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Brief self-rated screening for depression on the Internet
Tara Donker
Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Affect Disord 122:253-9. 2010....The validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. An updated literature review
Ingvar Bjelland
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for Preventive Medicine, Haukeland Hospital, Armauer Hansen Building, University of Bergen, N 5021, Bergen, Norway
J Psychosom Res 52:69-77. 2002..To review the literature of the validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)...Validation of the Delirium Rating Scale-revised-98: comparison with the delirium rating scale and the cognitive test for delirium
P T Trzepacz
University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Sonny Montogomery Veterans Affairs Center, Jackson, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 13:229-42. 2001..The DRS-R-98 is a valid measure of delirium severity over a broad range of symptoms and is a useful diagnostic and assessment tool. The DRS-R-98 is ideal for longitudinal studies...Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of 12-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Ronald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:617-27. 2005..Little is known about the general population prevalence or severity of DSM-IV mental disorders...Screening for serious mental illness in the general population
Ronald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Suite 215, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:184-9. 2003..Public Law 102-321 established a block grant for adults with "serious mental illness" (SMI) and required the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to develop a method to estimate the prevalence of SMI...Evaluation of outcomes with citalopram for depression using measurement-based care in STAR*D: implications for clinical practice
Madhukar H Trivedi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Exchange Park Express, American General Tower, 6363 Forest Park Rd, Suite 1300, Dallas, TX 75390 9119, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:28-40. 2006....The 16-Item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS), clinician rating (QIDS-C), and self-report (QIDS-SR): a psychometric evaluation in patients with chronic major depression
A John Rush
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9086, USA
Biol Psychiatry 54:573-83. 2003..The QIDS-SR(16) has highly acceptable psychometric properties, which supports the usefulness of this brief rating of depressive symptom severity in both clinical and research settings...Effectiveness of a novel integrative online treatment for depression (Deprexis): randomized controlled trial
Björn Meyer
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistr 52, Building O59, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
J Med Internet Res 11:e15. 2009..We developed the integrative, Web-based program Deprexis, which covers therapeutic approaches such as behavioral activation, cognitive restructuring, mindfulness/acceptance exercises, and social skills training...Acute and longer-term outcomes in depressed outpatients requiring one or several treatment steps: a STAR*D report
A John Rush
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390 9086, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:1905-17. 2006..This report describes the participants and compares the acute and longer-term treatment outcomes associated with each of four successive steps in the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) trial...The Work and Social Adjustment Scale: a simple measure of impairment in functioning
James C Mundt
Healthcare Technology Systems Inc, 7617 Mineral Point Road, Suite 300, Madison, WI 53717, USA
Br J Psychiatry 180:461-4. 2002..Patients' perspectives concerning impaired functioning provide important information. AIMS; To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)...Childhood maltreatment predicts unfavorable course of illness and treatment outcome in depression: a meta-analysis
Valentina Nanni
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, MRC Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, UK
Am J Psychiatry 169:141-51. 2012..The authors conducted the first meta-analysis to examine the relationship between childhood maltreatment and these clinically relevant measures of depression...Prevention of relapse/recurrence in major depression by mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
J D Teasdale
Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
J Consult Clin Psychol 68:615-23. 2000..For patients with only 2 previous episodes, MBCT did not reduce relapse/recurrence. MBCT offers a promising cost-efficient psychological approach to preventing relapse/recurrence in recovered recurrently depressed patients...Monitoring depression treatment outcomes with the patient health questionnaire-9
Bernd Löwe
Department of General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Heidelberg University Medical Center, D 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Med Care 42:1194-201. 2004..We investigated responsiveness to treatment, reproducibility, and minimal clinically important difference of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a standard instrument for diagnosing depression in primary care...Normative data for the HADS from a large non-clinical sample
J R Crawford
Department of Psychology, King s College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 40:429-34. 2001..To provide normative data for the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)...Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Ronald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:593-602. 2005..Little is known about lifetime prevalence or age of onset of DSM-IV disorders...Neuropsychological clustering highlights cognitive differences in young people presenting with depressive symptoms
Daniel F Hermens
Clinical Research Unit, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 17:267-76. 2011..Distinct neuropsychological profiling may help to predict later psychiatric outcomes and enhance individually-tailored early intervention strategies...Prior juvenile diagnoses in adults with mental disorder: developmental follow-back of a prospective-longitudinal cohort
Julia Kim-Cohen
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, London, England
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:709-17. 2003..If most adults with mental disorders are found to have a juvenile psychiatric history, this would shift etiologic research and prevention policy to focus more on childhood mental disorders...The Composite International Diagnostic Interview. An epidemiologic Instrument suitable for use in conjunction with different diagnostic systems and in different cultures
L N Robins
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110
Arch Gen Psychiatry 45:1069-77. 1988..If all goes well, the CIDI will allow investigators reliably to assess mental disorders according to the most widely accepted nomenclatures in many different populations and cultures...Decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in major depressed patients
Felicien Karege
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Geneva University Hospitals, 2 Chemin du Petit Bel Air, CH 1225 Chene Bourg, Switzerland
Psychiatry Res 109:143-8. 2002..These results suggest that major depression is characterized by low serum BDNF levels and support the hypothesis of neurotrophic factor involvement in affective disorders...Remission in schizophrenia: proposed criteria and rationale for consensus
Nancy C Andreasen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:441-9. 2005..These criteria should facilitate research and support a positive, longer-term approach to studying outcome in patients with schizophrenia...Mapping the onset of psychosis: the Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States
Alison R Yung
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 39:964-71. 2005..This paper describes the pilot evaluation of the CAARMS...Depression screening and patient outcomes in cardiovascular care: a systematic review
Brett D Thombs
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
JAMA 300:2161-71. 2008..Several practice guidelines recommend that depression be evaluated and treated in patients with cardiovascular disease, but the potential benefits of this are unclear...The prevalence of psychological distress by cancer site
J Zabora
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Psychooncology 10:19-28. 2001..Failure to detect and treat elevated levels of distress jeopardizes the outcomes of cancer therapies, decreases patients' quality of life, and increases health care costs...Issues for DSM-V: internet addiction
Jerald J Block
Am J Psychiatry 165:306-7. 2008Reliability and validity of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID)
David V Sheehan
Depression and Anxiety Disorders Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 3515 East Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL 33613 4706, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 71:313-26. 2010....Insomnia, worry, anxiety and depression as predictors of the occurrence and persistence of paranoid thinking
Daniel Freeman
Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:1195-203. 2012..The study objective was to examine for the first time these factors as predictors of the onset of new paranoid thinking and of the persistence of existing paranoid thinking...Maternal antenatal anxiety and children's behavioural/emotional problems at 4 years. Report from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Thomas G O'Connor
Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London
Br J Psychiatry 180:502-8. 2002..Animal experiments suggest that maternal stress and anxiety during pregnancy have long-term effects on the behaviour of the offspring...What does the PANSS mean?
Stefan Leucht
Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der TU München Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaningerstr 22, 81675 Munchen, Germany
Schizophr Res 79:231-8. 2005..g. at least 20% or 50% reduction of the baseline score) are as yet unclear. We therefore compared the PANSS with simultaneous ratings of Clinical Global Impressions (CGI)...Emotional reactivity to daily life stress in psychosis
I Myin-Germeys
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, European Graduate School of Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:1137-44. 2001..Subtle alterations in the way persons interact with their environment may constitute part of the vulnerability for psychotic illness...International experiences with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale--a review of validation data and clinical results
C Herrmann
Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Gottingen, Germany
J Psychosom Res 42:17-41. 1997..It is sensitive to changes both during the course of diseases and in response to psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological intervention. Finally, HADS scores predict psychosocial and possibly also physical outcome...A Norwegian psychiatric epidemiological study
E Kringlen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway
Am J Psychiatry 158:1091-8. 2001..The rates for women are higher than those for men for all diagnostic categories, except for alcohol and drug abuse/dependence...Prevalence and co-occurrence of substance use disorders and independent mood and anxiety disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Bridget F Grant
Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biometry, Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 9304, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:807-16. 2004..Uncertainties exist about the prevalence and comorbidity of substance use disorders and independent mood and anxiety disorders...Failure and delay in initial treatment contact after first onset of mental disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Philip S Wang
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:603-13. 2005..An understudied crucial step in the help-seeking process is making prompt initial contact with a treatment provider after first onset of a mental disorder...Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale: factor structure, item analyses and internal consistency in a large population
A Mykletun
Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Br J Psychiatry 179:540-4. 2001....Prevalence, correlates, disability, and comorbidity of DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence in the United States: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Deborah S Hasin
Mailman School of Public Health, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:830-42. 2007..Epidemiologic information is important to inform etiological research and service delivery planning. However, current information on the epidemiology of alcohol use disorders in the United States is lacking...Internet-based self-help for depression: randomised controlled trial
Gerhard Andersson
Department of Behavioural Sciences, Linkoping University, SE 581 83 Linkoping, Sweden
Br J Psychiatry 187:456-61. 2005..Many individuals with depression use the internet for discussion of symptoms and to share their experience...Prevalence and correlates of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: meta-analysis
Viktoria Simon
Semmelweis University Budapest, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Balassa u 6, Budapest H 1083, Hungary
Br J Psychiatry 194:204-11. 2009..In spite of the growing literature about adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), relatively little is known about the prevalence and correlates of this disorder...Toward a clinical model of suicidal behavior in psychiatric patients
J J Mann
Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the Study of Suicidal Behavior, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:181-9. 1999....Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnoses
Robert Kendell
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Am J Psychiatry 160:4-12. 2003..The meaning of the terms "validity" and "utility" as they apply to psychiatric diagnoses is examined...Cohort study of depressed mood during pregnancy and after childbirth
J Evans
Division of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS2 8DZ
BMJ 323:257-60. 2001..To follow mothers' mood through pregnancy and after childbirth and compare reported symptoms of depression at each stage...Prevalence, correlates, disability, and comorbidity of DSM-IV drug abuse and dependence in the United States: results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions
Wilson M Compton
Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 9304, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:566-76. 2007..Current and comprehensive information on the epidemiology of DSM-IV 12-month and lifetime drug use disorders in the United States has not been available...Towards a standardised brief outcome measure: psychometric properties and utility of the CORE-OM
Chris Evans
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, Tavistock Centre, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 180:51-60. 2002..An acceptable, standardised outcome measure to assess efficacy and effectiveness is needed across multiple disciplines offering psychological therapies...Association between duration of untreated psychosis and outcome in cohorts of first-episode patients: a systematic review
Max Marshall
Division of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:975-83. 2005..It has been postulated that a longer DUP leads to a poorer prognosis. If so, outcome might be improved through earlier detection and treatment...Mismatch negativity in chronic schizophrenia and first-episode schizophrenia
Dean F Salisbury
Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:686-94. 2002..The MMN is reported to be reduced in patients with chronic schizophrenia. However, it is unknown whether MMN is reduced in patients with first-episode schizophrenia (at first hospitalization)...The expert consensus guideline series: adherence problems in patients with serious and persistent mental illness
Dawn I Velligan
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 70:1-46; quiz 47-8. 2009..Poor adherence to medication treatment can have devastating consequences for patients with mental illness. The goal of this project was to develop recommendations for addressing adherence problems to improve patient outcomes...Prevalence and characteristics of undiagnosed bipolar disorders in patients with a major depressive episode: the BRIDGE study
Jules Angst
The University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:791-8. 2011..Many patients with major depressive episodes who have an underlying but unrecognized bipolar disorder receive pharmacologic treatment with ineffective regimens that do not include mood stabilizers...Diagnostic crossover in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: implications for DSM-V
Kamryn T Eddy
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2 Longfellow Place, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02214, USA
Am J Psychiatry 165:245-50. 2008..This study was designed to examine diagnostic crossover longitudinally in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa to inform the validity of the DSM-IV-TR eating disorders classification system...Subthreshold depression in adolescence and mental health outcomes in adulthood
David M Fergusson
Christchurch Health and Development Study, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:66-72. 2005..There is increasing interest in the extent to which individuals with subthreshold depression face increased risks of subsequent major depression and other disorders...IDO and interferon-alpha-induced depressive symptoms: a shift in hypothesis from tryptophan depletion to neurotoxicity
M C Wichers
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Mol Psychiatry 10:538-44. 2005....A parent-report measure of children's anxiety: psychometric properties and comparison with child-report in a clinic and normal sample
Maaike H Nauta
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Behav Res Ther 42:813-39. 2004..The SCAS-P is recommended as a screening instrument for normal children and as a diagnostic instrument in clinical settings...The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Ronald C Kessler
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:716-23. 2006..Despite growing interest in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), little is known about its prevalence or correlates...Atypical antipsychotic augmentation in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials
J Craig Nelson
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Ave, Box 0984 F, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Psychiatry 166:980-91. 2009..The authors sought to determine by meta-analysis the efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive atypical antipsychotic agents in major depressive disorder...Predictors of relapse following response from a first episode of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
D Robinson
Department of Psychiatry, Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:241-7. 1999..We examined relapse after response to a first episode of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder...Concordance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) with standardized clinical assessments in the WHO World Mental Health surveys
Josep Maria Haro
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 15:167-80. 2006..The validity of the CIDI is likely to be under-estimated in these comparisons due to the fact that the reliability of the SCID diagnoses, which is presumably less than perfect, sets a ceiling on maximum CIDI-SCID concordance...Guided and unguided self-help for social anxiety disorder: randomised controlled trial
Tomas Furmark
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, SE 751 42 Uppsala, Sweden
Br J Psychiatry 195:440-7. 2009..Internet-delivered self-help programmes with added therapist guidance have shown efficacy in social anxiety disorder, but unguided self-help has been insufficiently studied...How different are girls and boys above and below the diagnostic threshold for autism spectrum disorders?
Katharina Dworzynski
National Clinical Guideline Centre, Royal College of Physicians, UK
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 51:788-97. 2012....Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): a replication study
B Birmaher
Division of Child Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 38:1230-6. 1999..To replicate and extend work on the psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), a child and parent self-report instrument used to screen for children with anxiety disorders...Cognitive improvement after treatment with second-generation antipsychotic medications in first-episode schizophrenia: is it a practice effect?
Terry E Goldberg
Zucker Hillside Hospital, 7559 263rd Street, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1115-22. 2007..However, none of these studies included healthy controls undergoing repeated testing to assess the possibility that improvements might reflect simple practice effects...Development and validation of a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder: the Mood Disorder Questionnaire
R M Hirschfeld
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical Branch, the University of Texas at Galveston 77555 01888, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:1873-5. 2000..This report describes the validation of a new brief self-report screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorders called the Mood Disorder Questionnaire...A comparison of psychometric properties between internet and paper versions of two depression instruments (BDI-II and MADRS-S) administered to clinic patients
Fredrik Holländare
School of Health and Medical Sciences, Psychiatric Research Centre, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
J Med Internet Res 12:e49. 2010..The recommendation from the International Test Commission is to test the psychometric properties of each questionnaire separately...Duration mismatch negativity and P3a in first-episode psychosis and individuals at ultra-high risk of psychosis
Rebbekah J Atkinson
Priority Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
Biol Psychiatry 71:98-104. 2012....Therapist-delivered Internet psychotherapy for depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial
David Kessler
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, NIHR National School for Primary Care Research, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Lancet 374:628-34. 2009..We investigated the effectiveness of CBT delivered online in real time by a therapist for patients with depression in primary care...A comparison of the efficacy of medications for adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder using meta-analysis of effect sizes
Stephen V Faraone
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 71:754-63. 2010....Cognitive--behavioural therapy and family intervention for relapse prevention and symptom reduction in psychosis: randomised controlled trial
Philippa A Garety
Department of Psychology, PO77, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 192:412-23. 2008..Family intervention reduces relapse rates in psychosis. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) improves positive symptoms but effects on relapse rates are not established...NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV (NIMH DISC-IV): description, differences from previous versions, and reliability of some common diagnoses
D Shaffer
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 39:28-38. 2000..The interview is available in both English and Spanish versions...Assessing remission in major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder clinical trials with the discan metric of the Sheehan disability scale
David V Sheehan
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 26:75-83. 2011..The study shows that functional remission does not always move in tandem with symptom remission and provides useful anchor points or rules of thumb for evaluating symptomatic and functional remission in MDD and GAD...A population-based longitudinal study of risk factors for suicide attempts in major depressive disorder
James M Bolton
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
J Psychiatr Res 44:817-26. 2010..43; 95% CI 1.93-10.18). These findings suggest that mental illness comorbidity confers an increased risk of future suicide attempts in major depressive disorder that is not solely accounted for by past suicidal behavior...Internet-based treatment of depression: a randomized controlled trial comparing guided with unguided self-help
Thomas Berger
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Cogn Behav Ther 40:251-66. 2011..However, all participants were interviewed in a structured diagnostic telephone interview before inclusion, which prohibits conclusions regarding unguided treatments that are without any human contact...Anticipatory and consummatory components of the experience of pleasure in schizophrenia: cross-cultural validation and extension
Raymond C K Chan
Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Psychiatry Res 175:181-3. 2010..Greater pleasure deficits were correlated with more severe positive and negative symptoms...Internet addiction: a descriptive clinical study focusing on comorbidities and dissociative symptoms
Silvia Bernardi
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Manhattan, NY, USA
Compr Psychiatry 50:510-6. 2009..The detachment has been suggested as a reason for the attractiveness of the Internet; thus, we assessed dissociative symptoms and their association with IAD disability...Brain metabolic alterations in medication-free patients with bipolar disorder
Stephen R Dager
Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:450-8. 2004..Bipolar disorder (BD) has substantial morbidity and incompletely understood neurobiological underpinnings...Recurrence after recovery from major depressive disorder during 15 years of observational follow-up
T I Mueller
NIMH Collaborative Program on the Psychobiology of Depression Clinical Studies, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:1000-6. 1999....Targeting reasoning biases in delusions: a pilot study of the Maudsley Review Training Programme for individuals with persistent, high conviction delusions
Helen Waller
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, P O Box P077, 16 De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 42:414-21. 2011..Controlled studies powered to detect changes in key outcomes are warranted in order to evaluate the efficacy of the programme...Longitudinal study of earthquake-related PTSD in a randomly selected community sample in north China
X Wang
Institute of Mental Health, Beijing Medical University, China
Am J Psychiatry 157:1260-6. 2000..The effects of diagnostic criteria on the frequency of detected PTSD were also examined...The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for detection of major depressive disorder in primary care: consequences of current thresholds in a crosssectional study
Nicolaas P A Zuithoff
University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, The Netherlands
BMC Fam Pract 11:98. 2010..In this study, we present the reliability, construct validity and accuracy of the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 to detect major depressive disorder in primary care...Toward the next generation of negative symptom assessments: the collaboration to advance negative symptom assessment in schizophrenia
Jack J Blanchard
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 4411, USA
Schizophr Bull 37:291-9. 2011..The CAINS is being developed within a data-driven iterative process that seeks to ensure the measure's reliability, validity, and utility for both basic psychopathology and treatment development research...Low brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in serum of depressed patients probably results from lowered platelet BDNF release unrelated to platelet reactivity
Felicien Karege
Service of Neuropsychiatry, Geneva University Hospitals Belle Idée, Chêne Bourg Geneva, Switzerland
Biol Psychiatry 57:1068-72. 2005..Decreased serum BDNF levels have been reported in major depression, but the cause of this decrease has not yet been investigated. The goal of this study was to assess blood BDNF and a platelet activation index, PF4...Population level of unmet need for mental healthcare in Europe
Jordi Alonso
Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d Investigacio Medica, Carrer del Doctor Aiguader, 88 E 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Br J Psychiatry 190:299-306. 2007..The high prevalence of mental disorders has fuelled controversy about the need for mental health services...Reliability and validity of Japanese version of the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview
Tempei Otsubo
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 59:517-26. 2005..Overall, the results suggest that the MINI Japanese version succeeds in reliably and validly eliciting symptom criteria used in making DSM-III-R diagnoses, and can be performed in less than half the time required for the SCID-P...Reasoning, emotions, and delusional conviction in psychosis
Philippa A Garety
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, England
J Abnorm Psychol 114:373-84. 2005..Emotional states were not associated with the reasoning processes investigated. Anxiety, but not depression, made an independent contribution to delusional conviction...[The MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. A brief structured diagnostic psychiatric interview for DSM-IV en ICD-10 psychiatric disorders]
I M van Vliet
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, RC Leiden
Tijdschr Psychiatr 49:393-7. 2007..Initial experiences and results with the MINI-Plus in a selected group of Dutch psychiatric patients are described...Depression and socio-economic risk factors: 7-year longitudinal population study
Vincent Lorant
Public Health School, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium and Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Psychiatry 190:293-8. 2007..Low socio-economic status is associated with a higher prevalence of depression, but it is not yet known whether change in socio-economic status leads to a change in rates of depression...The criterion validity of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) in a sample of self-referred elders with depressive symptomatology
R Haringsma
Section of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:558-63. 2004..The criterion validity of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D) was assessed in a group of elderly Dutch community-residents who were self-referred to a prevention program for depression...Psychosis prediction: 12-month follow up of a high-risk ("prodromal") group
Alison R Yung
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Schizophr Res 60:21-32. 2003..The findings support the development of more specific preventive strategies targeting the prodromal phase for some individuals at ultra high risk of schizophrenia...Regional gray matter volume abnormalities in the at risk mental state
Stefan J Borgwardt
Psychiatric Outpatient Department, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Biol Psychiatry 61:1148-56. 2007..We addressed this issue by studying gray matter volume in this group with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...Cognitive therapy vs interpersonal psychotherapy in social anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial
Ulrich Stangier
Department of Psychology, University of Frankfurt, Varrentrappstr 40 42, D 60054 Frankfurt, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:692-700. 2011..Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) aims to change problematic interpersonal behavior patterns that may have an important role in the maintenance of SAD. No direct comparisons of the treatments for SAD in an outpatient setting exist...Test-retest reliability of anxiety symptoms and diagnoses with the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: child and parent versions
W K Silverman
Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 40:937-44. 2001..To examine the test-retest reliability of the DSM-IV anxiety symptoms and disorders in children with the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Child and Parent Versions (ADIS for DSM-IV:C/P)...Stability of mismatch negativity deficits and their relationship to functional impairments in chronic schizophrenia
Gregory A Light
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 0804, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1741-3. 2005....Use of FMRI to predict recovery from unipolar depression with cognitive behavior therapy
Greg J Siegle
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2593, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:735-8. 2006..In controlled treatment trials, 40%-60% of unmedicated depressed individuals respond to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). The authors examined whether pretreatment neural reactivity to emotional stimuli accounted for this variation...Computerised cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression: systematic review
Eva Kaltenthaler
ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK
Br J Psychiatry 193:181-4. 2008..Computerised cognitive-behavioural therapy (CCBT) is used for treating depression and provides a potentially useful alternative to therapist cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)...A multidimensional meta-analysis of psychotherapy for PTSD
Rebekah Bradley
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:214-27. 2005..The authors present a multidimensional meta-analysis of studies published between 1980 and 2003 on psychotherapy for PTSD...Frontal responses during learning predict vulnerability to the psychotogenic effects of ketamine: linking cognition, brain activity, and psychosis
Philip R Corlett
Brain Mapping Unit, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:611-21. 2006..Establishing a neurobiological account of delusion formation that links cognitive processes, brain activity, and symptoms is important to furthering our understanding of psychosis...Clinician-administered PTSD scale: a review of the first ten years of research
F W Weathers
Department of Psychology, 226 Thach Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 5214, USA
Depress Anxiety 13:132-56. 2001..Finally, we address several concerns about the CAPS and offer recommendations for optimizing the CAPS for various clinical research applications...Evidence-based guidelines for management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adolescents in transition to adult services and in adults: recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology
D J Nutt
Psychopharmacology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, and Bethlem Royal Hospital, Kent, UK
J Psychopharmacol 21:10-41. 2007..We hope that, by the time these guidelines are updated, much evidence will be available to address the many directions for future research that are detailed here...Epidemiology of major depressive disorder: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcoholism and Related Conditions
Deborah S Hasin
Mailman School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:1097-106. 2005..DESIGN/SETTING/ PARTICIPANTS: Face-to-face survey of more than 43 000 adults aged 18 years and older residing in households and group quarters in the United States...The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: Update 2010 on the treatment of acute bipolar depression
Heinz Grunze
Newcastle University, RVI, Division of Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
World J Biol Psychiatry 11:81-109. 2010..Their purpose is to supply a systematic overview of all scientific evidence pertaining to the treatment of acute bipolar depression in adults...Disrupted prediction-error signal in psychosis: evidence for an associative account of delusions
P R Corlett
Brain Mapping Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
Brain 130:2387-400. 2007..Our results support a neurobiological theory of delusion formation that implicates aberrant prediction-error signalling, disrupted attentional allocation and associative learning in the formation of delusional beliefs...Depression and anxiety as predictors of 2-year cardiac events in patients with stable coronary artery disease
Nancy Frasure-Smith
Department of Psychiatry and School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:62-71. 2008..Anxiety and depression are associated with mechanisms that promote atherosclerosis. Most recent studies of emotional disturbances in coronary artery disease (CAD) have focused on depression only...Long-term safety and effectiveness of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in adults with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder
Richard Weisler
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
CNS Spectr 14:573-85. 2009..To evaluate the long-term safety and effectiveness of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) in the treatment of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...Cognitive behavioural treatment of insomnia in individuals with persistent persecutory delusions: a pilot trial
Elissa Myers
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 42:330-6. 2011....Early response to antipsychotic drug therapy as a clinical marker of subsequent response in the treatment of schizophrenia
Bruce J Kinon
Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 35:581-90. 2010....
Research Grants
- Pramipexole in Treatment-Resistant DepressionRoy Perlis; Fiscal Year: 2007..The proposed investigation and training program will provide critical skills, experience and data to aid the candidate in writing an R01 and becoming an independent investigator. ..
- PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF TARDIVE DYSKINESIA DEVELOPMENTJohn Kane; Fiscal Year: 2001..This strategy will provide a rapid and cost-effective answer to a critical question. ..
- LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW UP OF ADHD GIRLS AND THEIR SIBLINGSJoseph Biederman; Fiscal Year: 2002....
- Course of Functional Deficits in Late-Life SchizophreniaPhilip Harvey; Fiscal Year: 2007..unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Computerized Decision Support System for DepressionMadhukar Trivedi; Fiscal Year: 2007..Comparisons will be made between CDSS-D, PPA-D, and UC-D. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Bupropion VS Placebo to Treat Pathological GamblingDonald Black; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- Treatment with Exercise Augmentation for DepressionMadhukar Trivedi; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- MOLECULAR GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIADonald Black; Fiscal Year: 2006..The goal of the study is to identify one or more SZ susceptibility genes whose subsequent characterization inmolecular and functional studies will elucidate the pathophysiology and treatment of SZ. ..
- A Family-Genetic Study of Pathological GamblingDonald Black; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..
- A Cognitive Group Treatment for Borderline OutpatientsDonald Black; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
- REVAMP Follow-UpMadhukar Trivedi; Fiscal Year: 2008....
- Collaborative Pediatric Bipolar Disorder ConferenceJoseph Biederman; Fiscal Year: 2007..While the proposed conference does not intend to solve all outstanding problems associated with pediatric bipolar disorder, it will provide a forum to begin formulating a solution. ..
- Norepinephrine and ImpulsivityAlan Swann; Fiscal Year: 2009..The results of these experiments may suggest means for monitoring risk for impulsive behavior and for a rational treatment schema for impulsivity. ..
- Risk Factors and the Neurobiologic Substrate of FrailtyAron Buchman; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..
- PREVENTION OF CIGARETTE SMOKING IN ADHD YOUTHJoseph Biederman; Fiscal Year: 2001..Since there are estimated to be 3.5 million children with ADHD and 20% have been shown to be smokers, targeting this group could potentially impact 700,000 children and adolescents. ..
- Course of psychopathology in female youth: Analysis with extant longitudinal dataJoseph Biederman; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Treatment of Major DepressionDavid Mischoulon; Fiscal Year: 2010..e. integrates biological findings with treatment in order to have a direct impact on the clinical practice of psychiatry. ..
- Adult Outcome of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderJoseph Biederman; Fiscal Year: 2007..For these reasons, we expect the proposed work to clarify the course and outcome of ADHD. ..
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Treatment of DepressionDavid Mischoulon; Fiscal Year: 2005..It is hoped that this project will provide the critical fund of basic knowledge and practical experience necessary to aid the candidate in becoming an independent investigator. ..
- Social Information Processing: Assessment DevelopmentEMIL COCCARO; Fiscal Year: 2007..Development of such measures is critical for the further scientific study of SIP and for its integration in neurobiologhical research. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pathological GamblingJon Grant; Fiscal Year: 2008..This award would provide me with the necessary background for further studies in the treatment of pathological gambling and the training for an independent patient-oriented research career. ..
- CLINICAL INVESTIGATOR TRAINING ENHANCEMENT: CITE PROGRAMKurt Kroenke; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- TeleCare Management of Pain and Depression in CancerKurt Kroenke; Fiscal Year: 2009..Furthermore, if proven effective for depression and pain, TCM could readily be expanded to reducing barriers and improving care of other cancer-related symptoms. ..
- Stepped Care for Depression and Musculoskeletal PainKurt Kroenke; Fiscal Year: 2007..Longitudinal assessment of the nondepressed cohort will establish the frequency and risk factors for incident depression. ..
- Bipolar Statistical Summit:Methodologies to Advance Long Term Intervention TrialsCharles Bowden; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Improving Outcomes in Pharmacotherapy of Social PhobiaMichael Van Ameringen; Fiscal Year: 2009..It thus directly addresses a critical public health issue that adversely affects a substantial proportion of the population. ..
- rTMS Clinical Trial for Auditory HallucinationsRALPH EDWARD HOFFMAN; Fiscal Year: 2010..This study will provide critical information regarding positioning strategies that optimize rTMS for AHs, as well as new insights regarding underlying pathophysiology. ..
- Genetic Determinants of Brain Structure and Disease Risk in SchizophreniaThomas H Wassink; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Incentive-Based Intervention for Smoking Cessation and Prevention in High SchoolsSuchitra Krishnan Sarin; Fiscal Year: 2010..This intervention could provide a cost-effective method to reach and motivate a large number of adolescents to not use tobacco products. ..
- Treatment of Early-Age ManiaDavid Axelson; Fiscal Year: 2008..The chief study statistician, Dr. Satish lyengar is subcontracted to the coordinating site at Washington U in St. Louis and Dr. Philip Lavori is a major consultant for statistical analyses. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in ChildrenMichael Scheeringa; Fiscal Year: 2008..We will measure the change in children's symptoms, and change in parents' symptoms and distress levels, in addition to the adaptation and implementation measures from Phase 1. ..
- Neurobiology of MIF in development and diseaseBradley Pearce; Fiscal Year: 2007..Besides schizophrenia, these studies could provide insight into Parkinson's disease, and maternal mental illnesses. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- SPECT Brain Imaging as a Biomarker of Major DepressionJay Amsterdam; Fiscal Year: 2007..We will compare these results to measurements of striatal DAT levels in 22 non-depressed, healthy subjects studied under similar conditions with [99mTc]TRODAT-1 SPECT on two separate occasions 8 weeks apart. ..
- DEVELOPMENT OF ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE IN ADHD ADOLESCENTSBrooke Molina; Fiscal Year: 2007..g., alcohol expectancies, motives, peer substance use and attitudes, parental drinking, and family history of alcoholism). ..
- Cognitive Behavioral Skills Training for SchizophreniaEric Granholm; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Frontal function in Adolescent Cannabis Use DisordersMICHAEL DE BELLIS; Fiscal Year: 2009..This proposal has public health significance because we will comprehensively evaluate the effects of marijuana on adolescent brain and cognitive development, an understudied area. ..
- Breast cancer risk, distress, and biased cognitive processing of cancer wordsBonnie McGregor; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- A Pilot Smoking Cessation Study for Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer PatientsElyse Park; Fiscal Year: 2008..We propose to assess the efficacy and potential feasibility of a combined behavioral and pharmacological treatment program that is integrated into the thoracic oncology setting. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Cognitive Therapy for the Prevention of SuicideAaron Beck; Fiscal Year: 2008..The Center utilizes a multidisciplinary team of investigators and stakeholders to generate and disseminate new treatments for suicidal individuals and translate these findings into practice. ..
- Genetic Associations with Biased Processing of Emotion Cues in MDDCHRISTOPHER BEEVERS; Fiscal Year: 2009..Thus, the proposed study should advance our knowledge of the etiological and maintenance processes for MDD and provide specific direction for the design of treatment programs for this serious psychiatric problem. ..
- The Functional Neuroanatomy of Acute Nicotinic Modulation of Impulsivity in WomenAlexandra Potter; Fiscal Year: 2008..This model may be useful for the examination of other drugs of abuse. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Mental Health and the Transition to AdulthoodJane D McLeod; Fiscal Year: 2010..The results of the analyses will inform general theoretical debates regarding developmental continuity and discontinuity, as well as the design of effective interventions for troubled youth. ..
- Mechanisms and Moderators of Behavior Change in Alcoholics AnonymousJohn Kelly; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Navajo Bone Health StudyMaureen Murtaugh; Fiscal Year: 2009..This study is an important first step in surveillance of bone health of Navajo American Indians and make efficient use of the Navajo EARTH Cohort Study which is currently in the field. ..
- Family-to-Family: Psychoeducation to Improve Children's Outcomes in HIV+ FamiliesLi Li; Fiscal Year: 2009..HIV+ parent's and family caregivers'health mental health, parenting skills, and family bonds are intermediate outcomes. ..
- COMT genotype and response to cognitive remediation in schizophreniaJean Pierre Lindenmayer; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Validation of the EARTH Study Diet History QuestionnaireMaureen Murtaugh; Fiscal Year: 2007..traditional). [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Smoking Cessation for Head and Neck Cancer PatientsRobert Schnoll; Fiscal Year: 2006..In turn, our findings may help guide the implementation of smoking cessation treatments for all cancer patients within Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the US. ..
- RESPONSE VARIABILITY IN TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSIONIan Cook; Fiscal Year: 2006..Secondary analyses will use general linear models and growth mixture modeling to examine how early cordance changes relate to patient and illness factors and to functional outcomes. [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- CHILD NEGLECT--PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCESMICHAEL DE BELLIS; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- A Telephone Intervention for Dementia CaregiversGeoffrey Tremont; Fiscal Year: 2004..It is hypothesized that the intervention will result in reduced caregiver burden and emotional distress, as well as improved quality of life and family functioning and increased use of community resources. ..
- STATISTICAL METHODS IN LONGITUDINAL STUDIES OF DEMENTIASujuan Gao; Fiscal Year: 2003..The applicant states that the methods developed in this proposal are widely applicable to other epidemiological studies using longitudinal two-phase sampling designs. ..
- CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DEMENTIA IN GENERAL PRACTICEMary Ganguli; Fiscal Year: 2003..They will also assist in formulating appropriate policies and guidelines for early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of excess disability. ..
- TREATMENT OF PANIC DISORDER--LONG TERM STRATEGIESScott Woods; Fiscal Year: 2003..Thus, we are proposing to add these aims. ..
- NEURAL NETWORK STABILITY AND VARIABILITY IN NORMAL AGINGDarren Gitelman; Fiscal Year: 2003..The skills and experience acquired during this project should allow Dr. Gitelman to become an independent investigator in cognitive neuroscience specializing in applications related to functional neuroimaging. ..
- PREVENTION OF SUICIDE IN THE ELDERLYGeorge Alexopoulos; Fiscal Year: 2002..Data will also be collected to document the impact of intervention on patient care, and on physician knowledge, attitudes, and satisfaction and test hypotheses derived from preliminary studies of the three IRCs. ..
- YOUTH PARTNERS IN CARE: DEPRESSION & QUALITY IMPROVEMENTJoan Asarnow; Fiscal Year: 2002..The study has an interdisciplinary team including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, primary care clinicians, statisticians, sociologists, and economists. ..
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BRAIN ABNORMALITIES IN FEBRILE SEIZURESDale Hesdorffer; Fiscal Year: 2002..Answers to these questions may improve the clinical management of subgroups of children at risk for long-term disability so that future at-risk children can benefit from early interventions. ..
- Black cohosh therapy for menopause-related anxietyJay Amsterdam; Fiscal Year: 2006..We hypothesize that Black Cohosh will result in superior QOL measures compared to placebo. ..
- Quantifying the Value of Value-Based PurchasingRonald Kessler; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- Coping with the Threat of TerrorBrett Litz; Fiscal Year: 2007..Our results will provide tools to study the way people cope with unprecedented worries about future terror, which will greatly enhance the public health response to terror. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Bipolar Disorder, Subjectivity and Treatment AdherenceMartha Sajatovic; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- 9/11: Persistent Mental Health Impact on WTC SurvivorsCarol North; Fiscal Year: 2007..They will inform the development and implementation of interventions aimed at restoration of individuals to fuller function in the post disaster workplace and at home with their families. ..
- CLOZAPINE AND OLANZAPINE IN VIOLENT SCHIZOPHRENICSMenahem Krakowski; Fiscal Year: 2003..e. ability to utilize environmental feedback, impulsivity, and psychosis. Similar to the outcome measures, these symptoms will improve more with CLO than OLZ and more with OLZ than HAL. ..
- Integration of Stress and Reproductive Axes by DopamineSimon Evans; Fiscal Year: 2007..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Community Based Cognitive Therapy for Suicide AttemptersAaron Beck; Fiscal Year: 2007..Successful outcomes will be of considerable public health significance and will warrant implementing such treatment in the community in order to reduce suicidal behavior. ..
- PATHWAYS TO OVERCOMING DISPARITIES IN DEPRESSIONKenneth Wells; Fiscal Year: 2007..The continuation application uses mixed methods and the investigators are an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, anthropologists, sociologists, statisticians, and cultural experts. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- DRUG SENSITIVITY IN ELDERLY PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTSIan Cook; Fiscal Year: 2002..Cook will be well prepared to undertake independent and collaborative investigations, to expand his teaching roles, and to play a role in bridging basic science and clinical research within the Department. ..
- New Intervention for Geriatric Anxiety in Primary CareJULIE WETHERELL; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Treatment of Separation Anxiety Disorder in ChildhoodDONNA PINCUS; Fiscal Year: 2006..This project will provide the applicant with a solid foundation of skills for the continued development of innovative, empirically validated interventions for children with anxiety disorders and their families. ..
- The Antecedents and Implications of Intergroup AnxietyE Plant; Fiscal Year: 2002..abstract_text> ..
- Follow-up of the PATS SampleTimothy Wigal; Fiscal Year: 2008..Aim 4 is to determine the stability of the ADHD diagnosis and other comorbidities made for study entry at age 3-5 years across subsequent development [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Risk Factors for Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid AbuseHARRISON POPE; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Delivering Effective Primary Care to Older AdultsElizabeth Phelan; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center-IIKaren Matthews; Fiscal Year: 2008..Support-in-kind from the host institutions will enable us to leverage the funds provided by the RFA to expand Center activities that would not otherwise be possible. ..
- Hearing Loss and Quality of Life of Children and YouthDonald Patrick; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- HIV Neuroprotection WorkshopJoseph Berger; Fiscal Year: 2004..The proposed conference is the first of its kind to highlight neuroprotection in HIV CNS and PNS disorders. By coupling this meeting with the International Symposium on Neurovirology this synergy can be exploited. ..
- Quality of Life of Overweight Youth: Multicultural ViewDonald Patrick; Fiscal Year: 2008..unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Child Psychopathology and Risk for Drug Use DisordersNAOMI MARMORSTEIN; Fiscal Year: 2004..These hypotheses will be examined using survival analyses, odds ratios, logistic regression, and hierarchical linear modeling; the correlated nature of the twin data used in this study will be statistically controlled. ..
- TARDIVE DYSKINESIA INCIDENCE AND ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICScott Woods; Fiscal Year: 2004..The existence of a previous sample at the same site provides a useful additional comparison group. Methods including sample ascertainment and TD assessment are closely modeled after the original work. ..
- Quality Life Among Youth with Craniofacial ConditionsDonald Patrick; Fiscal Year: 2004..S., and one in the United Kingdom. Adolescents and their parents will complete questionnaires at baseline, and gain at 1-2 year clinical follow-up. ..