Lydia A Chwastiak

Summary

Affiliation: Yale University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. ncbi The impact of obesity on health care costs among persons with schizophrenia
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 31:1-7. 2009
  4. 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
  5. ncbi Psychiatric issues in multiple sclerosis
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, 184 Liberty Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 30:803-17. 2007
  6. ncbi Interrelationships of psychiatric symptom severity, medical comorbidity, and functioning in schizophrenia
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1102-9. 2006
  7. 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
  8. ncbi Best practices: surveillance and management of diabetes in a CMHC population
    Vinod H Srihari
    Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St, 2nd Floor, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 58:1151-3. 2007
  9. 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
  10. ncbi Clinical management of depression and anxiety in HIV-infected adults
    Sanjay Basu
    AIDS 19:2057-67. 2005

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. 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...
  2. 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
    ....
  3. ncbi The impact of obesity on health care costs among persons with schizophrenia
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 31:1-7. 2009
    ..Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States and is twice as common among individuals with schizophrenia as the general population...
  4. 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...
  5. ncbi Psychiatric issues in multiple sclerosis
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, 184 Liberty Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Psychiatr Clin North Am 30:803-17. 2007
    ..There have been few rigorous studies of the prevalence and impact of anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, or serious mental illness such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, in MS samples...
  6. ncbi Interrelationships of psychiatric symptom severity, medical comorbidity, and functioning in schizophrenia
    Lydia A Chwastiak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1102-9. 2006
    ....
  7. 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...
  8. ncbi Best practices: surveillance and management of diabetes in a CMHC population
    Vinod H Srihari
    Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St, 2nd Floor, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 58:1151-3. 2007
    ....
  9. 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...
  10. ncbi Clinical management of depression and anxiety in HIV-infected adults
    Sanjay Basu
    AIDS 19:2057-67. 2005