker AS, Sheppard JME, Frangakis C, Brandt J, Rabins, PV. Treating depression in Alzheimer's disease: Efficacy and safety of sertraline, and the benefits of depression reduction: The DIADS Study. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 2003.
Black BS, Kasper J, Brandy J, Shore AD, German P, Burton L, Gallo JJ, Lyketsos C, RABINS PV. Identifying dementia in high-risk community samples: The Memory and Medical Care Study. Alz Dis and Associated Disorders 17:9-18, 2003.
Chan D-C, Kasper JD, Black BS. RABINS PV. Presence of behavioral and psychological symptoms predicts nursing home placement in community-dwelling elders with cognitive impairment in univariate but not multivariate analysis. J of Gerontology 58A:548-554, 2003.
Rabins PV. Getting Old Without Getting Anxious. New York: Avery/Penguin Group, 2005.
