Dorcas Dobie, M.D.




Education/Training

Institution and Location
 Degree, if applicable
 Year(s)
 Field of Study
Brown University, Providence, RI
 B.A.
 1979
 Religious Studies
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
 M.D.
 1984
 Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Seattle, WA
 Resident
 1988
 Psychiatry


A. Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment
1988-1990 Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1988-1990 Geropsychiatry Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1988-1990 Staff Psychiatrist, Western State Hospital, Ft. Steilacoom, WA
1990-1994 Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1994-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2002-present Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995-present Staff Psychiatrist, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
2000-2003 Medical director, Women Veterans Trauma treatment Program, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle WA

Honors
1988 Most Outstanding Resident Award, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1989 Thomas H. Holmes Scholar, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1990 National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award
1997 American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry Summer Research Institute Award
1999 VA Epidemiology Research Information Center Summer Research Training Award


B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).

Dobie DJ, Miller MA, Urban JH, Raskind MA, Dorsa DM: Age-related decline of vasopressin mRNA in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Neurobiology of Aging, 12:419-423, 1991.
Dobie DJ, Merchant KM, Raskind MA, Dorsa DM: Neurotensin mRNA expression in response to haloperidol is decreased in dorsolateral striatum of aged rats. Ann NY Acad Sci 668:339-341, 1992.
Dobie DJ, Miller MA, Raskind MA, Dorsa DM: Testosterone reverses a senescent decline in extrahypothalamic vasopressin mRNA. Brain Research, 583:247-252, 1992.
Dobie DJ, Merchant KM, Hamblin MW, Vatessary GT, Dysken MW, Dorsa DM: Blunting of the neurotensin mRNA response to haloperidol in the striatum of aging rats: possible relationship to regional decline in dopamine D2 receptor expression. Brain Research 616:105-113, 1993.
Merchant KM, Dobie DJ, Filloux FM, Totzke M, Aravagiri M, Dorsa DM: Effects of chronic haloperidol and clozapine treatment on neurotensin and c-fos mRNA in rat neostriatal subregions. J Pharm Exp Ther 271:460-471, 1994.
Peskind ER, Wingerson D, Murray S, Pascualy M, Dobie DJ, Le Corre P, Le Verge R, Veith RC, Raskind MA: Effects of Alzheimer’s disease and normal aging on cerebrospinal fluid norepinephrine responses to yohimbine and clonidine. Arch Gen Psychiatry 52:774-782, 1995.
Peskind ER, Raskind MA, Wingerson D, Pascualy M, Thal LH, Dobie DJ, Wilkinson CW: Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis response to physostigmine: Effects of Alzheimer's disease and gender. Biol Psychiatry 40:61-68,1996.
Singer CA, McMillan PJ, Dobie DJ, Dorsa DM: Effects of estrogen replacement on choline acetyltransferase and trka mRNA expression in the basal forebrain of aged rats. Brain Res 789(2):434-6, 1998.
Peskind ER, Elrod R, Dobie DJ,Pascualy M, Pertie E, Jensen C, Brodkin K, Murray S, Veith RC, Raskind MR. Cerebrospinal fluid epinephrine in Alzheimer’s disease and normal aging. Neuropsychopharmacology 19:465-471,1998.
Raskind MA, Dobie DJ, Kanter ED, Petrie EC, Thompson CE, Peskind ER. The alpha-1 adrenergic antagonist prazosin ameliorates combat trauma nightmares in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a report of 4 cases. J Clin Psychiatry 62:129-133, 2000.
Petrie EC, Peskind ER, Dobie DJ,Veith RC,Raskind MA: Plasma catecholamines and cardiovascular responses to physostigmine in Alzheimer’s disease and aging. Psychoneuroendocrinology 26:147-164,2001.
Leverenz JB,Miller MA Dobie DJ, Peskind ER, Raskind MA. Increased alpha 2-adrenergic receptor binding in locus coeruleus projection areas in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurobiol Aging 22:555-61,2001.
Kanter ED, Wilkinson CW, Radant AD, Petrie EC, Dobie DJ, McFall M, Peskind ER, Raskind MA. Glucocorticoid feedback sensitivity and adrenocortical responsiveness in posttraumatic stress disorder. Biol Psychiatry 50:238-245, 2001.
Bradley KA,Bush KR, Davis TM, Dobie DJ,Burman ML,Rutter CM,Kivlahan DR. Binge drinking among female Vaterans Affairs patients:prevalence and associated risks. Psychol Addict Behav 15(4):297-305,2001.
Raskind MA, Thompson C, Petrie EC, Dobie DJ, Rein RJ, Hoff DJ, McFall M, Peskind ER. Prazosin reduces nightmares in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 63:565-568, 2002.
Dobie DJ, Kivlahan DR, Maynard C, Bush KR, McFall M, Epler AJ, Bradley KA. Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder in female Veteran’s Affairs patients: validation of the PTSD checklist. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 24:367-374, 2002.
Walker EA, Newman E, Dobie DJ, Ciechanowski P, Katon W. Validation of the PTSD checklist in an HMO sample of women. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 24:375-380, 2002.
Davis TM, Bush KR, Kivlahan DR, Dobie DJ, Bradley KA: Screening for substance abuse and psychiatric disorders among women patients in a VA Health Care System. Psychiatric Services 54(2):214-218,2003.
Raskind MA, Peskind ER, Kanter ED, Petrie EC, Radant A, Thompson C, Dobie DJ, Hoff D, Rein RJ, Straits-Troster K, Thomas R, McFall MM. Reduction of nightmares and other PTSD symptoms in combat veterans by prazosin: a placebo-controlled study. Am J Psychiatry, 160(2):371-3,2003.
Bradley KA, Bush KR,Epler AJ, Dobie DJ, Davis TM, Sporleder JL, Maynard C, Burman ML,Kivlahan DR. Two brief alcohol-screening tests form the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): Validation in a female VA patient population, Arch Int Med 163 (7):821-829,2003.
Bush KR, Kivlahan DR, Davis TM, Dobie DJ, Sporleder JL, Epler AJ, Bradley KA. The TWEAK is weak for alcohol screening among female VA outpatients. Alcoholism: Clin Exp Res, 27 (12):1971-78,2003.
Dobie DJ, Kivlahan DR,Maynard C,Bush KR, Davis TM, Bradley KA. Posttraumatic stress disorder in female veterans: association with self-reported health problems and functional impairment, Arch Int Med 164:394-400,2004.
Epler AJ, Kivlahan DR, Bush KR, Dobie DJ, Bradley KA. A brief readiness to change drinking algorithm: concurrent validity in female VA primary care patients. Addictive Behaviors 30(2):389-395, 2005.