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January 11, 2012 | Program Result
The Louisiana Public Health Institute supported a learning collaborative, comprised of 81 clinics, aimed at integrating behavioral and primary health care in metro New Orleans, after the city's health care system was decimated by Hurricane Katrina.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Thirty-one million U.S. residents now speak Spanish at home. Depression is costly and, despite advances in detection, current recommendations for depression screening largely ignore language and cultural barriers. This study evaluated primary care depression screening in Hispanic populations.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between depression and perceived communication quality between patients and doctors. Interactions between physicians and patients are an important component of health care quality, and little is known about whether depression influences patients' perceptions of communication quality.
September 20, 2005 | Journal Article
This study evaluates and compares existing research on the efficacy, effectiveness and common side effects of the most widely-used second-generation antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder. The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, ...
September 26, 2005 | Journal Article
Previous research shows that black Americans more often receive mental health services from a primary care physician than from a mental health specialist. This study assessed whether ethnicity was related to the diagnosis and treatment of depression ...
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Community-residing older adults, almost a third of those with major depression do not seek care, though such care can effectively treat the depression.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Work is ongoing to refine child mental health quality measures.
August 16, 2004 | Program Result
The RAND Corporation used data from a previously published study of depressed patients to explore how the physician-patient relationship involving depressed patients varies under different managed care arrangements.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
For men with heart disease, having a variation of a serotonin transporter gene increases the likelihood of feeling hopeless.
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
HIV patients routinely make complex decisions regarding treatment and medication adherence. This study examined factors that might lead HIV patients to prefer a more active role in the decision-making process.