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Eric Latimer
Researcher at McGill University
Publications - 128
Citations - 6036
Eric Latimer is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Mental illness. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 119 publications receiving 5414 citations. Previous affiliations of Eric Latimer include Centre for Research on Inner City Health & Harvard University.
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Adverse Events Associated With Prescription Drug Cost-Sharing Among Poor and Elderly Persons
Robyn Tamblyn,Réjean Laprise,James A. Hanley,M. Abrahamowicz,Susan C. Scott,Nancy E. Mayo,Jerry Hurley,Roland Grad,Eric Latimer,Robert Perreault,Peter J. McLeod,Allen Huang,Pierre Larochelle,Louise Mallet +13 more
TL;DR: Increased cost-sharing for prescription drugs in elderly persons and welfare recipients was followed by reductions in use of essential drugs and a higher rate of serious adverse events and ED visits associated with these reductions.
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Assertive Community Treatment for People with Severe Mental Illness
TL;DR: The critical ingredients of the assertive community treatment (ACT) model for people with severe mental illness are described and the evidence regarding its effectiveness and cost effectiveness is reviewed.
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The At Home/Chez Soi trial protocol: a pragmatic, multi-site, randomised controlled trial of a Housing First intervention for homeless individuals with mental illness in five Canadian cities
Paula Goering,David L. Streiner,Carol E. Adair,Tim Aubry,Jayne Barker,Jino Distasio,Stephen W. Hwang,Janina Komaroff,Eric Latimer,Julian M. Somers,Denise Zabkiewicz +10 more
TL;DR: The quantitative design of a Canadian five city, $110 million demonstration project is described and the rationale for key scientific decisions are provided and the results of the multi-site analyses of outcomes at 12 months and 2 years are reported.
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WPA guidance on steps, obstacles and mistakes to avoid in the implementation of community mental health care.
Graham Thornicroft,Atalay Alem,Rnato Antunes Dos Santos,Elizabeth Barley,Robert E. Drake,Guilherne Gregorio,Charotte Hanlon,Hiroto Ito,Eric Latimer,Ann Law,Jair Mari Mari,Peter McGeorge,R. Padmavati,Denise Razzouk,Maya Semrau,Yutaro Setoya,Rangaswamy Thara,Dawit Wondimagegn +17 more
TL;DR: The main recommendations are presented in relation to: the need for coordinated policies, plans and programmes, the requirement to scale up services for whole populations, the importance of promoting community awareness about mental illness to increase levels of help-seeking and how to most effectively harness the experience of users, families, and other advocates.
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Economic Impacts of Assertive Community Treatment: A Review of the Literature:
TL;DR: The most reliable cost offset to A CT treatment costs appears to be reduced hospital use, and overall, ACT appears to result in somewhat lower costs, whatever the perspective of analysis adopted.