Lydia Chwastiak

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine

Research Activities

Dr. Chwastiak’s primary research interest is the impact of psychiatric morbidity on the management of chronic medical illness. She has investigated chronic illness management models and psychiatric co-morbidity in primary care populations and in patients with multiple sclerosis. Her current work focuses on the quality of medical care received by patients with serious and persistent mental illness (schizophrenia).

Clinical Activities

• Psychiatry consultant, Nathan Smith Clinic
• Internal medicine consultant, Connecticut Mental Health Center

Selected Publications

• Chwastiak LA, Rosenheck RA, Kazis LE. Utilization of Primary Care by Veterans with Psychiatric Illness in the National Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]
• Ehde DM, Kraft GH, Chwastiak L, Sullivan MD, Gibbons LE, Bombardier CH, Wadhwani R. Efficacy of paroxetine in treating major depressive disorder in persons with multiple sclerosis. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008 Jan-Feb;30(1):40-8.
• Srihari VH, Tek C, Chwastiak LA, Woods SW, Steiner JL. Best practices: surveillance and management of diabetes in a CMHC population. Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Sep;58(9):1151-3.
• Chwastiak LA, Rosenheck RA, McEvoy JP, Keefe RS, Swartz MS, Lieberman JA. Interrelationships of psychiatric symptom severity, medical comorbidity, and functioning in schizophrenia. Psychiatr Serv. 2006 Aug;57(8):1102-9.
• Chwastiak L, Rosenheck R, Leslie D. Impact of medical comorbidity on the quality of schizophrenia pharmacotherapy in a national VA sample. Med Care. 2006 Jan;44(1):55-61.

Education:	M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1993 M.P.H., University of Washington, 2001
Training:	Internal Medicine Residency: University of Colorado, 1993-1996 Psychiatry Residency: University of California, San Francisco, 1996-1999 NRSA Fellowship in Psychiatry and Primary Care: University of Washington, 1999-2001

Contact

Campus Address
Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
184 Liberty Street; LV-119
New Haven, CT 06519

E-mail
lydia.chwastiak@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-688-9707
Fax 203-688-9709