Recent publications on Mental Health

Simon GE. The antidepressant quandary--considering suicide risk when treating adolescent depression. N Engl J Med. 2006;355(26):2722-3. PubMed

Gopinath S, Katon WJ, Russo JE, Ludman EJ. Clinical factors associated with relapse in primary care patients with chronic or recurrent depression. J Affect Disord. 2007 Aug;101(1-3):57-63. Epub 2006 Dec 6. PubMed

Wang PS, Patrick A, Avorn J, Azocar F, Ludman E, McCulloch J, Simon G, Kessler R. The costs and benefits of enhanced depression care to employers. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006;63(12):1345-53. PubMed

Katon WJ, Richardson L, Russo J, Lozano P, McCauley E. Quality of mental health care for youth with asthma and comorbid anxiety and depression.  Med Care. 2006;44(12):1064-72. PubMed

Katon W, Unutzer J. Collaborative care models for depression: time to move from evidence to practice. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(21):2304-6. PubMed

Ludman E, Katon W, Russo J, Simon G, Von Korff M, Lin E, Ciechanowski P, Kinder L. Panic episodes among patients with diabetes. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2006;28(6):475-81. PubMed

Lin EH, Tang L, Katon W, Hegel MT, Sullivan MD, Unutzer J. Arthritis pain and disability: response to collaborative depression care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2006;28(6):482-6. PubMed

Simon GE. How can we know whether antidepressants increase suicide risk?  Am J Psychiatry. 2006;163(11):1861-3. PubMed

Zatzick DF, Grossman DC, Russo J, Pynoos R, Berliner L, Jurkovich G, Sabin JA, Katon W, Ghesquiere A, McCauley E, Rivara FP. Predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms longitudinally in a representative sample of hospitalized injured adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006;45(10):1188-95. PubMed

Simon GE, Ludman EJ, Operskalski BH. Randomized trial of a telephone care management program for outpatients starting antidepressant treatment.  Psychiatr Serv. 2006;57(10):1441-5. PubMed

Unutzer J, Tang L, Oishi S, Katon W, Williams JW Jr, Hunkeler E, Hendrie H, Lin EH, Levine S, Grypma L, Steffens DC, Fields J, Langston C. Reducing suicidal ideation in depressed older primary care patients.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006;54(10):1550-6. PubMed

Pinto-Meza A, Serrano-Blanco A, Codony M, Reneses B, Von Korff M, Haro JM, Alonso J. Prevalence and physical-mental comorbidity of chronic back and neck pain in Spain: results from the ESEMeD Study. Med Clin (Barc). 2006;127(9):325-30. PubMed

Simon GE, Ludman EJ. Outcome of new benzodiazepine prescriptions to older adults in primary care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2006;28(5):374-8. PubMed

Gask L, Ludman E, Schaefer J. Qualitative study of an intervention for depression among patients with diabetes: how can we optimize patient-professional interaction?  Chronic Illn. 2006;2(3):231-42. PubMed

Kessler RC, Akiskal HS, Ames M, Birnbaum H, Greenberg P, Hirschfield RM, Jin R, Merikangas KR, Simon GE, Wang PS. Prevalence and effects of mood disorders on work performance in a nationally representative sample of U.S. workers. Am J Psychiatry. 2006;163(9):1561-8. PubMed

Schiff MA, Grossman DC. Adverse perinatal outcomes and risk for postpartum suicide attempt in Washington state, 1987-2001. Pediatrics. 2006;118(3):e669-75. PubMed

Richardson LP, Lozano P, Russo J, McCauley E, Bush T, Katon W. Asthma symptom burden: relationship to asthma severity and anxiety and depression symptoms. Pediatrics. 2006;118(3):1042-51. PubMed

Araya R, Flynn T, Rojas G, Fritsch R, Simon G. Cost-effectiveness of a primary care treatment program for depression in low-income women in Santiago, Chile. Am J Psychiatry. 2006;163(8):1379-87. PubMed

Unutzer J, Schoenbaum M, Druss BG, Katon WJ. Transforming mental health care at the interface with general medicine: report for the presidents commission. Psychiatr Serv. 2006;57(1):37-47. PubMed

Simon GE, Khandker RK, Ichikawa L, Operskalski BH. Recovery from depression predicts lower health services costs. J Clin Psychiatry. 2006;67(8):1226-31. PubMed