Amy L Byers

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Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi High occurrence of mood and anxiety disorders among older adults: The National Comorbidity Survey Replication
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:489-96. 2010
  2. ncbi Twenty-year depressive trajectories among older women
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:1073-9. 2012
  3. ncbi Dysthymia and depression increase risk of dementia and mortality among older veterans
    Amy L Byers
    Departments of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:664-72. 2012
  4. ncbi Low use of mental health services among older Americans with mood and anxiety disorders
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, 4150 Clement St 116H, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 63:66-72. 2012
  5. ncbi Depression and risk of developing dementia
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street 116H, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Nat Rev Neurol 7:323-31. 2011
  6. ncbi Heritability of depressive symptoms: a case study using a multilevel approach
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY, USA
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 18:287-96. 2009
  7. ncbi Depression and risk for adverse falls in older home health care patients
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, New York 10605, USA
    Res Gerontol Nurs 1:245-51. 2008
  8. ncbi When parents matter to their adult children: filial reliance associated with parents' depressive symptoms
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, Payne Whitney Westchester, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:P33-40. 2008
  9. ncbi A randomized trial of depression assessment intervention in home health care
    Martha L Bruce
    Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, New York, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1793-800. 2007
  10. ncbi Midlife vs late-life depressive symptoms and risk of dementia: differential effects for Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia
    Deborah E Barnes
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 4150 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:493-8. 2012

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi High occurrence of mood and anxiety disorders among older adults: The National Comorbidity Survey Replication
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:489-96. 2010
    ..Little is known about prevalence rates of DSM-IV disorders across age strata of older adults, including common conditions such as individual and coexisting mood and anxiety disorders...
  2. ncbi Twenty-year depressive trajectories among older women
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:1073-9. 2012
    ..Despite the frequent occurrence of depressive symptoms among older adults, especially women, little is known about the long-term course of late-life depressive symptoms...
  3. ncbi Dysthymia and depression increase risk of dementia and mortality among older veterans
    Amy L Byers
    Departments of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:664-72. 2012
    ..To determine whether less severe depression spectrum diagnoses such as dysthymia, as well as depression, are associated with risk of developing dementia and mortality in a "real-world" setting...
  4. ncbi Low use of mental health services among older Americans with mood and anxiety disorders
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, 4150 Clement St 116H, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 63:66-72. 2012
    ..Thus this study examined prevalence of and key factors associated with nonuse of mental health services among older community-dwelling adults with these disorders...
  5. ncbi Depression and risk of developing dementia
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street 116H, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Nat Rev Neurol 7:323-31. 2011
    ..In this Review, we summarize and analyze current evidence linking late-life and earlier-life depression and dementia, and discuss the primary underlying mechanisms and implications for treatment...
  6. ncbi Heritability of depressive symptoms: a case study using a multilevel approach
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY, USA
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 18:287-96. 2009
    ..However, our study may be limited by measurement of prevalent depressive symptoms, which may not generalize to lifetime depressive symptoms...
  7. ncbi Depression and risk for adverse falls in older home health care patients
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, New York 10605, USA
    Res Gerontol Nurs 1:245-51. 2008
    ..These data suggest the potential benefit of including depression screening for multifactorial fall prevention interventions...
  8. ncbi When parents matter to their adult children: filial reliance associated with parents' depressive symptoms
    Amy L Byers
    Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, Payne Whitney Westchester, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:P33-40. 2008
    ..036). Expressive support did not show the same pattern. Thus, adult children's reliance on instrumental support might contribute to their parents' mental health...
  9. ncbi A randomized trial of depression assessment intervention in home health care
    Martha L Bruce
    Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, New York, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1793-800. 2007
    ..To determine whether an educational intervention would improve depression assessment and appropriate referral. Secondary analyses tested whether referral led to depression improvement...
  10. ncbi Midlife vs late-life depressive symptoms and risk of dementia: differential effects for Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia
    Deborah E Barnes
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 4150 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:493-8. 2012
    ..Depression and dementia are common in older adults and often co-occur, but it is unclear whether depression is an etiologic risk factor for dementia...
  11. ncbi Depression and increased short-term hospitalization risk among geriatric patients receiving home health care services
    Thomas Sheeran
    Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 61:78-80. 2010
    ..This study evaluated the association between depression and hospitalization among geriatric home care patients...