Modeling smoking-attributable mortality among adults with major depression in the United States
Tam J, Taylor GMJ, Zivin K, Warner KE, Meza R. Modeling smoking-attributable mortality among adults with major depression in the United States. Preventive Medicine 2020, 140: 106241. PMID: 32860820, PMCID: PMC7680404, DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCurrent major depressionSmoking-attributable mortalityMajor depressionGeneral populationComorbid mental health conditionsSmoking-attributable deathsUS adult populationMental health statusTobacco-related health disparitiesPublic health effortsMental health conditionsTobacco control effortsPrevalence ratiosSmoking prevalenceAbsence of interventionMD onsetDifferent intervention strategiesHealth effortsMD increaseDrug useHealth statusLife yearsMD comorbidityAdult populationPremature deathU.S. Simulation of Lifetime Major Depressive Episode Prevalence and Recall Error
Tam J, Mezuk B, Zivin K, Meza R. U.S. Simulation of Lifetime Major Depressive Episode Prevalence and Recall Error. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2020, 59: e39-e47. PMID: 32446751, PMCID: PMC7375917, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.03.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive episodeDepressive episodeLifetime historyFirst major depressive episodePast major depressive episodeDepression prevention strategiesMental health conditionsSubstantial recall biasLeading causePrevention strategiesDrug useEpisode historyRecall biasHealth conditionsPopulation healthAdultsEpisodesDisease epidemiologyNational surveyPast episodesSurveillance effortsFull burdenHealth dataWomenSurvey assessment