Publications

Journal Publications: Primary author

 

Is Mental Health Declining?
Higgins ES, Scientific American Mind;  Jan/Feb 2017; Vol 28:20-21.

Reply by Dr. Higgins
ADHD Report: Feb 2010, Vol 18;5

Do ADHD Drugs Take a Toll on the Brain?
Higgins ES, Scientific American Mind;  July/Aug 2009; Vol 20:38-43.
 

The New Genetics of Mental Illness.
Higgins ES, Scientific American Mind;  June/July 2008; Vol 19:40-7.

 

Absence of Schizophrenia in a 15^th-Century Islamic Medical Textbook.
Higgins ES, Kose S, Am J Psych;  July 2007; Vol 164: 1120

 

Do neural disconnections cause schizophrenia?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  May 2007; Vol 6. No 5. 90-96.

 

How dopamine drives cocaine craving.
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Mar 2007; Vol 6. No 3. 82-84.

 

Jump-starting depression treatment.
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Jan 2007; Vol 6. No 1. 65-68.

 

Brain workouts boost attention.
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Sept 2006; Vol 5. No 9. 55-61.

 

Damaged DNA: Depression’s hidden culprit?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  July 2006; Vol 5. No 7. 94-9.

 

Learning from lab-rat love.  A libido-booster for female sexual dysfunction?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  May 2006; Vol 5. No 5. 97-103.

 

Glutamatergic TB drug ‘cools off’ anxiety
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Mar 2006; Vol 5. No 3. 112-3.

 

Can a vaccine prevent Alzheimer’s disease?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Feb 2006; Vol 5. No 2. 28-30.

 

Can chronic pain shrink the brain?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Dec 2005; Vol 4. No 12. 97-98.

 

Blame the brain for promiscuity?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Mar 2005; Vol 4. No 3. 50-51.

 

Stimulant Abuse and HIPAA: Case Example
Higgins, ES, Powell RA, Primary Psychiatry;  Jan 2005; Vol 12. No 1. 53-56.

 

Blocking the ‘munchies’ receptor: A novel approach to obesity
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Nov 2004; Vol 3. No 11. 73-74.

 

Is depression neurochemical or neurodegenerative?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  Sept 2004; Vol 3. No 9. 39-40.

 

Identifying and treating adults with ADHD.
Higgins, ES Patient Care July 2004;38:15-19.

 

Understanding the “joy” of aggression?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  July 2004; Vol 3. No 7. 73-74

 

Post-traumatic stress disorder: Nature and nurture?
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  May 2004; Vol 3. No 5. 69-70

 

ADHD and Substance Abuse: Four Therapeutic Options for Patients with Addictions.
Higgins, ES, Current Psychiatry;  November 2002; Vol 1. No 11.

 

A Comparative Analysis of Antidepressants and Stimulants for the Treatment of Attentional Disorders in Adults.
Higgins, ES, J of Family Prac: 1999; Vol 48. 15-20.

 

A Computerized Psychiatric Case Finding Instrument for Employee Assistant Programs: A Feasibility and Patient Acceptance Study. Higgins ES, Dechene D, Gainey SL.  Employee Assistance Quarterly:  1998; Vol 14. 33-42.

 

The ‘Usual Care’ of Depression Is Not ‘Good Enough’  Editorial
Higgins ES. Arch of Family Medicine: 1997; Vol 6. 340-341.

 

Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders in Primary Care: The possibilities and the Pitfalls.
Higgins ES.  J Clin Psych: 1996; 57[Suppl 8]: 7-10

 

A Review of Unrecognized Mental Illness in Primary Care : the prevalence, natural history and efforts to change the course.
Higgins ES. Arch of Family Medicine: Oct 1994, Vol 3. 908-17.

 

Chronic Fatigue Syndromes: The Limbic Hypothesis.
Higgins ES, Book Review.   Arch of Family Medicine: Aug 1994, Vol 3. 733-4.

 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Depressive Disorder.
Higgins ES. J SC Medical Association, Feb1992,  Vol 88: 51-7.

 

Journal Publications: Secondary author

 

Psychological Management by Family Physicians.  Olfson M, Weissman MM,

Leon A, Higgins ES, Barrett JE, Blacklow RS.  J Fam Practice Dec 1995

Vol 41:543-50

 

Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Primary Care: Implications for Screening.

Leon A, Olfson M, Broadhead WE, Barrett JE, Blacklow RS, Keller MB,

Higgins ES, Weissman MM.  Arch Fam Med Oct 1995 Vol 4:857-61.

 

The SDDS-PC™: A Diagnostic Aid for Multiple Mental Disorders in Primary Care.
Olfson M, Leon A, Broadhead WE, Weissman MM, Barrett JE, Blacklow RS, Gilbert TT, Higgins ES.
Psychopharm Bull Vol 31: 415-420,1995.

 

Brief Diagnostic Interviews (SDDS-PC) for Multiple mental Disorders in Primary Care: a pilot study. 

Weissman MM, Olfson M, Leon AC, Broadhead WE, Gilbert TT, Higgins ES, Barrett JE, Blacklow RS, Keller  MB, Hoven C. 

Arch Family Medicine: Mar 1995, Vol 4. 220-7.

 

Development and Validation of the SDDS-PC Screen for Multiple Mental Disorders in Primary Care. 

Broadhead WE, Leon AC, Weissman MM, Barrett JE, Blacklow RS, Gilbert TT, Keller MB, Olfson M, Higgins ES. 

Arch Family Medicine: Mar 1995, Vol 4. 211-9.

 

Spotting Clues in the Opening Case-presentation of a Balint-group: Insight from a Meta-Balint-group. 

C.D. Brock, A.W. Chessman, A.H. Johnson, Higgins ES, C. Musham, C. Irwin & G. Steuer. 

J of Balint Society 1994  Vol 22, 40-3.

 

Are Neurological Abnormalities in Well Discordant Monozygotic  Co-Twins of Schizophrenia Subjects the Result of Perinatal Trauma? 

E. Cantor-Graae, T.F.McNeil, K.C.Rickler, K.Sjöström, R.Rawlings, Higgins ES & T.M. Hyde.

Amer J Psych 1994; 151:1194-1199.

 

Prenatal Origin of Schizophrenia in a Subgroup of Discordant Monozygotic Twins. 

E. Fuller Torrey, E.H.Taylor, B.A.Bowler, T.F.McNeil, R.R.Rawlings, P.O.Quinn, L.B.Bigelow, K.Rickler, K.Sjostrum, Higgins ES & I.I.Gottesman

Schizophrenia Bulletin 1994; 20: 423-33.

 

Obstetric Complications in Histories of Monozygotic Twins Discordant and Concordant for Schizophrenia. 

T.F.McNeil, E.Cantor-Graae, E.F.Torrey, K.Sjöström, A.Bowler, E.Taylor R.Rawlings, & Higgins ES. 

Acta PsychiatrScand 1994; 89: 196-204.

 

 

Recent CME Presentations:

 

Co- Host, “Neuroscience”

31^st Annual Update in Psychiatry

MUSC Department of Psychiatry, June 7 & 8, 2018

Co- Host, “Day of Discovery: Brain Stimulation Therapies”

MUSC Department of Psychiatry, March 26, 2009

 

“ADHD in Primary Care”

MUSC Family Medicine Intensive Review, 6/22/07 & 6/9/08

 

“The Gene Expression Hypothesis”

MUSC Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Jan 5, 2007

 

“Depression and Anxiety”

South Carolina Academy of Physicians Assistants Annual Conference

Kiawah, SC Oct 11, 2006

 

“Depression and Neurogenesis”

University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Newark, NJ Mar 17, 2004

 

“ADHD in Adults”

Big Mountain Conference

Whitefish, MT Feb 4, 2004

 

“Depression and Anxiety in Women”

Catawba Valley Medical Center Winter Symposium

Hickory, NC Jan 14, 2004

 

 

Forensic Psychiatry Presentations & Publications:

 

“Neuroscience of Aggression and Its Clinical Relevance”

Coastal Chapter of South Carolina Psychiatric Association

Charleston, SC May 11, 2004

 

“Fifty Erroneous Eyewitness Cases Exonerated with DNA”

American Academy of Psychiatry & Law Annual Meeting

San Antonio, TX Oct 18, 2003

 

“Human Memory & Eyewitness Identification”

Forensic Grand Rounds

University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry,

Columbia, SC,  September 5, 2003

 

“Establishing the Relevance of Expert Testimony Regarding Eyewitness Identification: Comparing Forty Recent Cases with the Psychological Studies”

Higgins ES & Skinner BS,  Northern Kentucky Law Review, 2003; Vol 30:4, 471-86.

 

“Learning from Errors: a Database of Completely Innocent People Wrongfully Convicted of Crimes”

American College of Forensic Psychiatry – Annual Symposium

San Francisco, California  April 13, 2002

 

“A Database of Completely Innocent People Wrongfully Convicted of Crimes”

American Academy of Forensic Science – Annual Meeting

Atlanta, Georgia  February 15, 2002

 

“False Confessions”

University of South Carolina School of Law

Columbia, SC Jan 23, 2002

 

“A Database of Wrongful Convictions”

American Academy of Psychiatry and Law – Annual Meeting

Boston, MA  Oct 28, 2001

 

 “Learning from Problematic Psychotherapy”

October 22, 2000

Adult Delayed Recall Committee

American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Vancouver, British Columbia

 

“Malignant Psychotherapy”

December 14, 1999

Psychiatry Grand Rounds Medical University of South Carolina,

Charleston, SC Dec 14, 1999

 

“Problems with Eyewitness Identification”

Charleston Public Defenders

Charleston, SC 1999

 

“The Problems with Recovered Memories in Psychotherapy”

Co- sponsored by the College of Charleston Counseling Center,

Charleston, SC.  August 9, 1996

 

SC National Association of Social Workers

Columbia, SC.  March 19, 1998

 

Charleston/Dorchester Community Mental Health

Charleston, SC  May 20, 1999

Illustrations Used in Medical Publications:

 

“A Patchwork Mind”

Wenner M, Scientific American Mind;  July/Aug 2009; Vol 20:52-59.

 

Biological Psychiatry 3^rd Ed.

Trimble M. & George M. Wiley-Blackwell 2010

 

American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Neuropsych 3^rd Ed.

Chap 11 Brain Stimulation Therapies: VNS, TMS, TDCS & DBS. Am Psych Press 2010