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Depression as a risk factor for non-suicide mortality in the elderly by Schulz, Richard, Drayer, Rebecca A, Rollman, Bruce L

“…Depression can be a consequence of medical illness and disability, yet recent literature suggests it may also influence morbidity and mortality through a…”
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Characteristics of depression in hemodialysis patients: symptoms, quality of life and mortality risk by Drayer, Rebecca A., Piraino, Beth, Reynolds, Charles F., Houck, Patricia R., Mazumdar, Sati, Bernardini, Judith, Shear, M. Katherine, Rollman, Bruce L.

“…Depression is often underrecognized in patients with end-stage renal disease. We interviewed outpatients at an urban dialysis facility using a criterion-based…”
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Outcomes of minor and subsyndromal depression among elderly patients in primary care settings by LYNESS, Jeffrey M, HEO, Moonseong, DATTO, Catherine J, TEN HAVE, Thomas R, KATZ, Ira R, DRAYER, Rebecca, REYNOLDS, Charles F, ALEXOPOULOS, George S, BRUCE, Martha L, KROENKE, Kurt

“…Although depressive conditions in later life are a major public health problem, the outcomes of minor and subsyndromal depression are largely unknown. To…”
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Medical Burden in Late-Life Bipolar and Major Depressive Disorders by Gildengers, Ariel G., M.D, Whyte, Ellen M., M.D, Drayer, Rebecca A., M.D., M.Sc, Soreca, Isabella, M.D, Fagiolini, Andrea, M.D, Kilbourne, Amy M., Ph.D., M.P.H, Houck, Patricia R., M.S, Reynolds, Charles F., M.D, Frank, Ellen, Ph.D, Kupfer, David J., M.D, Mulsant, Benoit H., M.D

“…Background Elderly patients with bipolar disorder have been found to have higher mortality than those with major depressive disorder. The authors compare…”
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Medical comorbidity in patients with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence by Batki, Steven L, Meszaros, Zsuzsa S, Strutynski, Katherine, Dimmock, Jacqueline A, Leontieva, Luba, Ploutz-Snyder, Robert, Canfield, Kelly, Drayer, Rebecca A

“…Abstract Background Schizophrenia and alcohol dependence are major risk factors for a variety of medical problems, yet there has been little research on the…”
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Somatic symptoms of depression in elderly patients with medical comorbidities by Drayer, Rebecca A., Mulsant, Benoit H., Lenze, Eric J., Rollman, Bruce L., Dew, Mary Amanda, Kelleher, Kelly, Karp, Jordan F., Begley, Amy, Schulberg, Herbert C., Reynolds III, Charles F.

“…Objective Somatic symptoms of depression such as fatigue create a diagnostic dilemma when assessing an older patient with medical comorbidities, since chronic…”
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Personality Traits Predict Emergency Department Utilization Over 3 Years in Older Patients by Chapman, Benjamin P., Ph.D, Shah, Manish, M.D., M.P.H, Friedman, Bruce, Ph.D., M.P.H, Drayer, Rebecca, M.D., M.S, Duberstein, Paul R., Ph.D, Lyness, Jeffrey M., M.D

“…Background: Emergency department (ED) utilization by older patients has major implications for morbidity, mortality, and health costs, yet its behavioral…”
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Barriers to Better Pain Control in Hospitalized Patients by Drayer, Rebecca A, Henderson, Jessica, Reidenberg, Marcus

“…Pain is often inadequately treated. To evaluate a common method of assessing pain and to identify some barriers to improving pain control, 50 hospitalized…”
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Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Risk Factors in Male Patients With Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder by Kilbourne, Amy M., Ph.D., M.P.H, Brar, Jaspreet S., M.D. M.P.H, Drayer, Rebecca A., M.D, Xu, Xiangyan, M.S, Post, Edward P., M.D., Ph.D

“…The authors determined whether diagnoses of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD-related conditions differed by psychiatric diagnosis among male Veterans…”
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Patients Who Refuse Food and Fluids to Hasten Death by Drayer, Rebecca A

“…To the Editor: The results from the study by Ganzini et al. (July 24 issue) 1 were certainly thought provoking. However, it would have been interesting to…”
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Frequency and cost of crashes, fatalities, and injuries involving disabled vehicles by Spicer, Rebecca, Bahouth, George, Vahabaghaie, Amin, Drayer, Rebecca

“…•Annually, on average, 566 people are killed and 14,371 are injured in events involving a disabled vehicle on U.S. roadways.•These crashes result in an annual…”
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One-year outcomes of minor and subsyndromal depression in older primary care patients by Lyness, Jeffrey M, Chapman, Benjamin P, McGriff, Joanne, Drayer, Rebecca, Duberstein, Paul R

“…Despite the high prevalence and morbidity of minor and subsyndromal depression in primary care elderly people, there are few data to identify those at highest…”
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Severity of alcohol problems and readiness to change alcohol use in primary care by Krenek, Marketa, Maisto, Stephen A, Funderburk, Jennifer S, Drayer, Rebecca

“…Abstract Screening measures for hazardous alcohol use that are efficient and can provide clinically relevant information are essential for primary care…”
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Evidence-based pharmacologic interventions for geriatric depression by Shanmugham, Bindu, Karp, Jordan, Drayer, Rebecca, Reynolds, 3rd, Charles F, Alexopoulos, George

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