Andrea C. DeSimone, DO

Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, Delaware

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Andrea C. DeSimone, DO, affiliated with Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, Delaware, has published extensively on topics including veterans and military issues, neurology, addiction, cardiology, impulse-control disorders, patient care, psychiatry, and sexual dysfunction. Their work addresses clinical challenges such as homelessness and housing insecurity, cardiac arrest survivorship, alcohol use disorders, impulsivity, rage, somatic delusions, psychotropic medication–induced priapism, and functional neurological disorders in military personnel and veterans. DeSimone has contributed to Psychiatrist.com between 2025 and 2026, frequently collaborating with co-authors Theodore A. Stern, Sofia E. Matta, James K. Rustad, Michalla B. Braford, and Katerina Mastronardi.

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Homelessness and Housing Insecurity
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Homelessness and Housing Insecurity

August 13, 2026

Individuals who experience homelessness have high rates of medical and psychiatric illness and face barriers to care; vulnerable populations include mothers with dependent children who have experienced domestic violence,...
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Improving Cardiac Arrest Survivorship
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Improving Cardiac Arrest Survivorship

June 4, 2026

Affective states and conditions such as anxiety, PTSD, and depression are common in those who have survived a cardiac arrest, and untreated psychiatric symptoms are associated with worse cardiac...
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Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care
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Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care

May 21, 2026

Patients with major depressive disorder and a comorbid AUD often present with more severe manifestations, including thoughts of suicide, co-occurring personality disorders, and higher rates of smoking.
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Diagnosing and Treating Impulsivity
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Diagnosing and Treating Impulsivity

February 5, 2026

Impulsivity is a characteristic of many psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions throughout the lifespan; however, in older adults it frequently signals an emerging neurodegenerative process.
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Diagnosis and Management of Rage
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Diagnosis and Management of Rage

December 23, 2025

This article offers a practical framework for distinguishing rage from irritability and impulsivity, identifying underlying neuropsychiatric drivers, and guiding evidence-based management across conditions including PTSD, TBI, and mood disorders.
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Managing Somatic Delusions
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Managing Somatic Delusions

October 16, 2025

Management of somatic delusions involves a multimodal treatment approach incorporating pharmacotherapy, somatic treatments, and psychotherapy.
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Managing Psychotropic Medication–Induced Priapism
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Managing Psychotropic Medication–Induced Priapism

July 31, 2025

A 30-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder presented to the ED with a prolonged, painful erection of spontaneous onset. His current medications included long-acting injectable paliperidone palmitate, valproic acid, and...
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FND in Active-Duty Military Personnel and Veterans
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FND in Active-Duty Military Personnel and Veterans

July 24, 2025

The most common presentations of functional neurologic disorder are functional seizures and functional movement disorders, including paresis. Other common manifestations are somatosensory or visual symptoms and speech disorders.
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