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Suicide among discharged psychiatric inpatients in the Department of Veterans AffairsRani A Desai
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Department of Psychiatry and Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Mil Med 173:721-8. 2008..The objective of this study was to explore correlates of the use of firearms to commit suicide...
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of reduced tardive dyskinesia with second-generation antipsychoticsR A Rosenheck
Yale Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, USA
Br J Psychiatry 191:238-45. 2007..Second-generation antipsychotics may have few advantages over older, cheaper drugs, except for possibly reduced risk of tardive dyskinesia...
Changing environments and alternative perspectives in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of new antipsychotic drugsRobert Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Cambell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Schizophr Bull 29:81-93. 2003..In conclusion, cost-effectiveness, as evaluated in studies like CATIE, will increasingly need to be tied to service system contingencies, environments, and evaluation perspectives...
Fiscal strain and access to opiate substitution therapy at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical CentersRobert Rosenheck
Veterans Integrated Service Network, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, West Haven, Conn, USA
Am J Addict 12:220-8. 2003....
Rethinking antipsychotic formulary policyR A Rosenheck
Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT, USA
Schizophr Bull 34:375-80. 2008..The algorithm outlined here and the process for its implementation are intended as a stimulus for discussion of potential policy responses, not as a finalized proposition...
Introduction to the special section on CATIE baseline data: practical clinical trials in psychiatry: studies of schizophrenia from the CATIE networkRobert A Rosenheck
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1093. 2006
Can a nonequivalent choice of dosing regimen bias the results of flexible dose double blind trials? The CATIE schizophrenia trialRobert A Rosenheck
Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT, USA
Schizophr Res 113:12-8. 2009....
Outcomes, costs, and policy caution. A commentary on: the Cost Utility of the Latest Antipsychotic Drugs in Schizophrenia Study (CUtLASS 1)Robert A Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:1074-6. 2006
Service systems integration and outcomes for mentally ill homeless persons in the ACCESS program. Access to Community Care and Effective Services and SupportsRobert A Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:958-66. 2002..around which the ACCESS (Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Supports) evaluation was designed: Does better integration of service systems improve the treatment outcomes of homeless persons with severe mental illness?..
Developing a policy for second-generation antipsychotic drugsRobert A Rosenheck
New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w782-93. 2009..Research to evaluate these interventions would ideally precede their widespread implementation...
Administrative prescription review procedures and use of atypical antipsychotic medications in the Department of Veterans AffairsRobert Rosenheck
Yale Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Ment Health Serv Res 5:149-53. 2003..Nondirective administrative review procedures in VA are significantly associated with actual prescribing patterns and may generate modest cost savings in the prescription of atypical antipsychotic medication...
Second-generation antipsychotics: cost-effectiveness, policy options, and political decision makingRobert A Rosenheck
Department of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:515-20. 2008..High expenditures on these medications are thus likely to continue without concomitant gains for public health...
Cost-effectiveness of second-generation antipsychotics and perphenazine in a randomized trial of treatment for chronic schizophreniaRobert A Rosenheck
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:2080-9. 2006..Second-generation antipsychotics have largely replaced first-generation antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia, but a large-scale cost/effectiveness analysis has not been attempted...
Organizational process: a missing link between research and practiceR A Rosenheck
Veterans Affairs Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 52:1607-12. 2001..The author shows how effective dissemination of new treatment methods requires attention to and effective engagement with organizational processes...
Time-limited assertive community treatment for homeless persons with severe mental illnessR A Rosenheck
182 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT 06516
Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:1073-80. 2001..This study evaluated postdischarge changes in health status and service use associated with the time-limited provision of ACT to homeless people with severe mental illness...
Use of mental health services by veterans with PTSD after the terrorist attacks of September 11Robert Rosenheck
VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:1684-90. 2003....
Closing service system gaps for homeless clients with a dual diagnosis: integrated teams and interagency cooperationRobert A Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, New England MIRECC, and Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA
J Ment Health Policy Econ 6:77-87. 2003..There is great concern about fragmentation of mental health service delivery, especially for dually diagnosed homeless people, and apprehension that such fragmentation adversely affects service access and outcomes...
The growth of psychopharmacology in the 1990s: evidence-based practice or irrational exuberanceRobert Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center 182, VA Connecticut Health Care System, 950 Campbell Ave West Haven, CT 06516, and at the Child Study Center, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT, United States
Int J Law Psychiatry 28:467-83. 2005..Further institutional support is needed for independent research, either conducted or funded by the federal government...
A longitudinal perspective on monitoring outcomes of an innovative programRobert A Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:301-7. 2005..The study also examined the relationship between these outcomes and changing program features, such as staffing, treatment variables, and follow-up rates...
Open forum: effectiveness versus efficacy of second-generation antipsychotics: haloperidol without anticholinergics as a comparatorRobert A Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center (182, VA Connecticut Health Care System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:85-92. 2005
Pharmacotherapy of first-episode schizophreniaRobert A Rosenheck
VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Lancet 371:1048-9. 2008
Back to the future: funding, integrating, and improving mental health servicesRobert A Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:1141-2. 2004
Measuring outcome priorities and preferences in people with schizophreniaRobert Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center 182, VA Connecticut Health Care System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Br J Psychiatry 187:529-36. 2005..Measures have not taken account of the relative importance patients place on various outcomes...
Cost-benefit analysis of second-generation antipsychotics and placebo in a randomized trial of the treatment of psychosis and aggression in Alzheimer diseaseRobert A Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center 182, VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1259-68. 2007..Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are prescribed for psychosis, aggression, and agitation in Alzheimer disease (AD)...
Does switching to a new antipsychotic improve outcomes? Data from the CATIE TrialRobert A Rosenheck
Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT, USA
Schizophr Res 107:22-9. 2009..In mixed models of each outcome the independent variable of primary interest represented stay vs. switch, with multivariate adjustment for potential confounding factors...
Therapeutic limit setting and six-month outcomes in a Veterans Affairs assertive community treatment programRobert A Rosenheck
Veterans Affairs Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut 06515, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:139-44. 2004..This study examined the relationship of limit-setting interventions and six-month outcomes in assertive community treatment...
Barriers to employment for people with schizophreniaRobert Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:411-7. 2006....
Recent trends In VA treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental disordersRobert A Rosenheck
Veterans Affairs New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center in West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1720-7. 2007..The VA has substantially increased funding for PTSD services. Nevertheless, the observed growth in demand requires continued monitoring to assure that the needs of returning veterans are met...
Post-september 11 admission symptoms and treatment response among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorderRobert A Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center of the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1610-7. 2003..The authors examined clinical data on veterans who had a diagnosis of PTSD to determine whether the attacks exacerbated their symptoms...
Effectiveness and cost of olanzapine and haloperidol in the treatment of schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trialRobert Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, Conn, USA
JAMA 290:2693-702. 2003..Although olanzapine has been widely adopted as a treatment of choice for schizophrenia, its long-term effectiveness and costs have not been evaluated in a controlled trial in comparison with a standard antipsychotic drug...
Second-generation antipsychotics: reviewing the cost-effectiveness component of the CATIE trialRobert Rosenheck
Yale Medical School, Northeast Program Evaluation Center 182, VA Connecticut Health Care System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 7:103-11. 2007..We conclude that results of CATIE are robust to these limitations. Perphenazine seems to have been a more representative choice for first-generation antipsychotic comparison treatment than haloperidol...
From clinical trials to real-world practice: use of atypical antipsychotic medication nationally in the Department of Veterans AffairsR Rosenheck
VISN 1 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Med Care 39:302-8. 2001..Although clinical trials evaluate pharmacotherapeutic interventions under highly controlled conditions, there remains a need to evaluate medication use in actual practice...
Outcomes after initial receipt of social security benefits among homeless veterans with mental illnessR A Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs in West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Psychiatr Serv 51:1549-54. 2000..This study examined the relationship between receiving disability payments and changes in health status, community adjustment, and subjective quality of life...
Improving access to disability benefits among homeless persons with mental illness: an agency-specific approach to services integrationR Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven 06516, USA
Am J Public Health 89:524-8. 1999..This study evaluated a joint initiative of the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve access to Social Security disability benefits among homeless veterans with mental illness...
Implementation of supported employment for homeless veterans with psychiatric or addiction disorders: two-year outcomesRobert A Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center 182, Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, and Department of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School, New Haven, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:325-33. 2007....
Clinical and psychopharmacologic factors influencing family burden in refractory schizophrenia. The Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Clozapine in Refractory SchizophreniaR Rosenheck
VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, Conn 06516 2770, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 61:671-6. 2000..This study compares the effect of clozapine and haloperidol and identifies other factors related to family burden as experienced by relatives of patients with refractory schizophrenia (DSM-III-R)...
Principles for priority setting in mental health services and their implications for the least well offR A Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 50:653-8. 1999..However, they provide a frame of reference for approaching the task of priority setting and for understanding why priorities may vary from different perspectives...
Bed closures and incarceration rates among users of Veterans Affairs mental health servicesR A Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Massachusetts Mental IllnessResearch, Education, and Clinical Center, West Haven, CT 06516 2770, USA
Psychiatr Serv 51:1282-7. 2000....
Cost-effectiveness of clozapine in patients with high and low levels of hospital use. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Clozapine in Refractory SchizophreniaR Rosenheck
Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516 2770, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:565-72. 1999..This study examined the relationship between pretreatment hospital use and the cost-effectiveness of clozapine in the treatment of refractory schizophrenia...
Cost-effectiveness of services for mentally ill homeless people: the application of research to policy and practiceR Rosenheck
VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:1563-70. 2000..About one-quarter of homeless Americans have serious mental illnesses. This review synthesizes research findings on the cost-effectiveness of services for this population and their relevance for policy and practice...
How long to wait for a response to clozapine: a comparison of time course of response to clozapine and conventional antipsychotic medication in refractory schizophreniaR Rosenheck
VA s Northeast Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516 2770, USA
Schizophr Bull 25:709-19. 1999..04). Significant differential symptom response to clozapine occurred exclusively during the first 6 weeks of treatment...
The delivery of mental health services in the 21st century: bringing the community back inR Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Community Ment Health J 36:107-24. 2000....
Medication continuation and compliance: a comparison of patients treated with clozapine and haloperidolR Rosenheck
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, 06516 2770, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 61:382-6. 2000..This study compares medication continuation and regimen compliance with the atypical antipsychotic medication clozapine versus the conventional antipsychotic haloperidol...
Impact of clozapine on negative symptoms and on the deficit syndrome in refractory schizophrenia. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Clozapine in Refractory SchizophreniaR Rosenheck
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516 2770, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:88-93. 1999..This study compared the effect of clozapine and haloperidol on positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and in patients with high levels of negative symptoms or the deficit syndrome...
Service system integration, access to services, and housing outcomes in a program for homeless persons with severe mental illnessR Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Am J Public Health 88:1610-5. 1998..This study evaluated the hypothesis that greater integration and coordination between agencies within service systems is associated with greater accessibility of services and improved client housing outcomes...
Buprenorphine for opiate addiction: potential economic impactR Rosenheck
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 63:253-62. 2001..The total cost impact will depend on which addict sub-populations make greatest use of the treatment opportunity presented by buprenorphine/naloxone...
Cost-effectiveness of intensive psychiatric community care for high users of inpatient servicesR A Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, Department of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School, West Haven 06516, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 55:459-66. 1998..This 2-year experimental study evaluated the effectiveness and cost of 10 intensive psychiatric community care (IPCC) programs at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers in the northeastern United States...
Impact of VA bed closures on use of state psychiatric servicesR Rosenheck
Department of Veterans Affairs Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, CT, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 28:58-66. 2001..Bed closure impact may be reflected in increased cross-system service use, which may be a useful indicator of unmet needs resulting from system changes...
Impact of efforts to reduce inpatient costs on clinical effectiveness: treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in the Department of Veterans AffairsR Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Med Care 39:168-80. 2001..There have been major reductions in the availability of inpatient psychiatric care in the United States in recent years...
Does participation in psychosocial treatment augment the benefit of clozapine? Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Clozapine in Refractory SchizophreniaR Rosenheck
Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516 2770, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 55:618-25. 1998..This study examines the role of participation in psychosocial treatment as a mediator of the clinical effectiveness of clozapine...
Service delivery and community: social capital, service systems integration, and outcomes among homeless persons with severe mental illnessR Rosenheck
Northeast Program Evaluation Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Health Serv Res 36:691-710. 2001..Implications for designing improved service systems are discussed...
Transition to low intensity case management in a VA Assertive Community Treatment model programRobert A Rosenheck
VA New England MIRECC, Yale School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Rehabil J 33:288-96. 2010..To study transition to lower intensity services in a national VA program modeled on Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)...
Detecting improvement in quality of life and symptomatology in schizophreniaJ Cramer
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516 2770, USA
Schizophr Bull 27:227-34. 2001..88 and 0.92, respectively). Thus, modest changes in psychometric scales assessing symptoms and quality of life reflect clinically detectable improvement...
The effect of institutional fiscal stress on the use of atypical antipsychotic medications in the treatment of schizophreniaD L Leslie
VA Connecticut Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, West Haven, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 189:377-83. 2001..Institutional fiscal pressure does not seem to reduce the broad availability of these medications overall but does affect which drug is prescribed...
Impact of antipsychotic medication on family burden in schizophrenia: longitudinal results of CATIE trialDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
Schizophr Res 116:118-25. 2010..This study evaluated the effectiveness of first- and second-generation antipsychotics in reducing family burden associated with schizophrenia...
Association of symptomatology and cognitive deficits to functional capacity in schizophreniaDeborah A Perlick
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven VAMC, Yale University School of Medicine, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven CT 10651, USA
Schizophr Res 99:192-9. 2008..A mixed effects model was used to adjust for repeated observations from the same subjects...
Impact of clozapine on completed suicideM J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service 116A, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Am J Psychiatry 158:931-7. 2001..Clozapine has been found to be superior to typical neuroleptics in ameliorating the symptoms of refractory schizophrenia. This study evaluated clozapine's effect on the rate of death due to suicide...
Mortality among homeless and nonhomeless mentally ill veteransW J Kasprow
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Yale School of Medicine, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 188:141-7. 2000..Homelessness increases this risk, particularly in older veterans, and this difference does not abate after entry into a health care system...
Impact of supported housing on clinical outcomes: analysis of a randomized trial using multiple imputation techniqueAn Lin Cheng
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, and VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:83-8. 2007..Significant benefits were found for HUD-VASH in drug and alcohol abuse outcomes that had not previously been identified...
Interrater reliability levels of multiple clinical examiners in the evaluation of a schizophrenic patient: quality of life, level of functioning, and neuropsychological symptomatologyD V Cicchetti
Child Study Center, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 13:157-70. 1999..The authors develop just such an approach and apply it successfully to the evaluation of the functioning, quality of life, and neuropsychological symptomatology of a single schizophrenic patient...
Posttraumatic stress disorder among Hispanic Vietnam veteransA N Ortega
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale Univesity, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:615-9. 2000..The purpose of this study was to examine posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Hispanics who served in the Vietnam War...
Effectiveness of olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone in patients with chronic schizophrenia following discontinuation of a previous atypical antipsychoticT Scott Stroup
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:611-22. 2006..This randomized, double-blind study compared olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone in patients who had just discontinued a different atypical antipsychotic...
Impact of public support payments, intensive psychiatric community care, and program fidelity on employment outcomes for people with severe mental illnessSandra G Resnick
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, NEPEC (182, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:139-44. 2003..This study points out not only the inhibiting effect of public support payment on employment but also the value of IPCC and the special importance of fidelity to program models for employment for people with SMI...
Employment histories of homeless persons with mental illnessSusan A Pickett-Schenk
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Community Ment Health J 38:199-211. 2002..The role of vocational rehabilitation services in removing persons from homelessness and improving their quality of life is discussed...
From conventional to atypical antipsychotics and back: dynamic processes in the diffusion of new medicationsDouglas L Leslie
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, CT, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:1534-40. 2002..Quetiapine was the least prescribed of the newer drugs. These results suggest that it is important that all of these medications are included in formularies...
Shifting to outpatient care? Mental health care use and cost under private insuranceD L Leslie
Connecticut Massachusetts VA Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, West Haven, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:1250-7. 1999..Concern over rising health care costs has put pressure on providers to reduce costs, purportedly by reducing inpatient care and increasing outpatient care...
Use of VA aftercare following military discharge among patients with serious mental disordersRamin Mojtabai
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City 10463, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:383-8. 2003..This study examined the use of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) aftercare services among patients with serious mental disorders who were discharged from the military after a first admission to a Department of Defense (DoD) hospital...
Effectiveness of switching antipsychotic medicationsSusan 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....
Effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs in patients with chronic schizophreniaJeffrey A Lieberman
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
N Engl J Med 353:1209-23. 2005..We compared a first-generation antipsychotic, perphenazine, with several newer drugs in a double-blind study...
Investigation of racial and ethnic disparities in service utilization among homeless adults with severe mental illnessesMarcela Horvitz-Lennon
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 201 North Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1032-8. 2009..This study examined whether there are service disparities among homeless adults with severe mental illnesses, a vulnerable population with a high level of unmet need...
Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a sample of homeless people with mental illnessRani A Desai
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and North East Program Evaluation Center (NEPEC, NEPEC/182, West Haven VAMC, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:365-71. 2003..The authors conclude that homeless people with mental illness are at particularly high risk for suicidal behavior, however, only in part because of the high prevalence of traditional risk factors...
Substance use and assignment of representative payeesM I Rosen
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Mental Illness Clinical Research and Education Center, USA
Psychiatr Serv 50:95-8. 1999....
Quality of life in schizophrenia: a comparison of instruments. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Clozapine in Refractory SchizophreniaJ A Cramer
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516 2770, USA
Schizophr Bull 26:659-66. 2000..Health-related quality of life in schizophrenia is a more heterogeneous concept than previously appreciated...
Residential treatment for dually diagnosed homeless veterans: a comparison of program typesW J Kasprow
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, USA
Am J Addict 8:34-43. 1999..Such integration did not differentially benefit dually diagnosed veterans whose psychiatric problems included a psychotic disorder...
Perceived needs and service use of Spanish speaking monolingual patients followed at a Hispanic clinicE Diaz
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Yale University Medical School, USA
Community Ment Health J 37:335-46. 2001..Additional interventions may be needed to address this problem...
A model of patients' satisfaction with treatment for posttraumatic stress disorderA Fontana
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, a division of the VA National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 28:475-89. 2001....
Results of phase 3 of the CATIE schizophrenia trialT Scott Stroup
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Schizophr Res 107:1-12. 2009..We describe the characteristics of the patients who selected each treatment option and their outcomes...
An evaluation of an initiative to improve Veterans Health Administration mental health services: broad impacts of the VHA's Mental Health Strategic PlanGreg A Greenberg
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Mil Med 174:1263-9. 2009..There was a 0.3 standard deviation decline in inpatient satisfaction and a slight increase in reliance on inpatient care. Overall improvement in VA mental health care was thus substantial and continuing...
Components and correlates of family burden in schizophreniaDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1117-25. 2006..Components and correlates of caregiver burden in schizophrenia were studied...
Neurocognitive effects of antipsychotic medications in patients with chronic schizophrenia in the CATIE TrialRichard S E Keefe
Department of Psychiatry, John Umstead Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:633-47. 2007..The relative effect of the second-generation (atypical) antipsychotic drugs and older agents on neurocognition has not been comprehensively determined...
Factors in choosing atypical antipsychotics: toward understanding the bases of physicians' prescribing decisionsJennifer Hoblyn
Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Psychiatr Res 40:160-6. 2006..Off-label prescribing of medications, polypharmacy, and other questionable prescribing practices have led investigators to examine a large VA pharmacy database to determine if physician prescribing decisions appear reasonable...
Caregiver burden and health in bipolar disorder: a cluster analytic approachDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10019, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:484-91. 2008..Cluster analysis is a promising method for identifying subgroups of caregivers with different stress and coping profiles associated with different health-related outcomes...
Health status, service use, and costs among veterans receiving outreach services in jail or community settingsJames McGuire
Department of Veterans Affairs Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:201-7. 2003....
Factors associated with stigma among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder in the STEP-BD studyJodi M Gonzalez
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:41-8. 2007..Little is known about the factors contributing to mental illness stigma among caregivers of people with bipolar disorder...
Continuity of care and clinical effectiveness: treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in the Department of Veterans AffairsGreg A Greenberg
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 30:202-14. 2003....
Mental disorders and quality of care among postacute myocardial infarction outpatientsMayur M Desai
Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 190:51-3. 2002
Impact of clozapine prescription on inpatient resource utilizationM J Sernyak
Psychiatry Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven 06516, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 189:766-73. 2001..These results suggest that in actual practice clozapine treatment may cost substantially more than treatment with conventional neuroleptics...
Stages in the implementation of innovative clinical programs in complex organizationsR Rosenheck
VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center and Yale Department of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 189:812-21. 2001..Effective dissemination of new treatment methods requires different organizational strategies at different phases of implementation...
Perceived relationship between military service and homelessness among homeless veterans with mental illnessAlvin S Mares
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:715-9. 2004....
Prevalence and correlates of burden among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder enrolled in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar DisorderDeborah A Perlick
Department of Psychiatry, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Bipolar Disord 9:262-73. 2007....
Homeless people whose self-reported SSI/DI status is inconsistent with Social Security Administration recordsMarc I Rosen
Yale University School of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Department of Psychiatry, USA
Soc Secur Bull 67:53-62. 2007
Factors associated with receipt of pension and compensation benefits for homeless veterans in the VBA/VHA Homeless Outreach InitiativeJoyce H Chen
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, N E P E C 182, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Q 78:63-72. 2007..Thus, this program achieved only modest success and was most successful with veterans who were already receiving VA services and who might have received benefits even without the outreach effort...
Receipt of disability through an outreach program for homeless veteransJoyce H Chen
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Mil Med 172:461-5. 2007..Findings suggest that VA benefit outreach efforts may gain from increased focus on those most vulnerable and most on the outskirts of the VA system...
Cost-effectiveness measures, methods, and policy implications from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) for schizophreniaRobert A Rosenheck
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Conn, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 68:e05. 2007....
Compensation of veterans with psychiatric or substance abuse disorders and employment and earningsGreg A Greenberg
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Mil Med 172:162-8. 2007....
Unforeseen inpatient mortality among veterans with schizophreniaLaurel A Copeland
Department of Veterans Affairs, South Texas Veterans Health Care System VERDICT HSR and D, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA
Med Care 44:110-6. 2006..We hypothesized that death among patients with schizophrenia occurs more frequently after minimal care of comorbid conditions...
Monitoring the dissemination of peer support in the VA Healthcare SystemJessica A Barber
New England MIRECC, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
Community Ment Health J 44:433-41. 2008..Additional research using experimental design methods is needed to determine the impact of peer support on mental health outcomes...
Impact of modifying risk adjustment models on rankings of access to care in the VA mental health report cardEllen 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....
A functional neuropeptide Y Leu7Pro polymorphism associated with alcohol dependence in a large population sample from the United StatesJaakko Lappalainen
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, Psychiatry 116A2, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:825-31. 2002..We tested whether the Pro7 allele is associated with alcohol dependence in European Americans (EA)...
Consumer experience with payeeship provided by a community mental health centerM I Rosen
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Psychiatr Rehabil J 25:190-5. 2001..A significant minority endorsed some feeling of coercion, and coercion was associated with a weaker therapeutic alliance...
Homeless mothers with severe mental illnesses and their children: predictors of family reunificationD Hoffman
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Rehabil J 25:163-9. 2001..Changes in housing, psychosis, substance use and therapeutic relationships predicted reunification. Results suggest that programs for homeless mothers with severe mental illness can affect changes that promote family reunification...
