George M. Simpson , MD

Research Interests

Clinical Trials of Psychotropic Drugs
Biology of Schizophrenia
Treatment of Depressions

Clinical Interests

Psychopharmacology
Schizophrenia
Neuropsychopharmacology
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Psychotherapy
Anxiety
Panic Disorders
Mood Disorders (depression & mania)
Psychiatry

Degrees

Liverpool University, England, MD, 1955

Internships

Royal Victoria Hospital: McGill University, Canada, 1956 - 1957
Rockland Hospital: New York. Psychiatry, 1957 - 1959

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry, 1962

Memberships

American College of Clinical Pharmacology
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Fellow and 1991 President
American Psychiatric Association, Life Fellow
American College of Psychiatrists
American Society for clinical Pharmacology and Theapeuctics
CINP
Royal College of Psychiatry, Fellow and Founding Member
Society of Biological Psychiatry
Southern California Psychiatric Society
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Clinical Affiliation

USC Care Medical Group, Inc.
USC University Hospital
USC/Norris Cancer Hospital

Currier G., Simpson G.: Antipsychotic medications and fertility. Psychiatric Services, 49 (2): 175-6. 1998.

De Leon J., Baca-Garcia E., Simpson G.M. A factor analysis of the mini-mental state examination in schizophrenic disorders. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 1998.

Meyer J.M., Simpson G.M. Treatment of Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease. Geriatric Psychopharmacology. Edited by J. Craig Nelson, Yale Univ. School of Med., 1998

Campbell M., Rapaport J.L., and Simpson G.M. Antipsychotics in children and adolescents. J. Am Acad. Child Adolescent. Psychiatry 38:5, May 1999.

Simpson, G. M., Shih J., Chen K., Flowers C., Kumazawa T., and Spring B.: Schizophrenia, monoamine oxidase activity, and cigarette smoking. Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol 20, No. 4, April 1999.