Lauren B Gerlach, DO, MS
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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Lauren B Gerlach, DO, MS
Assistant Professor
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
    • Qualifications
    • Postdoctoral Fellow
      University of Michigan Medical School, Geriatric Psychiatry, 2017
    • Resident
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Department of Psychiatry, 2015
    • Clinical Fellow
      Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, 2014
    • MSc
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, 2018
    • Post-Baccalaureate
      University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, 2006
    • BS
      Denison University, Granville, 2004
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Hospice Enrollment and Central Nervous System-Active Medication Prescribing to Medicare Decedents with Dementia.
      Gerlach LB, Zhang L, Teno J, Maust DT. JAMA Psychiatry, 2024 Sep 1; 81 (9): 944 - 946. DOI:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.1866
      PMID: 39018032
    • Journal Article
      Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults.
      Gerlach LB, Solway ES, Malani PN. JAMA, 2024 Jun 18; 331 (23): 2058 DOI:10.1001/jama.2024.3456
      PMID: 38780951
    • Presentation
      Suicidality in hospice
      Gerlach L. 2024 Jan 30;
    • Journal Article
      Association of nursing home antipsychotic reduction policies with antipsychotic use in community dwellers with dementia.
      Coe AB, Zhang T, Zullo AR, Gerlach LB, Daiello LA, Varma H, Lo D, Joshi R, Bynum JPW, Shireman TI. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2024 Sep 6; DOI:10.1111/jgs.19184
      PMID: 39242359
    • Journal Article
      Impact of federal antipsychotic use policy in nursing homes on new diagnoses for approved indications in dementia residents.
      Shireman TI, Coulibaly N, Zhang T, Zullo AR, Gerlach LB, Coe AB, Daiello LA, Lo D, Bynum JPW. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2024 Aug 23; DOI:10.1111/jgs.19129
      PMID: 39177336
    • Journal Article
      Guideline-concordant use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in the Veterans Health Administration.
      Pfeiffer PN, Ganoczy D, Zivin K, Gerlach L, Damschroder L, Ulmer CS. Sleep Health, 2023 Dec; 9 (6): 893 - 896. DOI:10.1016/j.sleh.2023.07.002
      PMID: 37704561
    • Presentation
      Creating connections and reducing loneliness
      Gerlach L. 2023 Oct 6;
    • Journal Article
      Reply to: Comment on: Antiepileptic prescribing to persons living with dementia residing in nursing homes: A tale of two indications.
      Candon M, Strominger J, Gerlach LB, Maust DT. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2023 Oct; 71 (10): 3327 - 3329. DOI:10.1111/jgs.18513
      PMID: 37602477