2024
Difficult to Treat Depression: Focus on Approach, Algorithms, and Access.
Karp J, Brinton R, Fournier J, Harding L, Jha M, Lenze E, Mathew S, Meltzer-Brody S, Mohr D, Riva-Posse P, Wiechers I, Williams N. Difficult to Treat Depression: Focus on Approach, Algorithms, and Access. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2024, 85 PMID: 39630090, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.psprmdd2408ah.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreating depressionSpectrum of clinical severityTreatment of depressionEvolving treatment landscapeDepartment of PsychiatryBurden of depressionOral pharmacotherapyTreatment landscapeAdult patientsClinical severityCommunity health agenciesDepressionIncreased prevalenceHealth care systemPatientsDepression carePsychiatric workforcePsychiatryPatient advocatesCare systemTherapeutic engineeringHealth agenciesTelemedicine platformDo IRemission
2021
Benzodiazepine Prescribing from VA and Medicare to Dually Enrolled Older Veterans: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Lei L, Strominger J, Wiechers IR, Kim HM, Blow FC, Bohnert ASB, Min L, Krein SL, Maust DT. Benzodiazepine Prescribing from VA and Medicare to Dually Enrolled Older Veterans: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2021, 36: 3689-3696. PMID: 34047924, PMCID: PMC8642498, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-06780-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBZD prescriptionOlder veteransBZD prescribingHigher oddsPart DVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemRetrospective cohort studyPart D coverageMedicare Part D prescriptionsSubstance use disordersHealth care systemDesignRetrospective cohortPrescription prevalenceQuarterly prevalenceBenzodiazepine prescribingPart D prescriptionsCohort studyPatient characteristicsBZD useUse disordersFacility variationOlder agePrescribingBZDCare system