UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
PUBLICATIONS
MARC E. AGRONIN, M.D.
Articles: :
1. Agronin, M. E. (1987). Psychology and the art of shooting from the hip.
Harvard Psychological Review, 2 (1), 2.
2. Agronin, M. E. (1987). Harvard's Center for Psychological Studies in the nuclear age and An Interview with John E. Mack, M.D. Harvard
Psychological Review, 2 (1): 3-8, 1987.
3. Agronin, M. E. (1994). Personality disorders in the elderly: An overview.
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27 (2), 151
–191.
4. Agronin, M. E. (1996). Personality disorders in the elderly: Diagnosis, course, and treatment. Clinical Advances, 10 (3).
5. Agronin, M. E. (1998). Personality and psychopathology in late life.
Geriatrics, 53 (Suppl. 1), S35-S40.
6. Agronin, M. E., & Maletta, G. (2000). Personality disorders in late life:
Understanding and overcoming the gap in research. American Journal of
Geriatric Psychiatry, 8 (1), 4-18.
7. Agronin, M. E. (2001). Addressing sexuality and sexual dysfunction. Geriatric
Times, 2 (1), 32 –34.
8. Agronin, M. E. (2001). Sexuality and sexual dysfunction in geriatric patients.
Psychiatric Times, 18 (11), 27-28.
9. Agronin, M. E. (2002). The undertreated disease: Patients with Alzheimer’s disease often don’t receive appropriate therapies.
ElderCare, 2 (3), 8-10.
10. Agronin, M. E. (2002). Optimizing pharmacotherapy in patients with psychotic and behavioral disorders. Medical Simulations in the Management of
Dementia. Case simulation for CME booklet published by InterMed Press,
Darien, CT.
11. Agronin, M. E., & Tangalos, E. G. (2003). Cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of dementia. A continuing education monograph. Published by
Scott & White and the Center for Health Information.
12. Agronin, M. E. (2003, June). Treating the total disease: The clinical aspects of dementia, the global aspects of care. CME/CPE ElderCare Newsletter, published by Hybrid Publishing.
13. Agronin, M. E. (2003, July). Therapeutic strategies in long-term care.
CME/CPE Eldercare Newsletter, published by Hybrid Publishing.
14. Agronin, M. E. (2003, December). Memory changes with a ging: What’s normal w hat’s not?
Jewish Image of Florida .
15. Agronin, M. E. (2004, Spring). Interdisciplinary management of behavioral disorders. ElderCare , 4(1), 1-4.
16. Agronin, M. E. (2004). Sexuality and aging: An introduction. CNS Long-Term
Care, 3 (3), 12 –13.

17. Agronin, M. E. (2004). Dealing with personality disorders in long-term care.
The Clinical View: Geriatric Psychiatry in Long-Term Care ; 2(4), 10 –13,
18. Agronin, M. E. (2004). Sexuality and aging: The impact of menopause and andropause. CNS Long-Term Care, 3 (4), 14-16.
19. Agronin, M. E. (2004). Four case studies. In P. Aupperle (Ed.), Managing
Moods: Diagnosis and Treatment of Mood Problems and Behavioral Issues in the Elderly.
Case-Based Medicine Teaching Series, New York: McMahon
Publishing Group.
20. Agronin, M. E. (2005). Sexuality and aging: An Interview with Dr. Ruth. CNS
Long-Term Care, 4 (1), 7.
21. Agronin, M. E. (2005). Sexuality and aging: Cases of dementia. CNS Long-
Term Care, 4 (2), 7.
22. Agronin, M. E. (2005). Intellectual disabilities in late life. CNS News Long-
Term Care, 4 (3).
23. Alzugaray, E., Goldhaber, M., Silverman, M., Agronin, M., Kutcher, J., &
Roos, B. A. (2005). Denial of voting rights for elderly nursing home residents in the 2004 presidential election. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
53 (4): suppl S35.
24. Beltrame, I., Blondet, R., Silverman, M., Agronin, M., Clevenger, V., Ferreira,
T., & Roos, B. A. (2005). Establishing a ventilator unit (VU) at the Miami
Jewish Home & Hospital for the Aged (MJHHA): Addressing the unique ethical, moral, religious, cultural, and morale issues. The Gerontologist, 45 (II):
235.
25. Clevenger, V., Blondet, R., Agronin, M., & Silverman, M. (2006). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in an elderly woman diagnosed on the basis of frequent falls. Abstract submitted.
26. Agronin, M. E. (2006). Dementia and personality. CNS News Long-Term
Care, 5 (1).
27. Agronin, M. E. (2006). Assessment of the severely demented. CNS News,
8 (2):
28. Agronin, M. E. (2006). Normal pressure hydrocephalus. CNS News, 8 (3).
29. Agronin, M. E. (2006). Antipsychotics and the role of prolactin. Pending case report.
Books:
1. Goodwin, A. J., & Agronin, M. E. (1997). A Woman's Guide To Overcoming
Sexual Fear and Pain . Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. Over
10, 000 copies sold through 2003.
2. American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. (1999). Geriatric Psychiatry
Self-Assessment Program . GJ Kennedy, ME Agronin, SM Scheinthal, MJ
Tueth (Eds.). Dubuque, IO: Kendal/Hunt Publishing Company.
3. Agronin, M. E. (2003). Dementia: A practical guide. Baltimore, MD:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
4. Agronin, M. E, & Maletta, G. (Eds.). (2006). Principles and practice of geriatric psychiatry . Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Book Chapters:
1. Agronin, M. E., Holahan, J. M., Shaywitz, B. A, & Shaywitz, S. E. (1992).
The Multi-Grade Inventory for Teachers (MIT): Scale Development,
Reliability, and Validity of an Instrument to Assess Children with
Attentional Deficits and Learning Disabilities. In: Shaywitz SE, Shaywitz
BA, eds. Attention Deficit Disorder Comes of Age: Toward the 21st
Century. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
2. Agronin, M. E. (1999). Pharmacologic treatment of personality disorders in late-life. In Personality Disorders in Older
Adults: Emerging Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment. Edited by E Rosowsky,
R Abrams, and R Zweig. Mahwah,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.
1. Agronin ME. Personality Disorders and Somatoform Disorders. In: The
Geriatric Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine, 5th
Edition. New York, NY : American Geriatrics Society, 2002. Revised for publication in 6 th edition as well along with powerpoint presentation.
2. Agronin ME. Sexuality and Aging. In: J Sadavoy, LF Jarvik, GT Grossberg, and BS Meyers (eds.), The
Comprehensive Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry, 3 rd Edition. New York: W.W.
Norton and Company 2004, pp.
789 - 816
3. Agronin ME. Sexual Disorders.In: DG Blazer, DC Steffens, and EW Busse
(eds.), Textbook of Geriatric
Psychiatry, 3 rd edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press 2004, pp 303 - 318
4. Agronin ME. Somatoform Disorders. In: DG Blazer, DC Steffens, and EW
Busse (eds.), Textbook of Geriatric
Psychiatry, 3 rd
295
– 302
edition, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press 2004, pp
5. Agronin ME. Geriatric Psychiatry: Sexuality and Aging. In: BJ Sadock, VA
Sadock (eds.), Kaplan & Sadock’s
ComprehensiveTextbook of Psychiatry, 8 th Edition. Philadelphia, PA:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, pp.
3834 - 3838
8. Agronin ME, Westheimer RK: Sexuality and Sexual Disorders in Late Life. In:
ME Agronin, G Maletta (eds.),Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006, pp. 523 - 546

9. Zweig R, Agronin ME: Personality Disorders in Late Life. In ME Agronin, G
Maletta (eds.), Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006, pp. 449 - 470
10. Agronin ME. Personality Disorders. In: DV Jeste and JH Friedman (eds.),
Psychiatry for Neurologists. Totowa NJ: Humana Press 2006, pp. 105 - 124
11.
Agronin ME. Delirium. In: R Rakel, ET Bope (eds.), Conn’s Current Therapy,
2006 Edition. Anticipated Publication by W.B. Saunders Company, 2006
12. Agronin ME. Personality Disorders. In the Encyclopedia of Health and
Aging. Anticipated publication by SAGE Publications: 2007
Book Reviews:
1. Agronin ME. "Psychological Testing from Early Childhood Through
Adolescence: A Developmental and Psychodynamic Approach, By Miriam G.
Siegel," Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 61(2): 166, March/April, 1988.
2. Agronin ME. "Treating the Elderly with Psychotherapy: The Scope for Change in Later Life, Edited by Joel Sadavoy and Molyn Leszcz," Yale Journal of
Biology and Medicine, 61(6): 551, Nov/Dec, 1988.
3. Agronin ME. "Psychosomatic Medicine and Contemporary Psychoanalysis,
Biology and Medicine, 62(1): 52, By Graeme Taylor," Yale Journal of
Jan/Feb. 1989.
4. Agronin ME. "Laboratory Test Handbook, By David S. Jacobs et al," Yale
Journal of Biology and Medicine, 62(5): 550, Sept/Oct, 1989.
5. Agronin ME. "Psychiatric Diagnosis, 4th Edition, By Donald W. Goodman and
Samuel B. Guze," Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 62(5): 551, Sept/Oct,
1989.
6. Agronin ME. "Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment and Long-term Management,
Edited by Jeffrey L.Cummings and Bruce L. Miller," Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 62( 5): 607-9. Nov/Dec, 1990.
7. Agronin ME. "The New Frontier in Geriatric Psychiatry: Nursing Homes and
Other Long-Term Care Settings" [essay with review of four books], The
Gerontologist, 38(3): 388-391, 1998.
8. Agronin ME. "Overselling Depression to the Oversold" [essay with review of four books], The Gerontologist, 39(4): 489 - 492, 1999.

Cartoons:
1. Agronin ME. "What If Psychiatric Managed Care Existed . . .," and
"Psychiatric Medicine in the 23rd Century." In The Psychiatric Resident,
March/April, 1993.
2. Agronin ME. "The Evolution of Psychiatry." In The Psychiatric Times, July,
1993.
3. Agronin ME. "The Psychoanalytic Emporium." In The Psychiatric Resident,
July/August, 1993.
4. Agronin ME. "An Anatomic Atlas of the Resident's Brain." In The Psychiatric
Resident, Sept/Oct, 1993.
5. Agronin ME. "Six Ways to Annoy Your Supervisor." In The Psychiatric
Resident, Jan/Feb, 1994.
Edited Publications:
1. Agronin ME. Editor. Profiles in Depression, published by the Oxford Institute and distributed nationwide to primary care physicians. Edited three issues in March (Depression and
Neurotransmitters), May (Depression and
Sexual Dysfunction), and July (Managing Depression-Associated Weight
Gain) of 2002.
2. Agronin ME. Editor for introductory article on pharmacologic treatment for
“Medical Simulations in the
Management of Dementia.” Case simulation for CME booklet published by
InterMed Press, Darien, CT, 2002
Posters / Abstracts:
1. Agronin ME. "Personality Disorders in a Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient
Clinic." Submitted for presentation at theMinneapolis VA Medical Center
Research Day, June 10, 1997.
2. Agronin ME, Orr WB. " Personality Disorders in a Geriatric Psychiatry
Outpatient Clinic." Presented at theAnnual Meeting of the American
Association for Geriatric Psychiatry in San Diego, CA, on March 10, 1998.
3. Agronin ME. "Depressive Personality Disorder in Late Life: A Descriptive
Study of 11 Cases." Presented at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Research Day, June 10, 1998.

4. Agronin ME. "Depressive Personality Disorder in Late Life: A Descriptive
Study of 11 Cases." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Association for Geriatric Psychiatry in New Orleans, LA, on March 16, 1999.
5. Agronin ME. “Optimal Treatment of Personality Disorders in Late Life.”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Directors
Association, New Orleans, LA, on March 17, 2005
6. Alzugaray E, Goldhaber M, Silverman M, Agronin M, Kutcher J, Roos BA.
Denial of voting rights for elderly nursing home residents in the 2004 presidential election. Presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American
Geriatrics Society, Orlando, FL, May 11-15, 2005. Published in JAGS, 53 (4): suppl S35
7. Beltrame I, Blondet R, Silverman M, Agronin M, Clevenger V, Ferreira T,
Roos B. Establishing a ventilator unit (VU) at the Miami Jewish Home &
Hospital for the Aged (MJHHA)
– addressing the unique ethical, moral, religious, culturalm and morale issues. Presented at the 58 th Annual Meeting of the American Federation for Aging Research in Orlando, FL in October,
2005
Unpublished Research / Theses:
1. Agronin ME. Sex Differences in the Play Constructions of Pre-adolescents and College Age Students: an Experimental and Theoretical Critique of Erik
Erikson's Concept of Spatial Modality [Senior Honors Thesis, Received Summa
Cum Laude]. Harvard University, 1987.
2. Agronin ME, Siegal A. Burden and Coping Styles in Relatives of
Institutionalized Dementia Patients [Medical school research]. Yale School of
Medicine, 1990.
3. Agronin ME, Shaywitz SE (advisor). The Multiple Grade Inventory for
Teachers (MIT): Scale Development, Reliability , Validity, and Application Of
An Instrument to Assess Children with Attentional Deficits and Learning
Disabilities [Medical school thesis]. Yale School of Medicine, 1991.