Recent publications on Mental Health

Katon W. The impact of depression on workplace functioning and disability costs. Am J Managed Care. 2009;15:S322-S327. PubMed

Chan D, Cheadle AD, Reiber G, Unutzer J, Chaney EF. Health care utilization and its costs for depressed veterans with and without comorbid PTSD symptoms.  Psychiatr Serv. 2009;60(12):1612-7. PubMed

Fann JR, Fan MY, Unützer J. Improving primary care for older adults with cancer and depression. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24 Suppl 2:S417-24. PubMed

Lin EH, Rutter CM, Katon W, Heckbert SR, Ciechanowski P, Oliver MM, Ludman EJ, Young BA, Williams LH, McCulloch DK, Von Korff M. Depression and advanced complications of diabetes: a prospective cohort study.  Diabetes Care. 2010 Feb;33(2):264-9. Epub 2009 Nov 23. PubMed

Chen AW, Kazanjian A, Wong H, Reid RJ. Differences in mental health diagnoses between recent Chinese immigrants and comparison population in British Columbia. Healthc Policy. 2009 Nov;5(2):40-50. PubMed

Katon W, Russo J, Lin EH, Heckbert SR, Ciechanowski P, Ludman EJ, Von Korff M. Depression and diabetes: factors associated with major depression at five-year follow-up.  Psychosomatics. 2009;50(6):570-9. PubMed

Katon W, Russo J, Lin EH, Heckbert SR, Karter AJ, Williams LH, Ciechanowski P, Ludman E, Von Korff M. Diabetes and poor disease control: is comorbid depression associated with poor medication adherence or lack of treatment intensification?  Psychosom Med. 2009;71(9):965-72. Epub 2009 Oct 15. PubMed

Ludman EJ, Russo JE, Katon WJ, Simon GE, Williams LH, Lin EH, Heckbert SR, Ciechanowski P, Young BA. How does change in depressive symptomatology influence weight change in patients with diabetes? Observational results from the Pathways longitudinal cohort. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2010 Jan;65(1):93-8. Epub 2009 Oct 12. PubMed

Simon GE, Ludman EJ, Rutter CM. Incremental benefit and cost of telephone care management and telephone psychotherapy for depression in primary care.  Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009;66(10):1081-9. PubMed

Patel V, Simon G, Chowdhary N, Kaaya S, Araya R. Packages of care for depression in low- and middle-income countries.  PLoS Med. 2009;6(10):e1000159. Epub 2009 Oct 6. PubMed

Gensichen J, Von Korff M, Peitz M, Muth C, Beyer M, Guthlin C, Torge M, Petersen JJ, Rosemann T, Konig J, Gerlach FM. Case management for depression by health care assistants in small primary care practices: a cluster randomized trial.  Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(6):369-78. PubMed

Simon GE, Arterburn DE. Does comorbid psychiatric disorder argue for or against surgical treatment of obesity?  Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2009;31(5):401-2. Epub 2009 Jul 3. PubMed

Braden JB, Sullivan MD, Ray GT, Saunders K, Merrill J, Silverberg MJ, Rutter CM, Weisner C, Banta-Green C, Campbell C, Von Korff M. Trends in long-term opioid therapy for noncancer pain among persons with a history of depression.  Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2009;31(6):564-70. Epub 2009 Aug 27. PubMed

Simon GE, Ludman EJ. It's time for disruptive innovation in psychotherapy.  Lancet. 2009;374(9690):594-5. PubMed

Simon GE. Practical lessons from effectiveness trials of care management and psychoeducation for bipolar disorder.  J Clin Psychiatry. 2009;70(8):e28. PubMed

Widome R, Linde JA, Rohde P, Ludman EJ, Jeffery RW, Simon GE. Does the association between depression and smoking vary by body mass index (BMI) category?  Prev Med. 2009;49(5):380-3. Epub 2009 Jul 30. PubMed

Simon G. Review: second-generation antidepressants have similar effectiveness, but specific adverse effects differed.  Evid Based Med. 2009;14(3):82. PubMed

Simon GE. CBT improves maternal perinatal depression in rural Pakistan.  Evid Based Ment Health. 2009;12(2):45. PubMed

McClure JB, Swan GE, Jack L, Catz SL, Zbikowski SM, McAfee TA, Deprey M, Richards J, Javitz H. Mood, side-effects and smoking outcomes among persons with and without probable lifetime depression taking varenicline.  J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24(5):563-9. Epub 2009 Feb 24. PubMed

Lin EH, Heckbert SR, Rutter CM, Katon WJ, Ciechanowski P, Ludman EJ, Oliver M, Young BA, McCulloch DK, Von Korff M. Depression and increased mortality in diabetes: unexpected causes of death.  Ann Fam Med. 2009;7(5):414-21. PubMed