Recent publications on Mental Health

Simon GE, VonKorff M, Rutter C, Wagner E. Randomized trial of monitoring, feedback and management of care by telephone to improve depression treatment in primary care. BMJ. 2000;320(7234):550-4. PubMed

Bush T, Katon W, Lin E, Ludman E. Evidence-based treatment of dysthymia in primary care. J Clin Outcome Manag. 2000;7:47-60. PubMed

Ludman EJ, McBride CM, Nelson JC, Curry SJ, Grothaus LC, Lando HA, Pirie PL. Stress, depressive symptoms, and smoking cessation among pregnant women. Health Psychol. 2000;19(1):21-7. PubMed

Simon G. Review of: Ethnicity: an agenda for mental health. BMJ. 2000;321(7266):968. PubMed

Simon GE. Long-term prognosis of depression in primary care. Bull World Health Organ. 2000;78(4):439-45. PubMed

Simon GE, Von Korff M. An international study of the relation between symptoms and depression: reply. N Eng J Med. 2000;342(9):659. PubMed

Unutzer J, Patrick DL, Diehr P, Simon G, Grembowski D, Katon W. Quality adjusted life years in older adults with depressive symptoms and chronic medical disorders. Int Psychogeriatr. 2000;12(1):15-33. PubMed

Unutzer J, Simon G, Pabiniak C, Bond K, Katon W. The use of administrative data to assess quality of care for bipolar disorder in a large staff model HMO. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2000;22(1):1-10. PubMed

Wetter DW, Carmack CL, Anderson CB, Moore CA, DeMoor CA, Cinciripini PM, Hirshkowitz M. Tobacco withdrawal signs and symptoms among women with and without a history of depression. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2000;8(1):88-96. PubMed

Ludman E, Von Korff M, Katon W, Lin E, Simon G, Walker E, Unutzer J, Bush T, Wahab S. The design, implementation and acceptance of primary care-based intervention to prevent depression relapse. Int J Psychiatr Med. 2000;30(3):229-45. PubMed

Simon GE. Mood Disorders (editorial comment). Curr Opin Psychiatr. 2000;13:51-53. PubMed

Kisely S, Linden M, Bellantuono C, Simon G, Jones J. Why are patients prescribed psychotropic drugs by general practitioners? Results of an international study. Psychol Med. 2000;30:1217-1725. PubMed

Simon GE. Epidemiology of somatoform disorders and other causes of unexplained somatic symptoms. In: Gelder MG, Lopez-Ibor JJ, Andreasen NC, eds. New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 2000. PubMed

Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Simon G, Walker E, Unutzer J, Bush T, Russo J, Ludman E. Stepped collaborative care for primary care patients with persistent symptoms of depression: a randomized trial. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1999;56(12):1109-15. PubMed

Simon GE, VonKorff M, Piccinelli M, Fullerton C, Ormel J. An international study of the relation between somatic symptoms and depression. N Engl J Med. 1999;341(18):1329-35. PubMed

Simon GE, Unutzer J. Health care utilization and costs among patients treated for bipolar disorder in an insured population. Psychiatr Serv. 1999;50(10):1303-8. PubMed

Kessler RC, Barber C, Birnbaum HG, Frank RG, Greenberg PE, Rose RM, Simon GE, Wang P. Depression in the workplace: effects on short-term disability. Health Aff. 1999;18(5):163-71. PubMed

Pearson SD, Katzelnick DJ, Simon GE, Manning WG, Helstad CP, Henk HJ. Depression among high utilizers of medical care. J Gen Intern Med. 1999;14(8):461-8. PubMed

Sullivan M, LaCroix A, Russo J, Swords E, Sornson M, Katon W. Depression in coronary heart disease. what is the appropriate diagnostic threshold? Prev Med. 1999;40(4):286-92. PubMed

Ormel J, Vonkorff M, Oldehinkel AJ, Simon G, Tiemens BG, Ustun TB. Onset of disability in depressed and non-depressed primary care patients. Psychol Med. 1999;29(4):847-53. PubMed