About The ZHH Research Division
| The Zucker Hillside Hospital Division of Psychiatry Research 75-59 263rd Street Glen Oaks, NY 11004 (Entrance on 76th Avenue, across from 266th Street) (718/516) 470-8416 |
Anil Malhotra, Director Barbara Cornblatt, Associate Director Philip Szeszko, Associate Director Carolyn Wedick, Administrative Manager Rae Ann De Rosse, Administrative Office Supervisor |
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND PHILOSOPHY The Zucker Hillside Hospital was founded on the principle that many psychiatric patients can recover and return to the community. The staff has been committed to providing the broadest treatment available for all patients. The Psychiatry Research Division has been distinguished and guided by humanistic values coupled with the application of scientific advances since the 1950s.The philosophy of the research program is to contribute advanced scientific methods, technical expertise, and innovative clinical treatment to the understanding, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders ranging from mild and transient anxiety disorders to severe, disabling life-long conditions, such as schizophrenia. Members of the Psychiatry Research Division continue to develop programs and provide technical assistance and training in the methods for investigating schizophrenia, movement disorders, affective disorders, panic and obsessive compulsive disorders and child, adolescent and geriatric psychiatry. |
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
PATIENTS SERVED
Inpatients and outpatients of the extremely diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic groups who live in this area are encouraged to participate in the Research Programs. Each study has specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects are eligible for studies based upon these criteria.
TREATMENT MODALITIES
Patients participating in those research programs that do not involve treatment changes are treated in accordance with the best clinical practice, inpatient or outpatient services.
Each study protocol contains a detailed description of research procedures; all study procedures are approved by the Psychiatry Research Protocol Review Committee and by the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Institutional Review Board before being implemented. A high priority is given to the maintenance of confidentiality. All studies abide by HIPAA compliance and confidentiality regulations pertaining to individual study participation and individual study results. Patients interact with research personnel according to the research procedures for the particular study. Studies that do involve treatment usually employ an interdisciplinary team approach to treatment, but the exact treatment offered varies from study to study based upon the study hypotheses being tested.
