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Vaughn McCall

W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS   Professor and Chair   Biographical Sketch Dr. McCall is presently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He completed his medical degree and post-graduate psychiatric training at Duke University. He completed a Masters degree in Epidemiology from Wake Forest University. He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and sleep disorders medicine. His research interests include depression, electroconvulsive therapy, quality of life, and insomnia. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institute of Mental Health since 1995, and he is author of more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles. He is Editor of the Journal of ECT, Past President of the Association for Convulsive Therapy, and a prior Director of the Board of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Your Guide to Healthy Sleep   This patient and public booklet provides the latest science-based information about sleep. Department Name:   Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Office Phone:   (336) 716-2911 Fax:   (336) 716-6830 Email:   vmccall@wfubmc.edu       Education     Postgraduate:   Duke University, M.D.     Wake Forest University, M.S. Residency:   Duke University School of Medicine       Research Interests     Electroconvulsive Therapy Quality of Life Measurements Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Insomnia Hypnotic Medication           Relevant Publications     Pollack M, Kinrys G, Krystal A, McCall WV, Roth T, Schaefer K, Rubens R, Roach J, Huang H, Krishnan R.  Eszopiclone Co-Administered With Escitalopram in Patients with Insomnia and Comorbid Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry 2008; 65:551-562 McCall WV. Psychiatry and Psychology in the writings of L. Ron Hubbard. J  Religion and Health 2007;46:437-447 McCall WV, Erman M, Krystal AD, Rosenberg R, Scharf M, Zammit GK, Wessel T.  A polysomnography study of eszopiclone in elderly patients with insomnia. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 2006;22:1633-1642 McCall WV, Prudic J, Olfson M, Sackeim H. Health-related quality of life following ECT in a large community sample. J Aff Dis 2006;90:269-274 McCall WV, Perlis ML, Tu Xin, Groman AE, Krystal A, Walsh JK. A comparison of placebo and no treatment during a hypnotic clinical trial. Int J Clin Pharm Ther 2005; 43: 355-359 McCall WV, Dunn A, Rosenquist PB. Quality of life and function after ECT. British J Psychiatry 2004;185:405-409 McCall WV, D’Agostino R, Dunn A. A meta analysis of sleep changes associated with placebo in hypnotic clinical trials. Sleep Medicine 2003; 4:57-62 McCall WV, Fleischer AB, Feldman SR. Diagnostic codes associated with hypnotic medications during outpatient physician/patient encounters in the United States from 1990-1998. Sleep 2002;25:221-223 McCall WV, Reboussin BA, Cohen W, Lawton P. Electroconvulsive therapy is associated with superior symptomatic and functional change in depressed patients after psychiatric hospitalization. J Affective Disorders 2001;63:17-25 McCall WV, Reboussin DM, Weiner RD, Sackeim HA. Titrated, moderately suprathreshold versus fixed, high dose right unilateral ECT: acute antidepressant and cognitive effects. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2000; 57:438-444. McCall WV, Cohen W, Reboussin B, Lawton P. Effects of mood and age on quality of life in depressed inpatients. J Affective Disorders 1999;55:107-114. McCall WV, Sparks W, Jane J, Rosenquist PB, Colenda CC, Reboussin DM. Variation of ictal  regularity with low, moderate, and high dose stimuli during RUL ECT.  Biol Psychiatry 1998;43:608-611 McCall WV, Farah BA, Reboussin D, Colenda CC. Comparison of the efficacy of titrated, moderate dose and fixed, high dose RUL ECT in the elderly. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry 1995;3:317-324. McCall WV, Shelp FE, Weiner RD, Austin S, Norris J.  Convulsive threshold differences in right unilateral and bilateral ECT.  Biol Psychiatry 1993;34:606-611 McCall WV, Reid S, Rosenquist P, Foreman A, Kiesow-Webb, N.  A reappraisal of the role of caffeine in ECT. Am J Psychiatry 1993;150:1543-1545. McCall WV, Shelp FE, McDonald WM.  Controlled investigation of the amobarbital interview for catatonic mutism.  Am J Psychiatry 1992;149:202-206.