Education/CredentialsBachelor's Degree: Harvard CollegeMedical Degree: University of Cincinnati College of MedicineInternship: University Hospitals - Cleveland, OHResidency: Massachusetts Mental Health CenterNIMH Fellowship: Massachusetts Mental Health Center Extramural Fellowship: Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania Board Certifications & LicensesAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry) (Certification Date: 1985-11-30) SpecialtiesPsychiatryPsychosomatic Medicine Contact Information One Stetson Square 3258 Office 513-558-5192 Email wulsinlr@ucmail.uc.edu Research InterestsDr. Wulsin directs the Behavioral Science curriculum of the Famly Medicine Residency and co-directs the Cincinnati Center for Treatment-Resistant Depression. His research interests focus on psychosomatic medicine, specifically depression and cardiovascular disorders. Clinical Interests Bipolar DisorderMood DisordersPsychiatryPsychologyMajor Depressive DisorderPanic DisorderPsychosomatic DisorderTreatment Resistant Depression Peer Reviewed Publications Espay, Alberto J; Ries, Scott; Maloney, Thomas; Vannest, Jennifer; Neefus, Erin; Dwivedi, Alok K; Allendorfer, Jane B; Wulsin, Lawson R; LaFrance, W Curt; Lang, Anthony E; Szaflarski, Jerzy P 2019. Clinical and neural responses to cognitive behavioral therapy for functional tremor. Neurology, 93 19, e1787-e1798Wulsin, Lawson R 2019. Another Step Toward Clarifying the Benefits and Burdens of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Psychosomatic medicine, 81 7, 568-569Wulsin, Lawson R; Blom, Thomas J; Durling, Michelle; Welge, Jeffrey A; DelBello, Melissa P; Adler, Caleb M; McNamara, Robert K; Strakowski, Stephen M 2018. Cardiometabolic risks and omega-3 index in recent-onset bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorders, 20 7, 658-665Wulsin, Lawson R; Horn, Paul S; Perry, Jennifer L; Massaro, Joseph M; D?Agostino, Ralph B 2016. The Contribution of Autonomic Imbalance to the Development of Metabolic Syndrome. Psychosomatic medicine, 78 4, 474-80Wulsin, Lawson R; Horn, Paul S; Perry, Jennifer L; Massaro, Joseph M; D'Agostino, Ralph B 2015. Autonomic Imbalance as a Predictor of Metabolic Risks, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Mortality. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 100 6, 2443-8Bauer, Leah K; Wulsin, Lawson R; Guadagno, Gina 2011. Acute psychosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus:should screening guidelines be revised? The primary care companion to CNS disorders, 13 1, Huang, Samuel H; Wulsin, Lawson R; Li, Hua; Guo, Jeff 2009. Dimensionality reduction for knowledge discovery in medical claims database: application to antidepressant medication utilization study. Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 93 2, 115-23Wulsin, Lawson R; Musselman, Dominique; Otte, Christian; Bruce, Erica; Ali, Sadia; Whooley, Mary A 2009. Depression and whole blood serotonin in patients with coronary heart disease from the Heart and Soul Study. Psychosomatic medicine, 71 3, 260-5Vieweg, W Victor R; Julius, Demetrios A; Fernandez, Antony; Wulsin, Lawson R; Mohanty, Pramod K; Beatty-Brooks, Mary; Hasnain, Mehrul; Pandurangi, Anand K 2006. Treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease. The American journal of medicine, 119 7, 567-73Wulsin, Lawson R; Söllner, Wolfgang; Pincus, Harold Alan 2006. Models of integrated care. The Medical clinics of North America, 90 4, 647-77Huffman, Jeff C; Wulsin, Lawson R; Stern, Theodore A 2005. Newly diagnosed hypertension and depressive symptoms: how would you treat? The Journal of family practice, 54 1, 39-46Somoza, Eugene C; Winhusen, Theresa M; Bridge, T Peter; Rotrosen, John P; Vanderburg, Douglas G; Harrer, Judy M; Mezinskis, Juris P; Montgomery, Margaret A; Ciraulo, Domenic A; Wulsin, Lawson R; Barrett, Jera A 2004. An open-label pilot study of methylphenidate in the treatment of cocaine dependent patients with adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of addictive diseases, 23 1, 77-92Wulsin, L R 2000. Does depression kill? Archives of internal medicine, 160 12, 1731-2Wulsin, L R; Maddock, R; Beitman, B; Dawaher, R; Wells, V E 1999. Clonazepam treatment of panic disorder in patients with recurrent chest pain and normal coronary arteries. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 29 1, 97-105Thienhaus, O J; Wulsin, L R 1993. The journal club in psychiatric residency training. Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 17 1, 52-3Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I 1993. Psychosocial adjustment to advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes care, 16 8, 1061-6Yingling, K W; Wulsin, L R; Arnold, L M; Rouan, G W 1993. Estimated prevalences of panic disorder and depression among consecutive patients seen in an emergency department with acute chest pain. Journal of general internal medicine, 8 5, 231-5Wulsin, L R; Frank, E; Salzman, C; Rush, A J; Jacobsberg, L 1992. Treatment selection in major depression. The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research, 1 3, 291-302Wulsin, L R; Arnold, L M; Hillard, J R 1991. Axis I disorders in ER patients with atypical chest pain. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 21 1, 37-46Wulsin, L R; Yingling, K 1991. Psychiatric aspects of chest pain in the emergency department. The Medical clinics of North America, 75 5, 1175-88Phero, J C; Ackerman, W E; Wulsin, L R 1990. A brief psychotic reaction during the administration of intravenous 2-chloroprocaine for the treatment of chronic pain. Pain, 43 3, 349-52Wulsin, L R; Hillard, J R; Geier, P; Hissa, D; Rouan, G W 1988. Screening emergency room patients with atypical chest pain for depression and panic disorder. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 18 4, 315-23Wulsin, L R; Bursztajn, H; Gutheil, T G 1983. Unexpected clinical features of the Tarasoff decision: the therapeutic alliance and the "duty to warn". The American journal of psychiatry, 140 5, 601-3Wulsin, L R . An agenda for primary care psychiatry. Psychosomatics, 37 2, 93-9Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I . Psychosocial correlates of mild visual loss. Psychosomatic medicine, 53 1, 109-17Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I . Psychosocial aspects of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes care, 10 3, 367-73Wulsin, L R; Vaillant, G E; Wells, V E . A systematic review of the mortality of depression. Psychosomatic medicine, 61 1, 6-17Wulsin, Lawson R . Is depression a major risk factor for coronary disease? A systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence. Harvard review of psychiatry, 12 2, 79-93Wulsin, Lawson R; Evans, Jane C; Vasan, Ramachandran S; Murabito, Joanne M; Kelly-Hayes, Margaret; Benjamin, Emelia J . Depressive symptoms, coronary heart disease, and overall mortality in the Framingham Heart Study. Psychosomatic medicine, 67 5, 697-702Wulsin, Lawson R; Singal, Bonita M . Do depressive symptoms increase the risk for the onset of coronary disease? A systematic quantitative review. Psychosomatic medicine, 65 2, 201-10
Research InterestsDr. Wulsin directs the Behavioral Science curriculum of the Famly Medicine Residency and co-directs the Cincinnati Center for Treatment-Resistant Depression. His research interests focus on psychosomatic medicine, specifically depression and cardiovascular disorders.
Clinical Interests Bipolar DisorderMood DisordersPsychiatryPsychologyMajor Depressive DisorderPanic DisorderPsychosomatic DisorderTreatment Resistant Depression
Peer Reviewed Publications Espay, Alberto J; Ries, Scott; Maloney, Thomas; Vannest, Jennifer; Neefus, Erin; Dwivedi, Alok K; Allendorfer, Jane B; Wulsin, Lawson R; LaFrance, W Curt; Lang, Anthony E; Szaflarski, Jerzy P 2019. Clinical and neural responses to cognitive behavioral therapy for functional tremor. Neurology, 93 19, e1787-e1798Wulsin, Lawson R 2019. Another Step Toward Clarifying the Benefits and Burdens of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Psychosomatic medicine, 81 7, 568-569Wulsin, Lawson R; Blom, Thomas J; Durling, Michelle; Welge, Jeffrey A; DelBello, Melissa P; Adler, Caleb M; McNamara, Robert K; Strakowski, Stephen M 2018. Cardiometabolic risks and omega-3 index in recent-onset bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorders, 20 7, 658-665Wulsin, Lawson R; Horn, Paul S; Perry, Jennifer L; Massaro, Joseph M; D?Agostino, Ralph B 2016. The Contribution of Autonomic Imbalance to the Development of Metabolic Syndrome. Psychosomatic medicine, 78 4, 474-80Wulsin, Lawson R; Horn, Paul S; Perry, Jennifer L; Massaro, Joseph M; D'Agostino, Ralph B 2015. Autonomic Imbalance as a Predictor of Metabolic Risks, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Mortality. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 100 6, 2443-8Bauer, Leah K; Wulsin, Lawson R; Guadagno, Gina 2011. Acute psychosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus:should screening guidelines be revised? The primary care companion to CNS disorders, 13 1, Huang, Samuel H; Wulsin, Lawson R; Li, Hua; Guo, Jeff 2009. Dimensionality reduction for knowledge discovery in medical claims database: application to antidepressant medication utilization study. Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 93 2, 115-23Wulsin, Lawson R; Musselman, Dominique; Otte, Christian; Bruce, Erica; Ali, Sadia; Whooley, Mary A 2009. Depression and whole blood serotonin in patients with coronary heart disease from the Heart and Soul Study. Psychosomatic medicine, 71 3, 260-5Vieweg, W Victor R; Julius, Demetrios A; Fernandez, Antony; Wulsin, Lawson R; Mohanty, Pramod K; Beatty-Brooks, Mary; Hasnain, Mehrul; Pandurangi, Anand K 2006. Treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease. The American journal of medicine, 119 7, 567-73Wulsin, Lawson R; Söllner, Wolfgang; Pincus, Harold Alan 2006. Models of integrated care. The Medical clinics of North America, 90 4, 647-77Huffman, Jeff C; Wulsin, Lawson R; Stern, Theodore A 2005. Newly diagnosed hypertension and depressive symptoms: how would you treat? The Journal of family practice, 54 1, 39-46Somoza, Eugene C; Winhusen, Theresa M; Bridge, T Peter; Rotrosen, John P; Vanderburg, Douglas G; Harrer, Judy M; Mezinskis, Juris P; Montgomery, Margaret A; Ciraulo, Domenic A; Wulsin, Lawson R; Barrett, Jera A 2004. An open-label pilot study of methylphenidate in the treatment of cocaine dependent patients with adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of addictive diseases, 23 1, 77-92Wulsin, L R 2000. Does depression kill? Archives of internal medicine, 160 12, 1731-2Wulsin, L R; Maddock, R; Beitman, B; Dawaher, R; Wells, V E 1999. Clonazepam treatment of panic disorder in patients with recurrent chest pain and normal coronary arteries. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 29 1, 97-105Thienhaus, O J; Wulsin, L R 1993. The journal club in psychiatric residency training. Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 17 1, 52-3Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I 1993. Psychosocial adjustment to advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes care, 16 8, 1061-6Yingling, K W; Wulsin, L R; Arnold, L M; Rouan, G W 1993. Estimated prevalences of panic disorder and depression among consecutive patients seen in an emergency department with acute chest pain. Journal of general internal medicine, 8 5, 231-5Wulsin, L R; Frank, E; Salzman, C; Rush, A J; Jacobsberg, L 1992. Treatment selection in major depression. The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research, 1 3, 291-302Wulsin, L R; Arnold, L M; Hillard, J R 1991. Axis I disorders in ER patients with atypical chest pain. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 21 1, 37-46Wulsin, L R; Yingling, K 1991. Psychiatric aspects of chest pain in the emergency department. The Medical clinics of North America, 75 5, 1175-88Phero, J C; Ackerman, W E; Wulsin, L R 1990. A brief psychotic reaction during the administration of intravenous 2-chloroprocaine for the treatment of chronic pain. Pain, 43 3, 349-52Wulsin, L R; Hillard, J R; Geier, P; Hissa, D; Rouan, G W 1988. Screening emergency room patients with atypical chest pain for depression and panic disorder. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 18 4, 315-23Wulsin, L R; Bursztajn, H; Gutheil, T G 1983. Unexpected clinical features of the Tarasoff decision: the therapeutic alliance and the "duty to warn". The American journal of psychiatry, 140 5, 601-3Wulsin, L R . An agenda for primary care psychiatry. Psychosomatics, 37 2, 93-9Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I . Psychosocial correlates of mild visual loss. Psychosomatic medicine, 53 1, 109-17Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I . Psychosocial aspects of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes care, 10 3, 367-73Wulsin, L R; Vaillant, G E; Wells, V E . A systematic review of the mortality of depression. Psychosomatic medicine, 61 1, 6-17Wulsin, Lawson R . Is depression a major risk factor for coronary disease? A systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence. Harvard review of psychiatry, 12 2, 79-93Wulsin, Lawson R; Evans, Jane C; Vasan, Ramachandran S; Murabito, Joanne M; Kelly-Hayes, Margaret; Benjamin, Emelia J . Depressive symptoms, coronary heart disease, and overall mortality in the Framingham Heart Study. Psychosomatic medicine, 67 5, 697-702Wulsin, Lawson R; Singal, Bonita M . Do depressive symptoms increase the risk for the onset of coronary disease? A systematic quantitative review. Psychosomatic medicine, 65 2, 201-10
Espay, Alberto J; Ries, Scott; Maloney, Thomas; Vannest, Jennifer; Neefus, Erin; Dwivedi, Alok K; Allendorfer, Jane B; Wulsin, Lawson R; LaFrance, W Curt; Lang, Anthony E; Szaflarski, Jerzy P 2019. Clinical and neural responses to cognitive behavioral therapy for functional tremor. Neurology, 93 19, e1787-e1798Wulsin, Lawson R 2019. Another Step Toward Clarifying the Benefits and Burdens of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Psychosomatic medicine, 81 7, 568-569Wulsin, Lawson R; Blom, Thomas J; Durling, Michelle; Welge, Jeffrey A; DelBello, Melissa P; Adler, Caleb M; McNamara, Robert K; Strakowski, Stephen M 2018. Cardiometabolic risks and omega-3 index in recent-onset bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorders, 20 7, 658-665Wulsin, Lawson R; Horn, Paul S; Perry, Jennifer L; Massaro, Joseph M; D?Agostino, Ralph B 2016. The Contribution of Autonomic Imbalance to the Development of Metabolic Syndrome. Psychosomatic medicine, 78 4, 474-80Wulsin, Lawson R; Horn, Paul S; Perry, Jennifer L; Massaro, Joseph M; D'Agostino, Ralph B 2015. Autonomic Imbalance as a Predictor of Metabolic Risks, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Mortality. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 100 6, 2443-8Bauer, Leah K; Wulsin, Lawson R; Guadagno, Gina 2011. Acute psychosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus:should screening guidelines be revised? The primary care companion to CNS disorders, 13 1, Huang, Samuel H; Wulsin, Lawson R; Li, Hua; Guo, Jeff 2009. Dimensionality reduction for knowledge discovery in medical claims database: application to antidepressant medication utilization study. Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 93 2, 115-23Wulsin, Lawson R; Musselman, Dominique; Otte, Christian; Bruce, Erica; Ali, Sadia; Whooley, Mary A 2009. Depression and whole blood serotonin in patients with coronary heart disease from the Heart and Soul Study. Psychosomatic medicine, 71 3, 260-5Vieweg, W Victor R; Julius, Demetrios A; Fernandez, Antony; Wulsin, Lawson R; Mohanty, Pramod K; Beatty-Brooks, Mary; Hasnain, Mehrul; Pandurangi, Anand K 2006. Treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease. The American journal of medicine, 119 7, 567-73Wulsin, Lawson R; Söllner, Wolfgang; Pincus, Harold Alan 2006. Models of integrated care. The Medical clinics of North America, 90 4, 647-77Huffman, Jeff C; Wulsin, Lawson R; Stern, Theodore A 2005. Newly diagnosed hypertension and depressive symptoms: how would you treat? The Journal of family practice, 54 1, 39-46Somoza, Eugene C; Winhusen, Theresa M; Bridge, T Peter; Rotrosen, John P; Vanderburg, Douglas G; Harrer, Judy M; Mezinskis, Juris P; Montgomery, Margaret A; Ciraulo, Domenic A; Wulsin, Lawson R; Barrett, Jera A 2004. An open-label pilot study of methylphenidate in the treatment of cocaine dependent patients with adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of addictive diseases, 23 1, 77-92Wulsin, L R 2000. Does depression kill? Archives of internal medicine, 160 12, 1731-2Wulsin, L R; Maddock, R; Beitman, B; Dawaher, R; Wells, V E 1999. Clonazepam treatment of panic disorder in patients with recurrent chest pain and normal coronary arteries. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 29 1, 97-105Thienhaus, O J; Wulsin, L R 1993. The journal club in psychiatric residency training. Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 17 1, 52-3Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I 1993. Psychosocial adjustment to advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes care, 16 8, 1061-6Yingling, K W; Wulsin, L R; Arnold, L M; Rouan, G W 1993. Estimated prevalences of panic disorder and depression among consecutive patients seen in an emergency department with acute chest pain. Journal of general internal medicine, 8 5, 231-5Wulsin, L R; Frank, E; Salzman, C; Rush, A J; Jacobsberg, L 1992. Treatment selection in major depression. The Journal of psychotherapy practice and research, 1 3, 291-302Wulsin, L R; Arnold, L M; Hillard, J R 1991. Axis I disorders in ER patients with atypical chest pain. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 21 1, 37-46Wulsin, L R; Yingling, K 1991. Psychiatric aspects of chest pain in the emergency department. The Medical clinics of North America, 75 5, 1175-88Phero, J C; Ackerman, W E; Wulsin, L R 1990. A brief psychotic reaction during the administration of intravenous 2-chloroprocaine for the treatment of chronic pain. Pain, 43 3, 349-52Wulsin, L R; Hillard, J R; Geier, P; Hissa, D; Rouan, G W 1988. Screening emergency room patients with atypical chest pain for depression and panic disorder. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 18 4, 315-23Wulsin, L R; Bursztajn, H; Gutheil, T G 1983. Unexpected clinical features of the Tarasoff decision: the therapeutic alliance and the "duty to warn". The American journal of psychiatry, 140 5, 601-3Wulsin, L R . An agenda for primary care psychiatry. Psychosomatics, 37 2, 93-9Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I . Psychosocial correlates of mild visual loss. Psychosomatic medicine, 53 1, 109-17Wulsin, L R; Jacobson, A M; Rand, L I . Psychosocial aspects of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes care, 10 3, 367-73Wulsin, L R; Vaillant, G E; Wells, V E . A systematic review of the mortality of depression. Psychosomatic medicine, 61 1, 6-17Wulsin, Lawson R . Is depression a major risk factor for coronary disease? A systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence. Harvard review of psychiatry, 12 2, 79-93Wulsin, Lawson R; Evans, Jane C; Vasan, Ramachandran S; Murabito, Joanne M; Kelly-Hayes, Margaret; Benjamin, Emelia J . Depressive symptoms, coronary heart disease, and overall mortality in the Framingham Heart Study. Psychosomatic medicine, 67 5, 697-702Wulsin, Lawson R; Singal, Bonita M . Do depressive symptoms increase the risk for the onset of coronary disease? A systematic quantitative review. Psychosomatic medicine, 65 2, 201-10