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Elizabeth Reisinger Walker
Researcher at Emory University
Publications - 49
Citations - 3419
Elizabeth Reisinger Walker is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 40 publications receiving 2534 citations.
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Mortality in Mental Disorders and Global Disease Burden Implications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
TL;DR: Estimates suggest that mental disorders rank among the most substantial causes of death worldwide, and efforts to quantify and address the global burden of illness need to better consider the role of mental disorders in preventable mortality.
Mental disorders and medical comorbidity.
TL;DR: Policy-makers must focus on particular subgroups most at-risk for high cost and poor quality, and Persons with mental health and medical comorbidities represent just such a population.
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Insurance status, use of mental health services, and unmet need for mental health care in the United States.
TL;DR: Low rates of treatment and high unmet need persist among adults with mental illness, and strategies to reduce both structural barriers, such as cost and insurance coverage, and attitudinal barriers are needed.
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Distance delivery of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: Project UPLIFT
Nancy J. Thompson,Elizabeth Reisinger Walker,Natasha Obolensky,Ashley Winning,Christina Barmon,Colleen DiIorio,Michael T. Compton +6 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that distance delivery of group MBCT can be effective in reducing symptoms of depression in people with epilepsy.
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Excess mortality due to depression and anxiety in the United States: results from a nationally representative survey.
TL;DR: The findings are consistent with targeting health behaviors and physical illnesses as strategies for reducing this excess mortality among people with anxiety/depression.