Douglas J. Opler, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

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2024–2026Active
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Douglas J. Opler, MD, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. Between 2024 and 2026, Opler published multiple articles focusing on patient care and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders within psychiatry. His work addresses topics such as symptom changes in obsessive-compulsive disorder following bupropion initiation, the physician's experience as a patient, cognitive distortions related to physician guilt, and ototoxicity linked to mirtazapine. Opler frequently collaborates with co-authors including Vincent Zhang, Allison Dinar, Ethan Tyree, Fauzia Arain, and Juan Miguel Riestra.

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Case Report

Unexpected Improvement in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms Following Initiation of Bupropion

August 18, 2026

A 23-year-old woman with OCD and comorbid depression experienced an unexpected improvement in OCD symptoms following initiation of bupropion.

Juan Miguel Riestra, Zoya Munsar, Douglas J. Opler

Original Research

The Patient in the Mirror

June 11, 2026

The authors describe the unique challenges physicians may experience when they become patients and examine common physician-as-patient themes portrayed in media, including implications for clinical practice and medical education.

Mingzhuo Pei, Vincent Zhang, Ethan Tyree, et al

Original Research

Cognitive Distortions in Physician Guilt

October 21, 2025

This study examines examples of physician guilt in television and movies and identifies examples of cognitive distortions to help readers gain insight into their own potential feelings of guilt.

Vincent Zhang, Allison Dinar, Fauzia Arain, et al

Case Report

Ototoxicity Associated With Mirtazapine

November 7, 2024

A 57-year-old woman experienced hearing loss, tinnitus, and musical hallucinations following several months of mirtazapine use.

Vincent Zhang, Douglas J. Opler

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Douglas J. Opler, MD

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