Linda Nicholas, M.D.

Email: Linda_Nicholas@med.unc.edu

Office Phone: (919) 966-0011


Education:

B.A., Religion, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.S., Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

M.D., University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Residency, University of North Carolina, Department of Psychiatry

Fellowship, UNC Psychopharmacology Research Fellow
 

Summary Statement:

Dr. Nicholas is the Chief of the Adult Division of the Department of Psychiatry, Director of Outpatient Clinics and Medical Director of the Adult Diagnostic and treatment Clinic and the Crisis Emergency Service. Her research interest is the study of mood and anxiety disorders. She is the Department of Psychiatry Site Director for the NIH-funded multicenter study, “Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression” (Star*D) and is Principal Investigator for “The College Screening Project: a Program to Identify and Help College Students with Significant Psychological Problems”, a multi-center study funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
 

Representative Publications:

1. Dell DL, Perkins D, Nicholas L.: Mental Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. In Emergency Care of the Woman, 2nd Edition. Edited by Pearlman MD and Tintinalli, JE. New York: McGraw-Hill. In Press.
2. Golden RN, Dawkins K, Nicholas L: Trazodone and nefazodone. In: Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Third edition, Nemeroff C and Schatzberg A (eds.), Washington DC, American Psychiatric Press. In Press.
3. Golden RN and Nicholas L: Atypical depression: diagnosis, prevalence, and implications for treatment in primary care. Resident and Staff Physician: 48:51-56, 2002.
4. Nicholas LM and Golden RN: Managing the Suicidal Patient. Clinical Cornerstones; 3:47-57, 2001.
5. Golden RN and Nicholas L: Antidepressant efficacy of venlafaxine. Depression and Anxiety; 12 (supplement 1):45-49, 2000.