Recent publications on Mental Health

Myers K, McCauley E, Calderon R, Mitchell J, Burke P, Schloredt K. Risks for suicidality in major depressive disorder.  J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1991;30(1):86-94. PubMed

Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Lipscomb P, Russo J, Wagner E, Polk E. Distressed high utilizers of medical care. DSM-III-R diagnoses and treatment needs. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1990;12(6):355-62. PubMed

Ried LD, Christensen DB, Stergachis A. Medical and psychosocial factors predictive of psychotropic drug use in elderly patients. Am J Public Health. 1990;80(11):1349-53. PubMed

Wells KB, Manning WG Jr, Valdez RB. The effects of a prepaid group practice on mental health outcomes.  Health Serv Res. 1990;25(4):615-25. PubMed

Kramer M, Von Korff M, Kessler L. The lifetime prevalence of mental disorders: estimation, uses and limitations. Psychol Med. 1980;10(3):429-35. PubMed

Golding JM, Karno M, Rutter CM. Symptoms of major depression among Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Am J Psychiatry. 1990;147(7):861-6. PubMed

Simon GE, Katon WJ, Sparks PJ. Allergic to life: psychological factors in environmental illness. Am J Psychiatry. 1990;147(7):901-6. PubMed

Sparks PJ, Simon GE, Katon WJ, Altman LC, Ayars GH, Johnson RL. An outbreak of illness among aerospace workers. West J Med. 1990;153(1):28-33. PubMed

Dworkin SF, Von Korff M, LeResche L. Multiple pains and psychiatric disturbance. An epidemiologic investigation. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1990;47(3):239-44. PubMed

Simon GE. Physical symptoms of psychiatric disorder (abstract). Psychosom Med. 1990;52:224. PubMed

Katon W, Von Korff M. Caseness criteria for major depression.: the primary care clinican and the psychiatric epidemiologist. In: Attkisson CC and Zich JM (Eds) Depression in Primary Care: Screening and Detection. New York: Routledge, 1990, pp 41-62. PubMed

Von Korff M, Katon W, Lin E. Psychological distress, physical symptoms, utilization and the cost-offset effect. In: Sartorius N (Ed) Psychological Disorders in General Medical Settings, Bern: Hans Huber AG Buchlandlung Verlag 1990, pp 159-169. PubMed

Uhlmann RF, Teri L, Rees TS, Mozlowski KJ, Larson EB. Impact of mild to moderate hearing loss on mental status testing. Comparability of standard and written Mini-Mental State Examinations. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1989;37(3):223-8. PubMed

Durham ML. The impact of deinstitutionalization of the current treatment of the mentally ill. Int J Law Psychiatry. 1989;12:117-31. PubMed

Lin EH, Von Korff M, Wagner EH. Identifying suicide potential in primary care. J Gen Intern Med. 1989;4(1):1-6. PubMed

Von Korff M, Eaton WW. Epidemiologic findings on panic. In: Baker R (Ed) Panic Disorder, West Sussex, England: John Wiley 1989, pp 35-50. PubMed

Durham ML, La Fond JQ. A search for the missing premise of involuntary therapeutic commitment: effective treatment of the mentally ill. Rutgers Law Review. 1988;40:303-400. PubMed

Simon GE. Depression in medical patients. J Gen Intern Med. 1988;3(2):208. PubMed

Durham ML, LaFond JQ. "Thank you, Dr. Stone." A response to Dr. Alan Stone and some further thoughts on the wisdom of broadening the criteria for therapeutic commitment of the mentally ill. Rutgers Law Review. 1988;40(3):865-88. PubMed

Von Korff M, Myers L. The primary care physician and psychiatric services. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1987;9(4):235-40. PubMed