M Olfson

Summary

Affiliation: Columbia University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Prediction of homelessness within three months of discharge among inpatients with schizophrenia
    M Olfson
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 50:667-73. 1999
  2. ncbi A case-control study of antidepressants and attempted suicide during early phase treatment of major depressive episodes
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:425-32. 2008
  3. ncbi National trends in the outpatient treatment of depression
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032, USA
    JAMA 287:203-9. 2002
  4. ncbi Relationship between antidepressant medication treatment and suicide in adolescents
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:978-82. 2003
  5. ncbi Is gender a factor in psychiatrists' evaluation and treatment of patients with major depression?
    M Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 24, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Affect Disord 63:149-57. 2001
  6. ncbi Predicting medication noncompliance after hospital discharge among patients with schizophrenia
    M Olfson
    Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 51:216-22. 2000
  7. ncbi Linking inpatients with schizophrenia to outpatient care
    M Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute 10032, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 49:911-7. 1998
  8. ncbi National trends in the use of outpatient psychotherapy
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 159:1914-20. 2002
  9. ncbi Use of psychotherapy for depression in older adults
    Wenhui Wei
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, 30 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 162:711-7. 2005
  10. ncbi Barriers to the treatment of social anxiety
    M Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, Departemnt of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 157:521-7. 2000

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Publications108 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Prediction of homelessness within three months of discharge among inpatients with schizophrenia
    M Olfson
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 50:667-73. 1999
    ..The authors' goal was to identify factors that place inpatients with schizophrenia at risk of becoming homeless after hospital discharge...
  2. ncbi A case-control study of antidepressants and attempted suicide during early phase treatment of major depressive episodes
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:425-32. 2008
    ..To estimate the relative risk of suicide attempts in child and adult outpatients initiating antidepressants for major depressive episodes compared to those not treated with antidepressants...
  3. ncbi National trends in the outpatient treatment of depression
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032, USA
    JAMA 287:203-9. 2002
    ..Recent advances in pharmacotherapy and changing health care environments have focused increased attention on trends in outpatient treatment of depression...
  4. ncbi Relationship between antidepressant medication treatment and suicide in adolescents
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:978-82. 2003
    ..A decade of increasing antidepressant medication treatment for adolescents and corresponding declines in suicide rates raise the possibility that antidepressants have helped prevent youth suicide...
  5. ncbi Is gender a factor in psychiatrists' evaluation and treatment of patients with major depression?
    M Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 24, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Affect Disord 63:149-57. 2001
    ..Gender differences in clinical assessment and treatment have been reported in several areas of medicine. We examine whether differences exist in the routine outpatient psychiatric management of men and women with major depression...
  6. ncbi Predicting medication noncompliance after hospital discharge among patients with schizophrenia
    M Olfson
    Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 51:216-22. 2000
    ..The study sought to identify predictors of noncompliance with medication in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia after discharge from acute hospitalization...
  7. ncbi Linking inpatients with schizophrenia to outpatient care
    M Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute 10032, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 49:911-7. 1998
    ....
  8. ncbi National trends in the use of outpatient psychotherapy
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 159:1914-20. 2002
    ..This article reports recent trends in the use of outpatient psychotherapy in the United States...
  9. ncbi Use of psychotherapy for depression in older adults
    Wenhui Wei
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, 30 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 162:711-7. 2005
    ....
  10. ncbi Barriers to the treatment of social anxiety
    M Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, Departemnt of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 157:521-7. 2000
    ..This article evaluates barriers to treatment reported by adults with social anxiety who participated in the 1996 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day...
  11. ncbi Offspring of depressed parents. 10 Years later
    M M Weissman
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 54:932-40. 1997
    ..None have followed up the offspring into adulthood to obtain more precise estimates of risk...
  12. ncbi Major depressive disorder, somatic pain, and health care costs in an urban primary care practice
    Marc J Gameroff
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 67:1232-9. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: In this urban primary care practice, major depressive disorder is associated with increased health care costs, but only among patients with moderate to extreme pain-related interference in daily activities...
  13. ncbi Medication costs, adherence, and health outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries
    Ramin Mojtabai
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 22:220-9. 2003
    ..We argue that this pattern of cost-related poor medication adherence should inform the design of Medicare prescription drug benefit legislation...
  14. ncbi Diffusion of new generation antidepressant treatment among elderly diagnosed with depression
    Usha Sambamoorthi
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
    Med Care 41:180-94. 2003
    ..Relationships between use of new generation antidepressant treatment and socioeconomic characteristics, physical comorbidity, insurance coverage, and care sector (mental health specialty vs. general health services) are explored...
  15. ncbi Antidepressant treatment and health services utilization among HIV-infected medicaid patients diagnosed with depression
    U Sambamoorthi
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 15:311-20. 2000
    ....
  16. ncbi Is the substance abuse of inpatients with schizophrenia overlooked?
    J T Walkup
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, 30 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 23:26-30. 2001
    ..Discharge summaries had the lowest sensitivity when compared to the diagnostic interview, raising concern that inpatient staff and clinicians may fail to communicate substance abuse problems to outpatient providers...
  17. ncbi Professional practice patterns of U.S. psychiatrists
    M Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
    Am J Psychiatry 151:89-95. 1994
    ..The authors develop a classification of psychiatric practice based on primary and secondary work settings...
  18. ncbi Dropout from outpatient mental health care in the United States
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 60:898-907. 2009
    ..Although mental health treatment dropout is common, patterns and predictors of dropout are poorly understood. This study explored patterns and predictors of mental health treatment dropout in a nationally representative sample...
  19. ncbi False positive results: a challenge for psychiatric screening in primary care
    A C Leon
    Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, NY 10021, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 154:1462-4. 1997
    ..The goal of this study was to characterize primary care patients with false positive results on screens for mental disorders...
  20. ncbi Practice patterns of international and U.S. medical graduate psychiatrists
    C Blanco
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 156:445-50. 1999
    ..The practice patterns of international medical graduate (IMG) and U.S. medical graduate (USMG) psychiatrists were compared...
  21. ncbi Identifying risk factors and key strategies in linkage to outpatient psychiatric care
    C A Boyer
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 1293, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 157:1592-8. 2000
    ..This study explored patient risk factors for not completing referrals and examined the success of several interventions targeted to achieving linkage with outpatient care...
  22. ncbi Diabetes and depression care among medicaid beneficiaries
    Usha Sambamoorthi
    Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:141-61. 2006
    ..Among depressed Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes, there are racial differences with regard to quality of mental health care in the presence of diabetes...
  23. ncbi Recent HIV testing among general hospital inpatients with schizophrenia: findings from four New York City sites
    J Walkup
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
    Psychiatr Q 71:177-93. 2000
    ..While widely acknowledged to be an important clinical and public health issue, HIV assessment, counseling, and testing for the seriously mentally ill has not been well studied...
  24. ncbi Treatment of panic attack and risk of major depressive disorder in the community
    R Goodwin
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:1146-8. 2001
    ..The authors' goal was to determine whether treatment of panic attacks has a protective effect on the risk of major depression in the community...
  25. ncbi A comparison of three scales for assessing social functioning in primary care
    M M Weissman
    Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:460-6. 2001
    ..Although several scales for assessing functioning are widely used, they vary in coverage, and direct comparisons among them are rare. Comparative information is useful in guiding selection of appropriate scales for research applications...
  26. ncbi Medication supervision and adherence of persons with psychotic disorders in residential treatment settings: a pilot study
    M F Grunebaum
    Residential Community Service, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 62:394-9; quiz 400-1. 2001
    ..This pilot study examined the association between medication adherence and level of supervision and other environmental and clinical variables among patients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders living in supported housing...
  27. ncbi The mental health consequences of disaster-related loss: findings from primary care one year after the 9/11 terrorist attacks
    Yuval Neria
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY 10032, USA
    Psychiatry 71:339-48. 2008
    ..The results suggest that disaster-related mental health care in this clinical population should emphasize evidence-based treatments for mood and anxiety disorders...
  28. ncbi Subjective unmet need for mental health services in depressed children grown up
    Rise B Goldstein
    Division of Clinical Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Adm Policy Ment Health 33:666-73. 2006
    ..A longitudinal follow-up of depressed, anxious, and psychiatrically normal children into adulthood provided an opportunity to examine factors associated with subjective unmet need...
  29. ncbi Practices related to HIV risk assessment in general hospital psychiatric units in New York State
    J Walkup
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 09803, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 49:529-30. 1998
    ..Twenty units (38 percent) reported counseling only a few patients about risk, and eight (15 percent) counseled almost none. Twenty-eight (53 percent) urged only a few patients to get an HIV test, and nine (17 percent) urged almost none...
  30. ncbi Pre-existing cardiovascular conditions and pharmacological treatment of adult ADHD
    Tobias Gerhard
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:457-64. 2010
    ..The extent to which pre-existing cardiovascular conditions influence initiation of these ADHD medications in adults is not known...
  31. ncbi Brief screening for family psychiatric history: the family history screen
    M M Weissman
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 57:675-82. 2000
    ..Brief screens to collect lifetime family psychiatric history are useful in clinical practice and for identifying potential families for genetic studies...
  32. ncbi Prescription of psychotropic medications to youths in office-based practice
    R Goodwin
    Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Healthm New York, NY 10032, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 52:1081-7. 2001
    ....
  33. ncbi Comorbidity, impairment, and suicidality in subthreshold PTSD
    R D Marshall
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:1467-73. 2001
    ..In addition, no studies have examined the role of comorbidity in explaining disability and impairment in subthreshold PTSD...
  34. ncbi Interventions to improve medication adherence in schizophrenia
    Annette Zygmunt
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Center for Research on the Organization and Funding of Care for the Severely Mentally Ill, 30 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 1293, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 159:1653-64. 2002
    ....
  35. ncbi Trends in the inpatient mental health treatment of children and adolescents in US community hospitals between 1990 and 2000
    Brady G Case
    Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:89-96. 2007
    ..Previous work has demonstrated marked changes in inpatient mental health service use by children and adolescents in the 1980s and early 1990s, but more recent, comprehensive, nationally representative data have not been reported...
  36. ncbi Panic and suicidal ideation in primary care
    R Goodwin
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and The Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Depress Anxiety 14:244-6. 2001
    ..4) or panic attacks (OR = 7.9). There is need for detection and possible treatment of patients with panic attacks or disorder in primary care, especially among those with co-occurring major depression...
  37. ncbi Comparing the national economic burden of five chronic conditions
    B G Druss
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 20:233-41. 2001
    ..The findings highlight the differing challenges involved in understanding needs and improving care across particular chronic conditions...
  38. ncbi Stigma and treatment for alcohol disorders in the United States
    K M Keyes
    Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 172:1364-72. 2010
    ..70; P < 0.01). A link between highly stigmatized views of alcoholism and lack of services suggests that stigma reduction should be integrated into public health efforts to promote alcohol treatment...
  39. ncbi Medically unexplained symptoms in an urban general medicine practice
    A Feder
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    Psychosomatics 42:261-8. 2001
    ..These data suggest that patients with MMUS are as common in urban primary care clinics as in more affluent clinics and reinforce the need for PCPs to screen these patients for common and treatable psychiatric conditions...
  40. ncbi National trends in ethnic disparities in mental health care
    Carlos Blanco
    Departments of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Care 45:1012-9. 2007
    ..To compare trends in office-based treatment of mental disorders between Hispanics and non-Hispanics...
  41. ncbi Long-term course of probable PTSD after the 9/11 attacks: a study in urban primary care
    Yuval Neria
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Trauma Stress 23:474-82. 2010
    ..Findings highlight the importance of ongoing evaluation of mental health needs in primary care settings in the aftermath of disasters...
  42. ncbi Continuity in methylphenidate treatment of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    Mark Olfson
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Manag Care Pharm 13:570-7. 2007
    ..Although stimulant therapy is commonly discontinued early in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the factors that contribute to continuity of stimulant therapy remain largely unknown...
  43. ncbi Adding or switching antipsychotic medications in treatment-refractory schizophrenia
    Julie Kreyenbuhl
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Services Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 58:983-90. 2007
    ..Psychiatrists' characteristics and perceptions of effectiveness of the medication change on clinical outcomes were also reported...
  44. ncbi Generalized anxiety disorder, somatic pain and health care costs
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:310-6. 2007
    ..To evaluate the extent to which pain severity contributes to the health care costs of low-income primary care patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)...
  45. ncbi Treatment of schizophrenia with long-acting fluphenazine, haloperidol, or risperidone
    Mark Olfson
    Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Schizophr Bull 33:1379-87. 2007
    ..This study compares 3 cohorts of patients with schizophrenia before, during, and after initiating treatment with fluphenazine decanoate (FD), haloperidol decanoate (HD), or long-acting injectable risperidone (LAR)...
  46. ncbi Hyperlipidemia following treatment with antipsychotic medications
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, NY State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 24, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 163:1821-5. 2006
    ..This study attempted to estimate the relative risk of developing hyperlipidemia after treatment with antipsychotics in relation to no antipsychotic treatment...
  47. ncbi Assault and mental disorders: a cross-sectional study of urban adult primary care patients
    Karinn Glover
    Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 1621 Eastchester Rd, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 61:1018-23. 2010
    ..This study estimated the strength of associations between self-reported assault and psychiatric disorders among low-income, urban primary care patients who were predominantly female...
  48. ncbi The cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy in community settings
    Harold A Sackeim
    Department of Biological Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 32:244-54. 2007
    ..Cognitive outcomes varied across treatment facilities and differences in ECT technique largely accounted for these differences. Sine wave stimulation and BL electrode placement resulted in more severe and persistent deficits...
  49. ncbi Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder by U.S. psychiatrists
    Carlos Blanco
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 67:946-51. 2006
    ..To examine the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by a nationally representative sample of psychiatrists...
  50. ncbi Effects of Food and Drug Administration warnings on antidepressant use in a national sample
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:94-101. 2008
    ....
  51. ncbi Continuity of care after inpatient discharge of patients with schizophrenia in the Medicaid program: a retrospective longitudinal cohort analysis
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 71:831-8. 2010
    ..This study seeks to identify patient, facility, county, and state policy factors associated with timely schizophrenia-related outpatient treatment following hospital discharge...
  52. ncbi National patterns in antidepressant medication treatment
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:848-56. 2009
    ..Antidepressants have recently become the most commonly prescribed class of medications in the United States...
  53. ncbi Stimulant dosing for children with ADHD: a medical claims analysis
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 48:51-9. 2009
    ..To evaluate stimulant dosing patterns in the community treatment of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...
  54. ncbi Positive screens for psychiatric disorders in primary care: a long-term follow-up of patients who were not in treatment
    Myrna M Weissman
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 61:151-9. 2010
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical utility of screening by conducting a long-term follow-up of patients who screened positive for psychiatric disorders but who were initially not in treatment...
  55. ncbi Treatment patterns for schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia among Medicaid patients
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 60:210-6. 2009
    ..This study compared background characteristics, pharmacologic treatment, and service use of adults treated for schizoaffective disorder and adults treated for schizophrenia...
  56. ncbi Mental health treatment received by youths in the year before and after a new diagnosis of bipolar disorder
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 60:1098-106. 2009
    ..This article describes mental health service use in the year before and after a new clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder...
  57. ncbi National trends in the treatment for depression from 1998 to 2007
    Steven C Marcus
    Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:1265-73. 2010
    ..The rate of outpatient treatment of depression increased markedly in the United States between 1987 and 1997; it is not known whether this trend has continued...
  58. ncbi Mental health of college students and their non-college-attending peers: results from the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions
    Carlos Blanco
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:1429-37. 2008
    ..Although young adulthood is often characterized by rapid intellectual and social development, college-aged individuals are also commonly exposed to circumstances that place them at risk for psychiatric disorders...
  59. ncbi National trends in psychotherapy by office-based psychiatrists
    Ramin Mojtabai
    Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:962-70. 2008
    ..However, there are indications that the role of psychiatrists in providing psychotherapy may have diminished in recent years...
  60. ncbi Generalizability of clinical trials for alcohol dependence to community samples
    Carlos Blanco
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Box 69, New York, NY 10032, United States
    Drug Alcohol Depend 98:123-8. 2008
    ..Clinical trials should carefully evaluate the effects of the selected eligibility criteria on the generalizability of their results...
  61. ncbi Generalizability of clinical trial results for major depression to community samples: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
    Carlos Blanco
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:1276-80. 2008
    ..The goal of this study was to assess the proportion of community-dwelling adults with major depressive episode (MDE) who would meet eligibility criteria for a traditional efficacy trial in patients with MDE...
  62. ncbi National patterns in antidepressant treatment by psychiatrists and general medical providers: results from the national comorbidity survey replication
    Ramin Mojtabai
    Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10003, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:1064-74. 2008
    ..The objective of this study was to compare patient characteristics and treatment patterns of adults in the United States treated with antidepressant medications by psychiatrists and other medical providers...
  63. ncbi Trends in antipsychotic drug use by very young, privately insured children
    Mark Olfson
    Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:13-23. 2010
    ..This study describes recent trends and patterns in antipsychotic treatment of privately insured children aged 2 through 5 years...
  64. ncbi Parental detection of youth's self-harm behavior
    Ramin Mojtabai
    Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10010, USA
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 38:60-73. 2008
    ..Parental detection of youth self-harm was associated with increased likelihood of professional help-seeking...
  65. ncbi National trends in the outpatient treatment of children and adolescents with antipsychotic drugs
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:679-85. 2006
    ..Although there are indications that antipsychotic drugs are increasingly used to treat children and adolescents, little is known about the characteristics of those who receive them...
  66. ncbi Perceived need and help-seeking in adults with mood, anxiety, or substance use disorders
    Ramin Mojtabai
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:77-84. 2002
    ..To better understand why not, we examined the correlates of various stages of help-seeking, including perceived need for professional help, seeking such help, and from which professionals participants sought help...
  67. ncbi Male sexual dysfunction and quality of life in schizophrenia
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 66:331-8. 2005
    ....
  68. ncbi Effectiveness research: transporting interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (IPT-A) from the lab to school-based health clinics
    Laura H Mufson
    Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA
    Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 7:251-61. 2004
    ..Recommendations for conducting research in school-based practice settings are provided...
  69. ncbi National trends in the outpatient treatment of anxiety disorders
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 65:1166-73. 2004
    ..This article examines changes in outpatient treatment of anxiety disorders in the United States between 1987 and 1999...
  70. ncbi Major depression in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults: prevalence and 2- and 4-year follow-up symptoms
    Ramin Mojtabai
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Psychol Med 34:623-34. 2004
    ....
  71. ncbi Depressed mothers coming to primary care: maternal reports of problems with their children
    Myrna M Weissman
    Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    J Affect Disord 78:93-100. 2004
    ..Data on the relationship between maternal depression and problems in the offspring in a primary care context could help physicians to more effectively identify children in need of psychiatric help...
  72. ncbi Outpatient treatment of child and adolescent depression in the United States
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:1236-42. 2003
    ..Although psychotherapy has traditionally been the dominant form of treatment for children and adolescents with depression, there has been a recent increase in the prescription of antidepressants for this age group...
  73. ncbi National trends in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 160:1071-7. 2003
    ..Nationally representative descriptive data were presented regarding recent trends in the outpatient treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children...
  74. ncbi Psychotic symptoms in an urban general medicine practice
    Mark Olfson
    College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 159:1412-9. 2002
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  75. ncbi The most expensive medical conditions in America
    Benjamin G Druss
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 21:105-11. 2002
    ..We use the findings to discuss the role for cost-of-illness and burden-of-disease estimates in setting priorities...
  76. ncbi Trends in the treatment of bipolar disorder by outpatient psychiatrists
    Carlos Blanco
    Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 159:1005-10. 2002
    ..This study examined recent changes in the prescribing patterns for medications to treat bipolar disorder in office-based psychiatric practice...
  77. ncbi National trends in the use of psychotropic medications by children
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:514-21. 2002
    ..1 per 100 persons). CONCLUSION: Between 1987 and 1996, there was a marked expansion in use of psychotropic medications by children, especially stimulants and antidepressants...
  78. ncbi Cognitive deficits and the course of major depression in a cohort of middle-aged and older community-dwelling adults
    Ramin Mojtabai
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1060-9. 2004
    ..To examine associations between cognitive deficits and persistent significant depressive symptoms at baseline and 2- and 4-year follow-ups in a sample of community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults...
  79. ncbi Depression in US Hispanics: diagnostic and management considerations in family practice
    Roberto Lewis-Fernandez
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, USA
    J Am Board Fam Pract 18:282-96. 2005
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  80. ncbi Awareness of illness and nonadherence to antipsychotic medications among persons with schizophrenia
    Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:205-11. 2006
    ..The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of patients' awareness of their illness on the clinical presentation, management, and course of nonadherence to antipsychotic medications among patients with schizophrenia...
  81. ncbi Panic disorder and suicidal ideation in primary care
    Daniel J Pilowsky
    Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA
    Depress Anxiety 23:11-6. 2006
    ..PD patients in primary care thus should be assessed routinely for suicidal ideation and depression...
  82. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care one year after the 9/11 attacks
    Yuval Neria
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 28:213-22. 2006
    ..To screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in primary care patients 7-16 months after 9/11 attacks and to examine its comorbidity, clinical presentation and relationships with mental health treatment and service utilization...
  83. ncbi Continuity of antidepressant treatment for adults with depression in the United States
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 163:101-8. 2006
    ..The authors sought to characterize the rate and pattern of antidepressant discontinuation among adults initiating antidepressant treatment for depression...
  84. ncbi Emergency treatment of young people following deliberate self-harm
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:1122-8. 2005
    ..To examine national patterns in the emergency department assessment and treatment during visits by young people, aged 7 to 24 years, who are seen following an episode of deliberate self-harm...
  85. ncbi National trends in hospitalization of youth with intentional self-inflicted injuries
    Mark Olfson
    New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 162:1328-35. 2005
    ..The authors examined national trends from 1990 to 2000 in the utilization of community hospital inpatient services by young people (5-20 years of age) with intentional self-inflicted injuries...
  86. ncbi Treatment seeking for depression in Canada and the United States
    Ramin Mojtabai
    Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:631-9. 2006
    ..This study aimed to compare prevalence and predictors of mental health treatment seeking among adults with major depression in Canada and the United States...
  87. ncbi Electro-convulsive therapy practices in the community
    J Prudic
    Department of Biological Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
    Psychol Med 31:929-34. 2001
    ..CONCLUSION: There is marked variability in the nature of ECT practices in community settings. The extent to which this variability impacts on the benefits and risks of ECT needs to be examined...
  88. ncbi Suicidal ideation in primary care
    M Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 11:447-53. 1996
    ..CONCLUSIONS: In these primary care patients, suicidal ideation is strongly associated with mental disorder and mental health-related functional impairment, and can be detected with a single self-report "feeling suicidal" item...
  89. ncbi Brief screens for mental disorders in primary care
    A C Leon
    Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 11:426-30. 1996
    ..They detected previously unrecognized cases in this study and may prove to be valuable tools for psychiatric diagnosis in primary care...
  90. ncbi Trends in elderly patients' office visits for the treatment of depression according to physician specialty: 1985-1999
    Jeffrey S Harman
    Department of Health Services Administration, University of Florida, PO Box 100195, Gainesville, FL 32610 0195, USA
    J Behav Health Serv Res 30:332-41. 2003
    ..Primary care depression treatment initiatives should place greater emphasis on elderly patients...
  91. ncbi Psychosocial functioning of Medicaid recipients with major depression
    Steven C Marcus
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1046-7. 2006
  92. ncbi Using state administrative and pharmacy data bases to develop a clinical decision support tool for schizophrenia guidelines
    Molly Finnerty
    Bureau of Evidence based Medicine and Clinical Guidelines, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany 12229, USA
    Schizophr Bull 28:85-94. 2002
    ..Our experience suggests that administrative and pharmacy data bases, despite their limitations, can be used to develop guideline-based clinical decision support tools for schizophrenia with high physician acceptability...
  93. ncbi Use of outpatient mental health services by depressed and anxious children as they grow up
    Rise B Goldstein
    Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biometry, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 5635 Fishers Lane, Room 3068, Mail Stop 9304, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:966-75. 2006
    ..A 15-year follow-up of depressed, anxious, and never mentally ill children (control group) examined need, predisposing, and enabling factors associated with use of outpatient mental health care into early adulthood...
  94. ncbi Changing profiles of service sectors used for mental health care in the United States
    Philip S Wang
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 163:1187-98. 2006
    ..Redesigning the fragmented U.S. mental health care system requires knowing how service sectors share responsibility for individuals' mental health needs...
  95. ncbi National trends in the outpatient diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in youth
    Carmen Moreno
    Unidad de Adolescentes, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Servicio do Psiquiatría, Madrid, Spain
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1032-9. 2007
    ..Although bipolar disorder may have its onset during childhood, little is known about national trends in the diagnosis and management of bipolar disorder in young people...
  96. ncbi Antipsychotic dosage at hospital discharge and outcomes among persons with schizophrenia
    Nancy L Sohler
    Departmenmt of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:1258-63. 2003
    ..Applying the schizophrenia treatment guidelines established by the Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) project, this study evaluated whether antipsychotic medication dosage influenced patient outcomes in routine clinical settings...
  97. ncbi Health-related quality of life following ECT in a large community sample
    W Vaughn McCall
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
    J Affect Disord 90:269-74. 2006
    ..While electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a potent antidepressant, little is known about its long-term effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...
  98. ncbi Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, 1990 to 2003
    Ronald C Kessler
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    N Engl J Med 352:2515-23. 2005
    ..Although the 1990s saw enormous change in the mental health care system in the United States, little is known about changes in the prevalence or rate of treatment of mental disorders...
  99. ncbi Injury among stimulant-treated youth with ADHD
    Steven C Marcus
    University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    J Atten Disord 12:64-9. 2008
    ..To assess risk factors for injury among children and adolescents treated with stimulants for ADHD...
  100. ncbi Twelve-month use of mental health services in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
    Philip S Wang
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:629-40. 2005
    ..Dramatic changes have occurred in mental health treatments during the past decade. Data on recent treatment patterns are needed to estimate the unmet need for services...
  101. ncbi SSRI prescriptions and the rate of suicide
    Mark Olfson
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1907-8; author reply 1908-10. 2007