CDI Faculty

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

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Education

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

 

Relevant Publications

  • Reynolds, C.F., Butters, M.A., Lopez, O., Pollock, B.G., Dew, M.A., Mulsant, B.H., ... [including Karp, J.F.] & DeKosky, S.T. (2011). Maintenance treatment of depression in old age: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of the efficacy and safety of donepezil combined with antidepressant pharmacotherapy. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68(1), 51-60. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.184
  • Karp, J.F., Weiner, D.K., Dew, M.A., Begley, A., Miller, M.D., Reynolds III, C.F. (2010). Duloxetine and care management treatment of older adults with comorbid major depressive disorder and chronic low back pain: Results of an open-label pilot study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(6), 633-642. doi:10.1002/gps.2386
  • Greenlee, A., Karp, J.F., Dew, M.A., Houck, P., Andreescu, C., & Reynolds III, C.F. (2010). Anxiety impairs depression remission in partial responders during extended treatment in late-life. Depression and Anxiety, 27(5), 451-456. doi:10.1002/da.20672
  • Martire, L.M., Schulz, R., Reynolds III, C.F., Karp, J.F., Gildengers, A.G., & Whyte, E.M. (2009). Treatment of late-life depression alleviates caregiver burden. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(1), 23-29. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02610.x
  • Porensky, E.K., Dew, M.A., Karp, J.F., Skidmore, E., Rollman, B.L., Shear, M.K., & Lenze, E.J. (2009). The burden of late-life generalized anxiety disorder: Effects on disability, health-related quality of life, and healthcare utilization. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(6), 473-482. doi:10.1097/JGP.0b013e31819b87b2