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The association of depression and mortality in elderly persons: a case for multiple, independent pathwaysD G Blazer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 56:M505-9. 2001..A cohort of elderly subjects followed for 3 years was analyzed to determine the association of depression and 3-year mortality, controlling for the major known risk factors for mortality in the elderly population...- New onset and remission of suicidal ideation among a depressed adult sampleT R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Affect Disord 56:49-54. 1999..Previous research has demonstrated that suicidal ideation often predicts suicide completion... - Perceived social support among depressed elderly, middle-aged, and young-adult samples: cross-sectional and longitudinal analysesT R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Affect Disord 55:159-70. 1999..This study examined clinical, historical, and phenomenological variables associated cross-sectionally and longitudinally with perceived social support... 
Trajectory classes of depressive symptoms in a community sample of older adultsM N Kuchibhatla
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Acta Psychiatr Scand 125:492-501. 2012..To identify trajectories of depressive symptoms in older community residents...- The relationship between religious activities and cigarette smoking in older adultsH G Koenig
Center for the Study of Religion Spirituality and Health, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 53:M426-34. 1998..The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between religious activities and cigarette smoking in community-dwelling older adults... - Psychosocial and physical correlates of chronic depressionJ C Hays
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Psychiatry Res 72:149-59. 1997..These findings require special emphasis where treatment for chronic major depression is divorced from considerations of the social environment and functional capacity... - Toward a threshold for subthreshold depression: an analysis of correlates of depression by severity of symptoms using data from an elderly community sampleC F Hybels
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Gerontologist 41:357-65. 2001..We explored the demographic and risk factor profiles of two groups, one with more severe depression and one with less severe depression... - Marked differences in antidepressant use by race in an elderly community sample: 1986-1996D G Blazer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:1089-94. 2000.... - Social correlates of the dimensions of depression in the elderlyJ C Hays
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 53:P31-9. 1998..Positive affect was also buttressed by helping others. These patterns have particular relevance where treatment for depression is divorced from considerations of the social environment of the elderly patient... - The complex relationship between depressive symptoms and functional limitations in community-dwelling older adults: the impact of subthreshold depressionC F Hybels
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Psychol Med 39:1677-88. 2009..Less is known about the impact of subthreshold depression, and whether more symptoms confer significantly greater risk compared to fewer symptoms... - Does religious attendance prolong survival? A six-year follow-up study of 3,968 older adultsH G Koenig
Duke University of Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 54:M370-6. 1999..Vital status of members was then determined prospectively over the next 6 years (1986 1992). Time (days) to death or censoring in days was analyzed using a Cox proportional hazards regression model... - Blood pressure and mortality risk in older people: comparison between African Americans and whitesD G Blazer
Duke University Medical Center and the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Durham, North Carolina 22710, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 49:375-81. 2001..Diastolic pressure was a risk factor for whites only... - The APOE-E4 allele and the risk of functional decline in a community sample of African American and white older adultsD G Blazer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 56:M785-9. 2001.... - Does private religious activity prolong survival? A six-year follow-up study of 3,851 older adultsH M Helm
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 55:M400-5. 2000..Previous studies have linked higher religious attendance and longer survival. In this study, we examine the relationship between survival and private religious activity... - Abuse and dependence on prescription opioids in adults: a mixture categorical and dimensional approach to diagnostic classificationL T Wu
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Psychol Med 41:653-64. 2011..For the emerging DSM-V, it has been recommended that dimensional and categorical methods be used simultaneously in diagnostic classification; however, little is known about this combined approach for abuse and dependence... - Correlates of suicidal ideation among an elderly depressed sampleT R Lynch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Affect Disord 56:9-15. 1999..Suicidal ideation has been shown to be strongly associated with suicide completion and elders take their own lives more than any other age group... - Effects of gender and ethnic group on blood pressure control in the elderlyL P Svetkey
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Am J Hypertens 9:529-35. 1996..The choice of antihypertensive agent may also be important. Further investigation is needed into the mechanisms accounting for the observed sex and race differences... - Accuracy of self-reported stroke among elderly veteransR D Horner
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, USA
Aging Ment Health 5:275-81. 2001..Veterans' self-reports of stroke are sufficiently accurate to use in preliminary epidemiological studies and health services research of cerebrovascular disease... - Functional impairment and utilization of services associated with posttraumatic stress in the communityL Amaya-Jackson
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
J Trauma Stress 12:709-24. 1999..Despite this, individuals with posttraumatic stress are receiving relatively few mental health services. Further research assessing service use, treatment, and functional outcomes are indicated... - Self-efficacy and depression in late life: a primary prevention proposalD G Blazer
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Aging Ment Health 6:315-24. 2002..The extant literature suggests that many potential approaches may be available to develop and enhance self-efficacy in the elderly--approaches that potentially could be broadly applicable in community settings... - Abstinence versus alcohol use among elderly rural Baptists: a test of reference group theory and health outcomesD G Blazer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Aging Ment Health 6:47-54. 2002..More frequent church attendance among African-American Baptists, but not for White Baptists, was strongly associated with abstinence from alcohol... - Antidepressant use in elderly medical inpatients: lessons from an attempted clinical trialH G Koenig
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
J Gen Intern Med 4:498-505. 1989.... - The relationship of APOE genotype to cognitive functioning in older African-American and Caucasian community residentsG G Fillenbaum
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Department of Psychiatry, and Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 49:1148-55. 2001..To determine whether cognitive decline associated with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 allele is different in older African Americans than it is in Caucasians... - Association of MDMA/ecstasy and other substance use with self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among college-aged adults: a national studyL T Wu
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, DUMC Box 3419, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Public Health 123:557-64. 2009.... - Psychiatry and the oldest oldD G Blazer
Department of Pychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:1915-24. 2000..This article reviews the assessment and management of psychiatric problems among the oldest old... - Depression and social support in late life: a clear but not obvious relationshipD G Blazer
Aging Ment Health 9:497-9. 2005 - Incidence and remission of insomnia among elderly adults: an epidemiologic study of 6,800 persons over three yearsD J Foley
Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892-9205, USA
Sleep 22:S366-72. 1999..Because the vast majority of incident cases of insomnia were among persons with one or more of these risk factors, these data do not support a model of incident insomnia caused by the aging process per se...