Raj Kalapatapu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Ph.D. Epidemiology & Translational Science University of California, San Francisco 06/2020
• Neurosciences/Psychiatric Research Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 06/2013
• Addiction Psychiatry T32 Clinical/Research Fellowship Columbia University 06/2012
• Geriatric Psychiatry Clinical Fellowship Mount Sinai School of Medicine 07/2009
• Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Clinical Fellowship Indiana University School of Medicine 07/2008
• Adult Psychiatry Residency Indiana University School of Medicine 07/2007
• M.D. Medical School Indiana University School of Medicine 05/2003
• B.S. Premedicine Purdue University 05/1999

Websites

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• Cognition & Addiction Laboratory at UCSF (cal.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• OT-based Cognitive Rehabilitation of Cocaine Abusers, NIH/NIDA, 2013-2018

Publications (56)

Top publication keywords:
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)Geriatric PsychiatryCognitionCentral Nervous System StimulantsVeteransBuprenorphinePrescription DrugsQuinolonesAlcoholismCocaine-Related DisordersSubstance-Related DisordersStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticErythrocyte IndicesAspartate AminotransferasesPerformance-Enhancing Substances

• Managing a Suicidal or Gravely Disabled Patient on an Involuntary Psychiatric Hold and Who Has End-of-Life Orders: Key Factors to Consider in an Emergency Room Setting
  Current Research in Psychology and Behavioral Science 2023 Dinh M, Elkin GD, Kalapatapu RK
• Experiences of transgender and gender diverse patients in emergency psychiatric settings: A scoping review.
  Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2023 O'Brien M, Hirschtritt ME, Tahir P, Kalapatapu RK
• Addressing the Pediatric Mental Health Crisis in Emergency Departments in the US: Findings of a National Pediatric Boarding Consensus Panel.
  Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2023 Feuer V, Mooneyham GC, Malas NM, Pediatric Boarding Consensus Guidelines Panel
• Tips for efficient night shift work in a psychiatric ED
  Current Psychiatry 2023 Kalapatapu RK
• Tips for Health Insured Patients When Accessing Care
  Current Research in Psychology and Behavioral Science 2023 Kalapatapu RK

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• Body-Worn Cameras by Security/Law Enforcement: Tips for Emergency Psychiatry Staff
  Current Research in Psychology and Behavioral Science 2023 Kalapatapu RK
• BOARDING psychiatric patients in the ED: Key strategies
  Current Psychiatry 2022 Kalapatapu RK
• The Skill of Administering Medications via Intramuscular Route
  Current Psychiatry 2022 Kalapatapu RK, Ramos GA
• Agreement between Youth Self-Report and Biospecimen-Confirmed Substance Use: A Systematic Review.
  Substance use & misuse 2022 Folk JB, Hirschtritt ME, McCrary QD, Kalapatapu RK
• Which Emergent Medication Should I Give Next? Repeated Use of Emergent Medications to Treat Acute Agitation.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2021 Searles Quick VB, Herbst ED, Kalapatapu RK
• Case Report: Buprenorphine Induction Using Transdermal Buprenorphine in a Veteran With Opioid Use Disorder and Psychosis, Managing Precipitated Withdrawal.
  Military medicine 2020 Kinasz KR, Herbst ED, Kalapatapu RK
• Psychiatric emergency? What to consider before prescribing
  Current Psychiatry 2020 Kalapatapu RK
• Prescribing medications in an emergency situation? Document your rationale
  Current Psychiatry 2019 Kalapatapu RK
• Organizing the P in a SOAP Note
  Current Psychiatry 2019 Kalapatapu RK
• COMPRESS: Key questions to ask during shift changes in a psychiatric ER
  Current Psychiatry 2018 Kalapatapu RK
• Does trauma exposure predict prescription drug problems beyond the contribution of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression? An analysis of the Mind Your Heart cohort study.
  Journal of addictive diseases 2017 Kalapatapu RK, Dannenbaum TP, Harbison JD, Cohen BE
• Use of Stimulants and Performance Enhancers During and After Trauma Exposure in a Combat Veteran: A Possible Risk Factor for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms.
  The American journal of psychiatry 2017 Herbst E, McCaslin S, Kalapatapu RK
• "Being with a Buddha": A Case Report of Methoxetamine Use in a United States Veteran with PTSD.
  Case reports in psychiatry 2017 Striebel JM, Nelson EE, Kalapatapu RK
• Lifetime alcohol use and cognitive performance in older adults.
  Journal of addictive diseases 2016 Kalapatapu RK, Ventura MI, Barnes DE
• The relational neurobehavioral approach: can a non-aversive program manage adults with brain injury-related aggression without seclusion/restraint?
  Disability and rehabilitation 2016 Kalapatapu RK, Giles GM
• Substance use history in behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia versus primary progressive aphasia.
  Journal of addictive diseases 2015 Kalapatapu RK, Delucchi KL, Wang S, Harbison JD, Nelson EE, Kramer JH
• Butyrylcholinesterase levels and subjective effects of smoked cocaine in healthy cocaine users.
  The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse 2014 Askalsky P, Kalapatapu RK, Foltin RW, Comer SD
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy in depressed primary care patients with co-occurring problematic alcohol use: effect of telephone-administered vs. face-to-face treatment-a secondary analysis.
  Journal of psychoactive drugs 2014 Kalapatapu RK, Ho J, Cai X, Vinogradov S, Batki SL, Mohr DC
• Association of alcohol use biomarkers and cognitive performance in veterans with problematic alcohol use and posttraumatic stress disorder: data from the mind your heart study.
  Journal of addictive diseases 2014 Kalapatapu RK, Neylan TC, Regan MC, Cohen BE
• The anti-suicidal potential of buprenorphine: a case report.
  International journal of psychiatry in medicine 2014 Striebel JM, Kalapatapu RK
• Alcohol use biomarkers predicting cognitive performance: a secondary analysis in veterans with alcohol dependence and posttraumatic stress disorder.
  Military medicine 2013 Kalapatapu RK, Delucchi KL, Lasher BA, Vinogradov S, Batki SL
• APOE e4 genotype and cigarette smoking in adults with normal cognition and mild cognitive impairment: a retrospective baseline analysis of a national dataset.
  The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse 2013 Kalapatapu RK, Delucchi KL
• Demographic and clinical characteristics of middle-aged versus younger adults enrolled in a clinical trial of a web-delivered psychosocial treatment for substance use disorders.
  Journal of addiction medicine 2013 Kalapatapu RK, Campbell A, Aharonovich E, Hu MC, Levin FR, Nunes EV
• Relationship of age to impulsivity and decision making: a baseline secondary analysis of a behavioral treatment study in stimulant use disorders.
  Journal of addictive diseases 2013 Kalapatapu RK, Lewis DF, Vinogradov S, Batki SL, Winhusen T
• The subjective effects of cocaine: relationship to years of cocaine use and current age.
  The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse 2012 Kalapatapu RK, Bedi G, Haney M, Evans SM, Rubin E, Foltin RW
• Effects of alcohol availability, access to alcohol, and naltrexone on self-reported craving and patterns of drinking in response to an alcohol-cue availability procedure.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2012 Kruse MI, Radnovich AJ, Kalapatapu RK, Mehdiyoun N, Chambers RA, Davidson D
• Substance use after participation in laboratory studies involving smoked cocaine self-administration.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2011 Kalapatapu RK, Bedi G, Haney M, Evans SM, Rubin E, Foltin RW
• A pilot study of neurocognitive function in older and younger cocaine abusers and controls.
  The American journal on addictions 2011 Kalapatapu RK, Vadhan NP, Rubin E, Bedi G, Cheng WY, Sullivan MA, Foltin RW
• Alcoholism (2/11/2011 version)
  eMedicine.com 2011 Thompson W, Lande RG, Kalapatapu RK
• Parkinson Disease (1/24/2011 version)
  eMedicine.com 2011 Swanberg MM, Kalapatapu RK
• Prescription use disorders in older adults.
  The American journal on addictions 2010 Kalapatapu RK, Sullivan MA
• Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia (5/26/2010 version)
  eMedicine.com 2010 Kalapatapu RK, Dunn DW
• Using the Internet to assess perceptions of patients with borderline personality disorder: what do patients want in the DSM-V?
  Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 2010 Kalapatapu RK, Patil U, Goodman MS
• Dementia: A Focused Review
  Psychiatric Times 2010 Kalapatapu RK
• Alcohol use disorders in geriatrics.
  International journal of psychiatry in medicine 2010 Kalapatapu RK, Paris P, Neugroschl JA
• Informed Opinion: Never Too Old
  Together: A Voice for Health and Recovery (November 2010) 2010 Kalapatapu RK
• Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders in Geriatrics
  Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association, Summer 2010 2010 Kalapatapu RK
• Electroconvulsive Therapy (12/2/2009 version)
  eMedicine.com 2009 Kalapatapu RK, Popeo DM
• Geriatric triple board residency or Post-Geriatrics Portal Project.
  Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 2009 Kalapatapu RK
• Aripiprazole treatment of psychosis in a child with posterior fossa retrocerebellar arachnoid cyst.
  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology 2009 Kalapatapu RK
• Escitalopram treatment of stereotypic movement disorder in an adolescent with mitochondrial disorder and mental retardation.
  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology 2009 Kalapatapu RK
• Assessment of fatigue in adults with disabilities.
  Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America 2009 Kalapatapu RK, Cristian A
• Update on neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia: antipsychotic use.
  Geriatrics 2009 Kalapatapu RK, Schimming C
• Update on neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia: evaluation and management.
  Geriatrics 2009 Kalapatapu RK, Neugroschl JA
• The angry patient with Asperger’s
  Current Psychiatry 2009 Kalapatapu RK
• Novel Objective Biomarkers of Alcohol Use: Potential Diagnostic and Treatment Management Tools in Dual Diagnosis Care.
  Journal of dual diagnosis 2009 Kalapatapu RK, Chambers R
• Psychiatric Comorbidities and ADHD: Understanding the Diagnostic Challenges and Treatment Implications
  eMedicine.com, Newsletter (8/27/2008) 2008 Kalapatapu RK
• Bulimia Nervosa (8/12/2008 version)
  eMedicine.com 2008 Kalapatapu RK, Walsh KH
• A-Z List of Buzz Words for the Boards
  American Journal of Psychiatry, Residents’ Journal, 5/2008 2008 Kalapatapu RK
• Pharmacologic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
  eMedicine.com, Newsletter (2/20/2008) 2008 Kalapatapu RK
• Medical Management of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents
  Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association, Spring 2008 2008 Kalapatapu RK, Schmetzer AD.