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Trends in office-based treatment of adults with stimulants in the United StatesMark Olfson
New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
J Clin Psychiatry 74:43-50. 2013..The authors investigated trends and patterns in stimulant treatment of adults visiting office-based medical practices in the United States...
Influence of comorbid mental disorders on time to seeking treatment for major depressive disorderMark Olfson
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Med Care 50:227-32. 2012..Although treatment of depression has increased in recent years, long delays commonly separate disorder onset from first treatment contact...- Comparative effectiveness of second-generation antipsychotic medications in early-onset schizophreniaMark Olfson
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Schizophr Bull 38:845-53. 2012..No significant differences were detected in risk of either adverse outcome across 5 commonly prescribed second-generation antipsychotic medications... - Stimulants and cardiovascular events in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderMark Olfson
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 51:147-56. 2012..This study examined associations between stimulant use and risk of cardiovascular events and symptoms in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and compared the risks associated with methylphenidate and amphetamines... 
Awareness of illness and nonadherence to antipsychotic medications among persons with schizophreniaMark 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...- Racial differences in visit duration of outpatient psychiatric visitsMark Olfson
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:214-21. 2009..Substantial racial disparities exist in the delivery of some health care services. Whether racial disparities exist in the duration of office visits to psychiatrists is not known... - Stimulant dosing for children with ADHD: a medical claims analysisMark 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)... - Mental health treatment received by youths in the year before and after a new diagnosis of bipolar disorderMark 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... - National trends in the outpatient treatment of anxiety disordersMark 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... - National patterns in antidepressant medication treatmentMark 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... - Treatment patterns for schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia among Medicaid patientsMark 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... - Effects of Food and Drug Administration warnings on antidepressant use in a national sampleMark 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.... - Continuity in methylphenidate treatment of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderMark 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... - Generalized anxiety disorder, somatic pain and health care costsMark 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)... - Treatment of schizophrenia with long-acting fluphenazine, haloperidol, or risperidoneMark 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)... - National trends in hospitalization of youth with intentional self-inflicted injuriesMark 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... - Hyperlipidemia following treatment with antipsychotic medicationsMark 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... - Bipolar depression in a low-income primary care clinicMark Olfson
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 24, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:2146-51. 2005.... - Continuity of antidepressant treatment for adults with depression in the United StatesMark 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... - Trends in antipsychotic drug use by very young, privately insured childrenMark 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... - Continuity of care after inpatient discharge of patients with schizophrenia in the Medicaid program: a retrospective longitudinal cohort analysisMark 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... - Emergency treatment of deliberate self-harmMark Olfson
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:80-8. 2012.... - Psychotic symptoms in an urban general medicine practiceMark 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.... - National trends in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorderMark 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... - Predicting psychiatric hospital admission among adults with schizophreniaMark Olfson
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, NewYork City, NY, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:1138-45. 2011..The authors identified patient characteristics that increased risk of hospital admission among adults with schizophrenia... - Antidepressant drug therapy and suicide in severely depressed children and adults: A case-control studyMark Olfson
New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:865-72. 2006..It is unknown whether antidepressant agents increase the risk of suicide death in children or adults... - National trends in outpatient psychotherapyMark Olfson
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 167:1456-63. 2010..The authors investigated recent trends in the use of outpatient psychotherapy in the United States... - Parental depression, child mental health problems, and health care utilizationMark Olfson
New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, USA
Med Care 41:716-21. 2003..Small controlled studies suggest that depression and other mental health problems are more common in children of parents with depression than in children of parents without depression... - Male sexual dysfunction and quality of life in schizophreniaMark 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.... - Outpatient treatment of child and adolescent depression in the United StatesMark 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... - Positive screens for psychiatric disorders in primary care: a long-term follow-up of patients who were not in treatmentMyrna 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... - Long-term course of probable PTSD after the 9/11 attacks: a study in urban primary careYuval 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... - Emergency treatment of young people following deliberate self-harmMark 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... - The mental health consequences of disaster-related loss: findings from primary care one year after the 9/11 terrorist attacksYuval 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... - Relationship between antidepressant medication treatment and suicide in adolescentsMark 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... - Functional impairment in adults with past posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from primary careMaren Westphal
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, New York 10032, USA
Depress Anxiety 28:686-95. 2011..This study examines functional impairment in primary care patients with a history of PTSD as compared to patients with current PTSD, and those who never developed PTSD following exposure to trauma... - Panic disorder and suicidal ideation in primary careDaniel 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... - Child physical abuse and adult mental health: a national studyLuisa Sugaya
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
J Trauma Stress 25:384-92. 2012..The long-lasting deleterious effects of child physical abuse underscore the urgency of developing public health policies aimed at early recognition and prevention... - Mental health screening of African American adolescents and facilitated access to careMathilde M Husky
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10019, USA
Community Ment Health J 48:71-8. 2012..08; P = .022). The findings support the effectiveness of screening in school settings in predominantly African American communities... - Borderline personality disorder in primary careRaz Gross
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 600 W 168 St, PH 18, Room 303, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:53-60. 2002..Few data are available on its prevalence or clinical presentation outside of specialty mental health care settings... - Posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care one year after the 9/11 attacksYuval 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... - Health-related quality of life across the anxiety disorders: results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions (NESARC)Jonathan S Comer
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 72:43-50. 2011..The current analysis compares health-related quality of life in a US community-dwelling sample of adults with DSM-IV social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorders (GAD), panic disorder, and specific phobia... - Asthma and mental disorders in primary careRenee D Goodwin
Departments of Epidemiology, Columbia University College of Physicians, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 25:479-83. 2003..Physicians who treat patients with asthma should remain vigilant for the presence of comorbid psychiatric problems and carefully evaluate whether there is a clinical need to treat each condition... - Dropout from outpatient mental health care in the United StatesMark 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... - National trends in child and adolescent psychotropic polypharmacy in office-based practice, 1996-2007Jonathan S Comer
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:1001-10. 2010..To examine patterns and recent trends in multiclass psychotropic treatment among youth visits to office-based physicians in the United States... - National trends in the outpatient treatment of children and adolescents with antipsychotic drugsMark 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... - National trends in ethnic disparities in mental health careCarlos 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... - Depression and glycemic control in Hispanic primary care patients with diabetesRaz Gross
Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:460-6. 2005..Although depression is common in adults with diabetes, its relationship to glycemic control remains unclear, especially among Hispanics... - Gender differences in posttraumatic stress disorder among primary care patients after the World Trade Center attack of September 11, 2001Myrna M Weissman
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Gend Med 2:76-87. 2005..Debate surrounds the nature of gender differences in rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)... - National trends in the use of outpatient psychotherapyMark 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... - Identifying adolescents at risk through voluntary school-based mental health screeningMathilde M Husky
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1775 Broadway, Suite 610, New York, NY 10019, USA
J Adolesc 34:505-11. 2011.... - Major depressive disorder, somatic pain, and health care costs in an urban primary care practiceMarc 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... - National patterns in antidepressant treatment by psychiatrists and general medical providers: results from the national comorbidity survey replicationRamin 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... - National trends in psychotherapy by office-based psychiatristsRamin 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... - Social anxiety disorder in primary careRaz Gross
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:161-8. 2005..To examine the prevalence, comorbidity, disability and mental health treatment associated with social anxiety disorder (SAD) in primary care, and to determine whether patients with SAD avoid seeking help from their primary care providers... - National trends in the outpatient treatment of depressionMark 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... - Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder among primary care patients with bipolar spectrum disorderYuval Neria
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
Bipolar Disord 10:503-10. 2008..To examine relationships between exposure to trauma, bipolar spectrum disorder (BD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of primary care patients... - Use of psychotropic medications for patients with office visits who receive a diagnosis of panic disorderCarlos Blanco
Departments of Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
Med Care 42:1242-6. 2004..We sought to examine trends in the medication management of panic disorder from a nationally representative sample of visits to psychiatrists and primary care physicians in office-based practice... - Depressed mothers coming to primary care: maternal reports of problems with their childrenMyrna 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... - Screening for bipolar disorder in a primary care practiceAmar K Das
Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
JAMA 293:956-63. 2005..Because of the risks associated with treating bipolar disorder with antidepressant monotherapy, efforts are needed to educate primary care physicians about the screening, management, and pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorders... - Mental health screening of adolescents in pediatric practiceMathilde M Husky
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University and TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups at Columbia University, 1775 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 38:159-69. 2011..Screening is acceptable to many parents and adolescents, and it is associated with referral for specialized mental health care rather than care from the pediatrician... - A randomized effectiveness trial of interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescentsLaura Mufson
Department of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:577-84. 2004..The school-based health clinic offers the potential for accessible and efficient treatment, although it is unknown whether school-based clinicians can be trained to implement evidence-based psychotherapies for depression in routine care... - Medication costs, adherence, and health outcomes among Medicare beneficiariesRamin 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... - Mental health of college students and their non-college-attending peers: results from the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related ConditionsCarlos 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... - Patterns and correlates of tic disorder diagnoses in privately and publicly insured youthMark Olfson
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:119-31. 2011.... - Depression in US Hispanics: diagnostic and management considerations in family practiceRoberto Lewis-Fernandez
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 18:282-96. 2005.... - National trends in the use of psychotropic medications by childrenMark 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... - Sudden death and use of stimulant medications in youthsMadelyn S Gould
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032
Am J Psychiatry 166:992-1001. 2009..The authors sought to determine whether a significant association exists between the use of stimulants and the rare event of sudden unexplained death in children and adolescents... - The cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy in community settingsHarold 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... - Generalizability of clinical trial results for major depression to community samples: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsCarlos 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... - Major depression in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults: prevalence and 2- and 4-year follow-up symptomsRamin Mojtabai
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Psychol Med 34:623-34. 2004.... - Generalizability of clinical trials for cannabis dependence to community samplesMayumi Okuda
New York State Psychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 111:177-81. 2010..Clinical trials should carefully evaluate the effects of eligibility criteria on the generalizability of their results. Even in efficacy trials, stringent exclusionary criteria could limit the representativeness of study results... - The most expensive medical conditions in AmericaBenjamin 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... - Adding or switching antipsychotic medications in treatment-refractory schizophreniaJulie 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... - Subjective unmet need for mental health services in depressed children grown upRise 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... - Trends in the inpatient mental health treatment of children and adolescents in US community hospitals between 1990 and 2000Brady 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... - Improving the detection of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and depression in community health centersMark Olfson
Columbia University, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:386-402. 2003.... - National trends in the treatment for depression from 1998 to 2007Steven 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... - Mental health screening and follow-up care in public high schoolsMathilde M Husky
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10019, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:881-91. 2011..Despite increased interest in screening adolescents for mental health problems and suicide risk, little is known regarding the extent to which youth are identified and connected with appropriate services... - Treatment seeking for depression in Canada and the United StatesRamin 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... - Assault and mental disorders: a cross-sectional study of urban adult primary care patientsKarinn 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... - Trends in the treatment of bipolar disorder by outpatient psychiatristsCarlos 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... - Perceived need and help-seeking in adults with mood, anxiety, or substance use disordersRamin 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... - Effectiveness research: transporting interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents (IPT-A) from the lab to school-based health clinicsLaura 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... - Parental detection of youth's self-harm behaviorRamin 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... - Cognitive deficits and the course of major depression in a cohort of middle-aged and older community-dwelling adultsRamin 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... - Generalizability of clinical trials for alcohol dependence to community samplesCarlos 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... - Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder by U.S. psychiatristsCarlos 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... - A pilot survey of inmate preferences for on-site, visiting consultant, and telemedicine psychiatric servicesWilliam Tucker
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
CNS Spectr 11:783-7. 2006..To assess inmate preferences for in-prison mental health services, outside psychiatric consultants, and telemedicine psychiatric consultation for 16 mental health services... - Health-related quality of life following ECT in a large community sampleW 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)... - Diffusion of new generation antidepressant treatment among elderly diagnosed with depressionUsha 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... - Outpatient antipsychotic treatment and inpatient costs of schizophreniaSteven C Marcus
Department of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Schizophr Bull 34:173-80. 2008.... - Using state administrative and pharmacy data bases to develop a clinical decision support tool for schizophrenia guidelinesMolly 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... - Patterns and quality of treatment for patients with schizophrenia in routine psychiatric practiceJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education s Practice Research Network, Arlington, Virginia 22209, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:283-91. 2005.... - Psychosocial functioning of Medicaid recipients with major depressionSteven C Marcus
Psychiatr Serv 57:1046-7. 2006 - Use of outpatient mental health services by depressed and anxious children as they grow upRise 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... - Changing profiles of service sectors used for mental health care in the United StatesPhilip 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... - Substance abuse and the management of medication nonadherence in schizophreniaJoshua Wilk
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, Virginia, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:454-7. 2006..These findings suggest that some psychological interventions may tend to be underutilized in the management of medication nonadherence among patients with comorbid schizophrenia and substance use disorders... - National trends in the outpatient diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in youthCarmen 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... - Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, 1990 to 2003Ronald 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... - Use of psychotherapy for depression in older adultsWenhui 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....
Research Grants
- Medication Management Decisions in SchizophreniaMark Olfson; Fiscal Year: 2003..The results will inform quality improvement programs by identifying key modifiable determinants of the quality of medication management in the community treatment of schizophrenia. ..