Efficacy of peer support interventions for depression: a meta-analysis

…, JD Piette, MAM Rogers, M Valenstein - General hospital …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of peer support for reducing symptoms of depression.
METHODS: Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL and CENTRAL databases were searched for clinical …

Measurement of psychiatric treatment adherence

…, DI Velligan, PJ Weiden, MA Valenstein… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Nonadherence to medications for mental disorders substantially limits treatment
effectiveness and results in higher rates of relapse, hospitalization, and disability. Accurate …

Association between opioid prescribing patterns and opioid overdose-related deaths

ASB Bohnert, M Valenstein, MJ Bair, D Ganoczy… - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context The rate of prescription opioid–related overdose death increased substantially in the
United States over the past decade. Patterns of opioid prescribing may be related to risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Social relationships and depression: ten-year follow-up from a nationally representative study

AR Teo, HJ Choi, M Valenstein - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Social network characteristics have long been associated with mental health,
but their longitudinal impact on depression is less known. We determined whether quality of …

Psychiatric diagnoses and risk of suicide in veterans

…, RV Ignacio, JF McCarthy, MM Valenstein… - Archives of general …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Context Although numerous studies have documented the clear link between psychiatric
conditions and suicide, few have allowed for the comparison between the strength of …

Risk of mortality among individual antipsychotics in patients with dementia

…, HM Kim, K Zivin, M Valenstein… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The use of antipsychotics to treat the behavioral symptoms of dementia is associated
with greater mortality. The authors examined the mortality risk of individual agents to …

Pharmacy data identify poorly adherent patients with schizophrenia at increased risk for admission

M Valenstein, LA Copeland, FC Blow, JF McCarthy… - Medical care, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Background. Health care organizations may be able to use pharmacy data to identify patients
with schizophrenia and poor antipsychotic adherence. Objective. To determine whether a …

Poor antipsychotic adherence among patients with schizophrenia: medication and patient factors

M Valenstein, FC Blow, LA Copeland… - Schizophrenia …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Many patients with schizophrenia are poorly adherent with antipsychotic medications. The
newer, atypical antipsychotics may be more acceptable to patients and result in increased …

Treatment adherence with antipsychotic medications in bipolar disorder

M Sajatovic, M Valenstein, FC Blow… - Bipolar …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Atypical antipsychotic medications are a relatively new, increasingly prominent
component of the treatment armamentarium for bipolar disorder. Information on adherence …

Mortality risk in patients with dementia treated with antipsychotics versus other psychiatric medications

HC Kales, M Valenstein, HM Kim… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Mortality rates in the year following new antipsychotic medication starts for
neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia were compared with rates after starts of other psychiatric …