Recent publications on Mental Health

Alonso J, Buron A, Bruffaerts R, He Y, Posada-Villa J, Lepine JP, Angermeyer MC, Levinson D, de Girolamo G, Tachimori H, Mneimneh ZN, Medina-Mora ME, Ormel J, Scott KM, Gureje O, Haro JM, Gluzman S, Lee S, Vilagut G, Kessler RC, Von Korff M. Association of perceived stigma and mood and anxiety disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys.  Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2008;118(4):305-14. Epub 2008 Aug 26. PubMed

Richardson LP, Russo JE, Lozano P, McCauley E, Katon W. The effect of comorbid anxiety and depressive disorders on health care utilization and costs among adolescents with asthma.  Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008;30(5):398-406. Epub 2008 Aug 3. PubMed

Simon G. Review: paroxetine and placebo do not differ for treatment discontinuation in major depression.  Evid Based Med. 2008;13(4):110. PubMed

Von Korff M, Crane PK, Alonso J, Vilagut G, Angermeyer MC, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, Gureje O, de Graaf R, Huang Y, Iwata N, Karam EG, Kovess V, Lara C, Levinson D, Posada-Villa J, Scott KM, Ormel J. Modified WHODAS-II provides valid measure of global disability but filter items increased skewness.  J Clin Epidemiol. 2008;61(11):1132-43. Epub 2008 Jul 10. PubMed

Gates GA, Anderson ML, Feeney MP, McCurry SM, Larson EB. Central auditory dysfunction in older persons with memory impairment or Alzheimer dementia.  Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;134(7):771-7. PubMed

Zatzick DF, Jurkovich GJ, Fan MY, Grossman D, Russo J, Katon W, Rivara FP. Association between posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms and functional outcomes in adolescents followed up longitudinally after injury hospitalization.  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(7):642-8. PubMed

Katon WJ, Russo JE, Von Korff M, Lin EH, Ludman E, Ciechanowski PS. Long-term effects on medical costs of improving depression outcomes in patients with depression and diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(6):1155-9. Epub 2008 Mar 10. PubMed

Nguyen HQ, Koepsell T, Unutzer J, Larson E, Logerfo JP. Depression and use of a health plan-sponsored physical activity program by older adults.  Am J Prev Med. 2008;35(2):111-7. Epub 2008 Jun 11. PubMed

Unutzer J, Hantke M, Powers D, Higa L, Lin E, D Vannoy S, Thielke S, Fan MY. Care management for depression and osteoarthritis pain in older primary care patients: a pilot study.  Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2008;23(11):1166-71. PubMed

Scott KM, Von Korff M, Alonso J, Angermeyer M, Bromet EJ, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Fernandez A, Gureje O, He Y, Kessler RC, Kovess V, Levinson D, Medina-Mora ME, Mneimneh Z, Oakley Browne MA, Posada-Villa J, Tachimori H, Williams D. Age patterns in the prevalence of DSM-IV depressive/anxiety disorders with and without physical co-morbidity.  Psychol Med. 2008;38(11):1659-69. Epub 2008 May 19. PubMed

Ormel J, Petukhova M, Chatterji S, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Angermeyer MC, Bromet EJ, Burger H, Demyttenaere K, de Girolamo G, Haro JM, Hwang I, Karam E, Kawakami N, Lepine JP, Medina-Mora ME, Posada-Villa J, Sampson N, Scott K, Ustun TB, Von Korff M, Williams DR, Zhang M, Kessler RC. Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the world.  Br J Psychiatry. 2008;192:368-75. PubMed

Bonomi AE, Kernic MA, Anderson ML, Cannon EA, Slesnick N. Use of brief tools to measure depressive symptoms in women with a history of intimate partner violence.  Nurs Res. 2008;57(3):150-6. PubMed

Seelig M, Katon W. Gaps in depression care: why occupational and environmental physicians should hone their depression screening, diagnosis and management skills. J Occup Environ Med. 2008;50(4):451-8. PubMed

Katon W, Russo J, Richardson L, McCauley E, Lozano P. Anxiety and depression screening for youth in a primary care population.  Ambul Pediatr. 2008;8(3):182-8. Epub 2008 Apr 11. PubMed

Wang PS, Simon GE, Kessler RC. Making the business case for enhanced depression care: the National Institute of Mental Health-Harvard work outcomes research and cost-effectiveness study. J Occup Environ Med. 2008;50(4):468-475. PubMed

Scott KM, Von Korff M, Alonso J, Angermeyer MC, Bromet E, Fayyad J, de Girolamo G, Demyttenaere K, Gasquet I, Gureje O, Haro JM, He Y, Kessler RC, Levinson D, Medina Mora ME, Oakley Browne M, Ormel J, Posada-Villa J, Watanabe M, Williams D. Mental-physical co-morbidity and its relationship with disability: results from the World Mental Health Surveys.  Psychol Med. 2009;39(1):33-43. Epub 2008 Mar 26. PubMed

Comtois KA, Schiff MA, Grossman DC. Psychiatric risk factors associated with postpartum suicide attempt in Washington State, 1992-2001.  Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;199(2):120.e1-5. Epub 2008 Mar 20. PubMed

He Y, Zhang M, Lin EH, Bruffaerts R, Posada-Villa J, Angermeyer MC, Levinson D, de Girolamo G, Uda H, Mneimneh Z, Benjet C, Graaf RD, Scott KM, Gureje O, Seedat S, Haro JM, Bromet EJ, Alonso J, Von Korff M, Kessler R. Mental disorders among persons with arthritis: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychol Med. 2008;38(11):1639-50. Epub 2008 Feb 26. PubMed

Spangler L, Scholes D, Brunner RL, Robbins J, Reed SD, Newton KM, Melville JL, LaCroix AZ. Depressive symptoms, bone loss, and fractures in postmenopausal women.  J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(5):567-74. Epub 2008 Feb 20. PubMed

Simon G. Antidepressants and suicide. BMJ. 2008;336(7643):515-6. Epub 2008 Feb 14. PubMed