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The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue part 1: conceptual and definitional issues in psychiatric diagnosisJames Phillips
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 7:3. 2012..The general introduction, as well as the introductions and conclusions for the specific questions, are written by James Phillips, and the responses to commentaries are written by Allen Frances...- The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue part 2: Issues of conservatism and pragmatism in psychiatric diagnosisJames Phillips
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George St, Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 7:8. 2012..As in Part 1 of this article, the general introduction, as well as the introductions and conclusions for the specific questions, are written by James Phillips, and the responses to commentaries are written by Allen Frances... - Performance measurement for co-occurring mental health and substance use disordersDavid J Dausey
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA 15213, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 4:18. 2009..It is therefore critical that performance measures are developed to assess the quality of care for individuals with COD irrespective of whether they seek care in mental health systems or substance abuse systems or both... - Organizational factors and depression management in community-based primary care settingsEdward P Post
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Implement Sci 4:84. 2009..In addition, survey information can inform efforts of individual primary care practices in customizing intervention strategies to improve depression management... 
Challenges and pathways for clinical and translational research: why is this research different from all other research?Harold Alan Pincus
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Acad Med 84:411-2. 2009....
Can psychiatry cross the quality chasm? Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance use conditionsHarold Alan Pincus
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:712-9. 2007....- RAND/Hartford initiative to build interdisciplinary geriatric health care research centersHarold Alan Pincus
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:279-83. 2007..Interdisciplinary education, mentoring, and training opportunities, particularly for junior investigators, are the critical components necessary to foster multiprofessional research endeavors... - Analysis & commentary: The case for measuring quality in mental health and substance abuse careHarold Alan Pincus
Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:730-6. 2011..Because proposing a list is only a first step, we suggest other elements of a broader strategy to bring mental health and substance use care into the mainstream of health care quality improvement... - 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... - Policies, activities, and structures supporting research mentoring: a national survey of academic health centers with clinical and translational science awardsRobert E Tillman
Office of Faculty Professional Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Acad Med 88:90-6. 2013..To document the frequency of policies and activities in support of mentoring practices at institutions receiving a U.S. National Institutes of Health's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)... - Depression and satisfaction with health coverage and medical care in the 1998 NRC Healthcare Market Guide surveyMark G Haviland
Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, California 92354 3842, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 30:511-22. 2003..Although satisfaction ratings, generally, were high and depression effects were small, the authors nevertheless recommend efforts to improve access and quality of mental health care... - Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and satisfaction with health careMark G Haviland
Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354 3842, USA
Am J Med Qual 20:195-203. 2005..These findings are consistent with reports of continuing racial/ethnic disparities in both coverage and care. Programs to improve quality of care must specifically address these well-documented, severe, and persistent disparities... - Public-academic partnerships: evidence-based implementation: the role of sustained community-based practice and research partnershipsAmy M Kilbourne
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
Psychiatr Serv 63:205-7. 2012.... - Pay for performance in behavioral healthRobert W Bremer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:1419-29. 2008..This article presents the results of a targeted national effort to identify pay-for-performance programs in behavioral health and describe their core components... - 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... - Emerging models of depression care: multi-level ('6 P') strategiesHarold Alan Pincus
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 12:54-63. 2003.... - 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... - Public-academic partnerships: improving depression care for disadvantaged adults by partnering with non-mental health agenciesDeborah Dobransky-Fasiska
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:110-2. 2010.... - Research on the influence that communication in psychiatric encounters has on treatmentMario Cruz
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:1253-65. 2002..The purpose of this article is to inform mental health professionals about the empirical literature on medical and psychiatric encounters and the influence of communicative behaviors on specific encounter outputs and treatment outcomes... - Measuring quality of mental health care: a review of initiatives and programs in selected countriesBrigitta Spaeth-Rublee
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Can J Psychiatry 55:539-48. 2010.... - The DSM-IV Text Revision: rationale and potential impact on clinical practiceMichael B First
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:288-92. 2002..S. government uses officially for health care reporting. This paper reviews the rationale for the text revision and describes changes that may have an impact on the day-to-day use of DSM-IV... - Deriving competencies for mentors of clinical and translational scholarsZainab Abedin
Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Clin Transl Sci 5:273-80. 2012..Although a comprehensive approach was used to derive this list of competencies, further work will be required to parse out how to apply and adapt them, as well future research directions and evaluation processes... - Measurement-based care in psychiatric practice: a policy framework for implementationKelli Jane K Harding
Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 72:1136-43. 2011..Measurement-based care as the standard of care could transform psychiatric practice, move psychiatry into the mainstream of medicine, and improve the quality of care for patients with psychiatric illness... - Clinical utility as a criterion for revising psychiatric diagnosesMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Colummbia University, New York, NY, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:946-54. 2004..The authors propose that future revisions of DSM empirically demonstrate improvement in clinical utility to clarify whether the advantages of changing the diagnostic criteria outweigh potential negative consequences... - M.D. faculty salaries in psychiatry and all clinical science departments, 1980-2006Mark G Haviland
Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354 3842, USA
Acad Psychiatry 33:157-9. 2009..The authors compare trends in the salaries of physician faculty in academic departments of psychiatry with those of physician faculty in all academic clinical science departments from 1980-2006... - Addressing depression in obstetrics/gynecology practiceSarah Hudson Scholle
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 25:83-90. 2003..Additional modifications, particularly efforts to improve coordination of care with both general medical and mental health providers, are needed... - Families' experience with seeking treatment for recent-onset psychosisRuth Gerson
Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:812-6. 2009..Qualitative research methods were used to understand the experiences of families seeking treatment for young people with recent-onset psychosis; such knowledge can inform services design... - Type of illness and use of the Internet for health informationMark G Haviland
Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 11374 Mountain View Avenue, Loma Linda, CA 92354-3842, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1198. 2003 - The medical home model: new opportunities for psychiatric services in the United StatesJonathan M Amiel
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 24:562-8. 2011..This review highlights the development of the medical home model and a number of ways in which it has been adopted in psychiatric delivery systems... - Depression in primary care: learning lessons in a national quality improvement programHarold Alan Pincus
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:2-15. 2006..We conclude with some thoughts on potential future scenarios and strategies for improving the quality of behavioral health care, including the treatment of depression in primary care... - 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... - The future of behavioral health and primary care: drowning in the mainstream or left on the bank?Harold Alan Pincus
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Psychosomatics 44:1-11. 2003 - Survey research: think... think againSarah Hudson Scholle
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Acad Psychiatry 27:114-6. 2003 - Barriers to care-seeking for depressed African AmericansMario Cruz
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 38:71-80. 2008..We explored perceived barriers to mental health care-seeking for depressed, low-income African Americans who are already engaged in psychotherapy... - 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... - State mental health policy: states' early experience in improving systems-level care for persons with co-occurring disordersDavid J Dausey
RAND Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:903-5. 2007.... - Applying the institute of medicine quality chasm framework to improving health care for mental and substance use conditionsDonna J Keyser
RAND University of Pittsburgh Health Institute, 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 31:43-56. 2008..It describes efforts currently underway that address these differences and might significantly improve delivery and outcomes of mental health/substance use services... - Advancing institutional efforts to support research mentorship: a conceptual framework and self-assessment toolDonna J Keyser
RAND University of Pittsburgh Health Institute, 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Acad Med 83:217-25. 2008..The authors conclude with a brief discussion of the limitations of the self-assessment tool, the potential drawbacks and benefits of the overall approach, and proposed next steps for research in this area... - The continuous improvement for veterans in care: Mood Disorders (civic-md) Study, a VA-academic partnershipAmy M Kilbourne
Department of Veterans Affairs National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center VA SMITREC, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:483-5. 2008..This column describes how the partnership formed, key elements of its success, and challenges and opportunities to inform future research partnerships... - Concomitant pharmacotherapy among youths treated in routine psychiatric practiceFarifteh Firoozmand Duffy
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:12-25. 2005..The aim of this study was to assess rates and correlates of concomitant pharmacotherapy in children and adolescents treated by psychiatrists in a broad range of clinical settings... - The volume-quality relationship of mental health care: does practice make perfect?Benjamin G Druss
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, NE, Rm 606, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:2282-6. 2004..The authors examined whether an analogous association exists between the volume of mental health delivery and the quality of mental health care... - Patterns of psychotropic medication use by race among veterans with bipolar disorderAmy M Kilbourne
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Mailstop 151C U, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:123-6. 2006..This study investigated whether race was associated with patterns of psychotropic medication use among veterans with bipolar disorder... - Trends in care by nonphysician clinicians in the United StatesBenjamin G Druss
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
N Engl J Med 348:130-7. 2003.... - Access to and satisfaction with care comparing patients with and without serious mental illnessAmy M Kilbourne
VA Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 36:383-99. 2006..We compared perceived access to and satisfaction with health care between patients diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI: schizophrenia or bipolar disorder) and among those with no SMI diagnosis... - Management of mental disorders in VA primary care practicesAmy M Kilbourne
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:208-14. 2006..VA primary care programs, while tending to refer for more serious mental illnesses, may also be using mental health specialists and physician extenders to provide mental health care within general medical settings... - Review of treatment recommendations for persons with a co-occurring affective or anxiety and substance use disorderKatherine E Watkins
RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P O Box 2138, Santa Monica, California 90407 2138, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:913-26. 2005..The authors review and evaluate the literature and guidelines on care for individuals with a co-occurring affective or anxiety disorder and substance use disorder... - From silos to bridges: meeting the general health care needs of adults with severe mental illnessesMarcela Horvitz-Lennon
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:659-69. 2006..We discuss obstacles to clinical integration and propose strategies to address them... - Quality of care for substance use disorders in patients with serious mental illnessAmy M Kilbourne
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 30:73-7. 2006..9%, 63.2%, and 62.2%, respectively; chi(2) = 72.25, df = 2, p <. 001). Greater efforts are needed to diagnose and treat SUDs in patients with serious mental illness, particularly for those with bipolar disorder... - Working, receiving disability benefits, and access to mental health care in individuals with bipolar disorderLynn Elinson
Westat, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Bipolar Disord 9:158-65. 2007..The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which people in a bipolar disorder (BPD) registry were working, factors associated with working and obtaining disability benefits, and the impact disability benefits have on work... - Treatment of depression by mental health specialists and primary care physiciansHarold Alan Pincus
JAMA 290:1992; author reply 1992-3. 2003 - Comparing clinical practice with guideline recommendations for the treatment of depression in geriatric patients: findings from the APA practice research networkChristopher C Colenda
Office of the Deam, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University System Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843 1114, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11:448-57. 2003.... - Aligning incentives in the treatment of depression in primary care with evidence-based practiceRichard G Frank
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:682-7. 2003.... - Using the chronic care model to improve treatment of alcohol use disorders in primary care settingsKatherine Watkins
RAND, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90407 2138, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:209-18. 2003..In this article, we describe the CCM and discuss ways it can be adapted in primary care settings to improve care for AUDs... - Identification and treatment of patients with nicotine problems in routine clinical psychiatry practiceIvan D Montoya
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Division of Pharmacotherapies and Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892 9551, USA
Am J Addict 14:441-54. 2005.... - An exploratory analysis of behavioral health care use within familiesJudith R Lave
Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Administration, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:743-8. 2002.... - The nosology of juvenile maniaHarold Alan Pincus
Am J Psychiatry 161:764; author reply 764. 2004 - Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures of older Americans with depressionJeffrey S Harman
Department of Health Services Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:809-13. 2004..Older Americans with depression have high OOP expenditures, with most of this spending for health services and drugs to treat general medical conditions... - Patients' early discontinuation of antidepressant prescriptionsElizabeth Lewis
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:494. 2004 - Therapeutic drug and cardiovascular disease risk monitoring in patients with bipolar disorderAmy M Kilbourne
VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
J Affect Disord 102:145-51. 2007..We assessed whether patients with bipolar disorder received serum drug level and toxicity monitoring for mood stabilizers and assessment of cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related risk factors attributed to atypical antipsychotic medications... - Terrorism's psychologic effects and their implications for primary care policy, research, and educationDavid P Eisenman
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:772-6. 2005.... - What do general medical guidelines say about depression care? Depression treatment recommendations in general medical practice guidelinesAmy M Kilbourne
VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 20:626-31. 2007..This review identifies the extent to which depression treatment is being addressed in guidelines for general medical illness treatment... - Reducing the societal burden of depression: a review of economic costs, quality of care and effects of treatmentJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 25:7-24. 2007.... - Models of integrated careLawson R Wulsin
University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML 559, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Med Clin North Am 90:647-77. 2006..It closes with comments on the next steps for advancing integrated care and the barriers to be overcome... - Funding mechanisms for depression care management: opportunities and challengesJohn Bachman
Depression in Primary Care Linking Clinical and Systems Strategies, National Program Office, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 28:278-88. 2006..We review common mechanisms used to procure payment for depression care management services, discuss obstacles encountered and suggest future directions... - Datapoints: M.D. faculty salaries in psychiatry and all faculty departments, 1980-2001Thomas H Dial
Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, California, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:142. 2005 - Depression in primary care: bringing behavioral health care into the mainstreamHarold Alan Pincus
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:271-6. 2005.... - General medical and psychiatric perspectives on somatoform disorders: separated by an uncommon languageMartin Strassnig
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 19:194-200. 2006..body' disorders, may reduce stigma associated with current diagnostic labeling, improve user acceptability, and stimulate research in this important but still fragmented clinical area that still lacks agreed-upon diagnostic definitions... - Psychiatric consultations and length of hospital stayHarold Alan Pincus
Psychosomatics 46:496. 2005