Joseph D. Dragonetti, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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About

Joseph D. Dragonetti, MD, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Between 2025 and 2026, Dr. Dragonetti published five articles focusing on psychiatry and neurology, with particular attention to anxiety, pain, complementary and alternative medicine, and electroconvulsive therapy. His work addresses clinical strategies for managing critically ill patients, including monitoring, patient care, and the use of electroconvulsive therapy in critical care settings. Dr. Dragonetti frequently collaborates with co-authors such as Theodore A. Stern and Samah Ibrahim.

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Willful Dissociation and Hypnosis: Strategies for Primary Care
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Willful Dissociation and Hypnosis: Strategies for Primary Care

September 3, 2026

A myriad of affective, behavioral, cognitive symptoms, and problems, such as pain, can be altered by use of willful dissociation in the context of receiving medical care
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The Meaning of Monitoring to Patients and their Families in Critical Care Units
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The Meaning of Monitoring to Patients and their Families in Critical Care Units

July 7, 2026

Patients and family members in ICUs frequently focus on the numeric displays of monitoring devices to feel that they are in control, rather than adrift in a helpless situation.
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Strategies for Managing Dyspnea
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Strategies for Managing Dyspnea

April 2, 2026

Pharmacologic approaches and behavioral and psychological interventions such as mindfulness, relaxation, and CBT can mitigate dyspnea and associated anxiety.
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Administering ECT to Critically Ill Patients
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Administering ECT to Critically Ill Patients

March 5, 2026

ECT can be lifesaving for critically ill individuals with severe psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions; however, cardiac monitoring is essential.
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Managing Anxiety, Agitation, and Pain in Critically Ill Patients
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Managing Anxiety, Agitation, and Pain in Critically Ill Patients

April 1, 2025

Pain, fear, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and agitation are common symptoms among critically ill patients, causing distress, interfering with medical care, and contributing to morbidity post discharge.
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