Physicians

Department / Division
Psychiatry / Behavioral Psychiatry

Address
2200 West Main Street, Suite 340
Durham, NC 27705

Appointment Telephone
919-416-3439

Office Telephone
919-416-3439

Fax Telephone
919-416-3437

Training

• MD, Shah Medical College (India), 1968

Residency

• Psychiatry, John Umstead Hospital (North Carolina), 1978-1982

Clinical Interests
Panic disorder, phobias, GAD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, affective disorders, psychopharmacology, psychosomatic disorders, ADHD

Research Interests
My clinical research involves patients with chest pain, GI symptoms, syncope and somatization due to depression and anxiety.  However, in may of these patients, although they may have symptoms of anxiety, they may not meet the criteria for panic disorder or other psychotic disorders.  However, 50% of their pain improved with SSRI or antidepressant medicine.  Also the cost associated with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures related to their psychiatric problems.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Linzer M, Varia I, Pontinen M, Divine G, Grubb B, Estes M: Medically unexplained syncope: Relationship to psychiatric illness. American Journal of Medicine 92: 1A-245, 1992. (1992)

Linzer M, Felder A, Hackel A, Perry A, Varia I, Melville M, Krishnan K: Psychiatric syncope: A new look at an old disease. Psychosomatics 32 (2): 181-188, 1990. (1990)

Linzer M, Prystowsky E, Brunetti L, Varia L, German L: Recurrent syncope of unknown origin diagnosed by ambulatory continuous loop ECG recording. American Heart Journal 1632-1634, December 1988. (1988)

France R, Houpt J, Skott A, Krishnan R, Varia I: Depression as a psychopathological disorder in chronic pain. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 30: 127-133, 1986. (1986)