Mental Health Research

About 26 percent of Americans each year suffer from a mental health disorder like depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and anorexia. Our mental health affects our family, our job, how well we live and how soon we die. It’s important to find effective treatments and ways to prevent the damage from mental illness.

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Publications

Patient and physician race and the allocation of time and patient engagement efforts to mental health discussions in primary care: an observational study of audiorecorded periodic health examinations.

Periodic health examinations and missed opportunities among patients likely needing mental health care.

Profiles of sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical and psychosocial characteristics among primary care patients with comorbid obesity and depression.

The ENGAGE study: Integrating neuroimaging, virtual reality and smartphone sensing to understand self-regulation for managing depression and obesity in a precision medicine model.

Vocational rehabilitation of cancer patients.

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Research Studies

Cardiovascular Disease Among Asians and Pacific Islanders (CASPER)

Engaging Self-Regulation Targets to Understand the Mechanisms of Behavior Change and Improve Mood and Weight Outcomes

HOMBRE (Hombres con Opciones para Mejorar el Bienestar y bajar el Riesgo de Enfermedades crónicas)

Major Depressive Disorder

Severe Mental Illness and Patterns of Emergency Department Utilization

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Featured Investigator

Harold (Hal) Luft

Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Harold Luft, Ph.D., is Senior Scientist at PAMFRI and specializes in health sector economics & public finance, medical care utilization & hospital market competition.

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