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PUBLICATIONS

Center Publications:

YEAR 1

PROJET 1: Community-Level Risk Factors for Depression Hospitalizations (Executive Summary PDF file 9kb Policy Brief PDF file108kb)
PROJECT 2: Differential Effectiveness of Enhanced Depression Treatment for Rural and Urban Primary Care Patients (Executive Summary PDF file 9KB)
PROJECT 3: Preventing Hospitalization in Depressed Rural Patients (Executive Summary PDF file 10KB)

Other Publications:

  • Booth, B. M., Fortney, S.M., Fortney, J.C., Curran, G.M. and Kirchner, J.E. (2001). Short-term course of drinking in an untreated sample of at-risk drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 580-588.

  • Booth, B. M., Kirchner, J., Fortney, J., Ross, R., & Rost, K. (2000). Rural at-risk drinkers: Correlates and one-year use of alcohol services. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61, 267-277.

  • Borowsky, S.J., Nelson, D.B, Fortney, J.C., Hedeen, A.N., Bradley, J.L and Chapko, M.K. (2002). VA community-based outpatient clinics: Performance measures based on patient perceptions of care. Medical Care, 40, 578-586.

  • Chapko, M.K., Borowsky, S.J., Fortney, J.C., Hedeen, A.N., Hoegle, M., Maciejewski, M.L. and Lukas, C.V. (2002). Evaluation of the department of veterans affairs community-based outpatient clinics. Medical Care, 40, 555-560.

  • Fortney, J. C., Booth, B. M., Kirchner, J.E., Williams, D. K. and Xiaotong H. (2003). Differences between physical and behavioral health benefits in the health plans of at-risk drinkers. Psychiatric Services, 54, 97-102.

  • Fortney, J., Sullivan, G., Williams, K., Jackson, C., Morton, S.C. and Koegel, P. (2003). Measuring continuity of care for clients of public mental health systems. Health Services Research, 38, 1157-1176.

  • Fortney, J. C., Booth, B. M., Kirchner, J.E., and Xiaotong H. (2003). Rural-urban differences in health care benefits of a community-based sample of at-risk drinkers. The Journal of Rural Health, 19, 292-298.

  • Fortney, J.C., Borowsky, S.J., Hedeen, A.N., Maciejewski, M.L. and Chapko, M.K. (2002). VA community-based outpatient clinics: Access and utilization performance measures. Medical Care, 40, 561-569.

  • Fortney, J., Thill, J. C., Zhang, M., Duan, N., & Rost, K. (2001). Provider choice and utility loss due to selective contracting in rural and urban areas. Medical Care Research and Review, 58, 60- 75.

  • Fortney, J., Rost, K., Zhang, M., & Pyne, J. (2001). The relationship between quality and outcomes in routine depression care. Psychiatric Services, 52, 56-62.

  • Fortney J., Rost K., and Warren J. (2000). Comparing Alternative Methods of Measuring Geographic Access to Health Services. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 1, 173-184.

  • Fortney, J. C., Booth, B. M., & Curran, G. M. (1999). Do patients with alcohol dependence use more services? A comparative analysis with other chronic disorders. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23, 127-133.

  • Fortney, J. C., Owen, R. R., & Clothier, J. (1999). Impact of travel distance on the disposition of patients presenting for emergency psychiatric care. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 26, 104-108.

  • Fortney J., Rost K., and Zhang M. (1999). The impact of geographic accessibility on the intensity and quality of depression treatment. Medical Care, 37, 884-893.

  • Fortney, J.C., Rost, K.M., and Zhang, M. (1998). A joint choice model of the decision to seek depression treatment and choice of provider sector. Medical Care, 36, 307-320.

  • Hedeen, A.N., Heagerty, P.J., Fortney, J.C., Borowsky, S.J., Walder, D.J. and Chapko, M.K. (2002). VA community-based outpatient clinics: Quality of care performance measures. Medical Care, 40, 570-577.

  • Kirchner, J.E., Curran, G.M., Thrush, C.R., Owen, R.R., Fortney, J.C. and Booth, B.M. (2002). Addictions Services: Depressive Disorders and Alcohol Dependence in a Community Population. Community Mental Health Journal, 38, 361-373.

  • Maciejewski, M.L., Chapko, M.K., Hedeen, A.N. and Fortney, J.C. (2002). VA community-based outpatient clinics: Cost performance measures. Medical Care, 40, 587-595.

  • Pyne, J. M., Kuc, E.J., Schroeder, P.J. Fortney, J.C., Edlund, M. and Sullivan, G. (2004). Relationship between perceived stigma and depression severity. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192, 278-283.

  • Pyne, J. M., Rost, K. M., Zhang, M., Williams, D. K., Smith, J., & Fortney, J. (2003). Cost-effectiveness of a primary care depression intervention. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 18, 432-441.

  • Rost, K.M., Fortney, J., Fischer, E., and Smith, J. (2002). Use, quality and outcomes of care for mental health: The rural perspective. Medical Care Research & Review, 59, 231- 265.

  • Rost K., Fortney J., Zhang M., Smith J., and Smith G. (1999). Treatment of depression in rural Arkansas: Policy implications for improving care. Journal of Rural Health, 15, 308-315.

  • Rost, K.M., Zhang, M., Fortney, J.C., Smith, J.L. and Smith, G.R. (1998). Expenditures for the treatment of major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 883-888.

  • Rost, K. M., Zhang, M., Fortney, J., Smith, J., Coyne, J., & Smith, G. R., Jr. (1998). Persistently poor outcomes of undetected major depression in primary care. General Hospital Psychiatry, 20, 12-20.

  • Rost, K.M., Fortney, J.C., Zhang, M., Smith, J.L. and Smith, G.R. (1998). Rural-urban differences in depression treatment and suicidality. Medical Care, 36, 1098-1107.

  • Rost, K.M., Owen, R.R., Smith, J.L., and Smith, G.R. (1998). Rural-urban differences in service use and course of illness in bipolar disorder. Journal of Rural Health, 14, 36-43.

  • Rost, K.M., Smith, G.R. and Taylor, J.L. (1993). Rural-urban differences in stigma and the use of care for depressive disorders. Journal of Rural Health, 9, 57-62.

  • Smith, J.L., Rost, K.M., Nutting, P.A., Elliott, C.E., and Duan, N. (2000). A primary care intervention for depression. Journal of Rural Health, 16, 313-323.

  • Zhang M., Rost K., Fortney J., and Smith G.R. (1999). A Community Study of Depression Treatment and Employment Earnings. Psychiatric Services 50, 1209-1213.

  • Zhang M., Rost K., and Fortney J. (1999). Depression treatment and cost offset for rural community residents with depression. Journal of Social Service Research 25, 99-110.

  • Zhang, M., Rost, K. M., & Fortney, J. C. (1999). Earnings changes for depressed individuals treated by mental health specialists. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 108-114.

The "Letters to the Field" are informational newsletters published periodically. Topics will include recent developments in the field of rural mental health as they apply to isolated "frontier" rural areas.

  • Letter to the Field No. 1 New Rural Mental Health Services Resource Center Being Established (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 2 Focusing on "Frontier": Isolated Rural America (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 3 Telemental Health Services In U.S. Frontier Areas (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 4 Access to Mental Health Services in Frontier America (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 5 The Role of Rural Primary Care Physicians in the Provision of Mental Health Services (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 6 Frontier Mental Health Strategies: Integrating, Reaching Out, Building Up and Connecting (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 7 Delivering Mental Health Services to the Seriously Mentally Ill in Frontier Areas: Evidence from Five States (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 8 General Models for Delivering Mental Health Services to the Seriously Mentally Ill in Frontier Areas (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 9 Managed Behavioral Health Care in the Frontier (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 10 The Role of Rural Primary Care Providers in the Provision of Mental Health Services: Voices from the Plains (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 11 The Availability of Health and Mental Health Providers by Population Density (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 12 Cost Dynamics Of Frontier Mental Health Services (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 13 Client Outcomes And Costs In Frontier Mental Health Organizations (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 14 Effective Management Strategies For Frontier Mental Health Organizations (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 15 Surveillance of Demand for Mental Health Services in Frontier Areas (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 16 Organization and Delivery of Mental Health Services to Adolescents and Children in Frontier Areas (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 17 Delivering Mental Health Services to Children and Adolescents in Frontier Areas: Parent and Provider Views (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 18 Low Density Counties with Different Types of Sociodemographic, Economic and Health/Mental Health Characteristics (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 19 Telemental Health Services in Frontier Areas: Provider and Consumer Perspectives (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 20 Mental Health Service Utilization in Rural and Non-Rural Areas (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 21 Aging, Mental Illness, and the Frontier (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 22 Defining and Describing Frontier Areas in the United States: An Update (Date of Publication: December 2000)

  • Letter to the Field No. 23 Problems Faced By Consumers Of Mental Health Services Out In A Frontier Community (Date of Publication: December 2000)

WICHE CENTER TEAM ONGOING RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS WEB CASTS LINKS

Director: Dennis Mohatt M.A.; Deputy Director: Mimi Mcfaul PsyD
3035 Center Green Drive. Boulder, CO 80301

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This research conducted by the WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research is supported by Grant Number U1CRH03713-01-00 from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Rural Health Policy (HRSA/ORHP).

 


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