Henry J. Henk

TL;DR: In depressed high utilizers not already in active treatment, a systematic primary care-based treatment program can substantially increase adequate antidepressant treatment, decrease depression severity, and improve general health status compared with usual care.

TL;DR: The goal of the study was to provide a quantitative analysis of the relative efficacy of all five currently available serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and behavior therapy [exposure and response prevention (ERP)] for obsessive compulsive disorder.

TL;DR: In a community cohort of HMO members, generalized social anxiety disorder was rarely diagnosed or treated despite being highly prevalent and associated with significant direct and indirect costs, comorbid depression, and impairment.

TL;DR: The computer-administered PRIME-MD appears to be a valid instrument for assessing psychopathology in primary care patients and allows for increased availability, and provides primary care physicians with information that will increase the quality of patient care without additional physician time and at minimal expense.

TL;DR: Among high utilizers of medical care, systematic identification and treatment of depression produce significant and sustained improvements in clinical outcomes as well as significant increases in health services costs.