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Distinguishing between first-admission schizophreniform disorder and schizophreniaBushra Naz
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, USA
Schizophr Res 62:51-8. 2003..Better delineation of this subgroup has important treatment implications...
Determinants of participation in a longitudinal two-stage study of the health consequences of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accidentLin T Guey
Spanish National Cancer Research Center CNIO, C Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, E 28029 Madrid, Spain
BMC Med Res Methodol 8:27. 2008..We examined the factors associated with participation in a longitudinal two-stage study conducted in Kyiv following the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident...
Mental health consequences of the Chernobyl disasterEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Putnam Hall South Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
J Radiol Prot 32:N71-5. 2012..Moreover, given the comorbidity of mental and physical health, the findings support the value of training non-psychiatrist physicians in recognizing and treating common mental health problems like depression in Fukushima patients...
Diagnostic shifts during the decade following first admission for psychosisEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY 11794 8790, USA
Am J Psychiatry 168:1186-94. 2011..Diagnostic shifts have been prospectively examined in the short term, but the long-term stability of diagnoses has rarely been evaluated. The authors examined diagnostic shifts over a 10-year follow-up period...
Psychological and perceived health effects of the Chernobyl disaster: a 20-year reviewEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Health Phys 93:516-21. 2007....
Suicide ideation, plans and attempts in Ukraine: findings from the Ukraine World Mental Health SurveyEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Psychol Med 37:807-19. 2007....
Psychological aftermath of the Lviv air show disaster: a prospective controlled studyE J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Acta Psychiatr Scand 112:194-200. 2005..To investigate the psychological aftermath of an air show disaster using prospectively obtained epidemiologic data...
Subjective health legacy of the Chornobyl accident: a comparative study of 19-year olds in KyivEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
BMC Public Health 9:417. 2009..This study examines health perceptions of Ukrainian adolescents exposed to radioactive fallout in utero or as infants, and the epidemiologic and Chornobyl-related influences on self-reported health...
Growing up in the shadow of Chornobyl: adolescents' risk perceptions and mental healthEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:393-402. 2011..This study examined Chornobyl-related risk perceptions and their relationship to mental health in adolescents raised in Kyiv in the aftermath of the accident...
Epidemiology of psychiatric and alcohol disorders in Ukraine: findings from the Ukraine World Mental Health surveyEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry, State University or New York Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:681-90. 2005..The Ukraine WMH survey is the first psychiatric epidemiologic study in a former Soviet Union country to administer a structured psychiatric interview to a nationally representative sample...
Somatic symptoms in women 11 years after the Chornobyl accident: prevalence and risk factorsEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8790, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:625-9. 2002....
Time to remission and relapse after the first hospital admission in severe bipolar disorderEvelyn J Bromet
Dept of Psychiatry, Putnam Hall South Campus, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:106-13. 2005..Using a cohort from the Suffolk County Mental Health Project, we describe these temporal patterns and their relationships with childhood, illness, and treatment characteristics...
A 25 year retrospective review of the psychological consequences of the Chernobyl accidentE J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8790, USA
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 23:297-305. 2011..The unmet need for mental health care in affected regions remains an important public health challenge 25 years later. Future research is needed that combines physical and mental health outcome measures to complete the clinical picture...
Long-term diagnostic stability and outcome in recent first-episode cohort studies of schizophreniaEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Pyschiatry and Behavioral Science, Putnam Hall South Campus, Stony Brook University, NY 11794 8790, USA
Schizophr Bull 31:639-49. 2005....
Congruence of diagnoses 2 years after a first-admission diagnosis of psychosisJ E Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794 8790, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 57:593-600. 2000..This study evaluates the stability of research diagnoses in a heterogeneous first-admission sample with psychosis...
Children's well-being 11 years after the Chornobyl catastropheE J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794 8790, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 57:563-71. 2000..This study assessed the aftermath of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster in children evacuated to Kyiv from the contaminated zone surrounding the nuclear power facility...
The Chornobyl accident and cognitive functioning: a follow-up study of infant evacuees at age 19 yearsD P Taormina
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Psychol Med 38:489-97. 2008..This study re-examined the children's performance and academic achievement at age 19 years...
Diagnosis and six-month stability of negative symptoms in psychotic disordersS Fennig
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8790, USA
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 246:63-70. 1996..Our results point to the existence and enduring quality of negative symptoms in the early phase of psychosis and its specificity to schizophrenia even at this early stage...
Conduct disorder and mania: what does it mean in adultsG A Carlson
Putman Hall, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794 8790, USA
J Affect Disord 48:199-205. 1998..Because of the relationship between childhood behavior disorders and adult substance abuse, we hypothesized that substance abusing adult bipolars were more likely to have had behavior disorders as children than nonabusing bipolar adults...
Remission and relapse after the first hospital admission in psychotic depression: a 4-year naturalistic follow-upBushra Naz
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Psychol Med 37:1173-81. 2007....
Smoking initiation and nicotine dependence symptoms in Ukraine: findings from the Ukraine World Mental Health surveyCharles P M Webb
Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, NY 11794 8790, USA
Public Health 121:663-72. 2007..This study examined the personal, familial and psychiatric risk factors for smoking initiation and development of nicotine dependence symptoms in Ukraine...
Epidemiology of heavy alcohol use in Ukraine: findings from the world mental health surveyCharles P M Webb
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Alcohol Alcohol 40:327-35. 2005..To describe the epidemiology of heavy alcohol use in Ukraine, using data from the world mental health (WMH) survey in Ukraine...
Antidepressant-associated switches from depression to mania in severe bipolar disorderGabrielle A Carlson
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Bipolar Disord 9:851-9. 2007..To determine whether switching from depression to mania is part of the natural history of bipolar illness or results from antidepressant (AD) treatment by examining bipolar patients with psychosis early in their illness course...
Smoking in schizophrenia: diagnostic specificity, symptom correlates, and illness severityRoman Kotov
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stony Brook University, Putnam Hall South Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8790, USA
Schizophr Bull 36:173-81. 2010..However, the supporting data come primarily from cross-sectional studies, which are susceptible to confounding. Our aim was to test specificity of this link longitudinally in an epidemiologic sample...
Service use and outcomes of first-admission patients with psychotic disorders in the Suffolk County Mental Health ProjectRamin Mojtabai
Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Ave at 16th St, New York, NY 10010, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1291-8. 2005....
Cannabis use and the course of schizophrenia: 10-year follow-up after first hospitalizationDaniel J Foti
Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 2500, USA
Am J Psychiatry 167:987-93. 2010..The authors examined the relationship between cannabis use and the course of illness in schizophrenia over 10 years of follow-up after first psychiatric hospitalization...
Exposure, probable PTSD and lower respiratory illness among World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up workersB J Luft
Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Psychol Med 42:1069-79. 2012..The current study examined this link and evaluated contributions of WTC exposures...
Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in psychosis: findings from a first-admission cohortYuval Neria
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 70:246-51. 2002..The findings highlight the importance of systematically ascertaining trauma histories in patients with psychotic disorders...
Rates and predictors of developing a manic or hypomanic episode 1 to 2 years following a first hospitalization for major depression with psychotic featuresMelissa P DelBello
The Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0559, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 13:173-85. 2003....
Atypical antipsychotics in first admission schizophrenia: medication continuation and outcomesRamin Mojtabai
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Universty, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA
Schizophr Bull 29:519-30. 2003..We conclude that in usual practice settings, as in randomized clinical trials, atypical agents are associated with improved treatment continuation and outcomes...
Age at onset, childhood psychopathology, and 2-year outcome in psychotic bipolar disorderGabrielle A Carlson
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794 8790, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:307-9. 2002..The relationships of age at onset and childhood psychopathology to 2-year clinical and functional outcomes in first-admission patients with bipolar I disorder were examined...
Gaps in use of antipsychotics after discharge by first-admission patients with schizophrenia, 1989 to 1996Ramin Mojtabai
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:337-9. 2002....
Cross-national comparisons: problems in interpretation when studies are based on prevalent casesEvelyn J Bromet
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Stony Brook, Putnam Hall-South Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, USA
Schizophr Bull 34:256-7. 2008
Descriptive epidemiology of intimate partner aggression in UkraineK DANIEL O'LEARY
Dept of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Putnam Hall South Campus, Stony Brook, NY, 11794 8790, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:619-26. 2008..Using data from the World Mental Health (WMH) survey in Ukraine, we present the first population-based findings on the descriptive epidemiology of partner aggression among married adults...
Assaultive trauma and illness course in psychotic bipolar disorder: findings from the Suffolk county mental health projectY Neria
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and Anxiety Disorder Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032, USA
Acta Psychiatr Scand 111:380-3. 2005..Little is known about the relationship of assaultive trauma to clinical and functional outcome in patients with bipolar disorder...
Risk factors for conduct problems and depressive symptoms in a cohort of Ukrainian childrenDeborah A G Drabick
Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 35:244-52. 2006..Emotional lability was related specifically to conduct problems, and maternal punishment was related specifically to depressive symptoms...
Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans and attemptsMatthew K Nock
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Br J Psychiatry 192:98-105. 2008..Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide; however, the prevalence and risk factors for the immediate precursors to suicide - suicidal ideation, plans and attempts - are not wellknown, especially in low- and middle-income countries...
Obsessive-compulsive and panic symptoms in patients with first-admission psychosisThomas Craig
VA Office of Quality and Performance, Washington, DC, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:592-8. 2002....
Are patients enrolled in first episode psychosis drug trials representative of patients treated in routine clinical practice?Jonathan Rabinowitz
Department of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Schizophr Res 61:149-55. 2003..Thus, it is not clear to what extent results are generalizable to most individuals treated for a psychotic illness who may not be eligible for such trials...
Prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health SurveysKoen Demyttenaere
JAMA 291:2581-90. 2004..Structural barriers exist to this reallocation. Careful consideration needs to be given to the value of treating some mild cases, especially those at risk for progressing to more serious disorders...
Does racial bias influence psychiatric diagnoses assigned at first hospitalization?Nancy L Sohler
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY 10467 2490, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:463-72. 2003..This study tests whether racial bias influences diagnoses assigned to patients at discharge from their first psychiatric hospitalization...
Mental disorders among persons with chronic back or neck pain: results from the World Mental Health SurveysKoen Demyttenaere
Department of Neurosciences and Psychiatry, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Pain 129:332-42. 2007..The association of mental disorders with back/neck pain showed a consistent pattern across both developed and developing countries...
Medication use patterns and two-year outcome in first-admission patients with major depressive disorder with psychotic featuresThomas J Craig
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Quality and Performance, Washington, DC 20024, USA
Compr Psychiatry 48:497-503. 2007..This study examined the patterns and predictors of medication use and 24-month course/outcome in first-admission patients with major depressive disorder with psychotic features (MDD/P)...
Use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders in 17 countries in the WHO world mental health surveysPhilip S Wang
Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD, USA
Lancet 370:841-50. 2007..We describe mental health care in 17 countries participating in the WHO world mental health (WMH) survey initiative and examine unmet needs for treatment...
Mortality among first-admission patients with psychosisThomas J Craig
Office of Quality and Performance, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC 20420, USA
Compr Psychiatry 47:246-51. 2006..Many deaths from unnatural causes occurred during or shortly after discharge from an inpatient or residential treatment setting, highlighting this period as one needing close scrutiny by treating clinicians...
Are there racial differences in the way patients with psychotic disorders are treated at their first hospitalization?Nancy L Sohler
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10437 2490, USA
Psychol Med 34:705-18. 2004..It is still uncertain, however, whether these differences exist at the early stages of treatment...
Clinical characteristics, 4-year course, and DSM-IV classification of patients with nonaffective acute remitting psychosisRamin Mojtabai
Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NewYork, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:2108-15. 2003....
Medication use patterns and 2-year outcome in first-admission bipolar disorder with psychotic featuresThomas J Craig
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Quality and Performance, Washington, DC, USA
Bipolar Disord 6:406-15. 2004..This study examined the patterns and predictors of medication use and 24-month course/outcome in first-admission patients with bipolar disorder (BD) with psychotic features...
The relationship between trauma exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressionYuval Neria
Psychol Med 32:1479-80; author reply 1480-3. 2002
Patients with ICD-10 acute transient psychotic disorder (ATPD)Ramin Mojtabai
Psychol Med 32:1483-4; author reply 1484-5. 2002
Mental disorders among adults with asthma: results from the World Mental Health SurveyKate M Scott
Department of Psychological Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:123-33. 2007....
Parents with psychosisThomas Craig
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Quality and Performance, Springfield, Virginia, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 16:35-9. 2004..In addition, there is a need for systematic research to identify effective treatment interventions for this population...
Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the worldJohan Ormel
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, and Graduate School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences and Graduate School for Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 192:368-75. 2008..Advocates of expanded mental health treatment assert that mental disorders are as disabling as physical disorders, but little evidence supports this assertion...
The relation between multiple pains and mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health SurveysOye Gureje
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Pain 135:82-91. 2008....
Mental disorders among persons with heart disease - results from World Mental Health surveysJohan Ormel
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:325-34. 2007..Consistency across emotional disorders and cultures would suggest that relatively universal mechanisms underlie the association...
ODD and ADHD symptoms in Ukrainian children: external validators and comorbidityDeborah A G Drabick
Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 6085, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:735-43. 2004....
