Melanie M. Wall, PhD

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Melanie M. Wall, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Her publications focus on addiction, posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, anxiety, mood disorders, and psychiatry, addressing topics such as defense mechanisms in psychiatric disorders, opioid use disorder, treatment effectiveness for mental disorders and substance use, and factors influencing suicide risk. She has contributed to national epidemiologic studies and research on patient expectancy effects in antidepressant trials.

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Defense Mechanisms and Common Psychiatric Disorders
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Defense Mechanisms and Common Psychiatric Disorders

April 28, 2025

Individuals with mood, anxiety, or substance use disorders generally had a higher prevalence of defense mechanisms than those with no disorders. Defense mechanisms and psychiatric disorders represent correlated but...
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Post-Discharge Mental Health Schedule Impact

September 15, 2020

Participate in a CME activity on whether scheduling an outpatient mental health appointment is an effective and low-resource discharge planning practice.
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Model of Prescription Opioid Use Disorder

December 3, 2019

Prior research has identified several risk factors for prescription opioid use disorder (POUD). The authors attempted to develop a conceptual model for POUD based on an existing model for...
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Treatment of Common Mental Disorders in the US

May 28, 2019

When patients present for treatment of anxiety or mood disorders, do you consider whether there is also an untreated substance use disorder? Check out these data on disorder prevalence...
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Predictors of Suicide Attempt in Depressed Individuals

July 31, 2018

Many individual factors influence risk of suicide attempt. How can these disparate factors be understood in light of each other? Read this article to learn about a comprehensive model...
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Sex Differences in Prevalence of PTSD

March 27, 2018

PTSD is more prevalent in women than in men, but is this because women's exposure to traumatic events is greater or because they are more vulnerable to traumatic events?...
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Generalizability in Clinical Trials of Substance Abuse

January 25, 2017

If clinical trials by design exclude as many as 85% of individuals with a target disorder, how can these studies be representative of the clinical population? Discover in this...
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Generalizability of Neuroimaging Studies in 5 Common Psychiatric Disorders Based on the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC)

December 28, 2016

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Childhood Maltreatment and Risk of Suicide Attempt: A Nationally Representative Study

July 22, 2015

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The Role of Patient Expectancy in Placebo and Nocebo Effects in Antidepressant Trials

June 10, 2014

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Relationship Between Acculturation, Discrimination, and Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among US Hispanics in the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions

April 15, 2014

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