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Richard G. Frank
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 409
Citations - 23979
Richard G. Frank is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Health care. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 399 publications receiving 22928 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard G. Frank include New York University & Norwalk Hospital.
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Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Disorders, 1990 to 2003.
Ronald C. Kessler,Olga Demler,Richard G. Frank,Mark Olfson,Harold Alan Pincus,Ellen E. Walters,Philip S. Wang,Kenneth B. Wells,Alan M. Zaslavsky +8 more
TL;DR: Despite an increase in the rate of treatment, most patients with a mental disorder did not receive treatment and continued efforts are needed to obtain data on the effectiveness of treatment in order to increase the use of effective treatments.
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The epidemiology of co-occurring addictive and mental disorders: implications for prevention and service utilization.
Ronald C. Kessler,M.P.H. Christopher B. Nelson Ph.D.,Katherine A. McGonagle,J B S Mark Edlund,Richard G. Frank,Philip J. Leaf +5 more
TL;DR: General population data from the National Comorbidity Survey are presented on co-occurring DSM-III-R addictive and mental disorders, with the finding that fewer than half of cases with 12-monthCo-occurrence received any treatment in the year prior to interview suggests the need for greater outreach efforts.
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Clinical biomarkers in drug discovery and development
TL;DR: Clinically useful biomarkers are required to inform regulatory and therapeutic decision making regarding candidate drugs and their indications in order to help bring new medicines to the right patients faster than they are today.
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The impact of psychiatric disorders on work loss days
TL;DR: The results reported here suggest that work impairment is one of the adverse consequences of psychiatric disorders and the current policy debate concerning insurance coverage for mental disorders needs to take these consequences into consideration.
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Early experience with pay-for-performance: from concept to practice.
TL;DR: Paying clinicians to reach a common, fixed performance target may produce little gain in quality for the money spent and will largely reward those with higher performance at baseline.