S M Essock

Summary

Affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of clozapine compared with conventional antipsychotic medication for patients in state hospitals
    S M Essock
    Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 57:987-94. 2000
  2. ncbi Inside the black box: the importance of monitoring treatment implementation
    Susan M Essock
    Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA
    Schizophr Bull 30:613-5. 2004
  3. ncbi Effectiveness of switching antipsychotic medications
    Susan M Essock
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 163:2090-5. 2006
  4. ncbi Evidence-based practices: setting the context and responding to concerns
    Susan M Essock
    Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 26:919-38, ix. 2003
  5. ncbi Comparison of ACT and standard case management for delivering integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders
    Susan M Essock
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1230, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:185-96. 2006
  6. ncbi Use of clients' self-reports to monitor Project Liberty clinicians' fidelity to a cognitive-behavioral intervention
    Susan M Essock
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1230, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1320-3. 2006
  7. ncbi Risk factors for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C among persons with severe mental illness
    Susan M Essock
    Department of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1230, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:836-41. 2003
  8. ncbi Randomized controlled trials in evidence-based mental health care: getting the right answer to the right question
    Susan M Essock
    Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Schizophr Bull 29:115-23. 2003
  9. ncbi Editor's introduction: antipsychotic prescribing practices
    Susan M Essock
    Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Schizophr Bull 28:1-4. 2002
  10. ncbi Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in people with severe mental illness
    S D Rosenberg
    Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
    Am J Public Health 91:31-7. 2001

Detail Information

Publications56

  1. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of clozapine compared with conventional antipsychotic medication for patients in state hospitals
    S M Essock
    Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 57:987-94. 2000
    ..The goal was to examine clozapine's cost-effectiveness in routine practice for people experiencing lengthy hospitalizations...
  2. ncbi Inside the black box: the importance of monitoring treatment implementation
    Susan M Essock
    Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA
    Schizophr Bull 30:613-5. 2004
  3. ncbi Effectiveness of switching antipsychotic medications
    Susan M Essock
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 163:2090-5. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi Evidence-based practices: setting the context and responding to concerns
    Susan M Essock
    Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 26:919-38, ix. 2003
    ..The authors recommend that all stakeholder groups be involved in further dialog and planning to ensure that practices emerge that represent the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and consumer values...
  5. ncbi Comparison of ACT and standard case management for delivering integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders
    Susan M Essock
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1230, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:185-96. 2006
    ..Although integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment is becoming a standard clinical approach for such clients, the optimal method for delivering integrated treatment remains unclear...
  6. ncbi Use of clients' self-reports to monitor Project Liberty clinicians' fidelity to a cognitive-behavioral intervention
    Susan M Essock
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1230, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1320-3. 2006
    ..This study examined outcomes associated with clinicians' fidelity to key elements of a cognitive-behavioral treatment intervention developed for Project Liberty's enhanced services counseling program...
  7. ncbi Risk factors for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C among persons with severe mental illness
    Susan M Essock
    Department of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1230, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:836-41. 2003
    ..This study extends earlier findings by examining the factors that are most predictive of serologic status among persons with severe mental illness...
  8. ncbi Randomized controlled trials in evidence-based mental health care: getting the right answer to the right question
    Susan M Essock
    Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Schizophr Bull 29:115-23. 2003
    ..Design of clinical research needs to take account of the way treatments are allocated in actual practice and include flexible designs to answer important questions most effectively...
  9. ncbi Editor's introduction: antipsychotic prescribing practices
    Susan M Essock
    Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, NY 10029 6574, USA
    Schizophr Bull 28:1-4. 2002
    ..Additionally, as the articles assembled here indicate, questions of pressing importance in routine practice have yet to make their way into research agendas...
  10. ncbi Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in people with severe mental illness
    S D Rosenberg
    Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
    Am J Public Health 91:31-7. 2001
    ..This study assessed seroprevalence rates of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among individuals with severe mental illness...
  11. ncbi Evidence-based pharmacologic treatment for people with severe mental illness: a focus on guidelines and algorithms
    T A Mellman
    Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 52:619-25. 2001
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  12. ncbi Relationship between diabetes and mortality among persons with co-occurring psychotic and substance use disorders
    Carlos T Jackson
    Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY 10029, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 58:270-2. 2007
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  13. ncbi Service utilization and event reaction patterns among children who received Project Liberty counseling services
    Nancy H Covell
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1277-82. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Sensitivity to differences in the event reaction patterns shown by younger and older children may be useful in refining treatments to help reduce the psychological impact of children's trauma after terrorist incidents...
  14. ncbi Clusters of event reactions among recipients of Project Liberty mental health counseling
    Carlos T Jackson
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1271-6. 2006
    ..The steady entry over time into Project Liberty counseling by a substantial number of individuals experiencing high levels of distress underscores the need for providing long-term access to mental health services postdisaster...
  15. ncbi Use of Project Liberty counseling services over time by individuals in various risk categories
    Nancy H Covell
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1268-70. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Postdisaster counseling should be made available for extended periods, with shifting emphases to meet the changing needs of high-risk groups...
  16. ncbi Demographic characteristics of individuals who received Project Liberty crisis counseling services
    Sheila A Donahue
    Center for Information Technology and Evaluation Research, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1261-7. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Project Liberty provided services that were accessible to individuals of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds...
  17. ncbi Project Liberty: New York's crisis counseling program created in the aftermath of September 11, 2001
    Sheila A Donahue
    Center for Information Technology and Evaluation Research, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1253-8. 2006
  18. ncbi Enhancing validity in co-occurring disorders treatment research
    Gregory J McHugo
    Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, 2 Whipple Place, Suite 202, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
    Schizophr Bull 32:655-65. 2006
    ..The central recommendation is to move rapidly from efficacy studies to more credible and valid effectiveness studies, in order to facilitate the adoption of evidence-based interventions in routine practice settings...
  19. ncbi What do people with schizophrenia think about weight management?
    Ellen M Weissman
    Psychiatr Serv 57:724-5. 2006
  20. ncbi The road back: predictors of regaining preattack functioning among Project Liberty clients
    Carlos T Jackson
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1283-90. 2006
    ..Counselors should support activities that facilitate positive responses and ameliorate negative psychological responses...
  21. ncbi Screening for complicated grief among Project Liberty service recipients 18 months after September 11, 2001
    Katherine M Shear
    Columbia University School of Social Work, New York City, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1291-7. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Results affirmed the importance of complicated grief as a unique condition and indicated the need to attend to the psychological consequences of bereavement in disaster-related mental health services...
  22. ncbi Impact of a media campaign for disaster mental health counseling in post-September 11 New York
    Richard G Frank
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1304-8. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Sustained advertising through multiple media outlets appeared to be effective in encouraging individuals to seek mental health services...
  23. ncbi Real-world antipsychotic treatment practices
    Troy A Moore
    Division of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Related Disorders MSC 7792, San Antonio, TX 78229 3900, USA
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 30:401-16. 2007
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  24. ncbi Effectiveness of two methods of obtaining feedback on mental health services provided to anonymous recipients
    Nancy H Covell
    Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1324-7. 2006
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  25. ncbi The Texas Medication Algorithm Project antipsychotic algorithm for schizophrenia: 2006 update
    Troy A Moore
    Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 68:1751-62. 2007
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  26. ncbi Clients' satisfaction with Project Liberty counseling services
    Carlos T Jackson
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1316-9. 2006
    ..Such evaluations can be conducted in a cost-effective manner and integrated with evidence-based practice to ultimately ensure that recipients of counseling receive the most efficient and effective interventions...
  27. ncbi Characteristics of Project Liberty clients that predicted referrals to intensive mental health services
    Nancy H Covell
    James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1313-5. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: It is important to provide long-term access to brief counseling and triage services and to target these interventions specifically to individuals displaying greater distress or impairment and having more traumatic exposure...
  28. ncbi Implications of CATIE for mental health services researchers
    Nancy H Covell
    Department of Psychiatry, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 59:526-9. 2008
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  29. ncbi Outcomes of enhanced counseling services provided to adults through Project Liberty
    Sheila A Donahue
    Center for Information Technology and Evaluation Research, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1298-303. 2006
    ..On the basis of reports from service recipients, meaningful improvements in functioning and symptoms may be associated with the receipt of enhanced services...
  30. ncbi Did Project Liberty displace community-based medicaid services in New York?
    Carla Gomes
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1309-12. 2006
    ..This study analyzed how the introduction of Project Liberty services after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks affected agencies' provision of community-based Medicaid mental health services in the New York metropolitan area...
  31. ncbi Conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder in persons with severe psychiatric and substance use disorders
    Kim T Mueser
    Department of Psychiatry and Community, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
    Schizophr Bull 32:626-36. 2006
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  32. ncbi Antipsychotic drugs and schizophrenia
    Susan M Essock
    N Engl J Med 354:298-300; author reply 298-300. 2006
  33. ncbi Antipsychotic prescribing practices in Connecticut's public mental health system: rates of changing medications and prescribing styles
    Nancy H Covell
    Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Research Division, Hartford 06134, USA
    Schizophr Bull 28:17-29. 2002
    ..Further, implementing such an algorithm may reduce racial and ethnic disparities in prescribing patterns...
  34. ncbi Regular sources of medical care among persons with severe mental illness at risk of hepatitis C infection
    Marvin S Swartz
    Department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences of Duke University Medical Center, Box 3173, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:854-9. 2003
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  35. ncbi Gender differences in hepatitis C infection and risks among persons with severe mental illness
    Marian I Butterfield
    Health Services Research and Development Service (152, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:848-53. 2003
    ..CONCLUSION:S: Gender differences in the lifetime rates of drug risks explain the higher rates of hepatitis C infection among men with severe mental illness...
  36. ncbi Substance abuse and the transmission of hepatitis C among persons with severe mental illness
    Fred C Osher
    Center of Behavioral Health, Justice, and Public Policy at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, 3700 Koppers Street, Suite 402, Baltimore, Maryland 21227, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:842-7. 2003
    ..The authors sought to better understand the relationship of substance abuse to higher rates of transmission of hepatitis C among persons with severe mental illness...
  37. ncbi The five-site health and risk study of blood-borne infections among persons with severe mental illness
    Stanley D Rosenberg
    New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center of Dartmouth Medical School, 2 Whipple Place, Suite 202, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03768, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:827-35. 2003
    ..Finally, each of the articles in this special section is briefly outlined, with reference to the overall hypotheses of the studies...
  38. ncbi Illness management and recovery: a review of the research
    Kim T Mueser
    Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School and the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 53:1272-84. 2002
    ..The authors discuss the implementation and dissemination of illness management programs from the perspectives of mental health administrators, program directors, people with a psychiatric illness, and family members...
  39. ncbi The social-environmental context of violent behavior in persons treated for severe mental illness
    Jeffrey W Swanson
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Am J Public Health 92:1523-31. 2002
    ..This study examined the prevalence and correlates of violent behavior by individuals with severe mental illness...
  40. ncbi The Mount Sinai conference on the pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia
    Stephen R Marder
    VA Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, West Los Angeles VA Health Care Center, CA 90073, USA
    Schizophr Bull 28:5-16. 2002
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  41. ncbi The Texas Medication Algorithm Project antipsychotic algorithm for schizophrenia: 2003 update
    Alexander L Miller
    Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, MC 7792, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229 3900, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 65:500-8. 2004
    ..This article reports the recommendations developed in 2002 and 2003 by a group of experts, clinicians, and administrators...
  42. ncbi Interpersonal trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with severe mental illness: demographic, clinical, and health correlates
    Kim T Mueser
    Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
    Schizophr Bull 30:45-57. 2004
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  43. ncbi Implementing peer-assisted case management to help homeless veterans with mental illness transition to independent housing
    Ellen M Weissman
    Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Integrated Service Network 3, Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
    Community Ment Health J 41:267-76. 2005
    ..In this report, we describe a pilot peer advisor program, its implementation, and pilot data on program administration...
  44. ncbi Using staff focus groups to refine a feedback process for people who used Project Liberty
    Wendy R Ulaszek
    Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Hartford 06134, USA
    Psychiatr Rehabil J 28:209-16. 2005
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  45. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder, supported employment, and outcomes in people with severe mental illness
    Kim T Mueser
    Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03301, USA
    CNS Spectr 9:913-25. 2004
    ..To evaluate whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is related to outcomes in persons with severe mental illness (SMI) participating in a study of vocational rehabilitation programs...
  46. ncbi Physical health monitoring of patients with schizophrenia
    Stephen R Marder
    Department of Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, CA, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:1334-49. 2004
    ..The authors discuss a consensus panel's recommendations for improving the physical health monitoring of patients with schizophrenia who are treated in outpatient settings...
  47. ncbi The Hartford study of supported employment for persons with severe mental illness
    Kim T Mueser
    New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Concord 03301, USA
    J Consult Clin Psychol 72:479-90. 2004
    ..34.8% vs. 53.6%, respectively). There were few differences in nonvocational outcomes between programs. IPS is a more effective model than PSR or standard brokered vocational services for improving employment outcomes in clients with SMI...
  48. ncbi Weight gain with clozapine compared to first generation antipsychotic medications
    Nancy H Covell
    Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Research Division, Hartford, CT 06134, USA
    Schizophr Bull 30:229-40. 2004
    ..Patients gained weight whether they switched to clozapine or remained on first generation antipsychotic medications, but weight gain was significantly greater (1 BMI unit) in the clozapine-treated group, particularly among women...
  49. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of depression treatment for adolescents
    Grayson Norquist
    Am J Psychiatry 165:549-52. 2008
  50. ncbi Enhancing generalizability: stepping up to the plate
    Susan M Essock
    Psychiatr Serv 57:141; author reply 141-2. 2006
  51. ncbi Rates of refusal to participate in research studies among men and women
    Nancy H Covell
    Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:1541-4. 2003
    ..When feasible, oversampling may be useful to increase the participation of women or of any other underrepresented demographic group in research studies...
  52. ncbi Distress with medication side effects among persons with severe mental illness
    Nancy H Covell
    Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Adm Policy Ment Health 34:435-42. 2007
    ..The most distressing SEs reported were embarrassment from weight gain, weight gain, dry mouth, and sedation. The likelihood of distress by particular SEs varied by gender and race...
  53. ncbi What's in a name? Terms preferred by service recipients
    Nancy H Covell
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Adm Policy Ment Health 34:443-7. 2007
    ..Controlling for site, preferences did not vary by gender, race, or diagnosis. The lack of consensus suggests clinicians, researchers, program administrators, and policymakers should be sensitive to individuals' preferences...
  54. ncbi Differential effectiveness of clozapine for patients nonresponsive to or intolerant of first generation antipsychotic medications
    Carlos T Jackson
    Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Hartford, CT, USA
    Schizophr Bull 30:219-27. 2004
    ..Clinicians should give serious consideration to offering clozapine and other second generation antipsychotic medications to patients who have demonstrated intolerance to first generation antipsychotic medications...
  55. ncbi Lipid monitoring in patients with schizophrenia prescribed second-generation antipsychotics
    Ellen M Weissman
    Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center VISN 3, Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 67:1323-6. 2006
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  56. ncbi Impact of modifying risk adjustment models on rankings of access to care in the VA mental health report card
    Ellen M Weissman
    Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center of Veterans Administration Integrated Service Network 3, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 53:1153-8. 2002
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