Lydia A Chwastiak

Summary

Affiliation: University of Washington
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Impact of health insurance status and a diagnosis of serious mental illness on whether chronically homeless individuals engage in primary care
    Lydia Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:e83-9. 2012
  2. ncbi Disability in depression and back pain: evaluation of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHO DAS II) in a primary care setting
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359911, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    J Clin Epidemiol 56:507-14. 2003
  3. ncbi Association of psychiatric illness and all-cause mortality in the National Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Psychosom Med 72:817-22. 2010
  4. ncbi Association of psychiatric illness and obesity, physical inactivity, and smoking among a national sample of veterans
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Psychosomatics 52:230-6. 2011
  5. ncbi Utilization of primary care by veterans with psychiatric illness in the National Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 23:1835-40. 2008
  6. ncbi Fatigue and psychiatric illness in a large community sample of persons with multiple sclerosis
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
    J Psychosom Res 59:291-8. 2005
  7. ncbi Clinical management of depression and anxiety in HIV-infected adults
    Sanjay Basu
    AIDS 19:2057-67. 2005

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Impact of health insurance status and a diagnosis of serious mental illness on whether chronically homeless individuals engage in primary care
    Lydia Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:e83-9. 2012
    ..We evaluated the impact of a diagnosis of serious mental illness on use of a primary care provider (vs the emergency department [ED]) as a source of care by people who were chronically homeless...
  2. ncbi Disability in depression and back pain: evaluation of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHO DAS II) in a primary care setting
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359911, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    J Clin Epidemiol 56:507-14. 2003
    ..This instrument facilitates the use of the ICIDH-2 as a framework for evaluating activity limitations and participation...
  3. ncbi Association of psychiatric illness and all-cause mortality in the National Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Psychosom Med 72:817-22. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Association of psychiatric illness and obesity, physical inactivity, and smoking among a national sample of veterans
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Psychosomatics 52:230-6. 2011
    ..Increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality have been reported across a number of chronic psychiatric illnesses. Interventions to decrease cardiovascular risk have focused on single health behaviors...
  5. ncbi Utilization of primary care by veterans with psychiatric illness in the National Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 23:1835-40. 2008
    ..Studies of primary care utilization by patients with psychiatric disorders have been limited by nonrepresentative samples and confounding by medical co-morbidity...
  6. ncbi Fatigue and psychiatric illness in a large community sample of persons with multiple sclerosis
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
    J Psychosom Res 59:291-8. 2005
    ..Fatigue and depression are among the most common and disabling symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS), but the nature and extent of the relationships between fatigue and psychiatric disorders in MS patients remain poorly understood...
  7. ncbi Clinical management of depression and anxiety in HIV-infected adults
    Sanjay Basu
    AIDS 19:2057-67. 2005