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Beitman, BD: Synchronicity, “Weird Coincidences,” and Psychotherapy

Beitman, BD; Shaw A: Synchroners, High Emotion, and Coincidence Interpretation. Psychiatric Annals, Vol. 39, Issue 5, May 2009, p. 280-286

Beitman, BD; Coleman SI, Celebi, E: Weird Coincidences Commonly Occur. Psychiatric Annals, Vol. 39, Issue 5, May 2009, p. 265-270

Beitman, BD; Coleman SI: Characterizing High Frequency Coincidence Detectors. Psychiatric Annals, Vol. 39, Issue 5, May 2009, p. 271-279

Beitman, BD: Brains Seek Patterns in Coincidences. Psychiatric Annals, Vol. 39, Issue 5, May 2009, p. 255-264

Beitman, BD; Coleman SI, Celebi, E: Synchronicity and Healing. In Integrative Psychiatry (D Monti and BD Beitman, eds). New York: Oxford University Press. pp 445-484

Viamontes G, Beitman BD (2009): Brain Processes informing psychotherapy.. in Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments in Psychiatry edited by Glen Gabbard. Washington, DC: APPI

Beitman, BD, Manring J (2009).  Theory and practice of psychotherapy integration.  in Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments in Psychiatry edited by Glen Gabbard

Viamontes VI, Beitman, BD (2006). Neural Substrates of Psychotherapeutic Change Part I: The Default Brain. Psychiatric Annals, 36,  225-237

Viamontes VI, Beitman BD (2006). Neural Substrates of Psychotherapeutic Change Part II: Beyon Default Mode. Psychiatric Annals, 36, 238-247.

Beitman BD, Viamontes GI, Soth, MA, Nittler, JR (2006): Toward a Neural Circuitry of Engagement, Self-Awareness, and Pattern Search. Psychiatric Annals, 36: 272-280

Viamontes GI, Beitman BD (2007). Mapping the Unconscious in the Brain. Psychiatric Annals, 37, 243-258

Beitman BD, Viamontes GI (2007) Unconscious Role Induction--Implications for Psychotherapy. Psychiatric Annals, 37, 259-268

Panic Disorder

Atypical or Nonanginal Chest Pain: Panic Disorder or Coronary Artery Disease? Bernard D. Beitman, Imad Basha, Greg Flaker, Lori DeRosear, and Vaskar Mukerji, Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol 147: pp 1548-1552, Sept, 1987

Panic Disorder in Cardiology Patients with Atypical or Non-anginal Chest Pain: A Pilot Study. Bernard D. Beitman, Lori DeRosear, Imad Basha, Greg Flaker, and Colleen Corcoran, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Vol 1: pp 277-282, 1987

Comparing Panic Disorder Uncomplicated and Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia in Cardiology Patients with Atypical or Nonanginal Chest Pain. Bernard D. Beitman, Imad M. Basha, Lori DeRosear, Greg Flaker, and Vaskar Mukerji, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Vol 1; pp 333-312, 1987

Major Depression in Cardiology Chest Pain Patients without Coronary Artery Disease and with Panic Disorder. Bernard D. Beitman, Imad Basha, Greg Flaker, Lori DeRosear, Vaskar Mukerji, Journal of Affective Disorders, 13; pp 51-59, 1987

Panic Disorder in Patients with Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries: A Pilot Study. Bernard D. Beitman, Joseph W. Lamberti, Vaskar Mukerji, Lori DeRosear, Imad Basha, Lynette Schmid, Psychosomatics, pp 480-484,1987

Nonfearful Panic Disorder: Panic Attacks without Fear. Bernard D. Beitman, Imad Basha, Greg Flaker, Lori DeRosear, Vaskar Mukerji, and Joseph Lamberti, Behavior Research and Therapy, Vol 25, No. 6, pp 487-492, 1987

Panic Disorder, Cardiology Patients, and Atypical Chest Pain. Bernard D. Beitman, Vaskar Mukerji, Greg Flaker, and Imad M. Basha, Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol 11, No. 2: pp 387-397, 1988

Alprazolam in the Treatment of Cardiology Patients with Atypical Chest Pain and Panic Disorder. Bernard D. Beitman, Imad M. Basha, Lawrence H. Tombka, Mahinda A. Jayaratna, Barbara D. Russell, and S. Kristine Tan, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Vol 8, NO. 2: pp 127-130, April, 1988

Factors Predictive of Panic Disorder in Cardiology Patients with Chest Pain and No Evidence of Coronary Artery Disease: A Cross-Validation. Matt G. Kushner, Bernard D. Beitman, and Niels C. Beck, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Vol 33, No. 2: pp 201-215, 1989.

Atypical Angina in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Suggests Panic Disorder. Imad Basha, Vaskar Mukerji, Paul Langevin, Matt Kushner, Martin Alpert, Bernard D. Beitman, International Journal Psychiatry in Medicine, Vol 19, No. 4: pp 341-346, 1989

Pharmacotherapeutic Treatment of Panic Disorder in Patients Presenting with Chest Pain. Bernard D. Beitman, Imad M. Basha, Lawrence H. Trombka, Mahinda A. Jayaratna, Barbara Russell, Greg Flaker, and Sharon Anderson, The Journal of Family Practice, Vol. 28, No. 2: 177-180, 1989

Panic Disorder in Patients with Chest Pain and Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries. Bernard D. Beitman, Vaskar Mukerji, Joseph W. Lamberti, Lynette Schmid, Lori DeRosear, Matt Kushner, Greg Flaker, and Imad Basha, The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol 63: pp 1399-1403, June, 1989

Panic Disorder in Cardiology Patients with Atypical Chest Pain. Bernard D. Beitman, Vaskar Mukerji, Greg Flaker, Lawrence Trombka, and Imad M. Basha, Clinical Aspects of Panic Disorders, pp 111-137, 1990

Panic Disorder Associated with Permanent Pacemaker Implantation. Jerome C. Peters, Martin Alpert, Bernard D. Beitman, Mathew Kushner, Richard Webel, The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol 31, No. 3: pp 345-347, 1990

Evaluation and Management of Chest Pain Associated with Panic Disorder. Bernard D. Beitman, Internal Medicine for the Specialist, Vol 11, No. 1: pp 91-106, January, 1990

Panic Disorder Without Fear in Patients with Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries. Bernard D. Beitman, Matt Kushner, Joseph W. Lamberti, and Vaskar Mukerji, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol 178, No. 5: pp 307-312, 1990

Panic Disorder in Cardiology Patients. Bernard D. Beitman, Vaskar Mukerji, Martin Alpert, J. C. Peters, Psychiatric Medicine, Vol 8, No. 2: pp 67-81, 1990

Validating Studies for Panic Disorder in Patients with Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries. Bernard D. Beitman, Vaskar Mukerji, Matt Kushner, Ann Muir Thomas, Johnna Russell, and Mary Beth Logue, Medical Clinics of North America, Vol 75, No. 5: pp 1143-1155, September, 1991

Follow-up Status of Patients with Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries and Panic Disorder. Bernard D. Beitman, Matt G. Kushner, Imad Basha, Joseph Lamberti, Vaskar Mukerji, Kim Bartels, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol 265, No. 12: pp 1545-1549, March 27, 1991

Late Onset Panic Disorder: Evidence From A Study of Patients With Chest Pain and Normal Cardiac Evaluation. Bernard D. Beitman, Matt Kushner, George Grossberg, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, Vol 21, No. 1: pp 29-35, 1990-1991

Frequency of Isolated Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder in Patients with the Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome. Martin A. Alpert, Mohebat Sabeti, Matt G. Kushner, Bernard D. Beitman, Johnna L. Russell, Jeffrey R. Thiele, and Vaskar Mukerji, American Journal of Cardiology, pp 1489-1490, June 1, 1992

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Patients Seek Evaluation for Cardiological Symptoms at the Same Frequency as Patients with Panic Disorder. Mary Beth Logue, Ann Muir Thomas, James G. Barbee, Rudolf Hoehn-Saric, Richard J. Maddox, John Schwab, /Rebecca D. Smith, Mark Sullivan, Bernard D. Beitman, Journal of Psychiatry Research, Vol 0, No. 0: pp 1-5, 1992

Panic Disorder in the Families of Patients with Normal Coronary Arteries and Non-fear Panic Disorder. Bernard D. Beitman, Ann Muir Thomas, and Matt G. Kushner, Behavior Research and Therapy, Vol 0, No. 0: pp 1-4, 1992

Response to 35% CO2 in Patients with Chest Pain and Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries. Bernard D. Beitman, Mary Beth Logue, Ann Muir Thomas, and Kim Bartels, International Journal of Psychiatry Medicine, Vol 22, No. 3: pp 197-203, 1992

Further Evaluation of the MMPI Pan Scale in Psychiatric and Medical Patients. Theodore F. Henrichs and Bernard D. Beitman, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 48, No. 2: pp 211-215, March, 1992

Panic Disorder History in the Families of Patients with Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries. Matt G. Kushner, Ann Muir Thomas, Kim M. Bartels, Bernard D. Beitman, American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 149, No 11: pp 1563-1567, 1992

Panic Disorder in Patients with Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries. Bernard D. Beitman, American Journal of Medicine, Vol 92, Suppl 5A: pp 33S-40S, May, 27, 1992

Panic Disorder in Cardiology Patients: A Review of the Missouri Panic/Cardiology Project.Bernard D. Beitman, Vaskar Mukerji, Johnna L. Russell, Melanie Grafing, Journal of Psychiatry Research, Vol 27, Suppl 1: pp 35-46, 1993

Chest Pain and Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries: Implications for Treatment.Vaskar Mukerji, Bernard D. Beitman, Martin Alpert, Texas Heart Institute Journal, Vol 20, No. 3: pp 170-179, 1993

Treatment of Panic Disorder in Coronary Artery Disease. Melanie Grafing, Joseph Lamberti, Ebrahim Mostoufi-Moab, Bernard D. Beitman, American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 150, No 1: pp 168, January, 1993

Patient Stage of Change Predicts Outcome in a Panic Disorder Medication Trial. Bernard D. Beitman, Niels C. Beck, William E. Deuser, Cameron S. Carter, Jonathan R.T. Davidson, and Richard J. Maddox, Anxiety, pp 64-69, 1994

Adinazolam Sustained-Release Treatment of Panic Disorder: A Double-Blind Study. Jonathan R.T. Davidson, Bernard D. Beitman, John H. Greist, Richard J. Maddock, Carl P. Lewis, Angelita Q. Sheridan, Cameron Carter, K. Ranga Krishnan, Michael R. Liebowitz, and Dennis G. Haack, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Vol 14, No. 4: pp 255-263, 1994

Effectiveness of Stage of Change and Adinazolam SR in Panic Disorder: A Neural Network Analysis. John C. Reid, Satish S. Nair, Sanjay I. Mistry, Bernard D. Beitman, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Vol 10, No. 5: pp 331-345, 1996

Panic Disorder in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients: Prevalence, Comorbidity, Suicidal Ideation, and Physician Recognition. Richard P. Fleet, Gilles Dupuis, Andre Marchand, Denis Burelle, Andre Arsenault, Bernard D. Beitman, The American Journal of Medicine, Vol 101: pp 371-380, October, 1996

Unexplained Chest Pain: When Is It Panic Disorder? Richard Fleet, Bernard D Beitman, Clinical Cardiology, Vol 20: pp 187-184, 1997

Cardiovascular Death From Panic Disorder and Panic-Like Anxiety: A Critical Review of the Literature. Richard Fleet, Bernard D. Beitman, Journal Psychosomatic Research, Vol 44, No. 1: pp 71-80, 1998

Application of the Stages of Change Scale in a Clinical Trail. Melanie Wilson, Debora Bell-Dolan, Bernard D Beitman, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Vol 11, No. 4: pp 395-408, 1997.

Panic Disorder In Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Noncardiac Chest Pain. Richard Fleet, Gilles Dupuis, Andre Marchand, Janusz Kaczorowski, Denis Burelle, Bernard D. Beitman, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Vol 44, No. 1: pp 81-90, 1998

Comparing Emergency Department and Psychiatric Settings Patients with Panic Disorder. Richard Fleet, Andre Marchand, Gilles Dupuis, Janusz Kacorowski, Bernard D. Beitman, The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol 39, No. 6: pp 512-518, December, 1998

Panic Disorder: A Different Perspective.Anusha Ranganathan, Bernard D. Beitman, Missouri Medicine, Vol 95, No. 0?: pp 78-82, 1998

Psychotherapy

Pharmacotherapy as an Intervention During the Stages of Psychotherapy.Bernard D. Beitman, American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. XXXV, No. 2: pp 206-214, April, 1981

Comparing Psychotherapies by the Stages of the Process.Bernard D. Beitman, Journal of Operational Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 1: pp 20-27, 1983

The Demographics of American Psychotherapists: A Pilot Study. Bernard D Beitman, American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1: pp 37-48, January, 1983

Categories of Countertransference. Bernard D Beitman, Journal of Operational Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 2: pp 82-90, 1983

A Physician, a Nonmedical Psychotherapist, and a Patient: The Pharmacotherapy-Psychotherapy Triangle. John A. Chiles, Albert S. Carlin, and Bernard D. Beitman, Chapter 5, Combining Pharmacotherapy with Drug Therapy, 1984

Why I am an Integrationist (Not an Eclectic). Bernard D. Beitman, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, Vol 17, No. 3:pp 259-273, 1989

The Movement Toward Integrating the Psychotherapies: An Overview. Bernard D. Beitman, Marvin R. Goldfried, and John C. Norcross, American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 146, No. 2: pp 138-147, February, 1989

Stop Exploring! Start Defining the Principles of Psychotherapy Integration: Call for a Consensus Conference. Bernard D. Beitman, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, Vol 4, No. 3: pp 203-228, 1994

Psychotherapy Integration in Modern China. Ming-Gao Li, Changming Duan, Bao-Kueng Ding, Dong-Mei Yue, Bernard D. Beitman, Journal of Psychotherapy and Research, Vol 3, No. 4, Fall: pp 277-283, 1994

A New Psychotherapy Training Program. Bernard D. Beitman, Dongmei Yue, Academic Psychiatry, Vol 23, No. 2, Summer: pp 95-102, 1999

Evaluating Competence in Psychotherapy. John Manring, Bernard D. Beitman, Mantosh K Dewan, Academic Psychiatry, Vol 27, No. 3: pp 136-144, 2003

Psychotherapy Research: "Horse Race" Versus Process, Bernard D Beitman, Journal of Psychiatric Practice, Vol 10, No 6: pp 386-388, November, 2004